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Amusement*.
ACADEMY OF" — 2—B — lJttle Johnny Jone».
A I.HAMI.RA -2— *— Vaudeville.
ASTOR— 2:3O— % .30— Before and After.
13ELAECO— 2— 8:15— The Rose of th« Rancho.
HIJOU— 2:St^-*:2O— Comtesse Coquette.
BROADWAY- *:10— The Parisian Model.
CASINO— 6:IB— White Hen.
COLONIAL— 2 — 88 — Vaudeville
EDEN MUSEE — The World In Wax
EMPIRE— 2:2O— S:3O— Ills Excellency the Governor.
<sAHßlCK— 2:2ft— *:3<>— <iausht In the Rain.
HACKETT— 2:2O— 8.31 V Chorus Lady.
HAMMERSTEIN'S VICTORIA— 2:I.'. — B:l.l— Vaudeville.
HERALJ> SQUARE— 2:IS— 6:l.l— The Orchid.
HIPPODROME— 22 — — Wild West. Neptune's Daughter
and Plon»-^r Days.
HUDSON— I:I6— — Brewster's Millions.
IRVING PLACE 4» Der Helmllch« Koerl*;.
KNICKERBOCKER— 2:1! V The Red Mill.
LIBERTY— 2:16— 5.t8 Ralomr Jane.
— 2:18 — B:2© The Hoys of Company B.
LTRIC — — H:16 — The Road to Yesterday.
MADISON SQUARE GARDES- 2— *— Wild West.
MAJESTIC— 2:irv_S:ls_The Prince Chap.
MEW AMSTERDAM— 2:10 Julius C»»sar— B:lft— Macbeth.
fiAVOT— IM,~ »«:ir>— Th» Man of the Hour.
WALLACE'S— 2:15—8:1* Dtvoroona
IIARIXM CASINO 6 to f> — Alta Yolo and Metropolitan
Opera House Orchestra.
Index to Advertisements.
Pa«« Col. I ' Taire. Col.
Amusements 8 61 Instruction 18 6
Auction Sales Real jLoFt & Found 6 6
Estate 1* 3 Lost Kankliooks 18 4
Hanker* & Brokers.. 14 1 Manias & I>ath«.. 7 6
Board & Rooms 13 1-2 Notice to rre.lttorß...l« 6
Honks & Publicafna. 6 &-rtj Ocean Steamers 9 6
Carpet Cleaning 9 4 i Proposals 14 1
Country Property to i Proposals 1" 4
I-**- 16 4!Publlc Notions 18 K--6
I>eskß & Offlno Pur- I Railroads 9 4
r.iture » 4 Real Estate 1« 3-4
Dora. Sit* Wanted.. l 3 7-B!RellKlouf> Notices 10 1-8
PresFrrakln* 13 a' Restaurants X «
Jjrygonas ft 6-7 ' School Agencies 10 6
Employing Agencies. » 4 Special Notices 7 6
European Advts 10 6-6'SprlnK Resorts 18 2-3
Financial Meetings. .14 1 * Steamboats » 4
Foreign Resorts 1<» fl I Pun-ORat«s* Notices... 5 6
Forelß-n Resorts 11 1-6 'The Turf 8 6
Furnished ApartnVts ITo Let ft>r Business
«• Let 16 4 Purposes 16 4
Fumlsnod Rooms to | Tribune SuVn Rates.. 7 fl
Let 13 Trust Companies 14 P-fl
Furnished Houses to Ur.furnlFhed ApartnVts
Let, Country 16 4 to IX 1«» S
Help Wanted , .18 ' Work Wanted 13 f-7
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SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1007
THE XEWS THIS UORXIXG.
FOREIGN.— The Dominican Congress ratified
the new treaty with the United States. ■■■ A
Hindu mob at Rawalpindi, in the Punjab, pil
laged the mission church, burned a garage and
destroyed a power house plant; police dispersed
the rioters uftor a sharp fight. - The tank
eteamer Sllverlip was destroyed by an pxplo
elon at benzine in the Bay of Biscay; five men
were lulled. :- Heavy loss of life and prop
erty was caused by the explosion of a ningrazln*
at <\uiton. - . A. J. Balfour, the Unionist
leader. In a Fpeech before members of the Prim
rose League, strong-ly favored protection under
the name of preference. — , — . Charles J. Steed
man, son at Rear Admiral Pteedman and son
in-law of ex-Om-eroor Lippitt of Rhod« Island,
committf-d suicide in Paris. : The Irish In
ternational Exhibition, near Dublin. will be opened
to-day. , . The German R^lchstagr passed by
a large majority the bill establishing a colonial
ministry.
DOMESTIC. — It was learned that the Presi
dent lias no Immediate Intention of reaffirming
his pledge not to accept a third t^rm, ===== Tho
Commission on Gas and Electricity at Albany
fixed general standards for power and purity of
Illuminating gas. ===== The submarine bnat
Octopus, In her trials at Newport, showed great
epeed. ===== Justice Gaynor, in a speech at the
Harvard Law School at Cambridge, criticised
the Thaw case and said that the trial Judges in
New York Courty were far v«> lenient in such
cases. , - Snow fell In Nebraska, 10-iva, Kan
sas and Missouri, and freezing temperature was
recorded. : The provisions of the new com
mercial agrei-ment with Germany were made
public at Washington. ■ Governor Hughes,
before the Elmlra Chamber of Commerce, ap
pealed to public opinion on the Kelsey case, util
ities bill and other Issues. ===== Representatives
of the cotton manufacturers and the Textile
Council at Fall River agreed on a scale of wages.
ClTY.— Stock* closed heavy. The Dis
trict Attorney, it was rumored, was after "a
man hlpher up" in the insurance election case.
Attorney General Jackson, it was learned, had
appointed a special deputy, a thing for which
he attacked Attorney General Mayer's admin
istration. = New clew to the whereabouts of
Jer.- K. Cooke ani Miss FloreUa Whaley, who
are mi!-sinK from Hempstead, was obtained. ■
Several .-"mmercial organizations in the- cities
of Urn state passed resolutioos favoring the de
lay and amendment of tho public utilities bill.
: The Mayor seemed to favor the building
of new pu l/ways in sections as the necessary
money was forthcoming. '• * Ex-Mayor Quin
<•>* of Boston came hero and told Assistant
District Attorney Murphy what he knew of the
Douglas bV-nd theft. '■ " Inspector Russell
took three prisoners in a raid on an alleged pool
room in Barclay street. The klnderprart. n
convention decided to flght eontle supplements)
of pertain Sunday newspapers as baneful. ==r
Wylle and Gutellus, the runaway son nf the
Rev. Dr. "Wylle and his companion, returned to
their homes.
THE WEATHER. — for to-morrow:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 53
degrees: lowest, 44.
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A STRAIN UPOX DIPLOMACY.
The position of industrial diplomat and pub
lic conciliator is a difficult one, as Mr. Shonts
must have felt when he issued bis statement
yesterday that the Rapid Transit Commission's
proposal to his company to build a subway on
Its own credit. In consideration of a franchise
for third tracks on the East Side elevated roads.
•was "silly." Really, that sounds abrupt and
almost painful* from a man who combines in
himself the double role of head of a corporation
and friend of the travelling public. That deli
cate poise, to the difficulty of maintaining which
wo have already alluded, was for a moment lost,
and Mr. tshonts, diplomat and conciliator, spoke
like one of your old style "strap hangers be
damned" corporation "magnates." "Silly" Is
an unkind and impolitic word. Besides, it must
.be remembered that long before the days of
Mr. Sbontn and the new art of public concilia
tion Mr. BeJmont himself did not think It
'"silly" to talk of building future subways with
out use of the city's credit. And in those days the
only "consideration" for so doing was, as they
Bay in deeds, "love and affection" for the city.
Now the consideration is a valuable franchise.
Mr. Shonts has never connected In his mind
the building of subways with the third track
ing of the elevated roads? If not, why not?
Their connection is obvious to everybody else.
•The city ha« to be served by elevated roads or
by subways. The two are, if elevated railway
•franchises are to be granted, natural .competi
tors for capital. At present it is obvious that
by the time I new north and south subway can
be constructed enough traffic will exist to crowd
its trains. This is an important consideration
to capital embarking in the construction of a
subway. If the city should grant Mr. Shouts
his new third tracks, so much desired, there
would be less traffic for the new subway,
though there would still l»e need of it. Other
capital than that which Mr. Shonts's company '
controls would Ik> less ready to bid for the
subway. The capital that Mr. Shonts's com
pany controls treads just an gingerly as other
capital. As an independent proposition Mr.
Shonts's company would care less to build the
new subwsjy than it does now, If it* East Side ,
elevated roads were fitted for an express si-r- i
vice. If the city grants franchises to Mr. Shouts <
for third tracks on the Kast Side it Is dis
couraging capital— all capital. Mr Shontß's capi
tal as well &8 outside, capital— from building a
new subway. The connection of the two propo- !
sitions Is so obvious that we hope It will not j
escape Mr. Shonts's intuition in the future. '•
We had suggested editorially that the Rapid
Transit Commission should make essentially
the proposal that it lias now made to Mr. Shonts.
and we see no reason to change our mind be
cause of Mr. Shontfl's unkind adjective. We
think it a wise and fair proposition. If a third
track franchise Is to be granted at all, that the
Interborough pay a handsome quid pro quo for
that valuable concession. There is no policy bet
ter established by the history of municipalities
tlijui that franchises should not be given away.
It once was the practice to do so. It was a bad
practice, and we hope we have readied an end
<.f it. In all probability no new elevated roads
will ever l>e built on Manhattan Island, nnd
therefore additional trades upon the Third nnd
Becond avenue structures Jin- the last extremely
valuable franchises of that character within
the gift Of th;> city. Obviously, therefore, tills
valuable franchise for an Inexpensive overhead
track that will carry just as many fares as an
expensive underground track will carry should
be paid for. if it is to be granted at all. in pro
portion to its desirability.
THE OUTLOOK AT ALBANY.
The defeat of the Governor's recommendation
! for the removal of Mr. Kelsey is a grave dis
appointment to the public, for the Governor
was elected on his record as an insurance re
; former, and the people wanted him to have a
free h.and in the management of the Insurance
Department under the law of his own drafting.
But the question is intrinsically a minor issue
1 compared with the Governor's legislative pro
gramme, of -which the utilities bill is of most
Importance. The defeat of the Governor in the
; Kelsey matter -does not necessarily mean the
' defeat of the m«a>rires which be advocates. At
I the moment it undoubtedly injures the Gov
ernor's prestige, but Republican members of the
Legislature can hardly be bo blind and foolish
i as to defeat bills which the people want passed.
Irrespective of party.
In his demand for the removal of Mr. Kolsey
the Governor's advantages of position were at
their minimum. Mr. Kelsey had many warm
personal friends among the Senators, and they
had some reason for thinking that a refusal to
remove him would not arouse public feeling to a
dangerous degree; for the fact Is that the
great majority of the people are not yet edu
cated up bo the jKiiii* of considering efficiency
I In office indispensable. Ttw low public standard
of official conduct, no long as personal integrity
remains, is responsible for much of this coun
try's indifference to state and municipal inls
government, and Mr. Kelsey profits by It. for
he is a man of unimpeachable honesty, to
which even his sharpest critics testify. The
Oovernor's position was, therefore, weakened
on the one hand by personal friendships, and
on the other by the Impossibility of arousing
any such public feeling In the Kelsey case as
would follow the defeat or crippling of the
utilities bill. Tor these reasons, and because
we do not believe that the Republicans nt
Albany are l>ereft of the.ir senses, we do not
expect to sec the most Important measures on
the Governor's legislative programme defeated.
It Is said that it was poor jH>l!tics to exiH>se
the weakest position tirst to the enemy, but we
nre aware that there has been no politics on
the Governor's side of the contest. Mr. Hughes
holds up In politics, which is nothing but com
promises, the ideal, difficult In every field of life,
of '"no compromise." The novelty <>f his position
makes his contest all the more interesting for
those who have no deep concern in its outcome,
but it tends to Isolate him from some of his
natural supporters. That lie has the confidence,
of the people to an extraordinary degree, per
haps because Of this very ideality, the Kelsey
incident reveals, for while it was n<>t in itself
a thing over which intense public feeling could
Im> aroused it has nevertheless evoked a lively
manifestation of public support for the Gov
ernor.
.- When we strike Mr. Kelsoy's personal friends
fr<>m the list of Senators voting to retain him we
have left an alliance which threatens the Govern
| or's policies and endangers the Republican party.
I The Republicans in this alliance are Repub
licans in name only, just as Grady and MeCar
| ren, their allies, are Democrats in name only.
They form a non-partisan combination to pro
mote their own scilish interests. One reason
why the Democratic party cuts so contemptible
B figure in the state is that Its representatives
at Albany are content almost to a man, as the
servile t<*>ls of Grady and McCarren. to be used
in the personal interests of Grady and McCar
ren. As a body they represent no honest parti
sanship, but political freebooting. Fortunately,
the Republicans usually found in alliance with
them are few in number, fin general, the party's
representatives at Albany stand for honest par
tisanship, it is the McCarren Republicans In
combination with the McCarren Democrats that
threaten Governor Hugbes's measures. From
true Republicans this alliance can expect no aid
against the utilities bill, for no personal con
siderations like those in the Kelsey case can
enter into that question.
THE HOI Til AND TEMPERANCE.
A Tradition fondly cherished by millions of
Americans was rudely shattered the other day
at the Jamestown exposition. Every schoolboy
knows what the Governor of North Carolina has
said from time Immemorial to the Governor of
South Carolina when those two dignitaries met.
It is a legend as firmly lixed and accepted as the
legend that the- Pilgrim Fathers actually landed
on Plymouth Bock. But at the Jamestown fair
the governors of North and South Carolina only
looked at each other sternly and sadly. "I am
sorry." said one, "but I happen to bo a tee
totaler." "I am sorry," said the other, "but I
happen to be a Prohibitionist."
"The Baltimore Sun" can well be pardoned
for seeing in this prosaic perversion of an his
toric formula "the passing of a civilization."
It hails the Norfolk contretemps as a sign of
the times. Half jocosely, but also half seriously,
it maintains that the old South has now finally
vanished — tlmt the days are gone in which con
viviality dominated in the world of social rela
tionships, when "the jug marked the man and
the demijohn the gentleman."
Ocular demonstrations like that at the James
town exposition are. In fact, nei-ded to uproot old
notions and open the public's eyes to the coming
of a new order. It is hard to believe, in the
face of traditions to the contrary, that the South
in to-day the section of the country which is
doing most to lift the curse of intemperance and
to combat the crimes which Mow from indulgence
in liquor. According to t lie comic journal humor
ists, Kentucky Is populated chiefly i>y "colonels,"
whose sole aim In life is to prevent an under
consumption of that state's far famed distillery
output. Yet in two-thirds of the counties of
Kentucky tLe sale of intoxicants is absolutely
forbidden. The Texan is similarly pictured as a
frontiersman with a sombrero, an Insatiable
thirst for liquor and an uncontrollable passion
for faro or draw poker. Yet Texas has just
passed ■ rigid law against all forms of gambling,
public or private, and has in operation a local
option nysteui under which a huge part of the
state has elected to abolish the biil« of liquor.
The local option movement lias made notable
progress In many other states. In Tennessee
many towns and cities have heroine "dry." South
Carolina allows its counties to choose between
prohibition and the institution of county dispen
saries. In Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi and
lyouisiana the sale of liquor has been also greatly
circumscribed. Compared with sections in which
the license system rules, the South has really
come much nearer eliminating a fruitful cause
of poverty, misery and crime.
The Souths notable advance in this respect is
due in the main, perhaps, to economical press
ure. It has iv the negroes n labor class whose
efficiency would be destroyed i>y easy access t<>
cheap and inaddciiii.}; stimulant* and whose
potency for disorder would be dangerously mag
nified by the temptations of driuk. As a uieas
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1907.
tire of self-preservation the South is turning
toward prohibition, or that strict regulation of
the sale of liquor which will confine Its use to
tlios.- least likely to be injured by It or least
likely to inflict in return an Injury on the commu
nity. The South is willing to abridge individual
freedom in order to secure greater industrial
efficiency and greater domestic tranquillity, and
In doing so its people show a sound instinct.
They are willing to turn their hacks on n tradi
tion begotten of an older order and well enough
in its day, but which conflicts with welfare and
progress under the altered conditions of this era.
MEXH 'irs FORTIFICA TIONB.
Some comment is made upon the announce
ment that Mexico has begun the construction
of elaborate fortifications at Contzacoaleos and
Salina Cruz. There Is no occasion for surprise
or for adverse criticism. Mexico is entirely right
in making those fortifications, and In making
them just as strong ns possible. There, is no
reason why she should not, anil there nre ex
cellent reasons why she should. There has just
been completed between those two places an ln
teroeeanie railroad of great importance, and at
those terminals there have been built some of
the finest and most cx.stly harbor works in the
world. Oikh of these days it may be quite safe
to leave such things lying around loose, out of
doors o' nights, without protection of any kind.
Most practical men think that time has not yet
arrived; and the statesmen of Mexico are
eminently practical men.
Tho lack of offence to all the. world In these
Mexican works lies in the fact that they nre
essentially and exclusively meant for domestic
defence. In the very nature of the case they
are incapable of being put to an offensive use.
A warship may invade the wnters of another
power, but a land fort cannot be moved about,
and Do mutter how deadly may l>e its guns
they cannot be used agaiust any one who does
nut come where they are. Some may question
the need of such defences at thos<i places. Hut
that is the business of Mexico and of no one
else. When she sees other countries elaborately
fortifying their coasts and harbors, she i» en
titled to do the same with hers, especially now
that they have, become the resort of the whole
world's commerce. It will not lessen the utility
of lier great railroad to have its terminals
strongly protected; nor is there any good rea
son why tliose who wish to travel across Mexi
can soil should object to doing so under the
Mexican flag and In tho presence of all the np
luirteimnces of Mexican authority.
One of these days we shall have a grent Inter
oceanic canal at Panama, far more costly nnd
—we hope— far more frequented ns n route of
trade and travel than the Tehuantepec Rail
road. It is to be assumed Hint wo shall then
do in some way what Mexico is doing now. We
shall adopt whatever measures may seem to us
desirable for its protection in any emergency
which may arise. Those measures may not bo
identical with Mexico's, but we hnve no doubt
that they will be at least ns effective, and they
will, of course, be no less distinctively for de
fence and not for offence.
.4.V EXPORT TAX OX IIEIREUSEST
With the oi>ening of the tourist season some
body was bound to drag up the old, unanswered
question about the American heiress who flits
across the sea with bxr money bags In search
of a duly dubbed and titled European debt man
ufacturer. The misdeeds of the self-exporting
heiress usually bother people who either have no
troubles of their own or else have temporarily
forgotten them as a result of an elKht course
dinner. To the latter class belongs the latest
theorist on this important Internationa] problem,
Mr. Paul Morton, former Secretary t <f the Navy.
After having banqueted in Philadelphia, Mr.
Morton tried to keep awake In that vole of Huiu
nolence by letting people ask him questions.
Borne Phlladelphian popped the heiress puzzle,
doubtless thinking H would stump the New
Yorker and precipitate slumbrous merriment.
But tlio unexpected happened, us usual. Mr.
Morton had a theory ready, f<>r he replied oil
hand:
< m this matter of the immense exportation <>f
money from America t'> Europe l>y means of
heiresses l have often believed that «<>me kind
of tax should !••• put upon It. Particularly huvo
I fur a long time th. .unlit that v tax of some
kin<l should be placed on the Incomes which
American women carry v< Kurope after their
marriagea t:> foreign noblemen. Thos»< good-for
nothing fellows marry American kMb solely for
tn.-ir money, and some taxation scheme should
be worked <ait to save at l«-uHt a portion of this
outgo. Besides, we want to keep young Ameri
can heiresses in this country.
A clever suggestion this. Vet In the chill
morning air of the day after its attractiveness
vanishes. The greatest difficulty with toe scheme
is that it would greatly increase the number of
wealthy emigrant esses. For so thoroughly Is the
American mind Imbued with the idea that what
ever is taxed is a luxury, that many sweet
misses would unlearn the I canon <>f famous inter
oational divorces and find In the I<»ti^ green ex
ternal revenue stamps pasted around their bag
gage and bankbooks a governmental guarantee of
the luxurious nature of foreign marriage If
we only had some well established precedent for
taxing calamities, Mr. Morton's plan might work.
But with all of life's best things, fn»m currant
jelly up to the old masters and old rye, in
spected, ticketed nnd taxed by Uncle Sain, pop
ular logic would surely construe nn export tax
on brides as an official recommendation of Ital
ian counts and Russian barons.
Another weak point In Mr. Morton's scheme Is
that it would eventually flood the country with
titled waiters and cab drivers At present the
world's supply <>f these gentry is concen
trated in the lower end of Manhattan Island,
where the size of tips serves to keep them from
wandering further. It would be a great pity to
do anything which might encourage these gen
tlemen to scatter themselves throughout the
country In search of maids who fain would pay
them royalties on their names. Ah things now
are, there is a bare jtosslbility that the whole
trllK> of fortune hunters may some day be wiped
out by flre, earthquake, police raid or lynching
bee. I>et us not nip tiiis forlorn hope by teach
ing other cities to regard these chevaliers as lux
uries.
77/ K CANALS OF MARS.
In the May issue of "The Popular Science
Monthly" Professor Andrew Elllcott Douglnss,
of the University of Arizona, tells why he came
to doubt the genuineness of those faint markings
on the planet Mars wlildj Schlaparelli, for luck
of a better name, called canals. I'rofessor Doug-
Inss noticed that there was a Jack of agreement
In the drawings representing these lines, even
when they were made by the same man. This
"reign of discord," he says, led him not only to
suspect, as others nave dove, that the phenom
ena were largely subjective, but also to seek for
possible explanations of any erroneous beliefs
on the subject which reputable astronomers,
himself Included, might have cherished.
In the course of a series of experiments which
be describes Professor Douglass discovered sev
eral kinds of optical illusion whi< h were new to
him and which assisted him in reaching a con
clusion. Though these tests have nn astronom
ical significance, they can be conducted else
where than in an observatory and by any person
of average Intelligence. lie found, for instance,
tliiit if he looked steadily at a Mack spot on a
white background a dark halo around it would
eventually be perceived. He also observed that
from any central point, like a star, false rays —
straight lines— sometimes emanate. Under one
set of conditions the lines are bright and under
another dark, or at least shadowy. The second
nf tbew discoveries suggested to Professor Doug
lass the likelihood that if the dots ou the Mar
tian surface known an oases were ouce provided,
dim Indications of a network connecting them
would follow. The dots might be real, bat tho
network Illusory. In this way he accounts for
one class of canals ; others paralleling actual
or Imaginary lines, he attributes to the Influ
ences which produce false halos.
Concerning the existence of the indistinct plan
etary markings under discussion ■ variety of
opinions are entertained by professional astron
omers. Some are confident believers, some re
gard the duplication of the canals at certain
times as Incredible, though admitting that there
may be single lines; some reject the ennuis alto
gether, and mope than a few feel that the truth
has not yet been definitely ascertained What
ever their present attitude, bowerer, they all
welcome the exceptionally favorable opportunity
soon to be afforded for fresh scrutiny of Mars.
In July next that body will be nearer to the
earth than at any time in the last fifteen years
or than it will be again in the next fifteen. If
such astronomers as intend to avail tliemselves
of the ohance shall in the mean time read what
Professor Douglass has to say about practical
methods of minimizing hallucinations, their ob
servations may prove more satisfactory than
could otherwise be expected.
The surest way to get at the facts, apparently,
would be to resort to photography, thus com
pletely eliminating from tho inquiry the psycho
logical element. Professor Perclval Lowell, who
has given more attention to Mars than any
one else of late, and who is the chief exponent
of the theory that the planet Is Inhabited, made
the experiment two years ago. The result at
that time may not iiuve bean conclusive — at
least, to other astronomers — but if at half a
dozen different stations next summer plates
which were mutually corroborative should be se
cured, the main question would probably be set
tled, though much in regard to the nature and
origin of the canals would stil! be left to conject
ure and future research.
Th<» medical unification bill, whlrh now needs
only the Governor's signature to become a law,
is. on tho whole, a jfood piece of work. Its chief
defects being minor compromises. The estab
lishment of ono board of examiners and virtually
line set of qualifications for doctors may do
much to nils* tho level of tho modlcal profession
In this state.
The Dreadnought has shown that she can fire
n broadside of eight 12-lnch guns without In-
Jury to the vespel Itself. This battleship Is the
first to he built for any navy, and Is the only
one yet in commission, embodying the principle
that the main battery should consist exclusively
of tho heaviest ordnance. As the change In
volves an Increase In the weight of metal to be
hurled at an enemy and In the amount of
powder employed to project it, the strains re
sulting from a collective discharge are corre
spondingly enhanced. For that reason the
demonstration now afforded will possess world
wide Interest. Other battleships have suffered
appreciably from tests which were less severe.
Hence the Dreadnought proves t<> be a marvel
of structural strength, as well ns in the quick
ness with which she was built and equipped.
If any foreign observer wants convincing proof
of tho oft asserted fact that American society
tolerates no class distinctions let him le.'trn that
the venerated ex-prealdent <if Johns Hopkins and
present head of tho Carnegie Institute wa« taken
yesterday for the father of a like-named bou
br»'tto temp >rnrlly suffering from too much
printer's ink.
The leaders of the anti-Hughes combination
at Albany seem disposed to prove the soundness
of the old axiom: "There Is no politics In
politic!)."
77//; TALK OF Tilt: DAY.
Harvard University now baa a Boston office, at
No. COO State street, with 13. H. Wells. "97. in charge.
Ho will hereafter be In charge ns editor of "Tho
Harvard Bulletin," the organ of the alumni asso
ciation, though his Incumbency will not disturb the
iimruiKlriK editor of the magazine in his position.
Mr. Wells will also have the editing of the quin
quennial catalogue, which liaa heretofore been pub
lished by the university Itself. The new office Is
expected to be a general clearing house for news,
for lnterclass relations, for Keeping track of grad
uaten. for the dissemination of Information about
the university Itself, and for dozens of possible
uses not yet tried. It should prove of value to
class secretaries In keeping- track of missing class
members, and in to be the headquarters for all
Information concerning Harvard graduates.
"You're not so strict with that youngster of
yours ns you used to bo." Bald Popley's friend.
"No; for economy's sake I'm not," replied Pop
ley. ''Every month I used to have to buy myself
a new pair of slippers and him a new pair of
pants."— Philadelphia Press.
As showing how- favorable to camphor growth
the soil and cllmato of Florida are. a nowspa;itr
of that statn tolls of a troe pluntod by Captain J.
P. Renfroe. of Itichland. It Is noventoen yoara old.
forty f*et hißh. its branches cov*r forty foot, and
its diameter twelve Inches above the ground I)
four foot Tho hills around Kichlnnd seem to be
specially adapted to th>> ftrowth and development
of the camphor tree In its hlphost state. Tho tree
bouomos useful tor tho production of tho gum in a
few yean after planting.
Ho— Are you miißlcnl?
Fho— I play tho piano.
He— Well, that's not an absolute denial.— Plek-
Me-Up.
A tradition still survives in iAizerne County,
IVnn., that when General John Sullivan marchtnl
through that region In 177>0n his expedition against
the Indian confederacy of Centra] New York he
burled some superfluous brass cannon along the
WQkes-Barre Mountain. To search for these Rero
lutloimry relics a number of the best known citi
zens of Ashley have formed themselves Into an
historical society. On Sunday last tho members
scoured the mountain in the vicinity of l,:iurel
Run. but could find no relics except a few Indian
arrow points.
Young Doctor (watching his only patient, his
tailor* eon. go by the window)— How that young
ster does grow!
Servant (sarcastically)— Yes, our practice Is cer
tainly getting bigger. — Tit- Bits.
"The I»n<1on Dally Mall," In an .irtl^le on the
prospectl fur a great Influx of American visitors in
tho coming summer, says that 250.000 are expected.
The real rush will begin this month. 'Amurlcan
holiday makers spend as a rule from three days to
a fortnight in London," says "The Mall." "In that
time they contrive not only to eeo most of tha
famous show places, ranging from Westminster
Abbey to the Cheshire Cheese, but also to do a
good deal of shopping. For some reason Americans
are fond of London purchases. The West End shop
keepers are filled with happy anticipations of
American customers, and are making preparations
accordingly. Airong those chiefly concerned are
Jewellers, tailors and brlo-a-brao dealers."
Heraldlne-Two negatives make an affirmative.
Uerald -Then if I ahk you to marry me please
don't say "no" more than once.— lllustrated Bits.
The recent death of Captain Ernest Rhodes, a
brother of the late Cecil Rhodes, recalls n strange
story told by Colonel KVank Rhodes, says "Tit-
Bits." A fow years ago Cecil Rhodes turned a
Matnbele witch off his estate In South Africa in
consequence of some offence, and the old hag. wttti
hatred burning In her eyes, shrieked out: "Thy
d.iys OB enrtli shall be short, and two of those who
follow thee." Curiously enough, five years have
seen three members of the Rhodes family die
shortly after taking possession of the Dal ham es
tate. Cecil Rhodes paid ${.00,000 for the property,
and only visited tho hall once. It is probable that
tho witch story Is only a variant of tho legend
which has attached to Dalham Hall for years.
The place has always brought sudden death or mis
fortune on its owners. This is attributed to the
fact that the mansion was built on the site of a
famous monastery, which was looted and plundered
at the time of the Reformation. Misfortune dogged
the steps of the Afnock family, from -whom Daiham
was purchased by Cecil Rhodes.
Farmer (engaging new hand)— All right, you can
go and attend to the animals. I hope you'll suit
me.
Nfw Hand— That's all right, ulr; I've had a lot
to do with pigs.— Philadelphia Inquirer.
About People and Social Incident*
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From Th« Tribune Bureau. l
Washington. May 3.— The President shook hands
this afternoon with several hundred of the Grand
Army of the Republic veterans who visited Wash
ington to attend the unveiling of the statue erected
to the memory of General George B. McClellan.
Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, called at
the White Hous* this -norning to say goodby to
the President before going West.
Callers at the White House included General
Bell, chief of staff of the army, and Colonel
Thomas W. Symons, chlpf engineer of the Erie
Bartre Canal.
<>w»n Wister, the author, is a guest at the White
House.
The Cabinet met at 11 a. m. and remained In ses
sion until 1 p. m.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
fFrom The Trlbtma liureau.l
"Wachlngton, May 3. The Italian Ambassador and
Signor Montajrnn, counsellor, and Lieutenant Pfls
ter. naval attache of tlie Italian Embassy, left
Washington to-day for Norfolk to meet the Duke
of the Abruzzi. who comes to thlß country In com
mand of two Italian warships— the Etrurla md
the Varese— to take part In the naval display in
Hampton Roads. As soon as the nmbassador con
sults the duke, he will probably bring him to
Washington for entertainments as Imposing as
those given for the foreign officers who have Just
left here.
The. French Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand en
tertained at dinner to-night the British Ambassa
dor and Mrs. Bryce. the Chinese Minister, the
Spanish Minister. Justice and Mrs. Holmes, As
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Huntlnjrton Wilson, As
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Beekman Wlnthrop.
Lady Isabella Howard. Mrs. Bayard, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Brown Scott. Mr. und Mrs. Gordon Cumming.
the naval attache of the French Embassy and
Mme. de Blanpre, Miss Elizabeth Oliver, Count
HatzfeMt. of the German Embassy, and Mr. Lind
say, of the British Embassy.
Baron Moncheur left the Belgian Legation this
afternoon, going to Baltimore for a short visit to
Baroness Moncheur, who is still taking the rest
cure at Johns Hopkins. To-morrow the minister
will go to Charleston. S. C, on business connected
with the legation, and will remain there for
twelve days. On his return to Washington Baren
ess Moncheur will Join him, and together they will
go to Chevy Chase until time for sailing for
Europe in June.
Mme. Korner, wife of the military attache of the
German Embassy, will sail for Europe with her
children next Thursday. Major Korner will Join
her In Germany in June. Herr Dlckhuth. the Ger
man scientist, who with his daughter has been the
guest of Major and Mme. Korner since the exer
cises at the Carnegie Institute in Plttsburg. will
leave here In the morning for New York. He
will visit West Point and other places and will
sail for Europe about the middle of this sr.onth.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Neville and the!r son.
Mr. Neville, and Lieutenant Poo, who have been
the guests of the British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce, went away from Washington last evening.
taking the boat for Norfolk.
The Counsellor of the Mexican Emousy and
Seftora Godoy and Seflorlta Qodoy have is
sued Invitations for an amateur dramatic enter
tainment to be given In honor of the Mexican
PURPOSE OF FRATERNITIES.
What They Are Designed to Do for College
Students.
To tho Editor of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Will you please- give me some Information
regarding a matter recently brought to my atten
tion, and on which I find myself but Indifferently
Informed? It Is the subject of college or school
fraternities.
A daughter of mine is In a school where there
are two or more fraternities, and as she is a popu
lar girl I presume she will be sought as a member
of one. I confess to an Ignorance on this subject,
and for obvious reasons prefer to ask an explana
tion from The Tribune rather than elsewhere.
Just what is the purpose of fraternities? For
what do they Rtand? Is there one general body
of each fraternity to which these local groups be
long? Does a member of a certain fraternity al
ways belong to that society, wherever she may
be? What significance have the Greek letters
forming the name, for Instance: Chi IVlta Phi,
Kappa Delta Sterna, etc.? What of the "secrets,"
manner of "Initiation." eta? Any Information you
can give me on this subject will be gratefully re
ceived, for I want to be well Informed on these
points. (Mrs.) ANNA E. WOOD.
Philadelphia. April 28. IW7.
("It nil depends." Some fraternities are good,
some bad and some lndlfferf nt. The best college
"Greek letter" fraternities have good purposes —
the Intellectual, moral and social benefit of their
members — and fulfil them. Others are devoted
merely to roysterlng and are not to be com
mended. A local gToup or "chapter" Is, as a rule,
a member of one great general body, represented
in many colleges. A person Joining a fraternity
does so for life, and often In after years finds
such membership a source of much pleasure and
sometimes of profit. The Greek letters forming
the name are, usually, the initials of the words
of some motto or proverb which has been
adopted as expressive of tho spirit or alms of
the fraternity. The "secrets" generally amount
to little more than the words referred to, a
"grip." a password, etc. The Initiations, aside
from a certain amount of preliminary horse
play, which Is not essential and is not always
practiced, arc, as a rule, simple and dignified
ceremonies. These remarks apply to the true
fraternities of the colleges and universities.
Their petty would-be imitators, the "kid frets"
of the public schools, are not entitled to so much
respect and It would probably be well If they could
be altogether abolished in favor of open literary
and debating societies under the supervision of
the teachers.)
OPPOSED TO THE THIRD TRACK.
To the Kititor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the Inclusion of my name In
this norntaa'S Tribune as among those who urged
the additional "L" tracks. 1 would respectfully say
that my presence at the hearing was in opposition
to the application, believing it to be 111 timed, ill
advised and Inimical to real rapid transit for Tho
Uronx. besides which it would not, it seems to me,
afford any appreciable temporary relief.
On Tuesday 1 as? d a prospective bidder for the.
new subways why his company had not put In a
bid. Be said it was becauso tha provisions of the
BlSbefßj r>lll iiwiln it an uninviting financial propo
sition; the prospect of a public utilities commis
sion had not affected the decision at all. When
asked If. In his Judgment, it would be wise to
grant the application for the third "X" track at
this time, he said It would not, because It would
b« prejudicial to competitive bidders for the new
subways.
The Rapid Transit Commission, as able, and hon
oruble a oodv of men as has ever served the city
in aii official capacity, has shown great wisdom
and firmness and, withal, a sublime patience un
der attack. Its attitude on the third track propo
sition is eminently Just and will stand tho test of
time. AI^BBRT E. DAVIS.
New York. May 3. 1907.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S CONDITION.
Madrid. May 3.— Following a long drive, in the
royal park this morning. Queen Victoria visited
nn'l Inspected the residence recently acquired for
her occupation after the birth of the baby. Her
majesty was In excellent spirits and did not show
the slightest .signs of fatigue.
GREEN BUGS AND OTHERS.
From The Tangier (Okla.. > CttSBSB
The green bug 1b playing havoc with Oklahoma's
wheat crop, while the political shyster has his hand
on her throat trying to force her to swallow a
nauseous mixture that will work disaster for years
to come. Calamity invariably follows in the trail
of Democracy.
ALASKA FARMING.
From The Boston Alaskan.
One of Alaska's pioneer farmers Is J. D. Johnston,
of Bear Lako, near Seward. who has taken up a
homestead and Is putting it under cultivation.
After two years' work he can show a comfortable,
well built home, a dozen acres ploughed, thirty
acres seeded down for pasture, and a considerable
part of his claim cleared. He Is successfully grow
ing clover, and ha» planted many varieties of fruit
trees, berry bushes and flowers, moat of which are
thriving. Ho reports that he finds much profit In
Plymouth Rock chickens. La.it year he hatched
and raised 168 chickens, besides selling eggs to the
value of $20 a month. He estimates that each hen
has cleared «» above the cost of henfeed He also
keeps cows, and sells their rtilk at a profit. Mr.
Johnston has proved that farming In Alaska la
l>oth practical and proiltu-bl*-
Ambassador and Senora Creel at Carroll Hall
next "Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The daugh
ter and sons of Sefiora Godoy and 8«aom
Godoy, the Seiioritas Carbo, daughters of the ilin
lster from Ecuador, and others, win present a com
edy. "David Garrtck." and a Uttle farce In Spanish.
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. May 3-— Admiral and Mrs. Cowle*
have returned to Washington from North Caro
lina, where they have been members of a large
house party entertained at i:iltrnor« by Mr and
Mrs. George W. Vanderbllt. " * *
Mrs. L. A. Lelter. who Is now in Chicago win
return to Washington th^ middle of this month
and will sail for England on May 22. to spend t>
summer abroad with her daughters, Mrs. Coii^
Campbell and the Countess of Suffolk.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Dickinson Jewett have turned
their Washington house over to Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer, who has leased it for two years, and
have gone to their country place on the Hudson.
Later they will sail for Europe, to remain a year
or more.
Miss Marion Leutze and Miss Louise Maxwell
have gone, to Old Point Comfort, to remain for
some days as the gjesta of Colonel Robert X.
Thompson. They will attend the dance at the Ho
tel Chamberlain to-morrow night, given by the
Navy League for the foreign officers visiting la
this country. A number of other Washington peo
ple will attend the dance.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Many members of the fashionable set win leave
town to-day in their automobiles for Hempstead,
Long Island, where the Meadow Brook Hunt -will
hold a steeplechase race meeting on the polo
grounds of the Meadow Brook Club. There are six
races on the programme, and the meeting promises
to be as successful and largely attended as that
held at Cedarhurst last Saturday. The Rockaway,
Piping Rock and Meadow Brook colonies will be
well represented. August Belmont. sr.. has been
appointed steward to represent the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association for the affair.
Miss Leary will give a dinner this evening at her
house, In Fifth avenue.
Colonel and Mrs. William Jay have opened thel*
country place at Bedford. N. V.. for the season.
General and Mrs. Lloyd 3. Bryce. who are now at
their country place at Roslyn, Long Island. are
entertaining a house party there over the week end.
Mra Hermann Oelrichs has left town for New
port, where she will remain over Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Beward Webb will return from
Europe in about three weeks, and after a short
Etay in town will go to their country place, at
Shelburne, Vt.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander yon Oontard, who were
married a few months ago, sailed yesterday for
South America. They will sail from thwe for
Spain, and before their return to this country In
the fall will visit ParU and Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Guthrle. who are now
In Europe, will sail for this country next Friday.
Mr. and Mra. Walter L. Cutting wIU open their
country place at PKtsfleld. Mass.. next week.
DKMING HAS FINISHED PAINTINGS.
Municipal Art Society to Put Historical
Scenes in High SchooL
The historical paintings which the Municipal
Art Society will present free to the city have
been finished by Edwin W. Demlng. and will
presently be set In place In the Morris High
School, lOJth street and Boston Road, which
was selected by the society for mural decora
tion. Mr. Demin< won the $3,000 commission
for executing- these paintings by competition.
It has been decided to have a public view of
the paintings on June 1. The subjects of the
two historical paintings are "Gouvemeur Morris
Addressing the Convention for Framing the
Constitution of the United States'" and "The
First Treaty of Peace Made Between the
Weekqualsgeek Indians and the Dutch at the
Residence of Johannes Bronck in 1642." In the
first picture Mr. Demlng has sought to depict
the interior of the old State House In Phila
delphia. Washington as president of the con
vention, and portraits of other leaders. In th-^
painting depicting the treaty between the Ind
ians and the Dutch the Indian chief is repre
sented as giving a wampum belt as a token of
acceptance of the conditions of the treaty to
Johannes Brack, The period was shortly after
the Dutch came to Manhattan.
This Indian subject naturally appealed to Mr.
Demlng. who before he went to Paris, In ISSt»,
lived with the different Indian tribes, ranging
from Southern Mexico to the British posses
sions. He Is an authority on Indian folklore
and mythology, and In his studio, in Macdougal
Alley, has an unusual collection of Indian cos
tumes and other objects of Interest. He has
also made a special study for many years of
the pictorial and historical side of Colonial times.
RECEPTION ON THE GOOD HOPE.
Rear Admiral Sir George Neville and lady
Neville Receive American Officers.
Norfolk. Ya., May 3.— On the British flagship
Good Hope in Hampton Roads to-day occurred fhfl
most brilliant social affair yet held in connec
tion with trit* Jamestown exposition. Rear Ad
miral Sir George Neville, commanding the Brit
ish squadron, with Lady Neville, received the >m
cers from Fort Monroe, the Norfolk Navy Yard
an.l of the Infantry, cavalry and artlile: ••.•
tlomM at th» exposition. There was also a large
attendance, of society people from Norfolk ar.d
other cities.
FOUNDS NEW CHAIR AT HARVARD.
Salem. Mass.. May 3.— More than forty bequests
to religious, charitable or public institutions are
contained in the- will of Eliza O. Ropes, of Salem.
filed for probate here to-day. The principal bene
ficiaries are New Church Institutions, although
Harvard University received stocks and bonds for
lh.» establishment of tho Nathaniel Ropes c
political economy. Tuskeyee Institute, Carlisle
Indian School and Berea College and several Cin
cinnati institutions are generously rememoered.
DINNER FOR DR. VANDER VEER.
Albany. May 3— Dr. Albert Vander Veer, of this
city, was the grueat of honor last nlgrht at a testi
monial dinner at the Ten Eyck Hotel, given by
more than one hundred of th« students who have
from time to time been registered with Dr. Vander
Veer, studying with him in his office. A silver
loving cup was presented to Dr. Vander Veer.
HUGHES AND THE KELSEY VOTE.
GOVERNOR COULD AFFORD TO LOSE.
From The. New York Globe.
The contest is one that Governor Hughes could .
afford to lose. He is stronger to-day In publlo
esteem than he was yesterday.
A GOOD MAN IN THE WRONG PLACE.
From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Nothing Is clearer than that Mr. Kelsey ha»
some admirable traits, hut nothing can be inor*
obvious than that the right man will not be la
the right place so long; as he retains the office.
DEFEATED BUT NOT DISGRACED.
From The New York Evening Post.
Down to the very end of the fight over Kals*7.
Governor Hughes was Importuned to us* the po
litical powers of his office, to "see" two or taw*
Senators and change the entire aspect of the con
test. But he steadily refused. He might be de
feated, but he. would not be disgraced by eatln*
his own words and "playing politics."
DEFEAT FOR THE PEOPLE.
From The New York World.
The action of the Senate in the Kelsey ca-"* »
a defeat for the people of New York. It Is for tn«
voters of the state to deal at the polls with taa
Senators who betrayed their trust.
OPEN REVOLT.
From The Evening Mall.
Ten Republicans and seventeen Democrats mv#u
Kelsey. Twenty- two Republicans and two Demo
crats stood by the Governor. It Is s?e°,-Vprts ?e °,-Vprt
other Republican Senators were ready to ?%jTi.
the Governor had their votes been needed r ( , v
ney. but the actual rollcall stands as Quotea. -
least one-third of the Republican s< * n*tJlMuih^«n * tJl Muih^«
fore, are in open revolt asainat Governor Hu«ae»
legislative programme • ", . •