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THURSDAY. MAY 17. 15**5
THE HEWS THIS UOKSISH.
CONGRESS. — Senate: Consideration of the
Railroad Rate bill in Committee of the Whole
was finished; there was another outbreak of
anger by Senators Bailey and Tillman. the latter
reading a letter from ex-Senator Chandler. r»
p«-ating his charge against President Roosevelt.
- House: A motion to strike out the appro
priation in the Naval bill for a battleship as
large as the British Dreadnought was defeated.
FOREIGN— The Russian Emperor, according
to a dispatch from St Petersburg, is prepared
to grant partial amnesty and to choose a new
Cabinet from the conservative members of the
majority in parliament; It is added that he is
unwilling to allow the majority to select a
premier - The Russian parliament reas
sembled, and after a number of speeches, which
were marked by little moderation, adopted the
first four demands contained in the reply to the
speech of the Emperor; the reply as reported
trom committee had an unfavorable effect on
government securities. ■ ■ Some trouble has
been caused by the arreat near Bocas del Toro
of Professor McKenney. of Washington, who
burned some huts in order to prevent further
damage by the banana pest. = Cape police
have captured Jacob Morengo, the Herrero
leader, and several of his warriors who fled
from German troops into British territory.
A demand for laws to check the practices of
Christian Scientists was made in the House of
Commons. Mr. Gladstone, the Home Secretary,
said that he was not ready to express an opin
ion on the Bubjeot. = A number of fierr-e
fights of Servians. Turks. Greeks. Wallachs and
Bulgarians were reported from Macedonia.
- The Right Rev. Dr. Edward Henry Bick
erateth. formerly Bishop of Exeter, did at
London.
DOMESTIC— Governor Higrßins. at Albany, ,
signed the Elsberg bill permitting separate con
struction and operation of rapid transit lines. ;
■, Twenty-six medals and $10,500 were j
awarded by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commis
sion at Pittsburg. ■ ■ Testimony was given
ijefore the Interstate Commerce Commission at
Philadelphia that a coal company had given
Stock to Pennsylvania Railroad officials to get
better treatment, and that each official had re
ceived gifts of etock from various coal compa- '-
nies :■'■■■.■ Attorney General Monnett of Ohio
said in Lima that the grand jury had exoner
ated 111111 on the ouster suit settlement charges.
: — It was announced in Philadelphia that the
Pennsylvania Railroad was planning to float a
loan to equip the line between Pittsburg and
New York with a water supply system.
ClTY. Stocks were strong. ===== The fran
chise eonerntttfe of the New Rochelle Board of
Aldermen reported that the Hew York, West
chester & Boston Railway Company was al
most certain to lose its franchise on" August 2.
having failed to complete the work called for
within that time. - It was announced that
Robert Olyphant. former chairman of the Mu
tual Life committee on expenditures, had sailed
from Europe -at Mr. Jerome's request to testify
before the grand jury in the insurance cases.
• Turney, the alleged bank embezzler, was
indicted. ■ : "Our Animal Friends," the or
gran of the Society for the Prevention of cruelty
to Animals, was discontinued by order of the
board of managers of the society. == Dr i
Nicholas Murray Butler announced th. pro- !
gramma for commencement week at Columbia
===== Th* Rev. Dr. Manning, of the Church of
the Holy Comforter. Brooklyn, left th- Epis
copal Convention at Card* n City. L I . aft»r his <
mot.on to ha^e Bishop Burgess's praise <>f the i
trustees of the estate eliminated from his
printed address failed. r— — Lewis <; Tewks
bury. Indicted for the larceny of bonds from his
former wife, testified that be pave them to her
and that she returned them at his request ■■■'-■ ■-
The twelfth juror was selected and the murder
trial of Josephine Terranova begun -■■ ■- Fight
children were rescued from ■ blazing room by a
patrolman and two other men.
THE WEATHER. Inductions for to-day
Fair and somewhat cooler. The temperature
yesterday: Highest. 81 degrees; lowest. 51.
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THE PLAN OF THE CANAL.
The vote of the Senate Committee on Inter
oceanic ana in favor of the sea level plan at
Panama, which was yesterday effected by the
return of Senator Carmack. is to be welcomed
for mere reasons than one. Those — and they are
many— who believe tlie *ea level plan to be the
best, and. indetd, tin? only one which will prove
peimauecUy satisfactory, will rejoice in this
ste;> toward the triumph of their contentions.
But even those who take the opposite view, and
prefer a lock canal at high level, have cause for
satisfaction In this indication that Congress may
after all. make a definiie decision and assume
direct responsibility for the plan of the canaL
We need not here rehearse the argument* which
n:;v.> repeated!? been put forth In favor of such
action by Congress and against the threatened
|te:i<-y of leaving the matter for the President
t, deride under the Spooner law; but we may
i*>: • that this vote of the committee will speed
ily be followed by votes of tie whole Senate and
•I Use I low* of Itepresentativcs.
. M hardly needs to be *ald that the commit
u- H vote does not settle the question. The Sen
ate in;.;, prove or may reverse the committee's
recommendation, and the House may 01 may
not agree with the Senate. It would not be
»trange if the Senate did reverse the commit
tee's vote, just m the canal commission reversed
«be recommendation of the advisory board of
engineer*. Anything is possible. «'nd nothing
would be surprising, in the progress of an enter
prise which lias already been marked with «>
many right-about-face change*. For ourselves
we have from the beginning favored a sea level
cane!, and we have yet seen no reason for alter
ing that judgment. But what se?ins to us su
premely desirable is that a positive and final
prescription shall be promptly made by that
body with which the responHibllit> properly
rests— to wit. Controls
lucre le no doubt that a «ea level csoal would
cost more, in the first iOFtanep. for original con
struction, than a look canal. There is reason to
believe that Its aubaequtMit cost, for nil time,
would be less, and that, therefore. It would ulti
mately — and not so very remotely — prove to be
the less expensive. But it 13 for Congress, which
Is to provide the money, to decide ynrhother that
Increased first cost Is desirable. If It decides
the question In the affirmative, then It will do
well to consider whether It is not — as we believe
It is— desirable to minimize that cost as far as
possible by maintaining the wise and logical
policy of the administration of purchasing sup
plies in the cheapest market It Is not Impossi
ble that a sea level canal could be constructed
under the present policy for no more than a
lock canal would cost under the policy of a re
stricted market and an eight-hour day.
A FALLEN IDOL.
The Hon. Joseph W. Bailey bad something to
say in the Senate last Saturday about "broken
faith" and "me& of clay." He spoke with much
anguish of spirit, for he was endea\-oring to
cover by abusing others the mortifying failure of
his latest ensay at parly '•adeinhip. He had
persuaded himself that be was l.ouud to play an
Important role in shaping the railroad rate legis
lation which was to pass the Senate. He had
hoped to consolidate the Democratic minority
and to construct an alliance with the more rud
ical Republicans which would give final form
to the court review section of the Hepburn bill.
His parly refused to follow him. the coalition
he was engaged in engineering failed, and when
the results aimed at by that coalition were prac
tically secured through the preparation of the
AllisoiH'uHoin amendments, accepted by a clear
majority of the Senate, he vented bis chagrin
in charges that lie had been humiliated and
abandoned. His sense of justice was outraged
because, as he, asserted, a Republican adminis
trat'ou with "which he had been carrying on
negotiations bad left him in the lurch.
Tho> Texas Senator needed sympathy and did
not hesitate to ask for it. Yet If his sense of
humor had been a little keener he would hardly
have ventured to air his griefs. He was appeal
ing for compassion on the ground that a compact
which be thought he was making with repre
sentatives of the President had been sidetracked.
But what was so stern and unbending a cham
pion of the theory of legislative isolation think
ing of when lie permitted himself to engage with
the administration in negotiations "affecting leg
islation"? Senators who beard his outburst last
Saturday must have recalled the moving picture
he drew not six weeks ago of his own Spartan
virtue as a statesman who never sought or toler
ated counsel from the White House. In "The
Congressional Record" of April 5 we find that
Mr. Bailey thus outlined his unyielding policy In
this respect :
Mr. President: I belong to that very small
class of Senators and Representatives who do
not believe that it is proper for them to be
influenced in the performance of their legislative
duties by the views of the Executive Depart
ment; and it^ has never been my practice since
I had the honor to occupy a seat in Congress to
confer with any President, either of my own or
of the opposition party, in respect to legislation.
The only exception I ever made — and that more
apparent than real— was in the case of the la
mented and martyred McKinley, whose Invita
tion I accepted to confer with him In the hope
that we might find a way to avert the war with
Spain. But. elr. I have often peon — and this
applies not only to the present President, but to
his predecessors in that great office— l have so
often seen the judgment of Congress overruled
or controlled by Executive Influence that early
in my service In the other House I resolved
that it should never prevail with me.
I remember when a mere schoolboy reading of
a gitat Virginia Democrat being invited to the
White House by a President of his own party
and chosen from his own state to confer upon
an important question pending in the Congress,
and I remember how my youthful blood was
made to run faster when I read how that great
Virginia Democrat Bald: "Mr. President, the
"Constitution of the I'nited States has separated
■"the executive and the legislative departments
"of this government, and, by the help of God, I
"intend to kf-ep them separate." I adopted
this as my creed, and I have lived up to It from
that day to this.
No Pharisee ever exulted more unctuously
tbnt he was not ;is other men are. Yet by the
Senator's own i-onfession another public idol
has now fallen. He can no longer feel his pulses
quickened by the response of the Virginia patriot
to Thomas Jefferson. The "very small class"' of
Spartans to which he paid such feeling tribute
is now as extinct as the dodo. John Randolph —
if he is the other statesman Mr. Bailey had in
mmd — has long been dead, and Mr. Itailey's self
affixed label has been rublted off in the rate bill
hurly-burly.
THE BBOOKLYK ELEVATED ROADS.
Several proposition,? designed to improve the
! service on the Brooklyn elevated roads have
! been under consideration by the State Railroad
j Commissioners. Much the most important are
1 those relating to the construction of a third
Stack on the Fifth avenue line for express trains
and to the dispatch of a few through trains
j during rush hours from the Manhattan end of
th«? bridge. These plnns appear to have orig
| mated with Mr. Harnes, the electrical expert
I of the commission, who also recommended that
a connection I*- established between the stations
of the Fulton street and Fifth avenue lines
where one track crosses the other. Furthermore,
j Mr. Bernes advised that trains be run twice as
| often a* hitherto on Fulton street between 5
and «5 p. in. An opportunity having been af
fonW. to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
I to consider the suggestions before official action
was finally taken at Albany, objections were of
fered to the first three which dissuaded the
commission from approving them immediately.
j Only the Increase in the frequency of the Fulton
) street service in the evening, therefore, has been
! ordered.
Among the reasons given for not laying a
third track on th* Fifth avenue line is that
there are threats of Injunctions from owners of
| property along the route. The company may
; well hesitate to begin alterations which are
| likely to i«. Interrupted. Litigation might pos
| sibly delay for months, or years, the completion
of the improvement. Such opposition, however,
will appear to most people unreasonable, Inas
much as the extra track would be laid between
the two now existing, it could not shut off light
from adjacent bouses. It would cast a shadow
only on the trolley cars and teams in the middle
of the street. From the company's own point
of view also there would be a possible cause for
reluctance to undertake the work. It would
probably prove rather expensive, because a new
arrangement of stations would be necessary.
These are now situated between the tracks, and
not outside, as In Fulton street, Brooklyn, and
in Manhattan. Still, were the third track ever
built and put into operation It would prove a
great boon to the patrons of the Fifth avenue
line. So long as expresses and local trains are
obliged to use the same rails, the former can
make little better speed than the latter.
A* to the plan of starting trains from Park
j Row during rush hours, the company tells the
j commission that it will not be practicable until
I "proposed changes at the New York terminal
;of the bridge are completed." Precisely what
: modification of existing facilities Is here re
1 ferred to is not clear. As The Tribune has re
i peatedly pointed out. the best solution of the
; difficulty is to connect \> M . Brooklyn and Will
lamsburg brldgw with an elevated loop. Unless
; <t>stly property were purchased on one side or
the other of the station, It would bo Impossible
| to bring trains around on a curve at the ter
j minus proper. Any other arrangement, it is to
j be feared, would be a pretty poor makeshift
: Still. if the Brooklyn ltnpld Transit Company
j mm its way dear to inaue the attempt, the pub
lic will be highly pleaded.
Now stairways and platforms have recently
I been completed in the Park Bow station. Those
XFAV-YOKK DATLT TETBUNE. TTTT^v^DAY. MAY 17. 1000.
Intended for Incoming passengers have been In
irse for three or four months and have proved
a great convenience. Those for outgoing traffic
are not yet in service, and there has been much
speculation about the amount of benefit to be
derived from them, A t.ial of these added ac
commodations, however. Is not desirable unless
the experiment Is made under specially guarded
conditions. Much less Is Involved In the un
loading than In the loading of trains at tbe
New York end of tbe bridge.
It is of little Importance at which of two dif
ferent places a person is deposited on arriving,
bnt there must be a choice of platforms when
a passenger is about to embark during non
rush hours, and there would be the 1 same neces
sity if all elevated trains started from Park
Itow during rush hours also. Some trains would
depart from one place and some from another.
Now. different platforms call for the use of
different stairways. If. for any cause. It were
thought exiKHlient to start a particular train
from another platform than that usually devoted
to it, an awful amount of confusion would re
sult Those who wanted to board it would be
forced to descend one flight of stairs and ascend
another. The first part of tbe undertaking
would be next to impossible, for there would be
.•in almost irresistihle tide of humanity to be
faced. The necessity for an ironclad system of
distributing trains Is obviously much greater
during rush hours than in non-rush hours.
There should be a positive assurance that there
will be no departure from precedent before those
new platforms and stairs have been put into
service.
FORESIGHT IN SCHOOL POLICY.
The proposal of the Board of Education to
anticipate the needs of the future by purchas
ing in advance sites for school buildings which
may not be actually needed for several years
is to be commended to careful and, we hope,
favorable consideration. With the heavy press
ure which at present rests upon tbe city treas
m-y. the spending of $14,000,000 for anything
not immediately needed may seem to some per
son* of questionable propriety. But, on the
other band, the wisdom and economy of secur
ing now for $14,000,000 something which will
be imperatively needed within ten years and
which ten years hence will probably cost twice
or three times that sum must strongly appeal
to the prudent business mind.
The plan is exactly In line with tbe school
building policy which The Tribune has long
been urging, namely, to begin preparations so
far in advance that tbe supply will be ready
as soon as tbe need occurs. Too generally the
city authorities have waited until there was
actual and instant need of a new school build
ing before beginning its construction. Then the
work of securing a site and erecting a build
ing has taken four or five years, during which
time hundreds of children have been deprived
of school facilities. In some cases, indeed, by
the time a new school has been completed to
meet a long existing need the need has so In
creased as to make that new building inade
quate. That was because the building was
planned to meet the need existing at the time
when It was begun and not the need which
would exist when it was completed, several
years later.
It is not always possible, of course, to fore
cast fujure needs with mathematical accuracy.
But in the case of schools it Is possible to do
so with at least a large degree of accuracy.
The rate of increase of population, and of
school population, is well known. So Is the
geographical direction of such growth. It is
not difficult to forecast with sufficient precision
the parts of the city in which there will be the
greatest increase of population in the next ten
years. Shrewd real estate operators and prac
tisers of "honest graft" are doing so every day,
to their great profit. There is no reason why
the city should not do so, and thus secure the
advantage of getting needed lands at the mini
mum price.
SMOKELESS STOKI\G O.V RAILWAYS.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that soft
coal cau be so burned on a locomotive as to pre
clude the development of smoke. The Introduc
tion of fuel to the furnace in smaller quantities
and at shorter intervals than has been customary
will yield the same result on a railway as with
a stationary steam plant. Firemen do not like
to take the extra trouble which the practice
demands, and except in rare instances induce
ments to do so have not been offered to them.
It has been foreseen, however, that some day
the experiment of feeding the fire of a locomotive
mechanically would be made, aud hopes have
been entertained thnt by such means the same
benefits would be realized as by the most cau
tious and intelligent hand stoking. The attempt
has at last been made, and John W. Cool, fore
man of engineers of the Pennsylvania lines, told
a railway club in Buffalo the other evening how
the apparatus works. He was extremely en
thusiastic over its performance and declared
that "the mechanical stoker has come to stay."
According to Mr. Cool, the fuel goes Into the
furnace in quantities equivalent to from a tenth
to a fifth of a shovelful and is distributed evenly
over the whole surface of the fire. A particu
larly uniform heat results, one consequence of
which is that the flues and side sheets suffer less
than lias been customary from unequal expan
sion and contraction. In other words, the life
of the engine is prolonged. It has also been ob
served that less cleaning is required than for
merly. Mr. Cool mentioned a run of nine hun
dred miles without cleaning — a thing that would
be Impossible with hand firing. There being no
occasion to open the furnace door, no air is ad
mitted above the coal. It must all enter from
below. Finally, it 1h asserted that the new
system does away completely with smoke.
Though Mr. Cool did not refer to the fact. It
seems probable that the practically perfect com
bustion which is insured must be attended with
a reduction in tbe quantity of fuel consumed for
a given mileage. Apparently the services of
firemen would still be required on engines
equipped with mechanical stokers, but if the
latter save coat and minimize repairs they will
undoubtedly be regarded with favor by practical
railroad men. There are few industries to-day
which yield so large a profit that wastefulness
can be regarded with indifference.
Until careful Inquiry has corroborated Mr.
Cool's statements general adoption of the device
which he has descrilMHl is not to be expected.
Possibly it may have defects which neither be
nor any one else has yet detected. There may
be a chance for improvement in its design, and
sufficient time will doubtless lie taken to make
any changes which would Increase the efficiency
of the, device : but there seems to be ample justi
fication for a prompt Investigation of its merits.
PROHIBITING POWER IMPORTATION.
The session of the Parliament of Ontario just
closed passed no more important legislation
than the Electric Power law. The '•speech
from the throne" summarizing the results of
the session predicts that the law will revolu
tionize Ontario's industries. Probably it will.
Ontario Is backward Industrially. There Is no
coal In the province and the cost of shipping
coal there has checked manufactures. This Is
the reason for the long agitation for "cheap
power." an Issue which brought the present
Conservative government into office. The law
just passed would seem very radical in this
country, but whatever criticism It meets with
in Canada is on the ground that it Is not radi
cal enough. Government ownership of a plant
at Niagara has been wisely rejected, and In
place of this Is government control of the se
verest and most drastic sort over the private
plants for which concessions have been granted
on the Canadian side. The commission which
Is to be appointed will "fix rates" with a Ven
geance. It will determine absolutely and with
out appeal the price at which power is to be
sold to municipal or private consumers ha Can
ada. If tbe power companies decline to accept
the rates, the commission Is authorized to ex
propriate their plants. Government ownership
Is to be applied to transmission lines. If. tor
instance. Toronto applied for power, the prov
ince would build a transmission line to that
city, which would be compelled to pay 4 per
cent Interest on tbe cost of tbe line and a
sufficient annual amount to a sinking fund to
retire the debenture bonds on the line In thirty
years. It hi expected that power will thus be
furnished much more cheaply than it can be
produced from coal, and a great Industrial
awakening In Ontario is predicted.
How rapidly Canada will demand the power
for the production of which private capital is
making preparations on the Canadian side is
a matter of speculation. Projects now under
way will generate 415,000 horsepower, and It
is estimated that Canada will not be able to
use more than 100,000 horsepower in five years.
For the rest of the electricity It Is expected to
find a market in the United States. But ulti
mately it is predicted that the whole produc
tion will be needed in Canada. Then Canada
will take It without regard to tbe American
demand, for she has the unquestionable right
to pron'o't the exportation of electric power.
This constitutes a new danger to the falls. II"
Industries have been built up In tills country
depending upon the Canadian supply of power
for support, the pressure for a further use of
Niagara's water will be many times greater
than it Is at present. It will make itself felt
in tills country for a further exploitation of
the cataract to keep alive American industries.
It will also make itself felt In Canada for a
similar letting down of the bars so that Can
ada can produce enough power for her own
demands and an excess for export
The provision of the Burton- Lodge bill which
prohibits the Importation of power would meet
this emergency temporarily. For three years
It would prevent the creation of a market In
this country for Canadian electricity. If the
prohibition were permanent. It might check the
development of the private plants on the Cana
dian side, for there is little present demand In
Canada, and Ontario's new commission will per
mit only slight profits from the sale of such
power as there Is a market for. Ontario seems
disposed to encourage private capital to make
its gains In this country, while helping strug
gling provincial Industries to their feet at "rea
sonable profits."
The fact that a New York balloonist hit the
Palisades will oonvtnce the writer who recently
asserted that New York cannot see beyond the
Palisades that hs proclaimed a great truth.
Even Borough President Ahcarn is now de
manding an explanation of the delay In com
pleting the Hall of Records. The Hall should
be completed before it grows old. and now that
questions ar© being asked, will the Borough
President kindly explain when the street signs
will be in place? Or Is he waiting for the au
spicious Greek kalends aa a suitable time for
their introduction?
With a girl's hand at the wheel of the largest
and fastest sailing vessel that ever breasted the
Atlantic, who can say that the poetry and ro
mance of the saa hay« vanished?
Chicago's Chief of Police has arranged for a
course of temperance lectures to patrolmen.
The lectures aro to be "immediate." but with
the thirsty season at hand the probabilities are
that their application by the patrolmen will
have more or less of an "ultimate" character.
The American public has little use for a "bad
loser," in politics or out of politics. This na
tional characteristic seems to have been over
looked by Senators Tlllman and Bailey.
From Iceland to New Zealand and from
Vesuvius and the Canaries to San Francisco the
earth has recently been giving an exhibition
which goes to show that It is not yet a dead
world or even a finished world, notwithstanding
the long time geologists affirm It has been get
ting ready as a completed abode for man. And
not even the geologists dar\fh predict the date
when such disturbances will cease.
THE TALK OP THE DAY.
Eleven Jews have been elected members of the
Russian Doutna. Among them the best known is
Dr. Wlnawer, one of the leaders of the "Cadet"
party. Other well known leaders are Jolles and
Oatrogorski. newspaper men, and Dr Frenkel,
Bramson and Scheftel. lawyers. The other five
members are well known Zionists: Dr. Levin, elect
ed from Wllna; Dr. Bruck-Wlttebek and Counsel
lor Jacubsohn, from Slonim; Dr. Rosenbaum, from
Minsk, and Dr. Katrenelaohn. president of the Jew
ish Colonial Bank of London, who will represent
Libau.
THE BROOKL.YNITES FAREWELL.
I'm going to New York, my dears; kiss me. and
say goodby;
But. prithee, wipe away those tears; I would not
nave you cry!
I hope that I'll be back to-night. If things don't go
amiss,
Though one can never tell, of course. in such a
town as this!
Some accidents upon the "L" will happen now and
then.
But matters will be remedied, though goodness
knows just when.
A block or two upon the Bridge I really do not
mind.
Though I promise to be careful. If I see a train
behind. .
The crossing at the Park, no doubt, is scarcely
safe to take.
With cars ahead and cars behind, and others In
their wake.
The office elevator has been overhauled this week.
80 there really is no danger, dears, at least none
so to speak. '
And. though I leave the office in the hour* they
call "the rush.
And certainly will have to bear tho push and shove
and crush,
I'll try and save myself quite whole to welcome you
to-night. *****
It Isn't very probable. JOut still with cars I mieht
Goodby. my dears. Just one last kiss: you're ner
fectly secured. * per
If any accident occurs, for I am well Insured.
And. if the worst does happen, an action then will
Be sure to bring It, darlings, and get th» cash—
goodby! »««*>ir—
—Puck.
The cafe proprietors of Berne. Switzerland, hav
ing clubbed together to do away with bock beer by
raising Its price 6 centimes and serving it In small
glasses, have met with opposition. Boms patrons
have formed a society called "Vlederllltteragita
tlonskommlßsiondeleglertsnversammlungspetitlon,"a
word of just sixty-seven letter..
Wonders of Wireless— "Here's a wireless mes
sage." announced the business manager, "from a
man who desires to take our entire 'Help Wanted*
department for to-day's issue." v ¥ ™ yea
"Where Is her 1 Inquired the managing editor
»On a capsized boat about four miles out ln'tha
Atlantic Ocean."— Pittsburg Post.
•We are a restless people." observes "The Beds
wick (Kan.) Pantagraph." "Every thin woman
longs to be fat. Every fat woman wants to grow
thin. Every town man longs for tho Urns wnen
he can retire to the quiet of th* country, and every
farmer hopes to some day <rult work and move to
town, where he can take Ufa easy. Country news
paper men would like to try their hand on a city
daily. The fellows on the big dallies dream of a
time when they can own a paper of their own.
In youth we long for maturity, in ays wo yearn tor
the happy days of childhood. Thar* Is no sxousa
for it other than that we all seam to bs built that
way. The grass seems to bo joat a uttts bit
greener and thriftier moat any direction from the
place you occupy right now. Contentment la as
near to happiness as you can «st m this world.**
Where the Wind B*oweth.— first thrss days of
this week were notable for the lively rate* and
transfer of Sherman County real sstaf*. \r« bo
lieve GilUam County men arsth* po»»^»*ors at
present v but P*rhapS It IS Morrow County— W moo
A^bottt Teople and Social Incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
{From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington, May 1«.-Prelldent Roosevelt had *•
conference this morning with RepresentatH
man and Cocks, of New York, on naval »«* lr *- ■
had been reported to ths President that Mr. Sher
man was opposed to ths administration* stand I
a bigger and better nary, but the contrary was ins
fact. Mr. Sherman said. Mr. Cocks la a Queaw.
and. although he dees not personally bells** In re
port to arms. Is In favor of an adequats navy to
maintain the honor and pear* of ths nation.
Attorney General Moody and Fostmsster General
Cortelyou were callers at the President's office tnl«
afternoon. They arrived at S o'clock, and remained
with the Executive until 4 o'clock. Other callers
were Senators Mlllard. Piles. Penrose. Spooner.
Hemenway and Fulton and Representatives Beds
And Rodenberg.
After luncheon the President received the dele
gate* to the Piano Dealers' Association of America
and the meeting of the Missouri Synod of ths
Lutheran Church.
While ths President will be obliged to remain In
Washington until late In June, when Congress Is
expected to adjourn. Mrs. Roosevelt and the chil
dren are making plans to go to Oyster Bay ths
latter part of this month.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPs
[Prom The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May !«>.— The German Ambassador
and Baroness Yon Sternburg gave a dinner to-night
In honor of the new Japanese Minister and Vis
countess Aokl. Inviting to meet them the Postmas
ter General and Mrs. Cortelyou. Justice and Mrs.
Brown. Representative Robert Adams. Mr. Garrett.
second secretary of the American Embassy at Ber
lin; the naval attache of the German Embassy and
Mme. Hebblnghaua. the military attache of the Ger
man Embassy and Mme. Korner. Mrs. Langham. ths
mother of Baroness Yon Sternburg. who Is now a
guest at the embassy; Viscountess de Faramond,
her sister, and the Commissioner of Corporations
and Mrs. James R. Garfleld. The elaborate gold
and silver service was used, there being two silver
baskets of xed roves, one on either end of the table
The baroness wore a gown of Nile green, with lace
on the bodice, and her pearls.
The French Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand will
sail for France about June 26, and. as has been
their custom for several years, will spend the
summer abroad. The counsellor of the embassy,
who will serve as charge d'affaires In ths absence
of the Ambassador, will take his family to New
port for the summer, leaving Washington after th*
adjournment of Congress.
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. May I&— Brigadier General George
W. Davis entertained a small dinner party to-night,
his guests being the new chief of staff. General j!
Franklin Bell, and Lieutenant General Chaffee. the
former chief of staff. Mrs. Bell. Mrs. Chaffee, Miss
Elsie Davis and Miss Zoe Davis were among others
present.
Miss Elolse Sargent, who. at 4 o'clock to-morrow,
will act as maid of honor for Miss Edith Harlan
Child at her marriage at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church to Erastus Coming, of Al
bany, gave a small tea this afternoon fcr Miss Child
and the wedding party, Inviting a few of her young
friends.
The marriage of Miss Prlscllla Steams and Howe
Totten took place at 2 o'clock to-day in St. John's
Church, the rector, the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith.
TO SUCCEED MR. DEPEW IN TALE.
C. T. Catlin and W. H. Taft, Secretary of
War, Candidates.
New Haven. May 18.— It Is officially announced
that the following graduates of Yale have re
ceived the nomination by twenty-five or more
graduate electors to the vacancy in the Yale Cor
poration caused by the expiration of the term of
Chauncey M. Depew: Charles T. Catlin. Brooklyn,
and Chauncey M. Depew, of New York City, both of
th» class of '56: Allen W. Evarts. of New York,
and Gardiner Lathrop, of Kansas City. Mo., both of
the class of *6»; Otto T. Barnard. New York, class
of '76: William H. Taft, Washington, class of '78;
Gifford Pinchot, Washington, class of "89; Herbert
Parsons. New York, class of '». and Edward S.
Harknesa. New York, class of "ST.
Of the above Messrs. Depew, Evarts. Lathrop.
Bannard. Pinchot. Parsons and Harkness have
declined to stand as candidates, leaving as candi
dates Mr. Catlin. of Brooklyn, and Secretary of
War William H, Taft. The election will be on
June 28.
WEDDINGS.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Indianapolis, May 16.— Henry Rose Danner. of
New York, and Miss Caroline Burford were mar
ried hers to-night.
Miss Prlscllla Alden Mills, daughter of former
County Judge Isaac N. Mills, and Elbert Van cott
were married last night at the home of the bride's
parents. Tamarten Hall. Corcoran Manor. Mount
Vernon, The Rev. F. M. S. Taylor, rector of the
Church of the Ascension, of Chester Hill, officiated.
The bridesmaids were Miss Hla. Morris and Miss
Katherine Gillette, and Mr. Mortimer Van Cott.
brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. The
ushers were Nathaniel and Leroy Mills.
Miss Bessie Clarkson. daughter of Mrs. Floyd
Clark6on. of No. 317 West 83th street, this city, was
married to Carl Gustav Smedberg yesterday after
noon, at the home of the bride's mother. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. H. D. Waller, of
St. George's Church. Flushing. The bride, who waa
gowned in white satin draped with an old polu^
lace veil, was given away by her brother. Ashton
Crosby Clarkson. She waa attended by her sister.
Miss Grace Clarkson. as maid of honor. There
were no bridesmaids. Harold Vernor Smedberg. a
brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The
ushers were S. Vernon Mann. Jay Herrick Clark
son. a brother of the bride; Acoeta Nichols and
Lewis Battelis Franklin. Both families being in
mourning, only relatives and Intimate friends were
invited. ,
METHODISTS PRAISE PRESIDENT.
Birmingham. Ala.. May 16.— Bishop Charles B.
Galloway presided at to-day's session of the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Church South.
The special committee on Sabbath observance pre
sented a report admonishing Church members
against Sabbath desecration. "Involved in the plea
of so-called works of necessity and mercy of mod
ern life. Including Sunday travel." President
Roosevelt was praised by the con rr.lt tee for refus
ing to travel on Sunday when touring the country,
as was also the late President McKinley.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
Among ths passengers who win sail to-day Cor
Hamburg on the BlOcner are:
Mrs. 8. K. Auerbach. Mr. and Mrs. J. It- Hay Cor-
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. don.
Caamplln. Mrs. John Wkwmtkw.
Mr. and Mrs. William A.'Mrs. Barclay H. Warburtoa.
Rumpp.
Those who win sail for Bremen to-day oa the
Rheln are:
Mist C. Beaas. IMr and Mrs. George L.
Pi Of—or A. Ernat. I Fischer.
I Mrs. J. C. Jon«*.
La Touralne will sell to-day for Havre with the
following passengers:
Mrs, Borastfie Potter. IPrnfa— t I*** Allard.
Mr. sad Mrs. William C Heavy K. B. Davis. Jr.
Relelc I
Travellers who arrived from Liverpool yesterday
on the Ooeanlo were:
A. K. Cortts. Dr. and Mrs. XT. Beward
Mr. and Mrs. J. Franklin Wjbb.
MeFaddea. EL******* Wbltehaui*.
Mm*. MMOlllyewAay. Brent Good.
On the Caronla, which arrived yesterday from
Liverpool, were:
Mr. sad Mas. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. rout* B. Mo-
Dow. I Ckc*.
Mr. and Mrs. Thorn** Mr. ana Mr* A. I*. Thorn-
Javons. I dike.
r W. Palmer. C J. Garland.
The cabin list of too KOnlarln Luis*, which r.r
rtved y—t«r ,-u.y frogs n&i««. Included:
Mr SB* Mr* Ea^ln mISS^M* Mm n*rb*rt Mar-
Currlsr. rl».
Mr. .JuT-tra, John Gordoa. Miss Marjorle Mswsstm.
I WUSOSL
The Msssha arrived hare yesterday from London
with the following: passengers:
m<m T)»2trte« Bennett. I Mrs. Fraaels Cunts Moras*.
Mr. anil Mr*. J»i:. M CjMiu*. C. Jl. kSj'.uj-J.
Dmtt. " I
officiating. Miss Janet Steams was bridesmaid as*
John Flannery was best man. No invitations w .
Issued for the wedding, but the church was w*B
filled with Washington people.
Mrs. A. C. Barney's production of "Her Eiah.
teenth Century Pastorate" at the Oaks th
Georgetown Heights home of Colonel and Mrs!
Blount. this afternoon, was even more brtlUaat
than the first performance at Friendship- on Slay a
A concert by the Marine Band was given on Uie
lawn under the great forest trees for an hour h*.
fore the play began, while a number of the most
attractive girls of society served refreshments
lowing the play. William P. Eno ha.l char « "
a number of ushers. Including GtfTord Pinchot. Coll
on*l Bromw-11 and General Snnger. K«n Crest
and some of his Woodland players gave a sera
from 'Twelfth Nlsht.- A number of child!*
danced the minuet. ""* ~
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
The Church of the Incarnation was the seen* y«s>
terday afternoon of the marriage* of Miss I'il-.*"*
Macomb Wetherltl. daughter of Mrs. J. Bio>reffl3
Wetherlll. to Parent Leffertsi. son of Mr. and Mia
William H. Lefferts. The church was prettily <j^.
orated with Southern smilax. white lilacs and doe
wood. The bride, who was given away by he?
uncle. Francis D. Wetherlll. of Philadelphia, was
gowned in white satin, trimmed with rose pota*
lace, and wore a veil of rose point lace fastener
with orange blossoms. Her bridesmaids were Mtaj
Mary C. Lefferts. Miss Susan Delano. Miss Annlj
Nicoll. Miss Jeannette Myers and Miss EUzab«&
B. Delaneld. of this city, and Miss Katharta*
Leonard, of Philadelphia, who were all dresses
alike In white mull, trimmed with blue ribSoa.
Their hat» were of blue straw, trimmed with bin*
feathers, and they carried apple blossoms. Tim.
dore Crane was the best man, and the ushers were
Marcellua Hartley Dodge. Bruce McLean Falcone?
John Grenvllls Bates. Charles Butler. Morln Hai%
and Alexander Wetherill. the bride's brother. Th,
ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Or
Dix. was followed by a reception at the home of
the bride's mother. No. 34 East 37rh street, tmiii
those invited to the wedding were the aunts of th 1
bride. Mrs. Stanford White and Mrs. Prescott Hall
Butler; Mr. and Mrs. William H. I.e^erts. Mr. and
Mrs Marshall C. Lefferts. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Parsons. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slack. Mrs. Berkley
Mostyn. Mr. and Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt. Miss
Christine Roosevelt. Mrs. Hllborne L. Roosevelt
and Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Huntlngton. •
Alfred O. Vanderblit drove the road coach Ptoneai
yesterday on Its trip from the Holland House is
Ardsley. and among his passengers were Mr. and
Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark and Mrs. Merrian. Robert
Ik Gerry was the coachman of the Venture on its
run to Belmont Park. His party included Mr. aM
Mr*. W. Goadby Loew. Miss Marguerite Loew.
Mis* Natalie Knowlton. Mr. and Mrs. C. Raeul
Duval and Arthur Sturgis.
Oliver H. Payne sailed yesterday on his yacht,
the Aphrodite, for the Mediterranean, where he
will cruise until August, when he goes to Scot*
land to remain until October. Sailing with him
as his guests were H. M. Hanna. of Cleveland; Or.
Lewis Stimson and Colonel Osman Latrobe.
Mr. and Mrs. William Butler Duncan have taksa
possession of their country place at Port Washing.
ton. Long Island.
IEE AfiTHUE BADLY LNJTTRED.
Falls Down Subway Steps and Sustain
Possible Fracture of Skull.
In hurrying to catch a train at th* uptown sta
tion of the Subway at 42.1 street and Broadway,
late last night. l#e Arthur, the playwright, tripptd
on one of the top steps of the lror stairway and
plunged headlong to the bottom, striking on his
head on the stone floor of the station. H» was
picked up unconscious and hurried to Rooeevalt
Hospital, where it waa said that ha had sustains*
a possible fracture of the skull in addition to ss*»
eral severe seals wounds.
Mr. Arthur, whose real name is Arthur Lse
Cahn, Is the author of several successful play*
and collaborated with Charles Klein on "The Mualo
Master." He Is a member of the Lambs. Playaca.
Greenroom and several other clubs.
CYRUS FIELD JUDSON INJURED.
Stumbles and Falls on Sidewalk, Lacerating
Face and Sustaining Bruises.
Cyrus Field Judson. the electrician, of Ardsiey
on-the-Hudson. was severely bruised about the faes
and body last night by falling on the sidewalk at
Amsterdam avenue and 106 th street. He waa walk
ing down the avenue when his foot caught in a
raised flagstone and he fell, lacerating the left side
of his face, and sustaining bruises about the body.
H« was carried Into a nearby stores and later re
moved to the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
Mr. Judson is a member of thr- Engineers', calu
met. University, Yale. St. Anthory. Racquet. N#w
York Yacht and Ardsiey clubs.
PROTEST FROM DOMINICAN CONSUL,
Says False News "Made in Porto Rico" Get.
Into Public Press.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Hardly a day goes by since the beginning
of this month of May without "news" from the
Dominican Republic '"made in Porto Rico" nndinsj
its way into the press of this city. Now President
Caceres Is about to resign on account of exag
gerated demands of the chieftains of the party la
power; now a leading but anonymous Germaa
merchant denounces to the world the fact that *
bloodthirsty government shoots down political sus
pects without more ado. while the people m <1«
apalr clamor for a savior, who will eventually ap
pear and who shall be no other than ex-PreslaeSl
Morales, the same who is a constant revolution
ist against all governments ar.d all parties, as n»
revolted against Vasquez. Oil and Jimen-z. ana BS
ended by revolting against himself.
If the effect of this news were merely political,
nobody acquainted with present condition* m
Santo Domingo would waste time m Its refuta
tion as. to the discomfiture of the conspirators
exiled in San Juan. General Caoereas government
cannot be assailed by such manoeuvres. But as
this new* could at the end disturb the commer
cial relations of Santo Domingo with this »***•*•
It becomes ray duty to point out the unwholesome
*ource of r.»we and its utter falsehood Respect
fully yours. FABIO PIALLO. Consul General.
New York. May 14. 190&
»
MR. BEL A SCO THANKS THE TRIBUN2.
To the Editor of The Tribune. p^
Sir: 1 beg to extend my sincere and heartriil
thanks for the generous assistance which I laustiai
front the advertising columns of Th« Tribune in M
half of the recent benefit matinee at thU theatre •*
the California sufferers. Tour liberality mad* 7
possible for me to donate a much larger »urn "**!*
expected, and for th«s I cannot but feel I **?*.!^
debted. Again extending my sincere *VJ>Ff'£z**
believe me. faithfully. P. AVI .? PRLASCO.
Belasoo Theatre. New York. May 13. IMS.
MR. FAIRBANKS GOING TO BIRMINGHAM.
Washington. May 18.— Vice-President Fairbanks,
accompanied by Mrs- Fairbanks, will leave *»«»••''
Birmingham. Ala . to-morrow at & o'clock to attana
the Methodist Conference at that place. The Y»oe»
President desired to remain her* and presia* — S»
th« Senate until th« Rats bill was passed. •»*■•*•
poned his visit South two or three ttee*. B«j*
consideration of the bill was continually epeaess
he decided to make no further pontponemeat.
EDISON OFF ON CAMPING TOUR.
West Orange. N. X. May 1« (3pedal).-Thomas A.
Edison, the Inventor, at daybreak thai^J* 00 * 11 "*
accompanied by his brothsr-la-law. J. N. BOllei >.sbsi
Frederick Ott and Georso Popp* started ca *j£~
trip la two automobile*. They will travel t»*ssi
the South on business and pleasure. TB» P* l *
have a complete camping outfit, and all will *•*••
taste of outdoor life. Mr. Edison Is In good heelta.
and it is said he is looking forward to »€?*,.* ?«t
Messrs. Miller and Ott will be the cooU It «£
being deemed safe to avow Mr. Edison to turo"
Inventive faculties loose on the party who tl l cobhm
to providing meals. The party win fossae ** ••
travels. __^____^_^___
AUSTRIA'S RULER TO VISIT BUOAPtST.
Vienna. May 18.— Emperor Francis Joaspa on Me*
St will go 10 Budapest to open the Diet on May -••
and to review th« troops at Brock, where. ****
majesty's invitation, the chief of the German Oea
• nil BUM. I*irtfianl Genera! Tea Moitke. will **
pre»*nt.