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Amusement*.
*CADEMT OF Mt*?TC— R— ni«nletto.
AERIAL GARDENS B:*> H 'inymoonera,
ALHAMBHA— 2— K— Vaudeville.
JJELASOO— B:IS— The Rom at tha lUncho.
BIJOU— «: 80— Comt<«<? Coquette.
BROADWAY— fi;IO— The Parisian ModeL
CAKARSIB— OoIdea <*ity.
<'AFlXO—S:ir— Fascinating Flora..
COLONIAI,— 2- -*— Vau let 111*.
COKHT IHI-A.Nl>— Kuna Park- ■T>r»iimlan4.
EDEN MI'SF.K— The World in Wax.
GARRICK— K::-WV-Cauiiht In the Haln.
HAMMEKSTKIX'S VICTORIA— " -B:ls— Vaudeville.
HERALD SQfAHE— O:IS The Orchid.
JjrnKON*— h :!.'.— Hrfiifter 1 ! Millions.
JARPI.V DE PARIS -Vaudeville.
KNICKERBOCKER- *:1?— The Red Mill. _,
IAS* ' ' SQTAUE— fi:I.1 — The Dancer and tho Klr.j.
LYCKVM— K:^O— Th« Hoys of Company H.
L.YRIO— P:J.'.— Thp Road to Tcst«-rday.
WADISON SQUARE GARDEN— HoIIer skating.
FAVOY— *:!.".— Tho Mar; or the Hour
FT NICHOLAS riAHI>EN -■»■ --Kt::i'-i>h«rn concert.
•WAM.A--7'-.-- 8:1.%— H!« Honor the Mayor.
"WEST ENT»— R-Hohemlan Girl.
Index to Advertisements.
I'a&e. Col. I Png* Ctol.
Aiß'Jtements H HI/*t Bankbook* 18 4
fiT>nV<! & Brokers.. 10 ! Machinery 8 4
a-*. & R>».ms .13 •» Marrlairea & Death*.. 7 !MI
Carpet Clfanirur IS 4 Ulacellanaooa if 4
City Hotels ......II »V Ocean Kt«"3m«rß ft 4
Country Board 12 «s <"»rti.-,. Fixtures 13 4
Country Property to : Proposals 8 6
I>et 14 Public Notices 8 &-0
Tx-a'ka & ("Pice Fui>- ! rurchm«> & la. haosje.l3 4
ntture 6 E Hallrnads 9 3
TMvMeji-l Notices 10 l'ftcal Estate 14 6
TV>m. Sits Wanted. .13 0 7 ' R««taurant» 11 «
nressroaklng 13 4 p. -hi.,l Afenctca 11 «
Pryponds it 6-7 ! Special Notices 7 6
Hmploym't Agencies, 9 4 Pteamboat« • 5
KTc-ureir.n» 11 « Bummer Resorts 12 4-0
r-iT!»iir!n) 10 1 ' put-rotates Kotlcea..ll «
rumishe.l R00m5... 13 •|Tb« Turf 6 «J
Furnished Houses to | Tribune Subscription
T.-t. Country M <"> Haten 7 0
Tlelp A\'ant.«l 13 4 Trust Companlei 11 ft--tl
Tlaiplb & H'ftaurs-i'! 3 C-rt;T> I Bwritera 13 4
Horses A Cardans. . fi Cl to i . t 14 r.-«»
Instruction 11 6 fnfumlshed Apartm'tg
Lost & r.>;!r.rl ...11 ii IVi rk Wanted 13 4-0
%txo?Qpxk Daila Erihmfc
PKIDAY. JUNE T. 1907.
THE SEWS Tills MORN ISO.
FOREIGN.— Reports from Berlin show that
the preliminaries for the Ha^ue conference have
been settled to tho satisfaction- of Germany, and
that if imminent comes up the German dele
gates will not participate in the discussion. : ;
Another reign of terror exists at L.odz, Russian
Poland; since Juno 2 eleven persons have been
killed and thirty-seven wounded. = The
Japanese newspapers of weight keep silent on
the question of demanding Indemnity from This
country for the damage dune to Japanese estab
lishments in San Francisco. :: — — The strike at
French ports came to an end, the seamen at all
ports obeying the order to return to work, r
News was received by way of Mobile that th*
Marietta left Central American waters on Juno
I. •■ The Russian emigration Into Siberia was
especially large last month, and It Is expected
to aid in settling the Russian agrarian prob
lems. = ■ The rolden wedding of King Oscar
and Queen Sophia was celebrated throughout
Sw.oden.
DOMESTIC— The Pennsylvania Republican
State Convention indorsed Senator Knox as a
candidate for President and the policies of the
Roosevelt administration; Mr. Knox, in an in
terview, expressed Iris willingness to accept the
nomination. Harry Orchard continued his
tale of murder in the Hay wood trial at Boise,
describing the killing of ex-Governor Bteunen
berg. — — : Governor Hughes at Albany signed
the public utilities bill. - — : : The Senate Ju
diciary Committee adopted a report recommend
>ig the public censuring of Senator Cohaian for
charges made against Senator Page. ===== The
Senate amended the Travis direct nominations
hill bo as to mail the proposition mandatory on
all parties. ■ President Roosevelt appointed
General William McMacken Hector of Internal
Revenue for the Toledo (Ohio) district. •
Lincoln Beachy had a narrow escape from death
■when the motor of his airship broke down near
Revere Beach. Mas'- ; lie had previously navl
k gated successfully over Boston.
II ClTY.— Stocks were strong. ===== There was
'J a report that the New York Central had begun
negotiations to acquire control of the Delaware
& Hudson. : Mayor McClellan sent to the
Legislature a letter stating his position on the
recount bill. —=^ It was learned that the prin
cipal billboard men were preparing a counter
attack on the city's crusade against alleged Il
legal advertising. = William Jennings Bryan
was In town and spoke to two meetings, outlin
ing his attitude on the political issues in the
next campaign. - George D. ESldridge will
continue as actuary of the Mutual Reserve at
£18.000 a year, It was learned. ===== Borough
President Coler reviewed the Brooklyn Sunday
school parade. == Four men were buried un
der tons of stone in East New York, but all wera
rescued. Two may die.
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 66 degrees; lowest, SS.
We desire to remind our readers who arc
about to leave the city that The Tuibvne tcill
Lc setit by mail to any address in this nut try
iir abroad, ami address changed as often as de
tircd. Subscriptions may be given to your reg
ular dealer before Ira ring, or, if more conven
ient, hand them In at Tun Tetbukk Office.
See opposite page for subscription rate*.
11 LED TO BATE.
Since his return from Europe In April Colonel
Wattc-rson has been busy devising plans to save
the Democratic party. That party, he is con
vinced, "cannot survive another defeat." If it
is not saved quickly it will be beyond salvation.
We have called attention to the colonel's bujc
irestions because they were M Napoleonic In
their simplicity and originality. They laid down
fust three conditions as Indispensable to Demo
cratic victory la 1908. The first of these was the
letf -Immolation of Mr. Bryan. The second was
tua selection us a Presidential candidate of a
substitute guaranteed by Colonel Watterson .is
"dean, able, approved and loyal," and taken
on that guarantee without further inquiry or
Identification. The third was the adoption of
a crisp four-word platform like "Back to the
Constitution:" or, perbifps better still, an imi
tation of the Whig parly's ladies In 1840, when
no platform at all was adopted. Bo long as
Colonel Waitersoii was negotiating with himself
In the columns of "The Courier- Journal" the
redemption project looked easy — so easy that
the custodian and guarantor of the unknown
candidate-to-be began to see light ahead. "Our
belief is," be Raid cheerily a week or two ago.
"that he [the great unknown] can defeat even
"Hughes and insure us a Democratic victory
"next year.*'
There was one flaw, however, In the Watter
•on programme. It assumed a capacity for
trust and abnegation on the part of other would
be) saviors and directors of the Democratic
organization which, unhappily, does not exist.
The editor of "The Courier-Journal" appealed
to the generosity and magnanimity of Mr.
Bryan, freely acknowledging the latter's leader
ship of the party and his right to take the
Presidential nomination, but urging him in the
name of exalted patriotism to stand aside and
let the national convention choose, on Colonel
Watterson's personal nreoinmendation, a man
who has a chance to win. Mr.' Bryan traces
his ancestry to Virginia and Kentucky, and In
herits the chivalric spirit for which those two
commonwealths are justly noted. He feels, no
doubt, the fore* of Colonel Watterson's prompt
ings to disinterestedness. Still, like the cruder
and more practical M!s9o\irian, he Is loath to be
captured by mere assurances. He wants -to
be shown.' 1 He would like to have some hint
&$ to the identity of the Candidate with the
Iron Mask. lie would be better satisfied if
be knew Ja -whose favor he was abdicating and
could measure for himself the qualifications
find prospects of Colonel Watterson's Unknown.
An editorial in a recent Issue of "The Con>
bgojmt" urges the Kentucky President maker to
speak out. "Mr. Watteraoa owes it to hi*
"party and to his country," ' says the writer,
"to bring out his candidate one if he has but
"one. several if he has several."
This unsympathetic challenge grates on th«
nerves of the editor of "The Courier-Journal."
He calls it "an unchivalric Joke." One chevalier
In politics should treat another chevalier ac
cording: to the accepted code at chivalry. If
Colonel 'vy>ir< i r*on volunteers to save the party
be thinks he should be allowed to save it in his
own way and on his own terms. He Indignantly
declines to name his winning candidate until
the party agroea to support that candidate with
out reservations of nny sort. Colonel Wat:- raon
can see what is coming in case be lifts the
veil. Ho hays caustically: "Who!" heaps of
"Mr. Bryan's friends ex. ■lain;: 'Yes, trol niua
"out and see how quick we'll eviscerate him.' "
But how can tho party of Jefferson and Ja< k
bod be redeemed by an "eviscerated" cand
The colonel is right If the Democratic organi
sation is going to let him save it it must lay
aside skepticism and cultivate trust. !t must
learn to walk by faith and not by sight
SPEAKER WADSWORTSTB PLAJf.
In the matter of apportionment it seems to
be easier to satisfy the constitution than I
lafy the politicians. With every marrying of
county to county Into Senate districts of the
requisite population, compactness and contigu
ity somebody's political fences must go down.
somebody must be ••eliminated." We have for
gotten just how many Senators who have
adorned this session of the Legislature were
'•eliminated" by the Tully plan, bui we believe
that they all, or nearly all. swallowed tb<
appointment nnd voted to be eliminated for the
good of the cause nnd the constitution. It was
a very go«xl apportionment it obeyed tbe con
stitution as nearly as it Is possible to obey it.
and everybody was satisfied, al leas! everybody
was supposed to be, but it appears that :- : '
Wndsworth was not The 'Hilly plan eliminated
the Wndsworth Senator. The Speaker Is now
demonstrating that there are other constitu
tional plans, nnd that his particular constitu
tional plan very easily carves up the central
part of the state so thai there is a Senate dis
trict that the Speaker and his frlenda can con
trol, this being, at the least a proper appurte
nance Of the Speaker's high office. Wlmt is
more, the Assembly agrees with Its Speak •
about the constitutionality of a Wadsworth Sen
ate district, and bo there will be a chance for
long dickering between the two bodies aboul an
apportionment that will satisfy the constitution
and every ambitious statesman in Western .New
y/ork. Probably whatev< r plan is adopted finally
somebody will have t<> be eliminated, and jus!
now the anxious legislators are In the state of
a dozen hungry, shipwrecked sailors In a
boat revolving In their mind's eye which one
of their company they shall "eliminate"
interests of the others' hunger.
We entertain no Illusions regarding the pro -ess
by which a constitutional apportl tnuienl Is
reached. It is a sad thing when human nature
faces the alternative of ellmlnatli
the other fellow. The Tully plan and the Wads
worth plan were inspire! by just tbe sam
lives, to parcel our tbe state with one eye on the
constitution and the other eye on ''11111111" r
There is no constitutional reason why the Speak
er should not use the power of the Assembly
to look out for himself Just as Influential
Senators use the power Of the Senate to look out
for themselves, always of course, with due re
spect to population, compactness and continu
ity, with respect to these requisites we have
examined the districts carved out by Mr. Wads
worth and compared them with those devised by
Mr. Tully. They look aboul us well on the
and when it comes to figures there is not much
to choose The two plans differ with re--;
seven districts. In Mr. Tully's plan the lowest
population in those seven districts is 107,218
and the highest Is ir.j.i'47. According to the
population figures we have In the office, which
differ slightly from those used in figuring the
totals in the Tully districts, in Speaker '
worth's plan the lowest population is 122.43
the highest 153,211. Speaker Wadsworth's plan
joins Putnam with Orange across the river, while
Mr. Tully makes a more natural combination of
Putnam with Columbia and Dutchess, all east
of the IJnds.m.
The public Interest In tbe question doe
concern the personal Interests of Mr. Wadsworth
or Mr. Tully or Mr. Cassldy or any other states
man whose lot it may be to leave tbe kx
the ;.'"<*l of his brethren In the reapportiunment
shipwreck. All tbe unamblti '-.is wan) is .•■ go ;.
fair apportionment that will stand the scrutiny
of the courts, and with regard to these two
plans, as was snid on a famous oocas! in, I
much to be said on both Bid &
HARRY ORCHARD'S STORY.
It" any human being could have commit!
crimes that Harry Orchard confessed to in Boise
wn Wednesday and yesterday be would bai
about them precisely as Harry Orchard told his
story. Cold, dull, passionless and even-voiced
the dispatches agree be was <,n the w
stand; he told bis horrible tale without horror,
and. b« it noted, without pride, without the,
vaunting of the familiar ill balanced, egoistic
wretch who boasts of enormous crimes be never
committed, orchard's attitude on the stand was
psychologically correct By bis own account he
Lad made :i trade of murder, end he retailed
assassinations' in that mutter of fact way in
which a mam speaks of his trad". There Is no
glory in a trade nnd then- is no shame in
a trade, and if a man be of such a nature
thut be may make murder his trade there la
neither pride nor shame in it. If be had ex
ulted we should think be was lying, it' be bad
recoiled from the telling of bis tale half as
much as the average man recoils from the read
ing of it we should doubt If be w !••■ not t k»
much like the rest of humanity to have gone
about murdering In such a wholesale way. But
his brutal lack of feeling on the witness stand
bespeaks a brutal character that could have
made murder a trad.-. There Is nothing In iho
way it was told that makes the tale Inherently
Incredible.
Whatever difficulty there is about crediting
the story lies in the story itself. Men shrink
from believing that men would commit such
monstrous crimes. Humanity has not so 1 r
an opinion of anything Inhabiting the common
form qf mankind as to believe one man's story,
no matter with what verisimilitude it is told, of
bow men were engaged in wholesale, passionless,
impersonal murder; murder for political effect;
murder for it.s moral effect on federation dele
gates, to strengthen the bands of an asss
tion clique -"something to be pulled 'V before
"the convention, something t-i show for the
"money we had spent"! If we are to believe
Orchard's story, the control of the Western Ted
eration at convention time was simplified If
some "occurrence" demonstrated activity against
"scabs"; if at the psychological moment
faithful public ofi>er endeavoring to do liis duty
and enforce law and order wal blown to atoms
as an "enemy." The deadly blast they knew so
well ia tho mines was propitious music in the
convention's ears if It echoed from some gov
ernor's or some Judge's front door. Merely ob
serving that Harry Orchard spoke "in charac
ter," we suspend judgment; we await •orrobora
tion of his monstrous narrative.
It Is to be noted, however, that Orchard is not
describing imaginary crimes. The men whom he
tells of killing were killed, and in the way he
depicts. They were "scabs," KU <:a aa the men
blown up at Independence Station, or minln
superintendents who employed "scabs," or nub°
lie officials who sought an equal enforcement of
the law. The only person whOK death was men
tioned in Orchard's testimony and who did not
belong to one of these classes was a man named
Wally. killed crossing a lot In Denver, and he
died, according to Orchard, from the explosion
of a bomb intended for Judge Gabbert, of Col
orado, whose view of the law was not regarded
with favor iv Western Federatioa . ircles. Thus
the crimes actually took place, nnd from their
nature it is easy to se? that the federation may
have had au interest in them. A motive does
not need to be established. All that is needed
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1907
is corroboration of Orchard's story that the offl
dals of the federation Inspired the crimes.
If it be established that the "inner circle" of
the federation was a murder syndicate the
cheapness in which human Hfe has been held in
the mountainous mining regions of the West
will help us to understand how men could he
found to plan and carry out such wholesale as
sassinations. Miners on the frontier arc given
to .-rimes of- violence, and it is among miners
that we find a precedent for such a reign of
I terror as existed in the West — namely, the Molly
McGuire murders of Pennsylvania.
AMBITIONS,
Ambition is a good thing, although Its merit
largely depends upon th« nature oil the object
which a man is ambitious to accomplish. Out
former fellow citizen whose bone won a great
race in England the other day did not, bow
over, let this antique maxim mar the pleasure
of the victory. Mr. Croker confided to tome
friends after the race that it was the highest
ambition of his life to win it. He hn«l cx
p< leaced some exciting incidents in his time,
lie said, and won bis share of victories, but this
w:is the greatest of all.
The ambition i<> win the English Derby Is,
"generally speaking," not IH the least rvpro
hensible. With some care a man can cherish
and even gratify that ambition without losing
something n:un- valuable But In order to do
so li'- must, first of all, resist the temptation
to make a racetrack victory the Kn-an-st thing
in the world. He should I" 1 willing to divide
his cftoiis among several other highly respect
able ambitions. His friends should !>.* able to
saj to him after victory is his: "You are us
good n horsenian as you aw a citizen." Ami h>'
' should be able to answer modestly: "I hope I
"have served mj country half as well as I have
"s< rved my paddock."
wi.cn Mi-. Croker declared thai the finish at
Epsom \\;is the proudest moment of his life
he openly confessed, for the finrt time in his
what everybody has always believe. l,
namely, that he pets mote genuine satisfaction
oul of pood racing than out of good govern
mi nt. This is frank, bui Bomewbat delayed. A
few million citizens wish thai be bad told tl»e
truth twenty years ago. But tli.it would have
been premature, from bis point of view. Nover-
SS, liis confession is not altogether useless.
There is still an opportunity to pass n lnw
compelling every Tammany politician to state
under oath whether he would rather misgovern
the city and win the Derby or lose the Derby
and win public esteem by giving New York an
honesi administration.
DISCOI RAQIXQ EMIGRATION.
rlcnn opinion may differ regarding the
attitude assumed by the Hungarian government
toward emigration from that <-ou!itry. Some
will rejoice, In hope that ilms the ti<l»> of aliens
entering this country will l>e checked. Some
will r< Rrel it. on th« i ground tli:it there is now
;i dearth of labor In this country. In f»< r it
will probably have 1 : 11101 1 10 if nny »'tT.>'-t upon
the 1 nited States, since tlu* new emigration
t which Mr. Koßsuth disapproved waa to
carry Hunjrarlans to South America and not
to ttie United States. But «ti general princi
ples, from the Hungarian point of view, it
must !«" regarded as prudent, wlae and pa-
Th<- Impression has long prevailed and t!w
Imputation has been made thai various Euro
pean governments nrf encouraging, promoting
and assisting emigration to America. It seema
inconceivable that any Intelligent government
nhould regard with pleasure or without re
grei and 6 ext«easlve expatriation
of its citizens. If the emigrants were weak
lings or wastrels their departure might be
satisfaction. But they are not •■'^ i '
In a small minority of >-:is<-*v They nr.- tt»>
strong, the efficient, ti.'- enterprising. If as a
nile i!k\ returned home laden with wealth ac
i In America the proceiw mlghi
pleasure and exultation; and Indeed some do
. : therto had occaaton to r<-
. and some Bend home much American
■ '.l folks " But such casee art'
all only a minority, :oul ih.-y are
not altogether ; 1 to regard from tli.*
American point <>r vl< vr, they cannot compen
cate the European countriea for the lose of
it ihus return nor send home
tlicir Ravings. In the Riajoritj "f cases the eml
raut leaves ins old home for good, and cornea
to America to Btay, and t li^» means which be
ula tea h>!-c to swell the wealth of
opted anO noi his native laMil.
The lift result of these migratory move
ments Is a grave I'^s to tbe couutriee fr<»m
which they proceed. In some places there may
be ii- q through i!i<- relief of con-
In more there la obvious lons through
the desertion of land and the decay of indus
tries. A shortsighted government might be
glad to get rid of what it deemed Its surplus
Imputation. A wiser one, like that <>t' Hungary,
will Btrive t'» hold Its population by s.. I v
proving conditions that there %vill be n<> surplus
ami thai life will be as attractive and ih pr<>H
peroua In 1! I<l country as In !!:•• new.
IM<>\ FOOD.
The man who invented tbe Baying, "Tell me
what yon eat and I will tell you whai you are,"
has brought down a peck of trouble upon the
Chicago labor unions. He has made it Impera
tive for the latter to unionize food. Anybody
who knows the trials, legal and other, <>f draw
ing up and enforcing the pure f"o,i law must
realize lit uin-e the herculean task confronting
the rash workingnien who propose to go one
step further by organizing boarding bouse prov
ender. And yet the problem tui* been forced
upon the unhappy laborers by the fatal coarse
Of events.
The proprietor of a furniture factory in Clii
cago has :> strike <>v liis bands because a union
woodworking employe objected to tbe quality of
c beefsteak served him for Sunday dinner, it
se.-ins that the foreman responded to the com
plainant by discharging him, whereupon, by the
will <>r the Great spirit of Discontent the wood
workers' union compelled the manufacturer to
discharge the foreman. Then the carpenters'
union, of which the foreman happened to be a
member, struck in sympathy with the foreman,
nnd tbe factory shut up, while the anregenerate
i cefsteak lay sluggishly upon toe plate In the
fa< tory boarding house, slowly growing cold and
shiny. The manufacturer cannot resume busi
ness until the two unions have ins; ted. the
ak, drawn up a set of regulations accord-
Ing to which i' 1 """! may be decided < liglble or In
eligible for the stomach of a unionist, and inci
dentally k.jit the workingmea out of work and
food so long that they will bo willing to eat
pick led rhinoceros heels.
Only the- food expert understands the full
bi riousneas of the workinpman's demand for
union food. The physiologist will tell you thut
the more highly organized an animal la tbe more
finicky it is about what it stows away. Creat
ures most crudely organized, such ns the earth
worm, can gruw happy over au underdone mud
pie, but man must have the under crust of his
pastry mixed out of pure flour, lard nnd water
;ir.d nicely warmed to a certain precise degree
producing in tbe mouth and pink,
squirmy demons in the brain an hour inter. As
wp rh?e iv the si-ale of evolution nnd finally
roach organisations as high and perfect as the
lahor unions we find an ever Increasing refine
ment of taste and daintiness of digestion, bear
tit the Darwinian theory with beautiful
consistency- American worklngnea being as
much more highly organized than ordinary men
as the latter are superior in construction to the
earthworms, the simple beefsteak of th.> board
ing house is quite as revolting and uuasshnilable
by union stomachs ns the most daintily prepared
dog biscuit is by those of less closely federated
human beings. The Open Shop goes with the
Open Mind and the Open, Undiscrlmlnatlng
Stomach. The "scab's" meat Is the union man's
poison.
Just what articles of diet will hf unionized
we lire curious to know. It cannot he assumed
that tilings esteemed the greatest dtdntles hy the.
rest of us will be enjoyed by the unionists; nat
ural history shows that no inference like this
can he drawn, for what is caviare to the horse
is plain gnfas to man. The unionist, therefore.
will probably not crave grapefruit for break
fast, but may Insist that the yeast in his bread
shall not be allowed to work more than eight
hours. If he should go s.» far as to reject all
edibles which are not the product of organized
labor he might usher in the lons.' predicted era
of food pills and drink capaolts, to the great
vexation of the pure food Inspectors. Whatever
the contending unions in Chicago decide, how
ever, the public is grateful for the explana
tion which the incident has afforded Of the hith
erto misunderstood demands of walking dele
gates, who often could scarcely keep sou) and
body together lot less than $10 v day.
For the next two months an exceptional
chance will be afforded to astronomers for tho
study of Mars. That pi; 1 net and the earth are
running nearly side by side on the celestial
racecourse, and the earth will overtake ami
pass Its rival on July 12. The. two bodies will
then be closer together than at any time in the
last fifteen years. At Mr. Perclval Lowell's ob
servatory in Arizona photographs of tw^ canals
have been secured within the last few days, and
a line collection of such records will be made
there before the present opportunity has passed.
If equal diligence is exhibited at three or four
other good posts of observation this summer
nil doubt about the existence of the faint mark
ings first reported by Schiaparelll may be dis
pelled.
The hair of Colonel Watterson's unidentified
Democratic Presidential candidate Is "not yet
streaked with gray." It soon "ill t»f« if bis
name la disclosed and the ftfty-eoTen varieties
of Democrats begin canvassing hia qualifications.
We have heard of brewers preaching temper
am c and gamblers decrying games of chani c,
but when tt cornea to practising better than one
preaches the meal nun have these worthies
beaten to a standstill. The meat men are all
vegetarians, rank and file, but they do not rest
content with empty words. Unbelievers are
rapidly being converted to splnachtMn by their
. lever policy of proving the advantages of a
grass diet by making a pound of porterhouse
l.iok llko :*> cfnts in the market quol
Thus does ridicule kill. The meat fad will
become a superstition anl a myth.
'•It wai arrnngfd that I was to become a life In
surance solicitor.','— Testimony of Harry Orchard
at Boise.
A life insurance agent who makes a trade of
murder presents tho most ironical combination
of vocations.
Wit and humor seem to be wasted on the
whiskey distillers. They decline to accept At
torney General Bonaparte's felicitous classifica
tion, under which each class of manufacturers
could claim to produce an article no less de
serving than that of nny rival. It took* us if
more concern were being- shown about the
name than about the substance of the distil
lery's finished product.
Till: TALK OF TUB HAY.
TV- <l*>ath ot Onrlslmd of Tht*o«lor RoeenfeM re
minds the "Neu« (Vela Prawn" of the fact that
be was the man who bo«v» years ago set all
Vienna talking: about Kin* l"v, tha "automatic
man." This "most wonderful pU«ce of mechanism
ever produced by human hands" was In the form
of a Chinese giant, posed on a pedestal. In the
latter there was a complicated dm a. work, which
was •round up by Rosen f eld at the beginning of
each performance. Then ;--.>pl<» in tha audience
would ask questions nt:d the mechanical man
would write the answers on strips of paper. The
performan -•••» w>r* so clover that Klmk Ku ami his
rt.:ist--r wen Invited to th.> Imperial residence,
where they mystified all no saw them. The con
trivance vwi.s similar to the one shown In Vienna
a hundred years before by Wolf cans yon Kemp
<!.-n. only his waa ■ chess playing Turk. In both
cases a dwarf confederate, and not the clockwork,
dtd the trick.
"What's the matter with Bardslelsh? He look*
tll^.-ountßfl."
"He worked for three years on what he thought
wan K"lrn; to be a luminous poem. The critics am
j.uhllshliiK thflr t.v:.\vs of II Under tlie head of
"Light Verse.' "—Chicago Record Herald.
Theodora Til ton, not long before his death, was
speaking to a friend about some of his former
literary friends and acquaintances, and was u*.k"<l
if h« had known William Cullen Bryant.
■Via, Indeed." ho replied; "Bryant had th« finest
head and beard of modern times. One day, It must
have been in 1K73 it IS7X I hud tin engagement to
meet him at his private office at 8 o'clock In the
morning. i arrived about ten minutes before th-»
hour* and v.iiat do you think I found him doing?
Practising athletics hoisting himself up ana down
from the lintel of the door by his arms and touch
ing the lintel each time with his chin, He was
then aluioHt un octogenarian!"
"l never aaw :i man with such a bead tor busi
ness '■ remarked the tlrst By.
"Smart I- :■•••'" asked the other.
"Oh! I mean for our business; iu>'_q absolutely
bald." Philadelphia Frees
"Owln^ to the famine a number of refugees at
Chln-Kiang arc reported to be now <1!ki;1iu: for a
kind of white clay to be found near thai port,
which they use to mix with food and vegetables,
as it Is said to Kivt: a 'satisfying' feeling to tho
hungry consumer," says a Chinees newspaper.
"Continued eating, however, brings dangerous re
sults to the health of the consumer, often fatal.
This white clay Is called by the natives 'Kuan Yin
len,' or flour of Kuan Tin (the goddess of mercy),
News of this having reached th»» ears of Viceroy
Tuan Fang at Nanking his excellency has In
structed the local authorities of Chln-Klang to test
the clay In question and Its degrees of harmful
ness to consumers of tho stuff. His excellency has
also sent from his own private purse (600 to pur
chase bona Ode flour to ilistriiuiß- to diggers of the
clay, in ease It be discovered to be dangerous."
•■why are you playing hookey?"
"Bo's pall whip me."
"Bo your pa will whip you!"
"Yep; he always gives me half a dollar after ho
licks me."— Houston Post.
Bishop Sanforii Olmst<«d. of Colorado, at a din
ner In Denver, eald apropos of Sabbath breaking:
"I was talking to an Eastern clergyman the other
day about his church attendance. - I suppose,' I
Bald, 'that In your district rain affects the attend
ance considerably.' He smiled faintly. 'Indeed,
yea.' he said; 'I hardly have a vacant seat when it
Is too wet for golf or motoring.' "
"Why do so many Americans shave off their mus
taches?" asked the Interested European
"Because. ' answered the stanch administration
man "they are probably afraid of being mistaken
for Henry Pattersons Presidential candidate "-
Washington Star.
Many of tha poor Bo«rs in the Transvaal— by
whom all the shooting that Is done Is for the pot
and not for sport— have perfected a system of
shootlnj with the assistance of oxen. A steenbuck
has no feir of cattle, and will Ho still e\« n if they
graze right up to him. The hunter geta together a
few cattle and with his gun walks behind them in
such a way that be cannn be seen from the front.
Great earn has to be exercised to drive the oxen so
that they may seem to be grazing naturally. The
hunter must be ready to shoot without having to
alter his position, as the slightest movement Is no
ticed by the buck.
"My dear." moaned the patient, as he tossed
restlessly on hla bed. "It's the doctor I'm thlnklnc
of. What a bill his will be!"
"Never mind, Joseph." said his wife. "Tou know
there's the Insurance money."— Philadelphia in
quirer.
Akbotit People and Social Incidents*
THE CABINET.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l
"Washington, June 6.— Mrs. Taft. mother of the
Secretary of War, who accompanied him to Wash
ington from the West and has been his guest for
several days. left the capital this morning for her
home in Millbury, Mass. Secretary Taft la still
suffering from the heavy cold he contracted while
visiting Mr. ami Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis at
their Virginia estate two weeks ago. but is able to
attend to his official duties. The Secretary will
leave Washington to-morrow morning for Phila
delphia to attend the meeting of the trustees or
the Jeannes Educational Fund. He will return to
Washington the pain.* day.
Mrs. George yon L Meyer, wife of the Post
master General, is suffering from a heavy cold,
but it is not thought that it will prevent her from
accompanying the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Metcalf to the Jamestown exposition on Saturday,
when the Postmaster General will also be a guest.
The Secretary of the Xavy and Mrs. Metcalf left
Washington by special train this morning for An
napolis, where they attended the graduation ex
ercises at the Naval Academy. They were the
guests of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Sands at
luncheon.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington, June 6-Mme. Nabuco. wife of the
Ambassador from Braatl. will leave Washington
to-morrow afternoon, preparatory to sailing for
Europe on Saturday. She will be accompanied by
her children, and will Join the amlmssador In Paris
and spend the summer with him abroad.
The counsellor of tho Brazilian Embassy and
Mm-. Gurgej do Amaral and the latter's sister.
Mis-; Godlnho, left Washington to-day for New
York. Mn'.i-. Gurgel do Amaral and her sister will
sail for Europe on Saturday, in company with
Mine. 1 •liernniit, and go tO Paris.
Th.- Minister from Hayti and Mine. Lester will
leave Washington on Tuesday for New York, pre
paratory to sailing a day later for Europe. Mr.
Leger has been appointed a delegate from his coun
try to the peace conference at The Hague. He and
Mine. Ltger will it-turn to Washington In the faD
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From The TllliaiW Pnr»au.J
Washington. June 6.— Mrs. Beekaaan Wlnthrnp
gava a small tea this afternoon at the Woodley
Lane home of Senator and Mrs. Newlands, which,
with Mr. Wlnthrop, she ha '■ teed for the summer.
Fifty or sixty persons enjoyed her hospitality, Mrs.
Cortelyoa, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and Miss Marlon Oliver assisting in pouring tea.
fVmntess Yon Moltke-Hultfrlclt. daughter of
Mme. Jerome Bonaparte, who has been th« guest
of her mother for the last two months, will go to
Now York on Wednesday, and on the following day
will sail for her home in Denmark. Mm«\ Baaia
parte will accompany her daughter to New York.
an<! will then go to her summer home at Cize
nova. N. V.. for the season. Jerome Bonaparte
will accompany his mother.
Mrs. Bchroeder, wife of Commander Seat on
SECRETARY TATT'S TRAVELS.
Will Start Saturday for a Long Trip in the
West.
{From TIM TrO • ■ B U— 1
Washington. June C— The Secretary of War
has practically completed his plans for the re
mainder of thl3 year. Re will leave "Washington
on Saturday for Madison. Wt.-.. where he vlll
address the students of the State University on
June 10, and will also attend a meeting of the
Merchants and Manufacturers" Association in
Milwaukee the sauna evening. June It he will
spend at Davenport, lowa, where he will visit
the United States Arsenal and dlno with the
Tri-Clty Press Club, On June IS he will ad
dress the students of the lowa University, at
lowa City, and on the following day will Speak
to the students of the University of Minnesota
at Minneapolis. He will Inspect Fort Snelllnir on
the 14th, and that evening- will start for Fort
Ifeade, stopping; for a few hours at Sioux Falls,
and reaching Fort Meade about noon en tha
17th. He will spend the evening of the lSth at
Omaha, and on the following day will visit Fort
nworth. On June 20 he will speak at
Ottawa, Kan., and will then start for Washing
ton, which he expects to reach on the So* or
21th.
The Secret ury hop*s to leave Washington for
Murray Bay, Quel ec, about July 4. te remain
until early hi August, wbea he win return la
Washington to close up his affntrs areyeuMUory
to hia departure for the Philipptoea, f<>r which
be will eail from Seattle about Bepteeaber I<>.
As Mr Tail expects to complete his annual
report before going to tho K.ir East, M is likely
that he will not return to the capital until
Christmas or New Tear's.
WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME.
Philadelphia. June 6.— Miss Eleanor 1.-wls. niece
of Dr. Edmund I>. I-ewis. of No. 30 South 22d street,
was married to C. Wheaton Vaughn, son of Mrs.
H. Wheaton Vaughn, of No. 75 East .">4rh street.
New York, this afternoon. Miss Dorothy Randolph,
v .1 . bridesmaid ami Samuel T. Skldmore. of New
Yi/rlc. was best man.
Philadelphia, June I T!io wedding of Miss Ethel
Tat null Megear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alter
Megear, and Gilbert Bergen Woodhull, of Brook
lyn, took place this afternoon at the beaae of the
bride's parents, No, 3411 Powelton avenue. The
bride was attended by Mrs. j. Ernes*. Richards, of
Radnor, as matron of honor, and Richard Hollo
inun, of New York, was best man.
Frnnkllsi. Perm.. June — Frank F. I. yon. eon
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I. yon, of Brooklyn, was
married here tonight tr» Miss Ida M. Mallory.
Five hundred Rursts witnessed th^ ceremony in
the l-'tr ' Bnpttat Church. Two of the bridesmaUia
were from Brooklyn— Miss I. yon nnd Miss Striker,
slater and cousin respectively of the bridegroom.
The best man was Ray McDonald, of Pittsburg.
m^.'^i :!.• !it is announced of Miss H«lea
Howard, only daughter ol the senior mt-mber of
th,- Howard Piano Company, ef this city, an>t
Thomas Wasser, ol Jersey CKy. The weoMttas] will
ba early In October.
KING OSCAR'S GOLDEN WEDDING.
Stockholm. June o.— The golden wt-ddlna; of
King Oscar and Queen Sofia waa Joyfully cele
brated throughout Sweden to-day. in the capi
tal there was a solemn service at the Cathedral,
attended by the Kln:r and Queen and the mem
bers Of the rcynl family. Subsequently their
majesties drove through the Kayly decorated
streets and were everywhere acclaimed. Con
gratulations are being received from all parts*
of the world.
POPE HONORS BALTIMORE PROFESSOR.
Baltimore, June 6— Dr. J. Frank Crouch, pro
fessor of therapeutics at the Baltimore Medical
College, has been made, a Knight Commander of
the Order of St. Gregory th© Great by Pope Pius X.
The ceremony of investiture took place at the
Passionlst Monastery here to-day. Cardinal Gib
bons placing the Jewel of the order upon the breast
of the recipient. The honor conferred upon Dr.
Crouch Is said to be enjoyed by only two others In
this country.
J. HENLEY SMITH'S BEQUESTS.
Washington. Juno 6.— J. Henley Smith, who died
suddenly in Florence. Italy, last April, by his will,
dated May Si. ISO€. bequeaths the greater portion
of an estate valued at more than $200,000 to his
wife, Mary Rebecca Smith. in trust. At her death.
the residue of the estate la to be distributed la
numerous legacies, including $25,000 to Princeton
University for establishing five scholarships. The
Library of Congress will receive the valuable col
lection of manuscripts and papers of Washington
Jefferson. Monroe and Madison. The collection
consists of one thousand papers.
MR. MORGAN LEASES RICHMOND HOUSE.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Richmond. Va.. June 6.— J. Plerpont Morgan has
leased the house of Thomas M. Rutherford for
the three weeks of the Episcopal General Conven
tion, whic-h meets here In October. A letter from
Mr. Morgan dated at Florence. Italy, says that
he will have na his guests Bishop Doane. of Al
bany; Dr. Qreer. bishop coadjutor of New York.
and bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts.
Schro«der. of the navy, has gone to Norfolk tat
visit her daughter. Mrs. Moulton K. Johnson. Dr.
Johnson being stationed there. Mrs. Schroeder and
her daughters will go to their summer home at
Jamestown, R. 1., on June 18.
Mr and Mrs. Alexander Legare and Mr
Mrs. Hugh Legare will go to Europe socn and
spend the summer abroad.
Commander and Mrs. Rush R. Wallace have
closed their WashinKton home for the season and,
have gone to their eettasja at Xantucket.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sanger ar° rscelalf] con«
gratulations on the birth of a son. Mrs. Sanger #a.t
Miss Virginia Oakoeav daughter of Professor aad,
Mrs. H. Falrfleld Osaaeav
Mrs. James Hpnr>- Smith, who sails on Tuesday
next for Enpland. to make her home in London,
where she has leased a house for a terra of years,
leaves town to-d.iy ro spSBMI the week-end wtta
Mrs. Oliver llarriman at her country place, near
White Plains.
T> Grand Grlawold. whose marriage to Miss
Esther Tone. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. '■
Tone, takes place at Scarsdale. N. V.. on Tuesday,,
gave his farewell bachelor dinner last night at
Delmonlco's. Among his guests were E. Coster j
Wllmerdlng. Louis Crawford Clark. Jr., Frederick!
W. Stelle and John M. Perry, of New York: Gustayi
Ober and Charles Henry Reeves, of Baltimore, and
his best man. R. Lawrence Benson.
Mra. Pld'.lp M. T.ydisr di>l not accompany her sta
ters abroad yesterday, but remains at Katonah.
N. T.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mncfcay are spending the
week-end at L«nox. staying at the Oirtis Hotel.
They have rented Sprtnglawn tat tha
Mr and Mrs. Douglas MaMNSOa aad Mii>a Corbine
Puislles Roblns<m have arr va for Her
kime.. N. V.. on Jul>
Colonel John Jacob Astor. who Is shortly goinsj
abroad to Join Mrs. Astor. is spending the week
end at Newport, where his son Vlr.cent !s at school.
Mrs Ell?ha Dyer and Miss Laura Swan have re
turned from Europe, and ell a few days In town
will proceed to Newport for the season.
Miss Ann. Morgan has wiled for Europe, to : Ma
her father. J. Plerpont Morgan.
Mrs. IT TIT Kane will go to Europe at the
end of this month.
Mr* Helen D. Gallatin's marriage to Charles
Newbold Welsh, son of Mrs. John Lowber Welsh,
of Philadelphia, takes place to-morrow at the nous*
of her mother. Mrs. James Gallatln. in East 3St»
street.
ARCHBOLD GIVES $150 TO CHFRCH.
Andrew Carnegie Also Contributes $800 to
Sloat3burgh Congregation for Organ.
[By Tel^ra to T^f Tribune. 1
Suffern. N. Y-. June tf.-After a great deal oi
Planning the ?10.QOO Methodist Church at
Sloatsburgh. N. V.. Is to be built. The church
suffered from lack of funds. The Board of
Church Extension gave $1,000. and Fred Snow.
e| Hlllburn, president el the Hillbum rrsei
Works, gave $SX>, and has promised another
$300 when the church is finished. John D.
Arch 1 the Standard Oil man. gave JIM ana
his wife $100, Andrew Carnegie has given ?S»
toward a r.r-w pipe organ for the church, en eon
ttitlon that the church raise the same amount.
MAY GIVE MKINLEY HOME TO NATTO3,
Mrs. Barber. Sister-in-Law of the Late Preii*
dent, May Make the Presentation.
Canton. Ohio. June «. -Justice Day. president
of the National McKlnley Association, sa'.i to-;
day that Mrs. M. C. Barber, cf this city, sister
Of Mrs. McKlnley. intends to donate the home
stead of the late President and his wife to It*
memorial association, if it can be purchased
from tho brothers and sisters of President Mc-
Klnley and their representative?, to whom IS
passed under tho will.
Justice Day said that the generous act ***
highly appreciated by the association and that
he had no doubt that when the association met
in Canton on June 10. Mrs. Barber's rroposit oa
™uld be accepted and «««««^=S o »SSta
SSBTiSM Sl^^PrVs^n^i
Mr* McKtnley left it. t
REFUSES TO RELEASE FELIX MOTTL.
Munich Juno »-The Frlnee Ke<er.t of Bavaria.
Luttpoi*. refuses to retoa- Herr ■ -^
cal Erector el tha Royal Opera Bo^"^
Whoa* ba* been offered the directorship. «n*«
most advantageous terms, of tha Im fff 3 .-,*-^
Ss&s ass ana^ffl^s«
- s decision w«l pr<
accepting any American offers.
MRS. BRYAN IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. June >V- Mr*. William J. Bryas
and daughter. Miss Grace Bryan, spent to-ilay
In Washington. To-morrow Mr. Uryan will
reach here, and the party will start at nuoa
for their home at Lincoln. Neb.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER SEES POPE.
Rome, Juno 6.-The Pope to-day received in pri
vate audience Sir Wilfrid Lamti the Car.au.aa
I»remler. and L. P. Bsodeor. the Canadian n nt»r
of Marine and Fisher!, s. and their families. TE«
Pontiff informed his visitors that he followed *!~
affectionate Interest the progress made by_«ie'Do
minion. Premier Laurier later had two 'toßff «««:
views with the Papal Secretary of Mate. cin~^
Merry del VaL
WIT ON THE BENCH MAY BE COSTLY.
From The Philadelphia Record.
I>urin« the trial of John Wfclttaker. who •■■
recently convicted at Hun Miry of mur.ler in . «■»
first degree, for cutting hla wire's throat JuwT»
Bavldse. who presided, made jocu ■" rerna-j^
ridiculing some of the expert testimony yu
duced to prove the prisoner Insane One o. t-.e"»
wea that 'Jaeksonlan epilepsy la what AnJy J*£
son had when he licked the British at > e *^r
leans.' The fncetlousne?* of th-> court a to«
a chief reason for asking a new tria! m "
taker's attorneys. >
SNOW IN JUNE.
Readlns correspondence of The Philadelphia
According to Lewis W. Hagenman. one « "
oldest inhabitants of this city, people S^SSS.
instead of complaining about the cold •££??:
should be thankful that they did no: live sevens
five years ago. _.« r
Mr. Ha«»ntnan. who is In his ninety-firs- yea
stated to-day that Just seventy-five year* i*,.,—
day four Inches of snow fell all over t^ iI J?3
Pennsylvania, "All the farmers bereaixwt*. aiiw
Mr. Hagenman. "were very much s«-'* r *» »?2»
their crops. Those who tried M scrap* tha sao
ruined the wheat. while the others who B* v
alone, sustained no damage. , ._ _.■• .»
"This weather isn't anything; compared W»g
w« used to have in the old days. It will cocw
all right If only the people have • llttla p4tJ«ace.
'FRISCO'S ARMY OF THE (OLE.
From Th« San Franelseo Chronicle.
A compilation of the- worlsln* peopl« °'j*J9£
strike, or out of work as the result of soaQe >•&■$
shows an aggregate of. In round 50 * r '',,j' if
working-men and women who would be «*"£*£
at work, an average of $$30 a. day There t \it
doubtless a jtreat many more than that, for InWJ
aggregate only 2.000 men are reported a* a-- +■■
by the oaxtn%ns strike, although 3.030 strU fc j
actually drew strike pay at tha first neyaaeiw,^^
all know that there are a great many ecevg^l
In which employes are Idle by reason of taa c*
culty of getting to and from work. • w
If the 20.000 accounted for aarned "P°»
average S3 50 a day. there la a ton 0 1 "*** Jfc
no.ooo a Say. or JCO.OCO a week of alx days ;^
do not doubt that the loss of wages. IT aa«i«
would be fully $500,000 a week. Of «°«* e » £££ '
who would have paid the wages have the wg»g,
but they have lost the use of their plants aa«_y
profits of the work which should heve been Cos*
YES. AT LAST.
From The Boston Transcript. — «A
At :a«t Richard Croker haa don« iome'.hiag «n« ;
we may all approve. /