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FRIDAY. MAY 11, 1906.
THE SEWF THIS WORM KG
CONGRESS— Senate: Several important
amendments to the Railroad Rate bill were
adopted; the Allison compromise will be con
sidered to-day. House; Consideration of the
Naval Appropriation bill continued.
FOREIGN.— Russian parliament was
opened in St. Petersburg with no untoward In
cidents: the scene at the Winter Palace, where
Emperor Nicholas delivered the speech of wel
come from the throne, was one of wonderful
brilliancy: the Emperor's speech was received
Indifferently, as it contained no allusion to
amnesty for political prisoners: the lower house
convened in the Tauride Palace and chose Pro
fessor MouromtFeff as president == An
nouncement was made of Costa Rica's new
Cabinet = The Education bill passed second
reading: in the House of Commons by a vote
smaller than the usual government majority.
DOMESTIC— A former employe of the Stan
dard Oil Company, at the Interstate Commerce
Commission hearing in Chicago, testified that the
Standard had. through its agents, been guilty of
bribery, felling short measure, misrepresenting
quality and other dishonest methods. == Ohio
Republicans formed plans to attempt to oust
Governor Pattison through a mandamus act. on
based on his poor health. — = Killing frosts
v.ere reported general east of the Mississippi
River. -_ a banker of Montezuma, Ind.. was
killed in his home by his insane brother.
The manager of the Associated Charities of
Minneapolis, at Philadelphia, attacked the Sal
vation Army's methods. ■ — Commissioner
hippie, of the State Forest. Fish and Game
Commission, announced the conviction on the
charge of deer hounding of the general superin
tendent and game keeper on the Adirondack pre
serve of William Rockefeller in Franklin county.
The examination of Massachusetts legisla
tors before the Suffolk County Grand Jury was
;--.<jn in Boston: several lawmakers for whom
summonses were issued avoided the process
:>rvers. It was learned in Syracuse that
the defaulting teller of a bank there had been
a. ;«. .sti'd in Christian!*. Sweden.
ClTY. Stocks were strong. The Continental
and Willlamahurg City Fire Insurance com
panies refused to increase rates as voted by the
Fire Insurance Exchange. . Colonel S. S. Mc-
C!ure purchased the stock of John S. Phillips in
"McClure's Magazine" and the McClure and Phil
lips Company; Mr. Phillips, it was said, might
start a magazine of his own. — -r= Matthew T.
Meagher, a Brooklyn contractor, testified at the
street cleaning hearing that he never received
$30,000 paid by Anthony N. Brady for the for
mer's dumping privileges. == Mrs. Jefferson
Davis was reported seriously ill at the Hotel
Grenoble. = Hotel men said Attorney Gen
eral Mayer's opinion on the Prentice law would
result in an increase in the number of Raines
law dens. ===== It was said that District Attor
ney Jerome would take action against lawyers
who have brought suit against the city In "back
pay** cases. ===== Retail coal dealers met and
agreed upon reductions in the price of domestic
anthracite.
THE WEATHER.— for to-day:
fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 49 degrees; lowest. 41.
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RELIEF FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
The administration's intention to take a faal'
loaf In the way of relief for the Filipinos rather
than see all tariff reduction fail at this session
commends Itself as a piece of practical wisdom.
Our dispatches from Washington announce that
Secretary Taft Is preparing a compromise by
which a concession of 50 per cent on the DJnjr
ley rates will be allowed on sugar, tobacco and
lice Imported from the Philippines, and all
other Philippine products will be admitted free
of duty. The Payne bill, which the House of
Representative* passed by a non-partisan vote,
reduced the tariff on sugar, tobacco and rice to
25 per cent of the Dlngley rates, and provided
that there should be complete free trade after
1000- This measure encountered the opposition
° the domestic tobacco, sugar and rice growing
interests, and, though they were unable to rally
a formidable support in the popular branch of
Congress, their Influence has been seriously
felt in the. Senate, where "stand pat" senti
ment is stronger and the smaller beet growing
states have a relatively much greater repre
sentation. The Senate Committee on the Phil
ippines smothered the House bill by refusing
to report it either adversely or favorably, and,
though the advocates of a generous policy tow
ard the Philippines have been hoping to get
the Payne measure into the Senate by discharg
ing the committee from its further considera
tion, the success of this manoeuvre has been
rather doubtful.
In the House of Representatives the Demo
cratic minority, onder Mr *«»« f « leadership,
supported the Payne bill with practical una
nimity. But of the Senate committee tare*
Democrats out of five opposed a favorable to
port, and probably one-third of the Democratic
strength in the upper bouse would be thrown
against the free admission of Filipino products,
tat aplte of the Democratic party's double com',
mftßcnt to such a policy through its insistence
that any tariff on such products is unooostitu-
Com: becacsa ifcvltrf against territory Incorpo
rated Into the United States, and through its
general demand for non-protective duties on
all Imports. Under the circumstances a par
tial measure of relief, if it can be secured
through compromise, seems preferable to a con
tiarsaScn. of tie csjtutt conditions .■under which.
tbe Filipino producer now suffers. Such a half
step would certainly bare an educational value.
Tbe interests now protesting against tbe perils
of Filipino competition were reluctant to grant
tbe lint redaction of IB pat cent on Filipino
products, but they are now forced to admit that
no harm has come to them through this conces
sion. They will see in torn that they have noth
ing to fear from a HO per cent cat In duties, and
may finally reach the conclusion that their pros
perity cannot be undermined by competition
from the Philippines, any more than it has been
undermined by the removal of the duties on
Hawaiian sugar and on Porto Rican sugar and
tobacco, and by tbe remission of 20 per cent
of the duties on sugar and tobacco Imported
from Cuba.
The House of Representatives has passed a
bill, which the Senate will doubtless approre,
postponing the extension of our coastwise ship
ping laws to commerce between the United
States and the Philippine Islands. This lifts
one threatened handicap on Philippine com
merce. But we owe the Filipinos more than
tills grudging concession. If their industries
are to be revived after a long period of de
pression they must have free access to our
market. We must do for them what we have
done for Porto Rico, and we should not he de
terred by the groundless protests of a few spe
cial Interests from adopting a policy which can
not hurt us either industrially or commercially,
and which will greatly help to tranquillize and
develop our now lagging Eastern dependency.
AT THE WIXTER PALACE. »
Russia has had her day. The event of May
10. 1906, at St Petersburg, will henceforth be
in Russian history comparable with that at
Runuyniede in English history or with July 4.
177<5. iii our own. Nor was It effected in a
mnnner nn worthy of such a high estate. Both
tho .-lnteoedent and the attendant circumstances.
it I* true, were ominous, discordant, and often
actually hostile. Extremists of both wings did
all they .onld. both lawfully and criminally, to
prevent Us occurrence. The eminent statesman
who had most conspicuously prepared the way
for it was crowded back into retirement only
a few rtnys before. The Emperor himself seems
to have suffered from some hesitancy, if not
vacillation. In spite of all. however, the first
parliament of the Russian people had Its first
meeting and was opened by the Emperor in
person with all the honors of the imperial court.
That Is the essential fact which overtowers all
circumstances aud makes an indelible mark
tipon the history of Russia \and of the world.
The august function appears to have been
fittingly performed. If there was no delirious
enthusiasm, there wns no untoward incident.-
There were freneral popular interest and re
joicings, fltul all possible dignity and state. The
question of the meeting place of the Emperor
aud the IHnima was happily solved. The Em
peror <lUI not go to th<> Tauride Palace, it is
true. But then neither di<l lie require the mem
bers of the Itouma to make a pilgrimage to
Peterhoff or Tsarskoe-Selo. He compromised
rhe matter by himself making the journey to
the capital and by meeting the Douma at the
WinisT Palace. Thai was a proceeding com
parable with the English King's Meeting the
House of Commons in the "gilded chamber" of
the Lord*. The whole occasion seems to have
beeti marked with th« majesty and the felicity
properly attendant upon a performance which
was fraught at once with unsurpassed histori
cal signin^-ance and with unrivalled importance
to the welfare of the Russian people.
Commendable, too, was the tone of the brief
imperial speech from the throne. We are told it
was conciliatory, and there was, and is. unhap
pily, need of conciliation, and of conciliation
through imperial overtures to the people. It
expressed a wish for the amelioration of the
condition of the peasantry, and how urgent and
universal that need is the world well knows
without reminder. Finally, it asked the iKiuma
to co-opernte seriously with him for the solving
of the problems which prew» so heavily upon
the empire. In that was a renewed renunciation
of the purely persona] despotism which has
hitherto prevailed. There was recognition of
the right of the Russian people to a large share
in the government, with all that the irrevocable
rwngnhion of that right implied. If there were
no special promises and no detailed proj>os;;ls
of legislation, it may well be said that in the
circumstances such things were uncalled for
and would have l»een impractical, if not actually
inappropriate.
They will come later, and they will come soon.
Immediately after the pageantry at the Winter
Palace the Douma returned to its workshop in
the Tauride Palnee for busineafe. We may be
sure it will <k. business there and will make
itself felt as a power in the realm. It is to be
believed that Hie Emperor expects and desires
it to be a power and to l>e in due time developed
into some such paramount power as are the
parliaments of other lands. The prophecy
which many made, right down to yesterday,
that the Dounia would never, after ail, be per
mitted to meet has been proved false. The no
tion that the 1 loumo Is to be a mere puppet of
the bureaucracy will, we confidently believe,
prove equally groundless. Hitherto the govern
ment of Russia has consisted of the Emperor.
Henceforth it will consist of the Emperor and
the Douraa ; and if at present the powers of* the
two are not equal, but those of the former are
the greater, it will not be always thus. The
rule of the world is that the powers of the mon
arch are declinlug. and those of the democracy
are Increasing, and In no country Is the opera
tion of that rule more manifest than In the
empire of the Czar.
THE PLAN OF THE CAXAL.
Mr. Shonts's suggestion that it is now time to
determine the plan of the isthmian canal pro
vokes characteristic outbreaks from the old
enemies of that enterprise, who affect to think
It would be Indecent precipitancy to make such
a decision at this date, as well as monumental
effrontery for Congress to decide a question ujton
which eminent engineers disagree. It may well
be asked, however, when it will be fitting to
choose a plan. If It Is not now. The subject has
been discussed directly and practically for more
than a quarter of a century. Thi-ee American
canal commissions have considered it. Two
chief engineers have expressed their opinions.
A committee of thirteen of the foremost Amer
ican and European engineers, selected ami con
stituted for the express purpose, has patiently
and laboriously investigated all phases of the
matter and has reported upon it in great detail.
What further grounds for a determination can
be reasonably required?
Nor can we regard It as at all presumptuous
for the laymen of Congress to make a decision
where the professional engineers have failed
to agree. They would be justified in doing so on
the proverbial principle of what Is to be done
-when doctors disagree." They would be Justi
fied also on the ground of the practical impossi
bility of securing universal agreement among
engineers. We have no Idea that such an agree
ment will ever be reached. Are we. then, to
say that the canal shall never bo constructed
because men differ as to Its plan? Had such
counsels of absurdity prevailed few of the
world's great works would ever have been per
formed. The present situation is this: That
no universal agreement of engineers upon any
plan ha* bean or can be secured; that there is
some of the best engineering authority In the
world In favor of each of the two major plans
proposed, and that thus In deciding In favor of
either of those' plans Congress would have as
ample professional warrant for Its action as any
laymen could reasonably require.
We have hitherto pointed out why it would
be ©referable, and why, u*ie«i. It Is strongly
>:e\y-yokk daily rRTBrxE. fktday. n. inon.
desirable, for Congress at this (tea ■ fIM -; ■•■
cifle instructions ss to the plan of the '-num.
If It cannot or will not do so— that is to say. If
tbe Senate committee will not, for tbe BfMta
waits for its committee and the House waits for
the Senate— that fact at least should promptly
be made plain, so that the President can go
ahead with the work under tbe provisions of tbe
existing law, which law Is Interpreted by the
whole administration as authorizing the con
struction of a lock canal. Doubtless, If Con
gress adjourns without taking any action upon
the matter, the President will thu» proceed un
der tbe existing law. Indeed, be will have to
do so. But It should not be necessary for him
to wait until then. It would be far better for
Congress to make some specific decision at once.
SANITARY BEWAOE DISPOSAL.
Dr. Samuel O. Dizon, Health Commissioner of
Pennsylvania, said in a public address the
other evening that typhoid fever cost that state
about $14,000,000 a year. He recognized the
fact that other consequences of the prevalence
of disease are more lamentable, generally speak
ing, than tbe pecuniary losses which it In
volves. The anxiety and suffering caused by a
prolonged and serious illness and the sorrow
resulting from a fatal termination are usually
tbe first considerations, and so overshadow tbe
economic aspects of tbe subject that the latter
are likely to be ignored altogether. It Is well
to be reminded of them, therefore, and to have
a specific estimate, like Dr. Dixon's. of the
combined effect of interruption of remunera
tive employment, doctors' and druggists' bills
and funeral expenses. Suoh figures emphasize
the duty of promoting the public health.
In this country a larger responsibility seems
to rest upon local than upon state officials. The
latter usually act only In an advisory capacity.
The former are almost invariably the first to
learn of the outbreak of a contagious mal
ady. In some respects they are better situated
than any one else to ascertain its cause. I»eal
health officers, too. can act with greater prompt
ness when it becomes necessary to Institute
quarantine measures or to prohibit the sale of
suspected food. It has been customary, how
ever, for these authorities to concern themselves
only with the welfare of their own constitu
ents. Dr. Dixon would go much further. H»«
spoke to the people of West Chester about their
obligation to their neighlwrs. He told them
thai the manner in which thoy disposed of their
sewage threatened the lives of their neighbors
further down stream. The Tribune is not in a
position to jndjre of the justice of this particu
lar charge, but there can be little doubt that
scores of other communities are really guilty
of the offence imputed to West Chester. As a
rule, each town or city is content to take care
of Itself, and. though possibly not indifferent
to the welfare of others, sees no reason for
squandering money on engineering works for
the benefit of outsiders alone. Moreover, with
out legal compulsion, no municipality, big or
little, is likely to incur such an expense.
Nevertheless, the principle of responsibility
which Dr. Dixon discusses has been repeatedly
affirmed by the courts in tin's country. It Is
established by the common law. Here and
there its application is facilitated hy special
statutes. In Massachusetts, for Instance, the
State Board of Health is able to stop the con
tamination of streams in short order. In one
way or another tbe city of Columbus, Ohio, lias
recently been forced to construct sewage dis
posal works, not for its own residents, but
for the population of towns further down the
Scioto. As yet there has l)een little legislation
of this sort in the United States, but there will
undoubtedly be a good deal more in the next
quarter of a century. If Pennsylvania has not
yet enlisted In the movement— and from the lan
guajre of Dr. Dixon's address it is safe to in
fer that she has not— it mipht be well for him
to bej?in a campaign at Harrisburg when the
T.ejrislatiire next meets.
RVFFIANLY CAR HANDB.
Many a man — not to mention multitudes of
women— will feel a thrill of gratification at the
punishment of an elevated railroad guard for
rufllanly conduct toward a passenger. That evil
Is far too common. Cases of actual assault are
rare, though by no means unknown, but gross
insolence and verbal abuse are of continual oc
currence. Even the "Move up, there!" "Step
lively I" and the like, which ure beard at almost
every breath, are in their tone, as well us in
substance, an impertinence which should be
regarded as Intolerable. It would not be an
exaggeration to say that the habitual und char
acteristic attitude of a considerable proportion
of the car bunds toward passengers on till our
lines of travel resembles that of a not over
considerate driver toward cattle. They treat
passengers as if the latter had no rights which
they were bound to respect and as if they were
tolenitetl on the cars on sufferance, for which
privilege they 'should be humbly grateful.
We are not of course, making this charge
against all of them. There are many car hanas
who In their attitude toward the public, as in
their service to the companies, are all that could
be desired. But every patron of New York car
lines knows unpleasantly well that there are
also many of the kind we have described, and
they are not greatly at a loss to discern the rea
son for such a state of affairs, or the reasons,
for there are several. In some cases, especially
in Brooklyn, unfit men are employed. Some are
foreigners who know nothing about the streets
of tbe city, and who can scan-ely understand, or
make themselves understood In. the English lau
guage. Others are evidently recruited from a
grade of society so low and brutal as to be little
better than criminal. Rude in speech, unwashed
in person, dirty and ragged in attire and ruf
fianly In action, it Is a positive indecency to
have them thrust upon the public in places in
which they actually exercise authority.
Another fruitful source of evil resides, how
ever, in an entirely different quarter — to wit,
the supreme management of the roads. In a
great number of cases the men are practically
required, by the conditions of their employment,
to act as they do. If the company will not pro
vide enough cars to carry its pa*«engerß decently
the conductors nnd others must do their best —
or worst — at packing a hundred Into a space
meant for only fifty. Shice the car hands are
subject to penalties if they do not make their
runs on time, they are compelled to hurry pas
sengers in entering and leaving cars, so that tbe
cars may not be unduly delayed. The designs of
many of the cars, too, which actually seem as if
Intended to be awkward and Incommodious, are
evils from which passengers suffer, but for which
the men are. of course, not to be blamed. In
a considerable proportion of cases, then, we re
peat, tbe conductors, guards and inotnrmen are
more sinned against than sinning. But that fact
Is no exculpation of those who do sin. On the
contrary, it emphasir.es tbe need of bringing
sharply to book every one of them who wantonly
abuses pasnengers with cither act or speech.
It must be borne in mind that the employes on
our transportation lines are in a peculiar sense
Intrusted with the safeguarding of tbe welfare
of tbe community. They do much more than
"handle" crowds of men at "rush hours." At all
hours they are the public guardians of otherwise
unprotected women and children. The public
bas a rigbt to demand that they shall be men
worthy of such a trust It does not expect
Cbesterfieldlan etiquette, and it certainly does
not want cringing servility. But It does expect
tbe transportation companies to man their cars
with persons wbo are clean and decent in per
son and speech, who are self-respecting and who
respect others as themselves, and to whose tem
porary care women nnd children may confidently
be committed without fear of insult or assault
aljJ v i^u, a right to expect the companies to
make their coadltion^ and terms of employment
Euch as will .-omimiml ho sorrJce of — n- ri in.-n. j
A rsoent case in which a streetcar passenger
who asserted that he had paid his fare and had
a transfer to substantiate It was slugged by
tbe conductor raises the question as to the right
of conductors to assault passengers, whether
the latter pay their fare or not. Such methods
of oolleotlng are, not tolerated elsewhere. Wl»
shook! they be allowed on streetcars?
Even the optimistic Thomas Tag-gait probably
finds It difficult to see in roseate colors bis dep
osition from the tre;u.urArship of the Demo
cratio State Committee of Indiana. By the
time the campaign opens, however, Thomas
will probably be able to assume his expansive
smile and point the way, as usual, to Demo
cratic defeat.
Half a dosen or more places In Europe, Amer
ica and other parts of the world have reported
aught earthquake shocks since that at San
Franotsco. They may be of the sympathetic
variety, but It la to be hoped the sympathy
win go no further at present
Controller Metz announces that he Is no poli
tician of the rubber stamp sort. The Controller
Is wise enough to know that fashions change in
politics and that the rubber stamp model Is Just
now out of date.
Boroug-h President Color has thoughtfully
suggested Hughes, Gaynor and Hearst for Gov
ernor, and still nobody has been kind enough to
say, "Why don't you speak for yourself. Bird?"
Brooklynites should not be discouraged be
cause the game of bridge as they daily play
it has Its drawbacks and inconveniences. Some
time there will be tunnels.
The announcement of that McClellan-McCar
ren pact seems to have been a trifle premature.
The ashcan collector had not yet been heard
from.
Possibly Chancellor Day means his recent ut
terances to be taken with a good sized package
of Syracuse salt.
Wilkos-Barre, Perm.. was one hundred years
old yesterday, but it neither looked nor acted
like a centenarian.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
It is to he hoped that persons with a ghastly taste
for Joking may in some way enjoy their merry jpsts
after they have passed from this sphere of humor.
A Toronto woman, now deceased, played a joke on
heirs which nhe cculd not by any possibility hope,
to enjoy while living. Wh:le on a trip through
Canada sis years ago she deposited a box with a
Toronto trust company for safekeeping. She men
tione.l it In h. r will; and after her death the law
yers represent ing claimants to the estate gathered
from afar to witness the opening of the package.
It was elaoorately sealed, and contained merely a
pair of corsets. There has been much amusement
over the diseemature of lawyers and heirs. Who
will say after this that woman has no sense of
humor?
KATE.
For if it is, it is. you know;
And if It ahVt. it ain't;
Maybe you wish that spot wrts snow
But it" it's pai t, it's ..abit!
> -Life.
Solitude is a matter of taste. It has been the
subject of much discussion. Volumes hav^ been
written In praise or condemnation of it. But per
haps the real value of solitude has never been so
subtly and so accurately expressed as by th>> girl
who was asked if she liked being alone. "That
depends." she answered sweetly, "on whom I am
alone with." v
Speaking of the Baker.— "The baker," said the
knowing youth, "is the happiest man ever. Kvery
thlng he stirs up pans out well. All he kneads is
his. he has .lough to burn, and his stock is still
rimng. He certainly takes the cake! He's a stir
ring chap, and does things up brown. Though he Is
well bred and somewhat of a high roller, he is not
above mixing with his hands. Besides, he is pleous
and cheerfully icing his favors for everybody The
baker is the original wise man of the yeast — LJd
plncott's Magazine. "
The judicial oath in the Isle of Man is so quaint
as to deserve printing. It runs thus: "By this
book and the holy contents thereof, and by the.
wonderful works that God hath miraculousiy
wrought in heaven above and in the earth be
neath in six days and seven nights, I do swear
that I will, without respect of favor or friendship,
love or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws of this isle Justly between
our sovereign lord the King and his subjects within
this isle, betwixt party and party, as indifferently
a« the herring's backbone doth lie In the midst of
the fish."
How If This for High.— Senator Clay, of Georgia,
was once showing a constituent the sights of the
national capital when the Washington Monument
was reached.
"What do you think of it?" carelessly asked the
Senator, as the constituent stood gazing in awe at
the stately shaft.
"Senator." responded the Georgian gravely,
"that's the darnedest, highest one story building
I've ever seen!"— American Spectator.
PLAN TO ESTABLISH SUMMER CAMP.
Palisade Commission Expects to Benefit Toil
ers if Governor Signs Bill.
The ultimate fate of the Wainwright bill for
the preservation of Hook Mountain from de
struction by the quarrymen. which was passed
on the day of the close of the last Legislature,
only ten minutes before the gavel of Lieutenant
Governor Bruce fell for the last time for that
session, now rests with Governor Higgins.
The Palisades project. Including Hook Moun
tain, has for Its purpose not only to preserve
the beauty of the Hudson River, but to furnish
to working people a means for summer recrea
tion and rest The full plans of the Palisade
Commission have not been made public as yet.
and will not be published until they have ma
tured further. Their main purpose, however, is
to establish on the Palisades and Hook Moun
tain a summer camping ground extensive enough
to accommodate thousands of campers varied
enough In beauty to satisfy the most fastidious
and close enough at hand to be available for
use by every class of worker, not only in our
city, but in the adjacent cities and towns for
many miles around.
Besides this, there Is the still greater plan of
building along the entire length of the Palisades
and the adjacent territory of Hook Mountain a
highway which will connect with the state high
ways now building, and will afford high class
roads for miles In length, reaching from New
York City to the most distant towns and cities
in the state.
MBS. JEFFERSON DAVIS ILL.
Fears for Her Recovery Because of Her Ad
vanced Age.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the President
of tbe Confederacy. Is seriously 111 In her apart
ments at the Hotel Gerard, in West 44th street,
where she has made her home ever since the
house was opened, twelve years ago. Mrs. Dsvis
caught a severe cold a week a«o, which devel
oped Into an attack of the grip. She Is nearly
eighty years old. and It Is feared that on ac
count of her advanced age she may not recover.
She Is under the care of r»r. Robert H Wylle
of No. 78 West 52d street, who declined last
night to dlsruss her condition. Besides her
maid, a trained nurse Is In constant attendance
on Mrs. Davis. It was said at the hotel last
night that the aged woman was resting com
fortably.
Since the death of her daughter Winnie, at
Narragansett Pier, several years ago. Mrs. Davis
has lived alone at the Motel, but with the latch
string always out for her friends from the South
Her only other child. Mra J. Addlson Hayes!
lives in Colorado Springs. It was denied last
About People and Social Incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrera Tk« Tribun* Jiureaa.l
. . rr i rm i riuui •- r»wiv»« >
Washington, May- 10,— Prudent Roose.vplt had a
coaTerence' this . afternoon"j*lth-s^Hker.^v i"1
..IS ill l^riMHMl Wllii >
worth, of the Mm Yc?rk
Vf lUllWllollk| of ."Weatch. sl'er." »•• - E?«pr^fiitaUl f '
Cooka. OX tha Ist Congress District. HpenVcr \V a«»-.
worth refused tD'dlsduwi. the 'political .aUuattQn..^?;
yond saying that the outlook -was favorable, tor x^
publican success In the fan. .„ -n«i«.
•T am not a candidate tor state uissmlttee c Hair
man." said Mr. Wadswerth; -do ■«* want It. ona
would not take It." .—■-* ttu,
The President to-day promised to *««"»*«
opening of the Jamestown Erpesltlon on April^.
HOT. H. St. George Tatker. president of the ex
position company; Lieutenant Governor J. Wlor
Ellison of Virginia and C. Brooks Johnson called
at the White House to present the Invitation.
Senator Dick, of Ohio, beaded a delegation of
business sad professional men and Congressman
that called to invite President Roosevelt to attend
a celebration at Marietta next commemor
ating the establishment of the capital of the North
west Territory In that city. IlopresontaUvo and
Mrs. Uongworth have promised to attend, and all
the members of the Ohio Congress delegation will
be present. The President said that he could not
make a definite promise bo far ahead.
William I* Merry. United States Minister to
Nicaragua. Costa Rica and Salvador, whose home to
In San Francisco, paid bis respects to the Presi
dent.
The President entertained at luncheon this after
noon Secretary Taft. Speaker Wadsworth and As
semblyman Walnwrlght. of New York. Among
those who visited the executive office were Senators
Carter. Beverldge, Crane. Bikms. Blackburn.
Perkins and McLaurin; Representatives Dinsmore.
Blackburn and Calder; Governor J. A. Johnson of
Minnesota, Captain I* H. Rising; chairman of the
State Board of Control of Minnesota, and C. H.
Schultx. State Superintendent of Education, who
were Introduced by Senator Nelson.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.)
Washington. May 10.— The newly appointed at
tache of the British Embassy and Mrs. H. M.
Grant Watson were hosts at a dinner to-night at
their X street home, having among their guests
Mrs. Watson's sister. Miss Lowe, of New York:
Count Gleichen. Miss Langham. the sister of Bar
oness yon Sternburg. and others. Mr. and Mrs.
Watson have taken the Hawthorne cottage, at
L.enox. for the summer and will close their Wash
ington house early.
Mrs. A. C. Barney will repeat her successful pas
toral, given in the Italian garden at Friendship last
Friday, using the beautiful grounds at The Oaks.
the Georgetown Heights home of Colonel and Mrs.
Blount. The Marine Band has been engaged for
the- musical part of the programme and the so
ciety men and women who filled the role? at the
first performance will again lend their services.
The sum of $1.40© was made from the play at
Friendship for the benefit of several local charities,
and the proceeds next Wednesday will go for the
children's public playgrounds.
A larjre recention was given at the "Washington
Barracks to-nirht by the officers and their wives
in honor *ot Major and Mrs. Burr, who will soon
go to Boston. The hoproom was decorated with
flowers and flags, and the band from the barracks
furnished the music. Lieutenant Brook was muster
of ceremonies and made most of fh- arrangements
for the reception. Major and Mr.«. Burr have been
popular here and will be greatly missed from of
ficial and local society.
General and Mrs. Adna R. Chaffer and Miss Chaf
fee are now at their X street home, making prep
arations to give up their Washington residence for
a permanent home in California.
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
(From The Tribune Bureau. J
Washington, May 10. — Several hundred people at
tended the reception given to-night by Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph K. Thropp. The Marine Band Or
chestra furnished music. The house lent itself ad
mirably to decorations of dogwood blossoms and
othfr spring flowers. Mrs. Thropp wore a gown of
white luce and pearl and diamond ornaments.
Among the guests were Vice-President and Mrs.
Fairbanks. Secretary Shaw. Senator and Mrs.
Lodge, Senator and Mrs. Knox. Senator and Mrs.
Scott. Senator and Mrs. Rayner. Senator and Mrs.
Burrows. Senator and Mrs. Hopkins. Justice and
Mrs. Holmes. General and Mrs. Elliott. Colonel and
Mrs. Symons, Colonel and Mrs. Reber. Rear Ad
miral and Mrs. Chester. Rear Admiral and Mrs
Terry, Miss Terry, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Kenney
Captain and Mrs. Beach, the Minister to Norway
and Mrs. Pelrce, Mrs. Richard H. Townsend Miss
Townsend. Miss Loring. Dr. and Mrs. Chatard
CHARITY BODIES CONFER.
Minneapolis Man Attacks Relief
Work of Salvation Army.
Philadelphia. May 10_-The first business session
of the thirty-third National Conference of Chari
ties and Corrections opened to-day in Horticultural
Hall. After the presentation of the report of Lee
K. Frankel. manager of the United Hebrew Chari
ties of New York, a paper r.n "Relief Work of the
Salvation Army" was read by Edwin D. Solenber
ger. general manager of the Associated Charities
Minneapolis. He declared that the social relief
work of the Salvation Army, as carried on through
its homes, lodging houses and other agencies, was
poorly organized and poorly administered and that
the "so-called charitable work of the army was
largely subservient to financial interests." He
continued:
The Salvation Army maintains at present about
seventy-four lodging houses in our various cities.
furnishing beds at the rate of 10 and 15 cents a
"]*»,*• ?n? n IU . a »'P ea ' f« fluids the army speaks
of lodging thousands of homeless." and most peo
ple gain the impression that such lodgings are in
part at least, a charity, and that the accommoda
tions furnished are much superior to those of the
ordinary t- heap lodging house, run for private
profit Reliable information from a large number
of typical American cities indicates that the sys
tem of cheap lodging houses conducted by the
army have all the defects of the poorest of the
privately owned lodging houses and few if any
advantages over them. Recently in an Eastern
city a Salvation Army lodging house was closed
when the local board of health began to enforce
the sanitary ordinances, while from widely sepa
rated cities come accounts of specific glaring evils
It is exceedingly difficult to secure satisfactory
Information about the financial affairs of the Sal
vation Army. The balance sheet and statement of
accounts at national headquarters in New York
City are gone over each year J>y a certified public
accountant, but this only guarantees that the foot
ings and the balances are correct.
Miss Evangeltne C. Booth, commander of the
Salvation Array in the United States, was seen yes
terday afternoon at the national headquarters of
the army, In West 14th street, concerning the criti
cism of the army methods, contained in the paper
read by Mr. Solenberger. Miss Booth characterised
the criticisms as unfair, In the attempt to discredit
th«» statistics of army work, by a confusion of
terms and quoting partial statements, as if they
were intended to cover the entire Held of the social
relief work. She said:
Mr. Solenberger. in attempting to prove the un
trustworthlness of the Salvation Army statistics.
iJ'rivatloTaVE. °.r. r l&5 c Pa™*** l 1 * issued by the
buivattoti Army In different parts of the country
and at various times. .On thelrface these rtgW.
do not seem to harmonize, but the army's represen
tative nt the conference explained that the statis
tics covered various departments, bo that while
they disagree. It does not follcv.- that tha diCerent
statements are inaccurate. ««4».oiw«»
Nothing could be further from the truth than Mr
Solenberger's assertion that the lodging houses of
any other department of Salvation Army charities
is main: a 1 for a profit. While the laudable
object of the army Is to make its institutions solf
■upDorting, many of them are necessarily main
tained at a considerable financial loss.
It is notable that at the close of Mr. Solenberger's
address a Salvation Army officer-arose and read a
recent letter received by Staff Captain Goodins In
charge of the army's charitable work at Minneap
olis, In which Mr. Solenberger highly commended
the work of the organization he now so severely
criticises. *
COMPOSER OIEB FROM OLD INJURIES
fBy Telegraph, to Ts« Tribune. )
Los Angeles. May MX— Anson Dsyos. once
famous as a composer and slnscr of sacred songs,
died In the arms of his wife here from paralysis,
resulting from Injuries received in a runaway
thirteen years ago. Hymns composed and sun*
by him with the evangelists. Excell and Critten
den. are Mill sung In many Sunday schools sU
over the country. Mrs. Dsyoe had spent a fort
une in trying to effect the our* of her invalid
Dr. and Mrs. Loris*. Colonel CoKea, mi— *vi. *
Mr wd r»IM.r »IM. Epaldlny, Ltoatsnant <*■* 2 •
Cu!v,r.' .Mr.. 'b'm'^ ■"'" Duncan C P*mT
Mrs. Rfcharrt^ButW; Mr. and Mr* GSV- r
v-nor, Mr/ and S Mr-... John E. R^ybtrrn ■^l
-7. M . K ru^,:Mr. , •. _\i- g Oayter^ ~\&
AX\*\ Mr« ' Monti -•-- --„.. - - %
General and Mrs. J.~ Wafts Keany ?"*" Bo >l -
O. T. Crosby. Miss Crosby. Mr. «ad ]£. r Vr *
WhJtflsld Browa, Mtoßmn. ihTLS*^^
Mrs. naaa Gonloa, Mr. and ilrs. Arct^r 5 \
Representative and Mra. Ca^n a^ <£££
CasselL "•Mi*.,
.•£■!?■■"• —* automobiles lined tbe R -*, &*
the elty to the Children's Country *LT!fr J"* 013
*«•* this afternoon, where a £££ T."' 7 *-" 1
Pound party was riven for the benefltof £\\ S
and Its little Inmates. "««s.- o. tfei tc~«
. NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Under tbe direction of Miss Cornelia H^U*
a successful performance of Ptaero'e "Tse *. 3
Mistress** was given last night at the ££?=£
*** by a cast composed exclusively of aS?
The entertainment was for the benefit .ft*.
******* sufferers. Among the wSb^^J* 1
Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs. HarrTpT™ \^ ? " s
ney. Mrs. Stanford White. Mfs^Z^J^S
Mrs. Robert Goelet. Dlt **
Araon? those who ca»ed yestetdav to- r«»_
were Mrs. .urerneur Kortrliht SewS £2?
Mra. Joseph SUckney. a. Gordon kZZ!"^'* 7'7 '
and Mrs. F. B. CrowntoshlST *•
. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harnman have o~»^ .
country place at Whl^ ng^ »g gg^'
Mrs Johnston I* de Peyster has la.u«d ,_
«ons for the wedding of her daughTsr i£l S*
4* Peyster. to Howard TownsendjSt^ J^ s
day. June 2. at her country plaoe^W " £Usr -
special train will leave .2 SSSLV •*
for the accommodation of h^t^T **•
Countess Delia Gherardesca. w wo«h o« » a »_
«n the pa-ssenser !•„, of the WaSTiSj^
having sailed for New York on wJ^ *?* B •
laughter of Henry A C TaX h? m"^* ••
rtes* She wiU .ZntL er7a ler w« "„, *T -*
mer with him at hi. villa at Xew^rT °J "* «**•
entertainments will be miwn ** \Z "' w *» —*
be her flr« visit to t£^?£.^J^
are now Uving ln Paris. TtTl^ J*** 9 ' **»
of Ross Winan* of^niST^^ 18
Lady Maxwell, who has arrived to tm - .-,
the Baroness de Reuter and Mr* And«w Sll^.
of Charleston. N. C. as the „ El =a!.
Maxwell and daughter of Charles Bot^f,
London and San Francis^. I*£HJSoSHr
Baroness de Reuter. who is aIKuSSL
crossed th « Atlanta on board Mr. Benaetr.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. who has been staylnrfr
some time in Boston, has arrived in town, a* .',
at her house in East «>th street.
Dr. and Jin.. Pettr B. Wyckoff and Misa F>
enee tVyckofT will spend the summer at BeralX
vilie. X. J.. where Stey have taken a house for £,
season. v'u '
Mr. and Mrs. William de la Roche Anderson, «s»
have been staying with Mrs. Anderson's pares*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olyphant. at their house, la
East 52d street, will leave town to-morrow i or th* I
country place at PlainfieM. X. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Goelet Gallatto will leave town nest
week for Newport, where they have taken the
Charles Thorndyke cottage for the season.
■m
Mrs. Robert M. Thompson has sailed for Parts,
where she will join Colonel Thompson, who has
been cruising about m the Mediterranean on tbe
flagship of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. as his
guest. Colonel and Mrs. Thompson's son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pen.
are at their place at Port Washington, and wilt
later go to Southampton for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. Miss Rv*
Twombly. Robert W. Goelet. James J. Van Alas.
Elisha Dyer. jr.. Henry C. Havemeyer and Henry
F. Godfrey, with his bride, who was Mrs. Perry
Tiffany, are on their way across tbe ocean on boar*
the Kaiser Wilhelm 11. and are due here on Tims
day. James J. Van Alen Is bound for his flsatag
club in Nova Scotia.
BAB STATUE FROK CITT HALL ?AH!.
Art Commission Approves Design for T :z.>
kins Memorial, However.
The Municipal Art Commission has dlsapprosst
the proposal of the Duntel P. Tompkins memssfjf
committee to put the monument of ex-GovarssT
Tompkins in the place of the fountain in th# Cfcg>
Hall Park. Tho design, however, which is by X
Masey Rhlnd. sculptor, and Carrere A Hasting*
architects, has been approved.
The monument will be twenty feet high, wttt a
marble pedestal, and :i large platform with sms*
surmounted by a large bronxe statue of ex-GffSS>
nor Tompkins. The space occupied by the moss>
ment will be 40 feet by 45 feet. The mocumsst
will be given by Freemasons.
Regarding the action of the commission. Dr. issS
Quincy Adams, acting secretary, said yesteterdßF
In my opinion, it would be very unwise to tafc*
away that fountain, which is a delight M»»
day in the city in this small park, an.i put ia »
place a large pile cf marble nnd .bron*-. I Jo s«
think our City Hall Park, with its small
should be taken up with lar*e r.;."nim« > nts. 1
would better have green grass there. Th» HW *5
of the proposed monument. h«">w?ver. '.s a goon wflSB
of art.
OFF FOR KING'S WEDDING.
Lieutenant V. S. Grant. V. S. A., and Lieutteast
Palmer. U. S. N.. sailed yesterday for Havre ca IS
Lorraine. They were appointed by the Pr#sM«it *
attend the wedding of King Alfonso of Spain. ,
MR. WHITRIOGE IN LONDON.
London. May Frederick Waitingford ****
ridge, who has been appointed by President BBSs*
velt to represent the United States at th» wasJssl
of King Alfonso of Spain, arrived here this cas
ing on his way to Madrid. He will be IP™"?*"!^??
King Edward before proceeding to the Spaas*
capital.
USES OF BLAST FURNACE 6AS£>
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your interestins and instruct**
article on the Carnegie gas engine ln MondafJ
paper, it may interest you to know that t!wr *s^
other ways of utilizing the sases from blast f~
naces. In the Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Q***
pany's plant at Buffalo they are burned to
boilers. The steam generated run* tfc» o^'
engines for unloading vessels at the ore OC<^T
supplies power to the lighting dynsn.es, and s^
runs the fans In the blast furnaces. In t&«* ■
particular one might say that th*» iron smelts !■
It may be said that this is going the far <*****
Chicago pork packers, wno sav# every thins I«gt3|
squeal, one better. The gases, like th* iqaeafc ■•*.
given forth at the moment of atalntagratlss^"*
unlike the squeal, are made useful. ECONOj-—
New York City. May 9. IMS.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLER*
Among the passengers who arrived ye***
from Naples on the ' Princess Irene were:
Mr. and Mr*. B. OUvw and J. R Hay &<*&*■ .pljjffi
family Mln data Hua»_ -\ lrf
alr« Frank Ncrru. Dr. and Ura. *™SLSSSm|
Mr and Mra. A. C. Whits. \'*r. _. . «-.,«-
William \V. Bodln*. Mr» Sarah D. "S^»g
Mr and Mrs. I.yman D«Bl-| irii.it
■ob. I
Travellers who arrived yesterday from Lrw"* 1 *
on the Majestic were:
Dr. Norman BrM«* * Martin vac Cur--u
Mr. end Mra. fY*d«rtoh R. O. V. •WasMarton. . -;. T.
Keller?. J- lISSM ,
TaemasMaccoaal.
The cabin list of the Cretlc. which sailed T^-" 1
day for Naples, Included: *£
Prnfcsaur and Mra. . E. W. Mr. and Mt». R- *• ■
Bstnta } tostoa. jr. _, djm
Mr. and Mis. It A. Cam«r-j General aoa Mra ■
•wry. . I A. Mulhollaad. ♦r J j*]
lit*, Bilth rt. Oolmta, lEtefMwr aad S3^|jgM|