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THTKSDAY. MAY 81. 1«W.
THE XEWB THIS UOttStVO.
FOREIGN.— anger of the members of
the lower house of the Russia* parliament
• gainst the government Is increasing, owing to
further repressive measure* adopted by the gov
ernment ===== Bomb* were thrown at Governor
General Alikbanoff and hia escort at Borgum.
In the Tranacaucasus: the general was seriously
Injured; Cossacks fired on the crowd, killing and
-wounding many persons. -■■■ The marriage
contract between King Alfonso and Princess
En& was signed at Madrid; the city la brilliant
ly illuminated on the eve of the wedding; ad
vices from London tell of the discovery of a plot
to kill the Spanish ruler and overthrow the mon
archy. : The Cuban Senate passed the
Anglo-Cuban treaty as amended by the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. ===== The British first
class battleship Montagu ran on a reef near
Lundy Island, and. It 1* feared, will be a total
loess. ■ Michael Davltt died In Dublin. ...
A deficit of about fifty-two million dollars In
the French budget Is causing trouble to the.
Cabinet and there are reports that a loan win
be raised ===== Twenty-two lives were lost. ln
the wreck of the British ship L-lemore on the
Chilian coast.
IX>MESTlO.— President Roosevelt delivered
afldreoses under th*> auspices of the Army and
Navy Union at Portsmouth. Va., and before the
Btudents of Hampton Institute. — — Th« con
ferre** on the Railroad Rate bill in Washington
disposed of practically all Their routine work
and prepared to take up the points In dispute.
=Protests fr >m beef packers and stock men
against the proposed meat Inspection law con
tinued to be received in Washington; there was
& growing demand for publication of the report
of the inspectors sent by the President to in
veftlgate conditions in the Chicago yards. =====
The twelfth annual Lake Mohonk Conference on
International Arbitration opened at Lake Mo
honk. N. Y. Among those who spoke were Rep
resentative Bartholdt, John W. Foster, formerly
retswr of State; Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblood
and Charles M. Pepper, — A Third of the
people of Pendleton. Ore.. were reported to be
temporarily homeless or to have been driven
to the upper floors of their homes by a flood;
a flood also swept through Walla Walla. Wash.,
doing great damage. = One of Armour's big
grain elevators in Chicago was destroyed by
«!-*•: the loss was estimated at from $r.oo,Of>(} to
$1 ,<VK».OV>. == Ttieodore P. Shonts delivered
two addresses at Atlanta. === A dispatch
from San Francisco said that the delay of ln
purame adjustment was Impeding the rebuilding
.•f that city.
ClTY.— Fifty thousand persona were In line
in the Memorial Day parade when it passed the
Soldiers and Sailors' Monument in review. -
A runaway mustang caused a panic by dashing
lino a crowd of two thousand persons who were
watching a ball game in Crotona Park; It re
quired the efforts of three men to stop the ani
mal. — j=r- Reuben J. Taylor, superintendent
of the Continental Fire Insurance Company.
was killed when his automobile backed over a
SO-foot embankment In Riverside avenue near
232 d P'reet - — : Two persons were fatally in
jured and two badly hurt by falls from win
dows In this city and Newark. = — Detach
ments of the . >th New Jersey Regiment waged a
Bham battle at Englewood. ■ Three train
men were hurt in an accident In the Mew York
Central yards at 05th street. -■ . . Borough
President Haffen reviewed the parade in The
Bronx. - . "The" McManus gave a May party
In Central Park to more than fly« thousand
children.
THE WEATHER —Indications for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 69 degrees; lowest, 50.
We detirt to remind our reader* who are
cbout to leave the city that The Tribune will
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PATiyO FOR THE CANAL.
The House Committee on Appropriations did a
sensible thing when it stipulated in the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, Just reported, that the
Grant of 525,460.091 for work on the Panama
Canal should be reimbursed to the Treasury
through the sale of bonds already authorized by
Congress. The Spooner Isthmian Canal law.
whicb cathorized the President to negotiate for
the purchase of the French Panama Canal Com
pany's plant and right of way across Panama
and. In case of failure, to adopt the altmintive
Nicaragua route, provided for an Issue of bonds
to rLe amount of $180,000,000 to meet construc
tion expenses. At that time-June. 1002~4h0
government's current ree*ipt« were greatly in
excess of current expenditures, and an unwieldy
surplus had accumulated in the Treasury. Hav
ing IMS large balance to draw on. Congress ap
imoprlated M 0.000.000 in .urti for The purchase
of the Panama caimi Company's plant and
righto and in addition such an indeterminate
M as might l*> necessary to secure ■ r*-nna
neiit canal strip concession from Colombia, then
«-n;oying political KoverHgnty over the isthmus
At tbe same session a bill abolishing the last of
Ihr Spanifch \v a r emergency taxes was passed
Urn Ib* joint effect of these two MMMi on
i.:.. rcreuue. rat not as carefully computed, au
1 :i: -:: J.\ . as it might have Ihh-u.
Jh- failure of the treaty with Colombia in
J. a iH,sT,«>ned disburHements under the Signer
• ft. "■•.l it was set until B ft«- the ratification
-r li- tr.^,t.v with Panama in 1004 that the
'•• » •■ ry was called on to ray out the $40,000
"♦» -!ie.l as ..inpensati.n, , lV the French
« ;«.*!,: •!,,- «nd the $10.000000 which the -public
tbe «mal zone. Meanwhile the reduction In
y»JJ»d cut ordinary receipt., to the level
of ordinary expenditure*, and the payment
™« -m of nearly $&,<XKM»<>. Work on the
•^J»JJJirij: two ,«rs on « cart I*l*.
-T I *?l for °° n6t ™ction .specifically ap
propriated by tho b>x,ner act has been Lem
•admOOO.OOO hsre be« lU «^ fjf „„.
J~iry t current Income As a mm, uen(V
I*o.. 05 and since July Jaw, in , plro of largely
lacrwjied receipts, luuj ljorelr sncwe d«l Jn
ing ends meet. ; If the ?25.4G0,991 estimated for
the next fiscal year is taken in oaflll from the
Treasury, there -will be little chance of escaping
a deficit In 1906-'O7.
It Ib time, therefore, to shift the burden of
canal construction from the shoulders of the
taxpayersof to-day to the shoulders of the tax
payers of another generation. In three years
over' s7s,ooo,ooo has been paid outright to got
the canal project Ptarted, and thnt is a large
enough donation from the present to the future.
The government Is already authorized to float
a loan of $130,000,000, and. if the Interest on tluit
loan and of subsequent loans Is met, the Treasury
will have discharge*! to the full Its immediate
obligations with respect to an enterprise which
we are undertaking for the benefit of posterity.
With our limited revenues It Is neither just nor
prudent to. treat the Investment we are making
in Panama as a continuing cash expenditure.
THE PACKERS AM> THE COySTITUTIOV.
The scruples of the beef packers about the
| constitutionality of the pending measure for
'. federal Inspection of their operations come a
I little late. For the Bake of the argument only
let us concede that there is a fair chance for
endless debate and a divided court on the ques
tion. The exact point beyond which in any
generation federal power cannot go without in
vading the preserves of the states Is always
a matter of nice calculation. It has varied a good
deal with the need of the hour. The Constitution,
which in Jefferson's time seemed hardly to au
thorize the building of a lighthouse or breakwater
for the protection of commerce, is now by every
body admitted to warrant then undreamed of
exercises of federal authority. It will not take
much such education as that which converted
Speaker Cannon to the support of drastic meas
ures against his own Illinois friends to con
vince everyl)ody. from the Supreme Court down,
that the distribution of beef products for general
consumption Is a federal concern such as the
Constitution meant to bring within the jurisdic
tion of the United States government, the in
tention, however inasmuch as the stockyards
did not exist In 1787— being expressed In
general terms, the full significance of which
time and circumstances have developed. The
Constitution grows, and we can trust its inter
preters to see that Its growth is so directed as to
guard the people against evils from which only
the federal power can protect them. So the
packers need not worry about the Constitution.
In fact, the less they worry about it the bet
ter for themselves. If federal inspectors have
no right to enter the packing bouses to Insure
healthful meats for Interstate commerce, they
probably have as little right to be there to cer
tify to the soundness of meats for export- Ought \
not the tender consciences of the packers in
that case to be offended by government pat
ronage of the foreign trade? Germany and
[•"ranee and England may not take the meat
without government inspection, but the Con
stitution is more than meat. The advertise
ment that meats are packed subject to federal
Inspection undoubtedly helps the sale of goods
here at home, but if Inspection is unconstitu
tional the packers are too good patriots to
want it continued. Their scruples are a little
late, as we say, seeing that they have enjoyed
the countenance of the Department of Agri
culture all these years; but it is easy to make
amends now.
As for the government, If it is seriously con
tended that the present scheme of inspection,
merely as a safeguard against fraud or disease,
is unconstitutional, it has another string to its
t>ow. It can make use of the taxing power. It
can tax out of existence every slaughterhouse
which does not carry on business according to
Its regulations, just as it taxed out of existence
every bank of issue not organized under fed
eral law. It can tax and by taxation regulate
meat packing, as It regulates distilling, brew
ing, tobacco manufacture and the production
of oleomargarine. That may be a drastic rem
edy, but it can be resorted to If the packers
do not like the methods of regulation proposed.
The Constitution is fully adequate to the cor
rection of abuses In their business, and. if they
make any doubt about it the consumers can
easily see that there is less business than now
for the Constitution to strain itself over.
ALFONSO A\D EX A.
"All mankind," said much misquoted Emerson,
"love a lover." On that ground alone, were
there no other, the wide and sympathetic inter
est in the courtship and marriage of the King
of Spain might be fully explained. For there
can be no question that be is truly a lover. in all
the fine significance of that word when applied
to a manly and ardent youth of twenty years.
In age, rank, temperament and tastes the royal
pair seem ideally suited to one another, so that
not even the most cynical observer is inclined to
look for reasons of policy or dictates of state
craft in the match.
There are. however, other grounds of Interest
The historical point of view, particularly, is
Worthy of attention. "Spanish marriages" have
more than once had unenviable notoriety, and
have b.*.i productive of woe and wars, to per
sons and to nations. Nobody would ever have
thousbt of adapting or applying to Spain the
famous epigram on the marriages of the House
of Austria: "Bella gerant alii; tu. Felix Aus
tria, nube." Yet, in reversal of proverbial an
nals, here in n Spanish marriage as pure as any
of its predecessor* were corrupt as affectionate
as they were sordid, as auspicious as they were
ominous. Again, a marriage between the royal
houses of Spain and England seems, on its face,
historically Incongruous, with dark and forbid
ding recollections of Tudor and Stuart times.
Yet here h, one, effected with the cordial ap
proval and high hopes of both nations.
To Americans, moreover, there is presented
this phase of peculiar Interest that the special
envoy from this country has been received by the
King with unaffected cordiality, and will have
an honorable place In the ceremonials and naff
nantrfes of the day. and we may be sure that
the message of felicitation conveyed by him
from President Roosevelt to the King is as
highly prized as any such greeting that lias*
reached Madrid. In that circuniwtance we may
I>erceiv« a renewed assurance of the restoration
of sincere friendship, on both sides, between the
United States and that nation with which we
were last and ho lately at war. It was in Al
fonso's reign that the war was waged, as it is
in his reign that the return of peace Is now so
felicitously signalized. Also, a man who was
among the foremost In waging that war on the
American side is now the President who ex
presses this nation's good wishes to the King of
Spain. Finally, there are many indications that
the American and the Spanish peoples are in
full accord with their respective chiefs of state
in the expression and reception of the amiable
sentiments of the day.
It seems. Indeed, the fortune of Alfonso to
make or to experience exceptions to many rules.
His whs the unusual lot to be born not merely
a prince or a king's heir apparent but himself
an actual king. In his boyhood his kingdom suf
fered great losses in war. but was In fact en
riched by them. To a degree beyond the meas
ure of most royal youths, he has won the af
fectionate regard of those with whom he has
come In contact at home and abroad. Revers
ing the Castillan tradition which once made a
Spanish king— as the Chinese nay of their Em
peror—"as lone-ly as a god," he has enjoyed the
fellowship of hi. kind and all the good things of
life with the whole h«arte<l z+*t of an unfettered
boy. l:. trstm the too frequent examples of his
■nee-ton, be Makes to-duy a happy marriage.
Lebuklns Historic animosities. |„. unit** the
Spanish and English dynasties with the tender
ed miul utrongest of personal' bonds.
Theiw cli-cumsuinceh. we niMy hope, axo au-
TTEW-YOKTv T>ATLY TRTBTT3TE, THTTIRDAT. MAY SL 1006.
Bpicious of a new era for an ancient and Illus
trious realm. So it must seem to the Imagina
tive and optimistic Spanish mind, and so it may
reasonably *ecru to the most practical observer.
The Spain of Philip was narrow, reactionary and
cruel. The Spain of Isabella was Indolent and
profligate. If now. as then, the country reflects
the characteristics of its sovereigns, prosperity
and happiness will attend the Spain of Alfonso
and Ena.
WHAT iff YEyriLATioyr
At it« last meeting the Knpld Transit Com
mission discussed, but did not finally settle, the
qut'Mion of fin;ini'ial responsibility for such Im
provements in the subway as would nnike travel
In it reasonably comfortable in warm weather.
It was represented that the Intcrl>orough com
pany had indicated its Trflllf ll r ■ I to pay for
what might be considered pjCMWy ventila
tion, but objected to providing for "heat dis
posal" also, as if these were essentially dif
ferent things. Such an assumption might not
seem to be justifiable, for the reason th;it no
definition of ventilation which does not include
all of Its legitimate aims is Hftfltihk) to common
sense. If it he the duty of the city to prevent
an accumulation of unwholesome gases in the
subwiiy, it night l>e argued that it should get
rid of the h«it, too. If, on the other liand, th<»
responsibility for the one set of evils rests on
the lessee. It might be thought that the lessee
ought also to provide against the other.
.More than one wny can be found for keep
ing the subway cool. Ample openings in the
roof and plenty of rotary fans might prove suf
ficient. There has been talk, however, of sup
plementing these expedient! by mechanical re
frigeration. This would not. in the strict sense
of the term, be ventilation. It might fairly be
considered a substitute for ventilation. If, how
ever, the Interborough company were under
a legal obligation to promote henlth and com
fort by renewing the air (without chilling it),
the city would, perhaps, have a right to insist
that the provision for atmospheric movement
should l»e extensive enough to secure the desired
end. Were such a demand to provoke a protest,
a compromise might be suggested that would call
for less ventilation but a limited amount of
refrigeration in addition, the cost of both ex
pedients, however, being met by the Interbor
ough company.
The point to be determined, however, is not
the true 6cope of ventilation. The real issue is
whether the proposed improvements, technically
considered, are "equipment" or "additional con
struction." By the terms of Its original con
tract witib the city, the Interborough company
must furnish the former, but the city must pro
vide the latter. It so happens that some of the
means suggested for rendering the air of the
subway endurable may properly be classified as
equipment, aud some as new construction. In
view of that fact, counsel for the Rapid Transit
Commission have advised a division of the ex
pense. The plan appears to be an equitable
oue, and it is gratifying to learn that, after a
little hesitation, the Interborough company has
accepted it.
RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYER.
The labor unionists who assert the right to
refuse to work beside non-unionist* will hard
ly be pleased with the derision handed down
the other day by the Court of Appeals declar
ing invalid the law which forbids an employer
to make membership in a union a bar to em
ployment Their logic, however, ought to con
vince them that the Court of Appeals gives
the employer no more than they demand for
themselves.
Nobody questions their right to refuse to
work with an independent laborer, much as
the wisdom of such a refusal may be ques
tioned. Many persons inMieve that employers
strike a blow at sound principles of American
liberty when they enter into agreements for a
dosed shop, it is. moreover, generally agreed
that the government as an employer must make
DO such agreement, but must maintain an open
door to all citizens regardless of their relation
ship to private organizations, social, economic,
political or religious. The right of the private
employer to refuse to employ non-union men.
however, is beyond question, as is his right
to refuse to employ negroes, or Italians, or
spiritualists or red haired men. Conversely, his
right to refuse to employ a union man must
be concede.l
This is so fundamental that the decision of
the Court of Appeals ;i wakens no surprise.
The Appellate Division in this department took
the same view, and the present decision is an
affirmation of its action. The surprising thing
is that the Legislature should ever lwve passed
such an act. We suppose It was a ca^e of
"giving a sop" to labor. Anybody who thought
about it must have teen that It was unconsti
tutional, but lnwmakers did not like to st.-md
up for their convictions and perhaps be de
nounced by lulM>r union resolutions. It wa.s so
much easier to let the bill go through. Sueli
bills, however, do h.-irm. They tend to weaken
the popular sense <>f fundamental rights and
encourage demands for improper legislation,
and decisions by the courts invalidating them
do not cure the evil.
AGAINST COVRT FILIBUSTERING.
There are few. we '.nagine. excepting those
l>ersonally interested in certain specific cast's,
who will not cordially approve the (governor's
action and utterance in vetoing a couple of bills
amending the i-ode of procedure in criminal
trials. Apart from the fact — an open secret —
that they were intended for application to the
Individual case of a man BOW under conviction
of murder, :md were, therefore, special legisla
tion, the Governor objects to the bills because
their eff<H-t would l»e to increase still further
and Indefinitely those "law's delnys" which have
long been a damage and a discredit to our ;id
ministration of justice and which, in the wry
case to which ihese bills were intended to apply,
have already been, as the Governor with much
moderation of language declares, "little less
than scandalous." To demand that nearly six
years after the commission of a murder the man
convicted of the crime shall be provided with
additional opportunities for delay is to make a
Hport of justice.
The true demand, which has been gathering
strength in recent years, is for expedition rather
than for delay. There is scarcely one good pur
I»O8e that would not be served by inakiiic the
processes of law and the tiimi execution of sen
tence far more rapid and prompt than they
now are. The danger of error and miscarriage
of Justice «<>uld not be Increased, i»ut rather,
on the whole, diminished. The moral effect of
the Judgment would be vastly enhanced. Ke-
KpeiT for the law would be magnified. Nor Is
it an Inconsiderable item that the cost to the
slut.- that is. to the people — would be much
lessened.
There should, beyond doubt, l>e ample time for
thorough Inquest, and the accused or convicted
person should have full opportunity to avert
Injustice. Hut there is a jK>int at which such
time and Opportunity must be deemed to have
been given In sufficient measure. The convict
will not think so. No matter how much delay
is granted t<> him, be will nsk more. No mutter
how many appeals 'ire granted, he will make
another, arid another. Hut. after all. legal pro
cedure is not designed solely for the comfort of
the convict, but for the administration of justice
an the Judge aud jury see it, and it is not for
the convict to say to what extent it shall U»
prolonsjsd
Filibustering against the making of laws is
generally regarded wllh disapproval. Filibuster
ing against their enforcement is much worse.
The dilatory tactics by which proposed laws are
"bung ud" or tallied to death or otherwise de
feated In legislative bodies are not, to be toler :
ated In courts of Justice. Nor should there be
any fear that prompt procedure would result in
the conviction and punishment of Innocent per
sons. On the contrary, there Is ground for be
lief that such miscarriages of Justice are less
frequent where prompt procedure prevails thnn
where the law's delays are protracted to so scan
dalous an extent. It la not to further oppor
tunities for delay that revision of the code
should be addressed, but rather to expedition of
procedure^ and, concurrently, to the making of
that procedure on both sides less sensational,
less subject to bias, to error and to trickery, and
more worthy of the most serious and august
function which organized society has to perform.
A policeman was rebuked by a Judge the
other day for describing a thing as "ridiculous"
when he really meant "dlwustlnjr." He was riot
the only offender of the kind. People have been
known to speak of a pudding as "perfectly
grand" and to apostrophize Niagara Falls as
"Just too cute for anything." The ability to
make a nice derangement of epitaphs did not
p.-rish with Mrs. Malapnip.
Senator Morgan was the foremost advocate
of Nicaragua rather than Panama as QN * v '
for the canal. Mr. Cromwell was one of the most
active and efficient agents in securing the adop
tion of Panama rather than Nicaragua. It may
be that these two excerpts from the history of
our own times are not altogether unrelated to
the persistent and drastic Inquest Into Mr.
Cromwell's doings which Senator Morgan has
been conducting at Washington. As a study in
cause and effect, and likewise in characteristic
human nature, the episode is not devoid of
philosophic interest, but Its favorable effect
upon the work of canal construction may be
open to question.
It is not the "big stick " but a big club that is
now being held out over the Chicago packers,
and there, is a power of public sentiment back
of it to give "steam" to the blow if the. packers
by their opposition to meat Inspection make it
necessary to strike.
It is a happy suggestion which a committee of
the Chemists' Club in New York has made for
the recognition of Dr. Perkln's service to civiliza
tion. His discovery of anllln* colors half a cen
tury ago led to the establishment of a variety of
important Industries. These have proved doubly
useful. They have supplied new and valuable
products and they have given remunerative em
ployment to a great many thousand people. To
found a library here costing $50.<M10 and de
voted to chemistry alone Is a particularly suita
ble mode of perpetuating the Englishman's
memory.
A man in Italy has invented a machine for
"printing railroad tickets as they are needed."
According to current reports, a still greater
boon in Italy would be something which would
produce railroad accommodations aa they ar«
needed.
For ways that are dark and footpaths that are
peculiar Paris will hold the palm when she com
pletes her subways for pedestrians.
A mass meeting is to be held to consider what
should be done to maintain our streets in a clean
condition. There are Just two things to be done.
The first is to keep all unnecessary dirt out of
the streets, and the second is promptly and
thoroughly to remove all dirt that unavoidably
gets into the streets. Upon these two principles
hang all the law and the prophets of cleanliness
and health,
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The correspondent of a London paper relates the
discomfiture of a lady straphanger on the under
ground. It was In a crowded smoker. A gentleman
arose and gave the woman his seat. She dropped
into It with a frown and without a word of thanks.
It was clear the man waa nettled, and. pausing a
moment, he said, "Madam. I think I have left some
thing on the seat." The lady slowly drew herself
up, and the gentleman quickly got behind her and
resumed his seat — leaving the lady standing. Her
face was crimson, and there was just the suspicion
of a Utter.
MODERN MEDICINE.
I went to a modern doctor to learn what it was
was wrong.
I'd lately been off my fodder, and life was no more
a song.
He, felt of my pulse, as they all do; he gazed at my
outstretched tongue;
He took off my coat and weskit and harked at each
wheezing lung.
He fed me a small glass penstalk with figures upon
the side. '
And this was his final verdict when all of my
marks he'd spied:
"Do you eat fried eggs? Then quit it.
You don't? Then hurry and eat 'em.
Along with some hay that was cut in May
There are no other foods to beat 'em.
Do you walk? Then stop lnatanter—
For exercise will not do
For people with whom It doesn't agree—
And this is the rule for you:
Just quit whatever you do do
And begin whatever you don't;
For what you don't do may agree with you
As whatever you do do don't."
Yea. thus s&lth the modern doctor. Tradition be
double durned!
What the oldsters knew was nothing compared to
the things we've learned.
There's nothing in this or that thing that's certain
In every case
Any more than a single bonnet's becoming to every
face.
It's all in the diagnosis that tells us the patient's
fix—
The modern who knows his business is up to a host
of tricks.
Do you eat roast pork? Th»n stop it
You don't? Then get after it quickly
For the long eared ass gives the laugh to grass
And delights in the weed that's prickly
Do you sleep with the windows open?
Then hatten them good and tight
And swallow the same old fetid air
Through all of the snoozesomo night
Just quit whatever you do do,
And do whatever you don't;
For what you don't do may agree with you
As whatever you do do don't. —Judge.
Among other "quaint customs" that will be ob
served at the wedding of the King of Spain to the
Princess Ena. It is said by -The Dundee Adver
tiser" that Immediately after the marriage cere
, mony Is completed he will present thirteen pieces of
I gold to his wife, A somewhat similar ceremony is
i gone through In the marriage service use.l by tho
Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. On the priest
pronouncing the couple husband and wife the
bridegroom place* on a plate, or on the service
book, a gold and silver coin, together with the
ring. These the priest hisses and hands back to
the husband, who. giving his wife the sold and
silver, says: "With this ring I thee wed, this gold
and Silver I the* give"; then he puts the ring on
the thumb of his wife's left hand, Faying. "In the
name of the Father"; on her forefinger, saying. "In
the name of the Son": on her middle finger saying
••In the name of the Holy Ohost." and on her fourth
finger, where he leaves it. saying. "Amen." The
ceremony of giving gold and silver is not us«a
i either In Canada or the United States.
All About a Coat.-'-Marla. I told you six weeks
ago to give thin old coat to some tramp Why
don't you do It? I'm tlnM of seeing it around "
■•John. I've offered thut coat to every tramr> that
has been here, and not one of them would touch it ••
•Well, can't you use It for rugs?" l
••John Henry, do you think I'll accept a Klft that
a tramp won't even look at? I'm g-golnir baJ-k
home to m-mamma!" --Chicago Trihune.
In the Slnal peninsula trial by ordeal Is still prac
tised. I<or<l Cromer In his recent report on Egypt
(rive s an account of the Bymem. In all criminal rases
where no witnesses are forthcoming, the Judge.
"El Mabashaa," teats the suspected person by flre|
by water or by dream. In the firm the Judge places
an iron pan in the flre until it is red hot. and gives
it to the accused to tou.-h three times with his
tongue. If marks of burning are shown on the
tongue the accused is pronounced guilty. The
theory, apparently, is that If he i B not K -.iiit\ ,;,.,
moisture on the tongue prevents it fmm t*>in,j
burned; if Kutlty. his (on»,-u« would .lry up from Tear
of being discovered.
Spoils. — Brings — I was crowing the Jersey
meadows the other day In a large auto, when *m
were attacke.l by a band of mosquitoes
Thursday morning, wasn't it?
"Ye». how did you know? '
"Why, on Thursday morning I saw them paiißin*
over Newark, and aom# of thwra had gogtAm on."
About "People and Social Incident*.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Trlbun» Bureau.!
Washington. May 80.-Th« British Ambassador
will co to Lenox on his arrival In this country
from England Saturday, and will spend a few days
visiting Lady Durand .in.l Miss Durand before com
in« to Washington. , „„,_, ,__
The Minister from the Netherlands and Mme. van
Swlnderen have gone to the summer home °<*™ e
van Swlnderer.'s parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Oiover.
some miles outside of Washington, and will remain
there during June. On July 4 the mtnl.ter ™**™
van Sw.nd,ren will -all from New York on the
Nleuw Amsterdam for Holland, where they will
spend the rest of the summer.
W. A. Royaards. t secretary of the Netherlands
Legation, who has spent the last few weeks
abroad, arrived m New York yesterday on the
Statendam. of the Holland-America Line, and
reached Washington to-day. He will serve as
charge! d'affaires during the absence of the min
ister In Holland. [':'] ■:'■ '■■■- "."
The Minister from Costa Rica will return to
Washington from New York to-morrow. He went
to New York yesterday to meet Seflor Ascension
Esqulvel, former President of Costa Rica, who
arrived in New York on the Venetla. and will sail
from that city to-morrow on the Provence, of the
French Line, for Havre, on his way to Brazil. The
minister and Mme. Calvo have as yet made no
definite plans for the summer.
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
[From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. May 30— Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas I/onsrworth will leave Washington on Fri
day morning for New York, preparatory to sailing
Saturday on the St. Louis, of the American Line,
for England.
Mr. and Mrs. William Phelps Eno will leave
Washington on Saturday for their country estate.
Judah Rock, at Sautfatuck. Conn. Their steam
yacht, the Aqullo. has already been put In com
mission there.
Judge and Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson and Miss
Anderson will go to New York to-morrow, prep
aratory to Bailing Saturday on the Vaderland for
Antwerp. They will spend the summer abroad.
The Maharajah and Maharanee of Baroda left
Washington to-day for Philadelphia, where they
will remain for two days. From there they will
go to Boston, and then visit the West.
Miss Isabel May. who was the guest of Mr. and
TO CLASSIFY HOSPITALS.
Report of Committee on Seeds and
Finances Made Public.
The final report of the committee on hospital
needs and hoepltal finances. ju*t Issued, recom
mends "a system of uniform accounting which
shall take Into consideration differences of condi
tions affecting different hospitals."
The first step toward this uniform accounting, the
report says, should be "an Intelligent classification
of the various hospitals of the city, so that In
the comparisons to he> made only Institutions that
are fairly comparable shall be classed together."
The report cays that the Roosevelt. Presbyterian.
New York and St. Luke"* hospitals have already
perfected a system of uniform accounting for them
selves.
"It la the Judgment of this committee." the re
port says, "that the hospitals themselves ha.ye It In
their power, by moving along this line, to tap
sources of popular support that will be adequate to
any n«*-d."
T" he report ts signed by John E. Pal-son?, chair
man; Pr John Winters Brannan. T. O. Calender.
Frederick A. Cleveland. Seth Low, Hoffman Mtller.
John M. Mulry, Leonard B. Opdycke, Frederick
Sturtrfs. Frank Tucker. Dr. John Wyeth. William
H. Allfn, secretary.
FRENCH PRELATES MEET AT PARIS.
Rumor That Vote Will Show Acceptance of
the Separation Law.
Paris. May 30.— The cardinals, archbishops and
bishops of FYance are In session at the Palace of
the Archbishopric of Paris discussing the future
ortjanlzation of the Church tn France. Secrecy Is
observed, t>ut it ts asserted on good authority
that the tendency is In favor of the acceptance
of the law providing for the separation of Church
and State The result Is not expected to be
definitely known until the authorities at Rome
scrutinize the votes.
"THE MAN FROM NOW" AT BOSTON.
Boston, May 30.— "The Man from Now." a new
musical fantasy, had its initial production on any
staffe at th* Tremont Theatre here, this afternoon,
by Henry W. Savage, and was received with en
thusiasm by a large audience. The play, consist
ins of a prologue and two arts, was written by
John Kendrlck Bangs and Vincent Bryan. The
music Is by Manuel Klein Th» principal scenes
are laid In an age, one thousand years ahead of the
present day. Harry Bulger has the leading role,
and he ts supported by Helen Hale. Walter Law
rence. France* Demerest and Lucy Tonge.
MR. WINTER GOES WEST.
William Winter, of The Tribune, has started for
Southern California, where he will remain till Sep
tember. His pen, meanwhile, will continue to serve
the readers of this paper, and on his return he
will resume his customary duties.
BERNHARDT PLAYS CAMILLE IN PARK.
IBy Telegrraph to The Tribune..]
Lexington. Ky.. May 30. — Because the Lexington
theatre Is controlled by the theatrical syndicate
Mm, Sarah Bernhardt and her company played
•Vamille" in the Woodland Park Auditorium to
night.
HER DILEMMA.
From The Troy (Kan.) Chief.
A 1 oniphan County woman who was ill -»nd
found herself in a trying position explained her
woe to a friend. "You see my daughter Harriet
married one of those homeypath doctors and my
daughter Kate an aJlypnth. If 1 call th»» hom>yj'it ..
my allypath son-in-law and his wife will get mad.
an' if 1 call my allypath son-in-law, then my
liomeypath bon-ln-law an' his wife will get mail,
an* If I go ahead an" get well without either of "em.
then they'll both be mad. to I don't see but I've got
to die outright."
KING AND CLIPPINGS.
From T!.m Hyst-»n«ler.
When h!s» majesty Peter I of Servla was called
to the throne he was nnxious to know the world's
opinion about him. ani instructed an agency to
collect all press cuttings, whereupon th* Argus
opened its one hundred eyee, and in a few weeks
gathered together a collection which, as regards
quantity, would make a prlma donna Jealous. By
his majesty's command the collection wtut bound,
and the manager of the Argus himself took fifteen
volumes to Belgrade. <o present them to his royal
client. There a terrible disappointment awaited
him. The King of. Servia. lacking in humor gazea
with horror and Indignation at the collection,
wherein the English. -French. German and Swiss
caricaturists had displayed their wit at his expense.
While the Argus clamored for Its money the King
was roaring threats Inside his palace, declaring
that nothing would induce him to pay a cent for
thrse volumes. When the agency threatened to ex
hibit these- morocco bovnd books the King shouted:
"I don't care. a* long as they are not exhibited be
fore me!" And now these thirty thousand cuttings
will be sold by auction in Paris, and the sale will
no doubt attract many amateurs.
WHY HE WAS IN A HURRY.
From The I-onflon Tribune.
A certain Irishman was a painter, Usually, being
paid by the hour, he worked rather slowly, but a
trlend one day found him painting away like a
steam engine. The friend paused to investigate so
strange a matter.
"What's come over ye. Pat?" he said. "It ain't
like ye to work that fast!"
' Whist!" said Pat. "Bhtand out o" the way an'
don't Bhtop me. Ol'm thrj In" to get through before
mo paint gives out!"
NO ANSWER HANDY.
From The London Chronicle.
This la only worth the telling, writes a corre
spondent, because it eontatnti a retort which,
though a triumph of inconsequence, seems to me
quite unanswerable. I happened to be reading
•ome obvious newspaper proof* In a train when
the good natured man next to me. with the Inten
tion no doubt of making himself agreeable, asked:
"Ah. are you connected with the press?" I Inti
mated briefly, and perhaps not overcourteoualy
that It was none of his business. He persisted mat
It was a quit* civil Inquiry, which ! met with the
remark that I hud not asked him whether he was a
clerk or a shop assistant. As be was obviously
neither, this nettled him. "If I knew," he muld
•'what newßp«j)«r you b«lon« to I would uaver buy
It again "
Mrs. Reginald Van.:. - In New York and at ts-
Philadelphia Horse Show, has returned to 'Wa^*
Pay Director and Mrs. Charles M. Ray I*f| "W*a
lngton to-day alter a visit of some l*«ath Trjrv
Mrs. Albert Ray. at her home In Wth street. Tv
have yon* to the Hotel Chattolanee. la th* ■> ° 7
Spring Valley, where they will spend the Susan*/ 0
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Announcement ha* bean mad* of the *aa.m
of Miss Effle Van Rensselaer Waddtngtoa, da^Bju
ter of Mr. and Mr*. George Waddlngtcn. of Noi"i»"
East 22<1 street, to Christopher B. Wyatt. jon' '
Judge William E. Wyatt. Mlas Waddtnfaa*, ■*?!
la related to Mme. Waddlngton. made her ielm*
a few years ago. No date ha* been set Art!!!
marriage. She Is going abroad for the «uanter
Judge Wyatt Is to marry Mrs. Robert J. Ha*4w
son. of Nyack. N. T.. on Saturday, in Grace Ctar-n
Chantry. "
Among those sailing to-day for Europe wtn v^
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, M!a* Lucy ?
Spelmnn and Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice; *!•»■*
and Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt, who will *l«tt kv
pie*, anil on their return In the autumn will ■»«.
their plare at Skaneateles. N. T.
Newton Rae took a party to the roc-* at B«j.
Mont Park yesterday on the coach Venture. |aw
guests Included Mrs. Grenvllle Kane. Miss DorotSy
Kane. Miss Lydta Mason Jones. Miss QhnaaX
Cutting. Miss Eleanor Mortimer. Mlas Sylvia p^.
sons and Worthlngton Whltehouse. E. Ron in
Basal Koch drove.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Street have goo* to
Seabrlght. N. J.. for the season. Their daoajuw
Miss Rosamond Street. 1* visiting at Tumda,
Miss Mary Brent Stewart will be Miss WBhaV
mine S. Claflin's maid of honor and only attendant
at her wedding to Gustavus T. Klrby on June a
In the Church of the Ascension. Mr. Ktrby 1 * best
man will be L. Holllngsworth Wood and the rah*-,
chosen are William E. S. Griawold. Charles Bart
lett, Ernest Staussen. Moses Ely. Thomas K**jm
and Isaac Wheeler.
Mr. and Mr 9. William Jay Sohleffeila )«ar» t*.
morrow for Bar Harbor. Me., where they wIU apani
the summer.
VIEW M'KINLEY STATUE.
Memorial Association Meets Here
and Inspects Sculptor's Model.
The McKinley Memorial Association mat at ttw
Manhattan Hotel yesterday and heard reporj of
the progress of the work of construction as A*
mausoleum at Canton. Ohio.
Those, present Included Justice William R. Day
the president of the association: V!c».Prsst<i 9:^
Fairbanks. Cornelius X. Bliss. E. W. Bloonlcgial^
ex-Postmaster General Joseph A. Gary, of Balti
more; ex-Controller Charles G. Dawes. W. a.
Lynch of Canton. Judge H. H. Lurton. at XasMß*;
Governor Herrick of Ohio. Governor Murptef cf
New Jersey and Posmaster General Geor*« B.
Cortelyou.
Governor Murphy, as chairman of the bulling
committee, reported on the progress of this work
since ground was broken In June of last year. Th»
granite walls. It was reported, had advanced one
third of the way from the base to the dome. Tlie
work is under contract, to be completed flartninliai
1. 1907.
Vice-President Fairbanks reported progress for
the endowment committee, of which, he It chair-
VOO mllm 11 U the deslra to raise **' endowment of
The meeting lasted from 10 a. m. tin noon, when
trie members, accompanied by Secretary Frederick
flartzell and H. Van Buren McGonl»ie. tha archi
tect, visited the studio of Charles H. Nlehaus. the
sculptor, in West 36th street. There the committee
\iewed a four-foot model of the statue of. McKln
ley. which will be placed on the mausoleum. Th«
statue represents the President making his last
speech at Buffalo. He holds a manuscript In Us
left hand. whil*. his right Is in his pocket. Ta«
background is a statesman's chair -with a rob»
thrown over it.
The mausoleum Is on a prominent elevation Joat
between the city line and Westlawn Cemetery, in
Canton. Ohio. Over $100,000 has already been *9*M
lor the site and construction, and the entire cost
will be between 9600.000 and SBOO.OOO.
MR. SHOXTS IS ATLA\TA.
Tells Chamber of Commerce Why
He Favors Lock CanaL
Atlanta, May 30. — Theodore P. Shouts, chair
man of the Panama Canal Commission, who was
the guest to-day of Atlanta frtanda. took part
In several entertainments and delivered two ad
dresses. The first address waa ax the dedication
of a building at Agnes Scott Institute, a college
for women in Decatur, a suburb of AGanta. The
second address was delivered this «vannig baton
the Chamber of Commerce, when ho spoke on the
relations of the South to the Panama Canal. Ha
took strong grounds In advocacy of th« lock
canal system. Later in the evening Mr. Shoatt
waa entertained at a dinner, which waa attend***
by Governor Terrell and many others of promi
nence. In his Chamber of Commerce address
Mr. Shonts said In part:
The practical question for all section* of tl»
country is. How long shall we wait before we can
enter upon the period or deevlopment which th»
opening of the canal will brlr< to the country? I
am not surprised that European countries are In
different to the early completion of this canal. I
am not surprised that they ax* Indifferent a* to
how much th!-» canal may cost our government. I
am not surprised that they can view calmly an In
definite postponement of the opening of this grtst
waterway. They are- neither payir* th» bills, cor
will their commerce and Industries suffer by ••■:
ing for the completion of the undertaking. But
am surprised that those who arr» supposed to rep
resent the best interests of the American P*°ff*
should try to throw obstacles la th* way of "SHIS'
tr.g the benefit* of this work at the *»■'■ '.!«•* p0»3.
ble date. When we can get a better canal * or I *J"
money, and receive the benefit* ourselves, w»*
wait? Why make It a heritage) to our of"*'?*
with the possibility of their bell* deprived of »
benefits through some unforeseen contingency, j
have spoken of a gulf. Now. how wide that *w
shall be depends on ttu people. Do you want to
reap the benefit of this under' yoursslves. or
da you want to transmit a hop* to your cBBjSW*
or your children's chllfiren?
PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE.
Southampton. May SO— On board the itearser
Kaiser Wllhelm der Gross*, when «he sailed to
day for New York, were William I Buchanan, of
Buffalo: William Guggenheim and Mrs. Qua****
helm. of New York; William W. McAlpln. Mr*. 3*»
Alpln and three daughters, of New York; "**""'**
Nelson Page and Mrs. Page and ChaxlesK. B»j*
win. J. uTHaggln. Cooper Hewitt aad Frank £»*•
The steamer Bluecher. which will call tna
Dover to-morrow for New York, will have """"I
her passengers Professor A. V W. Jackson *■»
wife, of Yonkers. and Colonel J. W. EMiUnback.
ARCHBISHOP OF HALIFAX CHOSEN.
Rome. May 30.— The Congregation of the Propa
ganda has decided to propose M th« Pope the *»•
pointment of the Rev. William J. Foley. of Van
Scotia, to be Archbishop of Halifax.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
Among the passengers who will sail to-<la» tot
Hamburg on the Deutschland are:
Ml»« Martina Johnston*. [Mr. «n<J Mrs. WBU*» •
Mr. and Mr». John I*. I Lyman. »_•*
R»HM«f«U«r. Dr. and Mra. O. B. —-.--_
! Mrs. F. Cordon Dexter. Mr. and Mrs. C *. o***°-
Mrs. F«>llowe» Davta. jr. 'Mr.-* Potter Palmer.
Joeeptt Whealuclc. Jr. I I>r. and Mr* M. O. T»rr7-
Those who will sa.ll to-day for Naples on •»
Republic are:
Mr. and Mra. rrwlertck Mrs. tjuir* U Toot. _^ — .
Roo^velt. Colonel imA ill*. Jo*** «•
Mr. and Mra. >:. W. Harbor. lla.wl«y. - „ «
Mr. anil Mr«. Th«.^or« W. IMr and Mr». Oouia "•
Nevln. ; Hart.
The cabin list of La Provence, which »•««• •*
to-day for Havre. Includes:
! Mrs. John n. Paraoo*. i Mr*. C T. Cftfida. „ • .
Mr. and Mrm. A. S. Vaubt*. , Mr. and" MS». V Bar* 3 *
• Mr. and Mra. Cor*.. W. Mrs. Ul!!i*a Vc*t.
Kia..
'■■ Travellers who arrived yesterday from Ltrarpow
on the Carmanta were:
Mr. and Mrs. Jam** Our- 1 Sir Gilbert Ki*»
»•.-, . I Lady Kins
i.. •.;. it-...- A&Nitt. l»tjy .. -•«
Mr *n4 Mra. U. MiC'k ny i'mii»» 11. TMb«.
Sdga*. Mra. C- W. aiUUr.