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6 Amusement*. ACADEMY OK MUSIC— 8:15— The Koala M*«t*r. J»IJI.IUi!|! X -X— Vaudeville. ASTOH— »>:.•»(►— The *:raiKht Road. JJEUASCG — 6:ls— Th« I.or? of Ih<» Kanchn WJor -3~h:l&— A IMVb H ■■!■• BSOAOWiT- *:10~- Th« Parisian Mrviel. «'ASlXO— N:ls— Prince?* Beggar. COLONIAL.— 2— S— Yau<*e\ til*. CRITERION-- B:.V«— The- Afro Club. DALY'S— B: lf.— Tta Bella of Maj-falr EDE.V MI'SEE- The World In Wax EMPIRE — *:»• — Captain Hr»«*boun<V* ConyeT»lmi GAItIJKN— B:iri — The Little Michui. OAXUUCK — 8:30 — Caught in th*- Rain HACKKTT- f:Sn— The Chorua Lady HAMMBRSTEIN'S VICTORIA— 2:IO -BJS- -Vaudrvll>. HERALI' SQfARK— 2 — B:ls— The R ad to Yesterday. HIPPODROME— 2— «— N>j.tur.e - » UauKhfr ai..i i'ion'er D*?«. HUDSON"— II a. m. Nearest lh« Po> — R:ir,--The Hypo crite* XP.VINO PLACE— B i" Der BUad« Pa-sagie-. KNICKERBOCKER- - IB Th« Red Mill. LI TV >• :T.*. Sal. my Jar* USSOOUS •ARK *:15— The Belle of London Town LTCEClt— 2:l&— Tb* Tn:th--B:ir>-The Linn an<! th« .Mnuif. LY.'IH- 7:3«>-Th«> Sunken I>ll MAUISOX SQUARE— B— Ttie Tire? of ("■ MAJESTIC—* — Th» Hr.PA of the Alhambra MANHATTAN— S:IO— The <:ir! am the Governor. SJTCNDELKFOHN" HAM S:ir. — <V>n«?crt. SFW AMSTERDAM— «:JR— Br«wster*a MtUi«n« ynv YORK— ■ *.16— Ttw VanderMit <"»i->. PnfNCESS— Br?O— The threat Divide. JtAVOT— «:ls— Th* Mar. of the Hour. fT -:i< - Hi''LAS RINK — S— Hockey ("tub v«. St. Ni<-boia*. ' v M.noRK AHT<»r;sA— Cliarily Ball n'ACT.ACS'S — fc:lS— The :■', i. Mr Hagrenbclmer WEBEn'9— B:l5 — Dream City and The Magic Knisrht. Index to Advertisements Pa(?f. Co], ' Pag«. Col. AJnus?mer.t* ...... 8 B-0 ' Purnlahed Apartments Aucrlon Saies Finiin- ! to I^-t f. 6 cial 13 3 !l-! r . Wanted 11 2 Auction Sale* 4 C- Inatrjclion 14 8 Sale* '.. 4 I* r- It 2 bankers & Broken .12 1-6: Marr:aire* * Deaths.. 7 5-« >>s«r<l & Rooms... $» (. MerTlne« X 6 Brooklyn Property to : Mis< ••.'.•>^e'^u^ . ... 9 4-5 l>t S 0 Ifuslesj : ruction. .14 « Business < ha-. .■»•... .11 £'o<*>ar. Steamers 11 7-8 Carpet Cleaning 9 4' TUiilroarts 11 7 Citations 14 i- Real Estat* ."> « City Hotel* 14 6 j School Agrfiicle* 14 C. Country Property to ; Pjwclal Notices 7 6 Li*t .'. 6 Steamboats 11 7 J>e<ks 4 Office Fur- ! furnfrr Notice! 11 1 nlture " II 1 i SurraKSiM Noticei...l4 « IHvldenil Notices ...13 «! Teacher? 14 * ; JDom. Pits. Wanted.. 11 5-7 iTo Whom It May preaemakjnK 11 li Concern 14 « X'rj'ifcodß 0 6-7 To Let for B-ifltifi-s El«ctloa» S 6: Purposes . .. . 6 6 Employm't Agencies. ll 1 ■ Tribune Sub'n Rates.. 7 6 JCxcur»k.n» 14 6 UnfuraUbed Ar>artm"ts rtnan-lal M 4-6 ! to l*t ft 6 rinancia! Meetings. .J3 6'V.!nl»r R**orts 10 4-4 For Sale 11 1 ( W^rk Want*d 11 9-6 X\inilshed R00m?. ... 8 5i H\%&-l!ork tiailj! iMbxmt TUESDAY, FEBRFARV 5, WOT. THE VEWB THIS MORXING. CONGRESS. — Senate: Th.- day was chiefly devoted to the bill giving the government the right of appeal in certain criminal cases. == House: 'I he Senate General Service Pension bill was pass* I, and the resolution for an In vestigation of Cotton Exchange methods' of business eras adopted. FORElGN.— Leading men of Japan said that Amrriea v, as the laat country with which the •Japanese would go to war, and sincerely re irretted reckless comment in a part of the American press. = - Count Heyden, leader of the Peaceful Regeneration party, and M. Kova levsky, leader of the Democratic Reform party. ■were defeated In the Russian elections. = = Mall advices from China say that the revolt seriously menaces the Manehu dynasty, and that government troops had failed to check the re bellious forces. :■ Moderate Catholic news papers and the lay press warmly welcomed XI. Briand's instructions to prefects regarding the lease of churches; Vatican officials regarded it fls a step toward pacification. == The state commission appointed to revise the constitution of Holland has recommended the exclusion from f-uccession to the throne of children born after the abdication of the sovereign, and the eligibility of women to election to the States funeral.*: Lady Grenfell. eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grey, died at Ottawa. DOMESTIC— report from the Interstate Commerce Commission, accompanied by a letter from President Roosevelt, showed that Messrs. Hanks and Harriman utterly failed to prove that tvilroad rates could be reduced 10 per cent. == The Senate Committee on Military Affairs began its investigation of the Brownsville affray, T!ie trial of .Major Penrose In connection with th« Brownsville riot began at Fort Sam Hous ton. Texas. : --- The Supreme Court granted per mission to the government to intervene In a suit brought under the Employers' Liability law to test its constitutionality. — — — The dismissal of Richard O'Brien, Deputy Superintendent of Public Buildings, and James Johnston, chief engineer of the department, and a warning given to Chief Clerk Blair, announced at Albany, were the results of the investigation by the trustees of public buildings Into the conduct of the de partment. ..- ■ Governor Hughes rcappolnted Dr. AJvah H. Doty as Health Officer of the port of New York. ===== Announcement that Mrs. Russell Sage, of New York, widow of the finan cier, had given $1,000,000 to the Emma Wlllard Bchool for Girls, In Troy, N. V.. was made at a meeting of the trustees of .the school ■■.- Fpecial writs of attachment for STrfW.OOO were Issued at Boston against A. C. Barrage. ■■ D Burrage and Thomas W. Lawson CITY. — Stocks closed weak. ===== The prose cution completed its case against- Harry K. Thaw for killing Stanford White, and counsel for the defence outlined a plea of ireanity. t_ . The minority stockholders committee of the Knickerbocker Ice Company brought con spiracy charges against V R. Thomas. O. F. Thomas and some of those associated with them In the plan for turning over to the West ern Ice Company the control of the former com pany, ===== The Anchor liner Columbia arrived pfter a stormy trip. ■ ■ Controller Metz de clared his opposition to the new courthouse site In Union Square. = Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. "Woodruff and wife sailed for Eu rope on the Deutschland. = : Four new pro fessors were appointed at the meeting: of the board of trustees at Columbia. ===== Secretary Bhaw of the Treasury Department announced that he had already begun the reorganization of the department. — " The Panama Construc tion Company filed articles of Incorporation. THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day: Enow. The temperature, yesterday: Highest. 22 degrees; lowest. 18. TO STUDY CITY EXPENSES. The City Council of Boston has just author ized the appointment of a commission to in vestigate the financial affairs of the city. The commission's conclusions should be of especial value and interest, because its members will not be politicians, but the selections of various financial, legal, commercial and labor organiza tions of Boston. They should be Instructive to the rest of the country because of the grow ing tendency toward increased municipal ex penditures. That tendency has gone further in Boston than In any other American city, and Boston has now a larger per capita debt than any other American city, though it Is still far behind the per capita debts of many European cities which have gone heavily Into municipal ownership ventures. Says "The Boston Globe": It Is Indisputable that Boston has been spend ing" too much money annually for twenty-fly« years. Like an extravagant private Individual, the city has been plungine Into debt without thought of the future. All good citizens now agree It is time to retrench. We do not understand that there are any charges that this money has been spent dishon estly, or even that it has been spent with any especial extravagance. City administrations have merely yielded to the Incessant public de mand for municipal Improvements, all of thani desirable, until the city finds Itself face to face with a heavy debt and high taxes, which it Is feared will drive business enterprises away from, or at least deter them from entering Boston. We have the same incessant public demand for additional municipal improvements here in New York. We are always looking for meth ods to raise the debt limit, and It Is impossi ble not to sympathize with the public aspira tion to improve and beautify the city and make It a more attractive and comfortable place to lire in. Americans are not satisfied with the kind of dry they were proud of a decade ago. The municipal standard, so 10 speak, has been raised. This Is an excellent thing, but Boston's case t*ach*a the wisdom of Brocaedinff-to make our raunJcipal paradises Trirh reasonable cau tion. Boston most now. "The Globe" says, have •i« financial breathing spell. Business men fro "quontly have to retrench their expenses. A '/municipality can do likewise." The new commission is to go into every d> tnll of Boston's expenditures and see where retrenchments can Ik- made It should Investi gate the hroad 'subject of what are wise anil what an- unwise municipal expenditures. ft will probably I col; into the question vi tax able property, to see if taxes .'ire properly dis tributed. Perhaps it" h fair share wore borne by all forms of taxable property the burdens of municipal Improvement would not he bo oner (HlS. There Is no doubt that. country has entered upon :in era of municipal improvement, with proving municipal 'expenditures :iinl debts. Boston has gone a little further in this dire, tion tJian any other American <'lty. and the appointment of this commission to devise ways of giving Boston a 'financial breathing sjx'li"" "without detriment to the city's welfare" in :i time demanding progress is the tirsi check to the general movement, the first warning to has ten slowly. MR. DRYDEyrS WITHDRAWAL. Mr. l>rydon"s decision hot to seek n re-election to the T"nlte«.l States Senate relieves a situation which h:is been the cause of no little embarrass ment to the Republicans of New Jersey. it has been obvious for some time that the junior Sen ator could never ?;••! tbe iiniteil supiK>ri of the Republican members of the Legislature. His only hope lay in attracting I>eiuocratic support or In prolonging the pre» deadlock «nd appealing for re-election to :i new legislature. I»nt neither of those alternatives could be chosen without inflict ing serious Injury on the Republican party. The, results 'if the election of IfHMI were anything but reassuring to the Republican leaders. New Jersey was almost the only state in Hie Union to show a decided reaction :>:r:mi<t Republican policies. President Roosevelt's majority of 80, 606 In 1004 was practically obliterated at the. election lust year for Representatives in Con gress. The Republican candidates in the ten districts received 172.2tSl* votes and the Demo cratic candidates H59.005. Three scats in tli % House were taken from the Republicans. It would 1>»- unfair to charge these losses at the polls directly to Mr. Dryden's candidacy. Dissatisfaction with the liquor legislation of lhe last session and other local grievances undoubt edly contributed to tbe Democratic revival. But whatever the causes of that revival, it had De whip more or less associated In ih-t 1 public mind with Mr. Dryden's canvass for re-election, and !t would have been highly impolitic' to invite an other campajgu on the emphasized and exclusive issue of Indorsing or not in dor Pins '!•" junior Senator's record. Many of Mr. Dryden's stanch est supporters have freely expressed the opinion that if he could not muster pnoufrh Republican votes to assure his re-election he should promptly give, way to another Republican anil thus end a controversy which was weakening and discrediting the Republican parly. The Senator's withdrawal under these circum stances is creditable to his Judgment and his pence of political propriety. A man of narrower vision and greater self-esteem might hare been tempted to "stand par" on his rights as a can didate. Mr. Dryden submitted his claims last year to a Republican primary and go! a pop alar Indorsement it may In 1 admitted that this indorsement could not bint! Senators whose elec tion antedated the primary, Vet it gave the junior Senator an exceptional status and a more or less definite right to asseri that he was really the choice of the Republican voters. Me was also regularly nominated by a caucus of the Republican members <>r the Legislature, and according to ordinary party usages should have been entitled to united party support. Rut the protest against him had to be reckoned with as a stubborn fact — an element In the New Jersey situation which menaced Republican success. Mr. Dryden bowed in a measure to circum stances. IJut In so doing lie lias shown a com mendable consideration for party Interests. THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM. The old internationalism, <»f thnt Int-ma t-Umalr which was the bogie <«f European states men. worked in scpn>t for tlj«' united action of all workingmen regardless of national boun daries, governments and laws, for th«- interdic tion of wars between nations, the attention of all laws mid customs discriminating against workingmen, and the opposition of organized labor to organised capital. Its reputation waa probably much more formidable than the thiun itsHf. Tl)»- new Internationalism, which neari; n.« good as its reputation or its superficial appearance. Dims at a realization of thai vision of "the parliament of man. the federation of the world" which wn- conceived by a greal poet in his youth only to be repudiated by him with uncommon vehemence in later and more judi cious years. Ii is not welcome, and it may seem ungrateful mid ungracious, to disapprove any plan which is put forward hy men of undoubted benevolence and purity of motive., for the wel fare of humanity; but when such a plan is im practicable it is surely Letter to recognize the fa«-t thaji disinjrentioiusiy i<> cherish and encour age the fancy. Note, for example, the five recommendations of the Interparliamentary Onion, which the American Pence Society wants the President to urfrc* upon the congress at The Hague. The last two are practical enough, though really super fluous, for ther<» is every reason to expect that the conirresf 5 will (live a conspicuous place in Its rieluWatirms to the question of the Immunity of unoffending private property at sea in time of war. while the matter of an impartial commis sion to report upon, contested Issues between nations before the beginning of hostilities N already partly arranged In the existing Hague convention. But what is to I* 1 said, of tha tlrst of all the recommendations, in behalf of "a rej; ular international parliament"? If a purely vol untary deliberative body Ik meant, such as th« congress nt The Hague, there is no objection to it We already have it. practically. In the meetings at The Hague. Rut we must regard "parliament" as n misnomer when applied to it. A parliament is. In the ordinary nee of the word. a lawmakinp body, with both responsibility and authority, with power or associater] with a power capable of enforcing its enactments. To suggest that the sovereign nations of the world should enter such an organization In inter national affairs, should thus abrogate their own sovereignty, and should place their most imi>or tant interests in the hands of aliens. Is as im practical as a dog's baying at the moon. Nor Is tb© second recommendation, for "a gen eral obligatory arbitration treaty," to tie more favorably regarded. In some cases international arbitration is doubtless commendable. That It is desirable in all cases we are certainly not pre pared to concede. There are matters which no self-respecting nation can or should submit to alien arbitration. When a nation is absolutely convinced of the righteousness of Its contentions In a matter involving its integrity and honor, it seems an Impertinence to ask it to submit the dispute to alien arbitration, with the possibility that the decision will be contrary to Justice and a probability that it will be a compromise, in which the nation will he required to submit to some wrong in order to secure norn» good. The notion that international umpires are always of necessity Impartial Is quite fallacious. There is on record more than one case of arbitration in which, it Is true, the award was loyally ac cepted, but of which one of the parties ba* never ceased to believe that it was unjustly treated by a prejudiced umpire. If nations, on their own initiative or at the suggestion of others, voluntarily ■nbmit their differences to arhirra tiou. well and good. The result may be gener ally beneficial But to sa/ that every nation NEW'YOISK DA*LY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1907. shall without demur yield to the demand of any | other for the arbitration of any dispute is quite | Impracticable; and if such a system could be and were to be established, it Is altogether prob able that it would result in an Increase of dis putes among the nations and an increase of ;uii moslties. : As for the remaining recommendation, for the ( limitation of nations i armaments, one of its fatal flaws lies In the fact that national arma ments are not proportionately equal and In th« , very nature of the rase cannot be made equal. i If a nation realizes itself to be much under ■ armed, in comparison with its neighbor, it will not agree to cease expansion of Its armaments toward an equality with its neighbor, and it i would I"- unjust to at* ii to do so. Russia, for | I example, is now almost destitute of a navy. be; j ! sausw of her disasters in the war with Japan. i Jt would be unreasonable to ask thai she should ! refrain from rebuilding and should remain per ' nianentiy without a naval force equal to those of sonic of her much smaller neighbors. [Ms ' armament or limitation of armaments would he ', intolerably unjust unless it .onld he effected upon ■ ii scale of equality, and If any .me has devised a satisfactory scale '>f tint description applicable to this case he has not yet disclosed it to th? world If is not sufhVient that a, proposal is well ; meant; It must be practicable or it will not bo ] 1 effective and I he trouble with some of these sug- | gestions of the 1V:..-.. Society Is thai they are : Impracticable. THOSE H ITER BOXDK. The inability of the city Controller to secure larpe and high bids for the new Catskill water bonds is regarded bj some persons as an argu „,,.,,. aj aiust thai whole water supply exten sion scheme. The failure of capitalists to bid for the bonds. tbe.i say. indicates lack ol faith in the enterprise, ami so they «vi -'<■ i that the ratskill plans should be abandoned and thai .]:,. should turn back to the Raniapo con , r some irther like il ("or the additional supply wiii<-ii it needs. Such views and contentions are groundless. The reason whj there is no more demand for Ihe water bonds i- thai they hay ly » short term ioi more than twenty years to run. 11 the ordinary flfty year bonds of the city bring no more than 100.34. wo can scarcely expect high or eager bidding for water bonds -uhi.-ii will mature in twenty some of them in ten - years. h does uoi seem vviw to havp made the water bonus for so short a term. «>n the practical side of th« case, as the Controller says. th.» Tacts are that the city mnsi have tii" water nnd must have the money to pel il with, and s<> II Ti'tT terms which will secure the money. On the ni'To theoretical yel scarcely less practi ,al side ii may be observed thai there is little reason for making the bonds fall due before the sinking fund from water rates is ready to meet them, and that will eurelj not I" 1 In ten and probably not in twentj years, or even a good deal more. ti the bonds were made to run i<>r fifty years, as do other citj bond . there would probably b.. no more trouble in selling them than In sell ing anj other corporate stock of this munici pality. / 4X/V0 VEOPLE GOOD. "The Sew York World" presents a ■■-.Mn;><> slum" «>u the annual plans of various state let! islatures for taxing bachelors Sow, everybody kii"ws thai a ia\ on bachelors is a Joke; we ruipht almost say thai it Is the one piece of legislative humor about the genuineness or which there Is a unanimous '■ The bachelor has almost micceedtjd the old maid as a national humorous figure in fact, when we think of 11 bow - wince we have :.• r'. "f the old nial 1! Perhaps Mh< Is an ex tinct species. The hi rncti r Istlc that is n<>t desirable In tax • eva slveness ; his life If one 1 og evasion We doubt if he will ever be taxed In money: the only tax tluit is likely to be [M'tty tribute of laughtei w hicb legislators annually .• Bui for all thai the proposal to tax tli - I jtir is only a jjay exagg< a coniinoa tendency. A t.-. x will make the waj ad sin thorny nnd difficult A tax Instrument <>f reform. Y<>u may ia\ people good. !i" you may not reward merit with and bonuses, you mm at least lax the prim roses out of the path of di [f mftrrtapn certificates and bahles ma at the state treasury, the public may al least reprobate the neglect t<> posses* these impedi menta uf life and mete oui its reprobation with a tax. There is the Scriptural injunction t.> marry The pood, we are told, marrj onco they used to die young, bui now they have b't upon marriage as a, substitute for that early sacrifice. Trn> ladles, p.n, have some rights which legislatures are bound to respeel I bachelors <l<> not. Therefore, ta\ the bachelors. They are recreants and runagates; tax them into mending their ways. There is talk up lv Canada, always more pro gressive than this country. <<i' appointing a man or commission who shall net as public opinion. This conception Is po pleasing In its general sispeets that we shall noi encumber it with details. Wo have always thought we should like to see public Opinion Ml flesh jilld blood, and when we have a thoroughly reformatory system of taxation, one warranted to tax men K<«id. the tax collector will be embodied public opinion. In his little booli every wrong will have public reprobation measured out to it In dollars and cents a standard o1 moral values to which even the most callous conscience is sensitive. It may be said that he will be 8 sort of public Indulgencer, and thai evil may purchase pardon from him and a right to pose as virtuous; bui make the tuxes high enough nnd we maintain thai the collector will punl tiv«' public opinion it will be a simple system and will displace the present Inadequate moral judge, conscience; for now then, is always a dispute whether an ad or an institution in rlchr or wrong, but then, why, look in tho tax lw>ok; If It Is taxed it is wrong and its moral quality will lie worked out to the last mill a thousand! Th© bachelor is not the only thing to tax from his sinful ways. If the cleanlines« of Snictu«'« Roap offends, blazoned from Krarport cliff, tax the proclamation of Its purity-. Tax the, taint out of dollars. Indeed, we do not see why, when the system of taxing things srood is per fected, you should not t«x the spots off a leopard; the Biblical remark on this subject precludes only a voluntary change of spots and the power* of the purifying tax collector are In no way Impaired hy It. Every one knows what an cvii is "water" in corporations. The very name of water has De come odious so much, so that the vote of tho Prohibition party has fallen off notably lv con sequence. Why not tax the corporations good? We do not know whether this Idea has oc curred to any one else or not, hut we hope not, for we should like the credit of originating it First establish the quantity of water In a cor poration, a simple matter: fhrn t/tx that water, say. 10 per cent a year. There Is an idea which should, make the stock iv trade of a great re former, one of those who believe In taxing peo ple good. Tammany has made a wry face at the Mu nicipal Ownership League aldermen, and de clares It cannot stomach them. It refuses to derive nourishment from unsavory cattle, pre ferring defeat in the council to dyspepsia at home. May we now expect Tammany to sup port tlie Pure Food law? Boston's Mayor nan declined the offer of the National Bill Posters' Association to give Bos ton tree advertising- on billboards throughout the country. Boston Is a me fleet viola* whoa* charms may not be proclaimed in this ostenta tious manner. There will be a "bigger, busier, better Boston"— you will notice that she does not desplae the paste jewelry of alliteration— but not at this cost. The whole incident, if X has nerved no other end. has let the world know that Roston lias a press agent. Shocking! It Is time for the sacred codflsh to seek a n«w spawning ground. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson talks like a man who bas started in to win the titlp of "The r; r p*t American Alarmist " There is no more prolific cause of war than a quarrelsome habit of mind. The nation which persistently thinks of war and watches for pre texts for war Is perilously near the possibility of war— both positively, because of the militant excitement of such mental operations, and nega tively, because of the embarrassments and oh stacles Urns presented to the peaceful and friendly adjustment of matters of difference. The worst feature of last week's baseless "war scare" was that it combined both these positive and negative qualities of evil. It made directly for the precipitation of a causeless war by in flaming" the American mind with false impres sions of Japan find angering the Japanese with libels upon them; and at the same time its whole tendency was to delay and hinder those delicate negotiations which were known to be In progress for the Just and honorable settlement of the little controversy between the two nations. The East Hide actors' strike is settled. The ■walking delegate has taken a vacation, and in his stead the ghost walks. That must have been a lovely scrap between the athletes of Kilkenny and Tipperary at the Madison Square Garden the other night. If only it could have had a Donnybrook man for umpire: M. Clemenceau is so used to smashing cabinets that it is hard work for him to keep his hands off his own. Representative handler's plaintive and poet ical appeal for funds to "dig out" the Tombifr bee River in Mississippi ought to rank in river and harbor history with General Harry White's eloquent plea for the improvement of naviga tion on the "roaring Klskamlnltis." When the whole current of tho Colorado Is once more forced back into its old channel, as it probably will be this week, the country will hope that the repairs now nearly completed will "stay put." __^______________ THE TALK OF THE DAY. Modern medicine la slowly but surely driving the old-fashioned herb doctors out of the field. How many people are there, for Instance, who use what In rural England used to be known as the shep herds' cure for consumption and Impurities of the blood, called "o;ik lungs"? Brewed as a t«a and sweetened with sugar, it Is not unpleasant to drink. Many an old ■wiseacre has been heard to declare with a shake of her head (hat '/oak lungs Is a-keep- Ing mi alive." In appearance oak lungs resembles dry uiosh and leaves before »ic!n>f brewed, but It possesses a delightful aroma. It Is gathered in cer tain parts of England, where It grows at the foot of trees. But it »eems to bn lOßtng its reputation aa a preserver of ;ir.-, for recent inquiry at lifi differ ent herb shops In Lond in disclosed but one which had any knowledge of its exist'-nc-. 1.0r.l John Russell was not tactful On one Ocea nian ha touk the Duchess of Inverness down to dinner, and after he had sat down for a minute he lumped u;> ami went to the opposite side <>f the table and t.u by the Duchess <>f i?t. Albanit. His wife asked him afterward why lie had dune it. lie *a!d "1 -li<uild have been ill if I bad Silt with my hack to that «rr;it sire." "I hope." said Lady John, •you K-iv«- your reason to the Duchess of Inver ness." "No." he said. "I didn't: but I told th« Duchess of St. Alli.ins!"— Chrlstlai Register. A square deal Is now assured by the invention of a machine which automatically ahull a pack of cards In an Instant with the cards concealed from .sight, and which changes the position of nine out of every ten cards. It not only protects tlie cards from Injury, but gives an absolutely n.juare deal shuffle. The machine weighs four pounds and attaches In a moment to any table. It Is about twelve Inches htcl'- "Why <ll<l you refuse to serve that man?" "W<:'il had enough.*,' answered the barkeep. "He looked sober." "Well, he nsk*<l for » lorn and terry. —Louis ville Courier-Journal. Snow I." U3cd for r< frlK^ruttiiK purposes in Asia Minor! Instead >>( Ice. The snow is gathered in the adjacent mountains and la then parked In .1 conical pit. tamped in tightly and <-nver»«<l with straw and leaves. At the bottom of the pit a well la dug. with a rlralu connected at the bottom to carry off th« water funned from melted enow. The cost of colluding and storing It Is small and pack horses are used In making deliveries. Tho p-lliiiK price la ten to twenty-five cents a hundred pounds and often cheaper. ■"Poctnr. my wife says she Is getting deaf.*! "Tell her It's because she Is K-'itlnp old." "Do yon believe hlip la deaf enough for that to he safe"" — Houston Post. ;. lser*a Imj •rl • preti y tine. having recently been added to In a most aun • sr, says i Berlin correspondent Th< ,n.i ntted In tbe moat luxuri ous manner possible, besides being models of prac- ticaj equipment. Pale turquoise is the color of the rich upholstery In silk brocade, the walls and four Feats of each car being covered with this material. Small letdown tables, wall cupboards, clock, and book rests in natural wood and Ivory complete the lilting of the Imperial carriages. His electvo mobiles are painted Ivory white (in th»» inside, with touches of blue and gold, and doors and back panels of the vehicles bear the motto, a particularly ap propriato one for motorists, "Oott mil uns," above th<" Imperial crown. The chauffeur's seat Is In pale blue leather. THERE'S MONEY IN IT He's making money from disease. AnA yet he's not a Quack. It's lust his own disease, for he's A kleptomaniac. — Philadelphia. Press. The bead of the Fire Department of Rouen, France, haw suggested to the Mayor a novel project In the fire extinguishing service. Inasmuch as tho city Is traversed everywhere by the electric street car wires, It Is nußijested that there should be pro vided pumps, driven by dynamos, to take current by means of trolley hooks attached to streetcar wires at th« nearest point to th« fire. The advantages are seen at a glance. Tho power is unlimited; the motor strength on a 600 volt cir cult could do anything with a stream of water. No engines would have to be kept jjoinß. and the ma chinery would be smaller than the great mass of metal that has to be dragged to the ncenn of a fire. "Do you think the railway men will ever own the, government asked the alarmist. "No." answered Mr Duatin Stax; "not unless governments show more nlgns of paying dividends than they do now."— Washington Star. A CATS' BOARDING HOUSE. Prom The Philadelphia Record. A woman who had engaged beard for two eat* at an animal boarding house stopped at the desK on her way out and said: "Oh by the way if or got something. What do you give your cats for Bundaj dinner' "The regular fare." said t■' proprietor. "1 would like you to make an except tion in the cine of my cats." said the woman they have been used to special dishes at horn.. on' Sunday, and I am sure they would miss them very much. I am willing to pay extra for the care an.f expense.** 'That," grumblod the animal man after acceding to her request. "Is one of the pe culiar phases of this business. Half tho peop£ patronizing a place of this kind Insist upon our providing a few choice tidbits for the Sunday din ner of their pets. It Is bound to ruin their • diges tion, but whenever there Is a clause In the con r^prevalia 1 " effect special Sunday and holiday PIPES AND GOOD TABTE. From The Boston Herald. A vast Increase hi the tmportaUona of brlarwood pipes 1« noted, which Is complimentary to the taste, of old Pir.okers. Ther* may be solace In i gooiJ cigar, but therrt 1 * Itltnwlse comfort and io\ In a eweet pipe. It is much affected nowadays out of doors and In th» busy street, but that U » violation of good taste. The den la tte piaoe for About Veople and Sccia.l Incidents. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. Feb. 4.— Th© President discussed the Japanese, question to-day with Senator Flint and Representatives Kahn and Hayes, of California. The men from the coast Joined in declaring that the critical stage of the situation had been passed and expected the visit of Mayor Schmltz and the mem bers of the San Francisco School Board to resolve Itself Into a lovefeast. Senator Hansbrough. of North Dakota, called to inform the President that the car shortage situation In the Northwest has greatly improved, and that many of the towns which were snowbound and unable to get supplies of food and fuel have been relieved. The President's callers included Secretaries Root and Taft and Postmaster General Cortelyou, Sena tors Fulton and Daniel. Representatives Foster. McKinley, Bradley, Roder.berg. Finley and Scott. James R. Garfleld. who is soon to become Secretary of the Interior, and L. O. Murray, assistant secre tary of the Department of Commerce and Labor. THE CABINET. [F*rom The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. Feb. 4.— Mrs. Root, vlfe of the Sec retary of State, has been 111 at her home. In this city since her return here the middle of last week from New York. General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant will be the guests of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root for the army and navy reception at the White House Thursday night THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [From Tbe Tribune Bureau.] Washington. Feb. 4.— The Japanese Ambassador and Viscountess Aokl had as guests at dinner to night the Secretary of Btate, the Assistant Secre tary of State and Mrs. Bacon. Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster. Mrs. Robley D. Rvans, Mrs. Bewail, Commander and Mrs. Mirsh, UeutenaiH and Mrs. Frey. Count and Countess Hatzfeldt-Trathetiberg. who are visiting the. Ambassador and Viscountess Aokl; tho coun sellor of tho Japanese Kmbassy and Mme. Mlyaoka. Mr. Kroupensky, of the Russian Kmhaaay; Count Hatzfeldt. of the German Embassy, and Mr. Hani hara. of the Japanese Embassy. Blgnor Montagna. first lecretary and formerly charga d'affalrea of the ItaJ'.an Embassy, who is now on leave of absence In his own country, ha.s been rnlnofl to the ran!: of counsellor of the em bassy li'-i c. IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. [From Th« Tribune Bureau.] Washington, Feb. 4.— A cotillon was given to night, with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Bhonts aa hosts. George Howard led. Among the guests were the German Ambassador and Baroness yon Stern burg, the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Rosen, the Netherlands minister and Mme. van Swinderen, the Danish Minister. Count and Countess Hatzfeldt-Trathenberg, Viscount and Vis countess 6t» Martel. Lieutenant Commander and Mme. de Blanprs, Mr. La Tetter, Mr. Seeds, of th« British Embassy; Prince zu Lynar and Count Ratsfeldt, of the German Embassy; Count Louts Bsechenyl, of the Austrian Embassy; Mr. and Mrs. Georjre W. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Richard 11. Towns-?nd. Mr. and Mrs. Slater, M'-s Slater. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy, Commander and Mm. Key, Captain and Mrs. Richard 3, Hooker, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Field, M■. und Mrs. Herbert 'Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Lee. Miss Cannon. Miss Nugent. Miss Town send, Ml»« Gaff. Miss Jennings. Miss Eno, Miss N'ewberry. Miss dos Porten, Miss Squire, Ml Wet more, Miss Terry. Miss Renhatn. Lieutenant Sherl dan. Captain McCoy, Captain Fltzhugh Lee-, Ed ward McLean, Murray Cobb and Count Bernstoff, of Denmark. Mrs. ' worth, who h;ts had a seven attack of i s sufficiently lecovwed te be up, I for a daj The I ■ • ■ yi sterday afternoon ■ Among the entertainments this evening were a dinner at the home of Senator K>an. with th*» Min ister from Norway ;ind Mme. Hauge as tests of honor: ;i dinnor with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Page as •hosts, and one with the Vice-President as the guest of hon->r and Representative McKinley a.s host NEW YORK SOCIETY. I Many weddings fljrur* on the social calendar for to-<lay. At St. George's Church, in Stuyvesaht ; Square, the marriage of Mi? Beatrice Morgan !•> j Frederick S. Pr.iyn. of Albany, will take place. i M!s« Pauline Morgan will b\: her sister's maid of honor, .ird tli«* bridesmaids will be Ml.«s Ix->rnthy Kane, Miss Sylvia Parsons, Miss Corlnne Do-:^l;is Robinson, Miss l»ulse Kobbe. Miss Janet Dana. Miss Mildred Carter. Miss Lily Page. Mlas Gladys Rice, Ml Lydla Mason Jones and Miss Dorothy JAM lie t EARTHQUAKE. And the Charges of Inhumanity Pre ferred Against Sir Alfred 1.. Jones. j To the Kditor i.f Th» Tribune. Sir: A ... kns been cr»»nted tn Liverpool, the horn* of sir Alfred L. Jones. b> run r^ea of < :illonsn<'ss and Inhumanity preferred iicrilnst Idni by American refugees from the earth quake ut JarnalcH, m arriving at New Ynri: <-,n th»» ' German liner Prina Eltel Kriedrlch. As an Amer ican t<'iup<ir:trily residing In Liv?rpool— and as one who tor eight years •«•!« the Vmerlcan consul m 1 Liverpool— l would ask my fellow citizens to ;tt j least reserve their Judc:nr!it. Sir Alfred Jones I* • Liverpoo'.'d most prominent citizen. ;is he is th.> I mopt" beloved, nd Justly so He Is universally recognized on this Hide as the ;ncst striking per sonality In the Brlttsh commercial and shipping world, and his reputation Is that of a man of ex traordinary energy, of tuc most unconventional I and democratic ways, the widest cosmopolitan j sympathies^ und of thrt most unbounded Kencr.vMty and tenderness of heart. I personally know that he is not only free from prejudice against Amer icans, but la a great admirer of both Americans and America. The citizens of Liverpool are so proud of him that shortly be fora his departure for Jamaica he was the guest at a publics banquet at which there whs the most representative body of citizens ever gathered In Liverpool on such an occasion, and th. Lord Mayor of Liverpool has just announced thut there will be a public recaption at the Town Hall to Sir Alfred Jones as fin expression of grati tude and felicitation upon his safe return horn» after the horrors and dancers of ihe earthquake) In Jiunalca. I say this so that you can under stand what ,i shock lir.s been produced by the* charge!! above referred to. Much allowance must be made for the statements of the refugees. It Is evident that they not away from the Island the first moment possible. That was natural, an.l who can blame them for not giving up their places on the Prtna .\ltei Frledrich to others who w«re clnrr.orlnj; to Kt^ away? So. as to the captain of th« Prlnz Ettel fMedrlcU. Did he take on board crowds of anfortui other thin his passonsers. and feed them aMd turn hla ship Into a general hospital? Report does not indicate that h*» did so, but he does apr« - ar to liave. done his duty to his own passengers. Reports received from a dozen sources are to the effect that no man was more eelf-sacrlflrlng;, on man more humane, no man more Kenoroua, no man more energetic than Sir Alfred Jones in meeting the demands created by the terrible catastrophe. lie and ids party escaped death on land by what seemed like a miracle, and his ship, the Port KlnKsnm, narrowly missed belnc burned and wrecked, and tho crew worked three days and nlKhts without sleeping. Sir Alfred not only had a larj;e party of tourists and cotton growing ex perts on his hands, who had Ju.-<t come out from England and were to return with him in a day or two, but his two hotels (the largest on the is!u.ml> were wrecked, and most of the guests needed as sistance. With the news of the awful calamity first arrived here It watt a common expression In Liverpool that It was a Brood thinf that Sir Alfred •whs in Jamaica- -that he, with his wonderful ca pacity for organization, was the one man of all Others for the emergency. And ao It whs. accord ing to trustworthy report! Not only did he pro vide, as best he could, for the comfort of the lniri flridH of his passens;era an.l hotel guests, not only did he organize a scheme for cooking food f>>r the poor starving people outside of that category, but tie turned hi« beautiful ship into a hospital, and the surgeon Of his ship. Dr. Rvans (also of Liver pool), performed operations all night on board, and worked heroically, until not only his physical strength but his anesthetic* were exhausted. Finally, he had to perform operations without anesthetic*: The very bed linen of the ship was torn up for Vi.-indatres. Criticism should be stricken dumb in contemplation of such humanity, whatever Individual cases of m>»mlni! n<nrH>rt there might have been. Th« fellow citizens 01 Str Alfred Jones and all those who know him. including. I hesitate not In seeing, scores oX Amerlaan*. cannot believe the Snow. The ceremony at 9t. George's will be fea» lowed by a reception, given by Mrs. W. Ffellowes Morgan, the mother of the bride, at her house In East 17th street. St. Bartholomew's Church will be th* scene this afternoon of the marriage of Mum Elsie Ladd. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Whltehooa* Ladd. to Alexander yon Gontard. Mra. Bthelbsrt Ide Low, who was Miss Gertrude Herrtck, will be the matron of honor. Among the bridesmaids are Miss Dorothy Schleffelln. Miss Ethel Rockefeller Miss Kdlth Talcott. Miss Ellwibeth Stevenson Mai Miss Marguerite Quackenbush. After the cere mony the parents of the bride will give a recep tion at their house. In East J4th street. Tuxedo will be largely represented at the wedding of Pierre Lorlllard Barbey. son of tho late Heart I. Barbey. and Miss Florence- Flower, which will take place thla afternoon In 9t. Thomas's Church. The ceremony wll! be followed by a reception, plven by Mrs. James de Laval Flower, tha mothur of the bride, at her house in East 61st street Stow* Phelps. with Miss Harriet Alexander as his partner, will lead the cotillcn to-night at the last dance of the season of the Junior Cotillon st Sherry's. At the Waldorf-Astoria the anmal Charity Ball •will take pla^e this evening In behjalf of the Xur sery and Child's Hospital. Rear Admiral Coghlan, Major General Wade. Major General Grant, tho members of tho Governor's staff and a Wg con tingent of officers of the regular army and of the National Guard have accepted Invitations. Amons; those who have taken boxes are Mrs. E. J. Ber wlnd. Mrs. Henry W. DaSBSCSfc Mrs. J. H. Ham mond and Mrs. E. H. Weatherbee. A number of dinners are beins given In connection with the ball, to which the hostesses w.ll afterward Uke on their puests. Colonel John Jacob Astor. "W. K. Vanderbl'.t. Oliver Livingston Jones. Langdon Seer and others are on the. committee In charge of tha affair The Junior OulM will give a concert this after noon for the benefit of the Ne# York Orlhopeedtc Dispensary and Hospital, at the house of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, In "West 68th street, whsj has lent her ballroom for the occasion. In sp!te of the inclement weather, a !am audi ence filled Mendelssohn Hall yesterday afternoon for the annual concert of the Symphony Club. which meets throughout the winter for practice at th» house of Mrs. Charles T. Barney. In Park ave nue, under the direction of David Mbjbsm Th» string orchestra is composed of youn? married women' and girls of th» fashionable set. and amoni Its violins yesterday were Miss aXatheraaa Barn«y. Miss Grosvenor Atterbury, Miss Elemor Alexander, Miss Margaret Dlx. Miss Gladys Rice. Mrs. Dave Hennen Morris. Mrs. Wilbur K. Matthews and Mrs. Oeorff* P. Bobbins. The proceeds of the concert were for the Music School Settlement work. The club will give musicals at Mrs. John H. Ham mond's house on February 19 for the benefit of th» Three Arts Club, on March 21 at the WaHorf- Astorla. and on March 27 at Mendelssohn HalL The Marquis d'And!«cne> and the marquise, wh« was Miss Madeline. Goddard. passed through town yesterday on their way to Newport, where they will stay with Mr. ami Mrs. Hamilton Fish Wee ster. Mrs. Aug > SOU. to he • day. it her house. In Fifth awn. T>ie Hob town yeaf I ■ wtta Mrs - Mr. and Mr-s. Henry Fo-' ' sry katva rw ■ Mr. and Mrs. Elbrldse T. Gerry have issued In vitations for a dinner tn-morrow nicM at their house, in Ka«t Slsf street Announcement is made of the engagement oT Philip Sands, son of Mrs. Philip J. Sands, of East CM street, to th» daughter Of the late Major Oooleyi of Wfstchester, who ten years apr» secured a divorce from Tomasito 1., de Onattvta. Philip Sands was graduated from Harvard in 19W>. v.' I Sin Hamilton M'-K. T- Amons the dinner* set for this evening are thow k'.vpt! by Mr?. William Watts S^rnwn. Mr». Ch^arlea F. Hoffman. Mrs Stuyvesant Fish anil Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander. . Ftor:»'* of oru^l callousness reported asainst him >•>• the refugees of the Pr'.:iz Kite! K"rt*drich. Let Jm- Kive you an in. -idem showinte what kiini of a mnn Alfred is. Shortly afu-r I came to Liverool as American •."•.inMil I had thrown on my resourL-f-3 somp eighteen destitute colored Ameri cana — ni'-n. women and children— who ha<! failed in Liberia and hnrl come h^r* in the belief that I could send them home to the Southern States. Th# American pmvrnment makfs no provision to meet such cases, and .«■> 1 had to d*>pt?r.d upon Kn«'.!sh ehaiity or pay t!ie passage money out of my own pocket. I was aln;o=t in despair, when Sir Alfred Jor.os came i" il •• rescue, although I was tY-.en al most a str.-irc-.-' to him. At that time tho firm of whim nf Is th<» head oiraad the Beaver Line, run ning to Canaan. !?lr Alfred ?rnt th<» entire party of destitutes eirosa to i'anad\ for nothing, and raiil their railroad fares to the American frontier. Probably fru: i«w ni«*n in England can he credits with morj ti •itvidual :>ots of peneroslty ar.d kinil ti^.«s to thosr in trouble— iccludinß Arnerii'ar. on fortonatos— t:>an Sir Alfr--1 Jones. A great taanr cases of which tln» public have r*>ver heard ar» witiihi mv own personal knowledge. That such a man would be selfishly ••f«a^tin^" safe <«a board !:is ship in Kingston Harbor, ju^t after the «.arth quafce, callous to tm- sufferlnss of his fellow creatures, is unbelievable. In conclusion, let m>* saj that there* is only ojxa Btntimcnl h»-re as to th^ visit of the American war shins on tiu>ir errand or' mercy— and that ">s. deepest gratitude: and, also. con»ifinnatii>n of the- Governor f..r lit< oontiiut. JAMES BOYI-K. l.iv. rpool, England. Jan. Co. IM7. • — HEADLEY M. GREENE NOT TO RETIRE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I am Informed that un article appeared In r h* Tribune last week statins that a.-= executive mem bf>r of the 34th Ass.^nibly District I contemplated rrtirir.s at the close of the present primary year. I beg to say that this is not the fact. Neither by siiK-fTt'stion nor hint have I Intended to convey any SOCb meaning. It Is possible that a mistake i>c curred through a misinterpretation put upon my words In si speech delivered by n» at the dinner to th.» district captains of the ;Uth Assembly District. If you will, therefore, give space for the for*- Koinp denial 1 shall preatly appreciate It. HEAD LEY M. GREEN Executive Member of t!>e o-lth Assembly District. New York. Keb. 4. X9v7. MRS. OELRICHS HAS DRIVER IN COURT. He Is Held in Bail for Trial on Grand Lar ceny Charge. Mr* Theresa A. Oalrlchs. accompanied by » frl :-..1. appeared hi the West Side v>.->urt yesterday afternoon to press the complaint of grand larceny ngalnst Frank W. Shaw, her chauffeur. Her coun sel iried to have the complaint of grand larceny substituted by a violation of the omnibus act. Which covers all legal violations not specified in the Criminal Code. Magistrate Wah!« refused to permit this. Mrs. Oalrlohs did not testify. Th« case was heard In the Magistrate's private oJSoe. Shaw was held in $1,000 bail for trial. His com panions. Robert Jones and Edward Shotwell, were discharged. As Shotwell left the stand he was placed under arrest charged with the larceny of a :ur coat from nil former employer. Mrs. Evelya \V. Murray, of 3omorville. N. J- Mrs. Murray l« Tlia-prealdent of the Society for the Prevention ° Cruelty to Animals of Somerville. Shotwell 9 coun sel wanted to proceed with the case. but Mr*. Murray asked for an adjournment until to-oay and it was granted. REVIVAL SERVICES STIR YALE. [By Telegraph »o Th« Tribune] New Haven. F*b, 4- Members of the Tale aca demic and sclent itio departments as« thorougwr aroused over the series of revival services whlea was begun yesterday by the Rev. J. W. De»waoa. of London, and will be continued daily, afternoons) and evening*, throughout the week. Intenao In terest Is shown In the gatherings, and large auui »noes have rilled the Yale halls. The Tale Tom* Men's Christian Association has charge ofto» series. Not in many yearn has a genuine 1^ stirred Yale, the former occasions^ * oa T l , I £a visits of Dwight U Moody and **»• «em *«^ Watson ("lan M«eUr«o").