THE NEW OXFORD. Sequel to the Rhodes Tmil — More Maneif Wanted. London, October 5. The traflltfonwl Iloms of Iyo:;t Causes is Ftlrro<3 with progfeaslve Impulses. The Rhodes) bequest h.i>.F largel) increased the uunber of Colonial tnd foreifTv. students at Oxforxl and created an Obligation to clop its resources r.s a modern university wrhere men may have a practical tralr.ir.K for life. This may not bay« been the great ItnjpexiallstT*" mala motive, bat it is the first consequence of a unique benefaction for the benefit of Anglo-Saxon civilisation. A univer sity of colleges, as Professor Goldwin Smith once described it. must be released from tho unpro gr?-ssive inefllciency < r ll isrinpr out university ideals on broad Knes. Larger reserves of capital are. urgently needed for the work thrust upon Oxford of training men from the colonies. America and Germany and making good Anglo-Saxons of them; and there is a combined effort supported by approved methods of academic cadging, with the Chancellor himself at the head of the beg ging brigade, for raising the money. In life Cecil Bhodes brooded over the great things ■which could be done with a lot of money behind him. and •wherever he went he created an at mosphere for large projects with a farreaching trend. His Influence has not ceased with death. Reluctantly and without much sympathy for either the means or the end. Oxford has found Itself committed to his dreamy Ideas, and is awakening To the truth that there must be more money behind them or they wfU be aa useless as General Gordon's premonitions of altruism. There are objectors who complain that reform measures and practical legislation are more Im portant than an Increased endowment. They assi tt that nearly all the colleges are ri<-h and that their resources ara wastefully used for selfish ends. Instead of being employed for the relief of the impoverished university. It is not difficult for Bishop Gore to find counts for his Indictment that the colleges have been con verted Into recreation grounds for well born Idlers, who live luxuriously end are Incapable of serious work; nor is there. lack of evidence that laboratories and other portions of the plant are needlessly multiplied and that retrench ments could be effected by amalgamations of colleges and concentration of effort. Tho tradi tional college system Is wasteful because so much of the time and energies of coaches and tutors Is taken up with grammar school work for Idlers, in place of advanced study for genu ine workers. Great advantages would be de rived from a revision of examinations, >lar ablps and methods of teaching and from a re distribution of the •wealth of the colleges for the relief of the impoverished university, whose courses of study need to be broadened and sys tematically modernized. The reformers can raake oat a strong case for setting the house In order; but when they have finished their pleading? the truth remains that Oxford must always b« a congress of self-governing collages with their own individuality and characteristic life. The system may be unscientific and waste ful, but It is the ground on which the university has stood for centuries. There can bo no other foundation for mossgrown, storied Oxford. The college system may be a serious obstruc tion to the expansion of the university as a Btronghold of learning for the scholarship of the worid; but increasti capital will do much to improve the equipment, to multiply professor- Ships and courses, and to provide a thoroughly modernized plant. The Chancellor has explained What will be done with the new endowment when It is raised, and few objections aro offered to the proposals. The Bodleian is one of the greatest libraries in the world, but it is over crowded and unmanageable, and cannot , be brought into thorough use without extensive changes and enlargements and an exhaustive reviEion of the catalogue. Chemistry and other branches of science are neglected, and there is -no department of scientific engineering. The staff of lecturers in art* and letters, history and .lwsguages Is inadequate, and many new pro ■, f^asonships and several additional buildings are - requisite. These and other defects are pointed > out, and £250,000 is the estimated cost of cover ing what are considered necessaries, without "*'hlch Oxford cannot do its work In a pro- CTesslve epirlt and keep abreast with the praCr tical requirements of the age. The money will probably be raised aft^r a strenuous effort pro longed for several years. Hut r.hen this is done there will be fresh requirements and even more urgent demands for enlargement of courses and Improvement of educational plant. Cecil Rhodes, living anew in the swarm cf colonial and for eign students, will continue to brood over the o!d quadrangles, and always with tho lnstinctivo feeling of the capitalist that nothing can be done without more money — a good deal of It. I. N. r. You may think now you have no interest in thia clactior., but before the campaign is over you will regret it, if you have not placed your s«lt ;n a position to vote by registering. Regis t«r to-morrov/! Last chance! TO SPEAK AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. ■VVRftsirptoTi, Oct. U.— l'rc*ident Roosevelt. Sec "*tHT HaiHaHl and Mr. BtWB, Commla^ouer of l"VJu»Mtkia, hava accepted invitations to deliver et H'.wawj Univ-rfity. In tills city, on . »ovfmfcm the competition. The President's offer to pay American vessels 50 r>er cert more than the foreign rate was generous in Uself, and under ordinary circumstances more than sufficient. Biit this lack of return cargoeß prevented the American steamers from undertak ing a voyage to the Pacific, whence they would probabty have to return in ballast for thirteen thousand miles. Their British rivals, built and manned on a far lower wage scale, have the added advantage that British mercantile houses dominate the Interna tional commerce of the world. These British houses prefer British steamers, so that the for eign craft that convey our navy coal to the Pa cific are reasonably sure of profitable fr.i»;hts to Australasia or the Orient, whence additional freights can be obtained for the United King dom. American steamers, however, are practically dependent on th« coast trada of the United States, and this at the present time, with tlie competition of tho transcontinental railroads and of the two Isthmian routes, offers Bmall encouragement to American vessels. There, was no disposition on th» part of Ameri can ship owners to take advantage of the neces sities of their Kovernment, and the te.rm "extor tionate" does net accurately describe their rates. British steamers are taking navy coal to the Pa cltic at from $t> 15 to $7 25 a ton. American steam ers, assured of return cargoes, could and would gladly take this same coal for from JS to $3. This was carefully explained to the Navy Department But the most Important aspect of the whole mat ter, and this one which, I regret to say. The Trlb une's editorial comment overlooks, Is that there are not fiixugh American steamers offered all told. even If tlioir rutes were low, to convey the Indis pensable coal supplies of our Atlantic fleet <>n It 3 cruise to the Pacific Ocean. We are dependent, therefore, upon foreign vessels, which would al most ■• Inly fall us in caso of actual war. The Pacific cruise was undertaken to show "-.ir naval Btrength, but In exposing oi;r l:n k of an essential naval reserve It is simply demonstrating our weak ness. WINTHROP L. MAKYIN'. Boston. Oct. 7. 1907. c SECHET OF ENGLAFD'S GREATNESS. Real Occasion When Queen Said It Was the Bible. To the Editor of The Tribune Sir: a slip of the pen on th«» part *>f your cor respondent at Richmond, printed in your paper of to-day, frivol me the opportunity of .aiiin* atten tion to an interesting Incident, worthy of repro duction. Your correspondent writes that the Quern Mother ■eat a message to th« Kins of England many years ago. thus: "T»-ll tho prinofl that this, i the Bible, is th secret of England's greatness." There being no King of England between the year 1537. when William IV died, and ISPI. wl h Ed ward VII began Ills reign. it Is evident that we must look outside of England for the. pote; ti to whom Ihe ni(iini|i was i >nt. I find the required Information In an extract from an English paper pasted moro thnn forty yeai ago In a small copy of Milton's poems, which I carried for three years In a saddlebag Curing the war for tho preservation of the Union. I gladly place this extract at your disposal. HENKY M. CAJL.VERT. Brooklyn. Oct. 6, 39CT7. QUEEN VICTORIA ANI> IHF3 BIBLB. It was a noble ami beautiful answer of our Queen, the monarch of a free people, relgnliuj more by love thun law, because s'-eklnir to relsn In the fear of God; it was a nobl-.* answer she K&ve to fir African prince i." (tent un embasuaga with cosily presents anil nsk»rl her. in return, t.> t^ll hlrn the secret <>: England's glory, and our J beloved Qu'-en pent him. not the nurrili-r of her * flcel . not the dvi iber of her armies, n"t rho ac count of her boundless merchandise, nut the de tails of her I haustlble weaKh. She .it-:(.-uU>r bei diamonds and her jewels and her rirli orna ments; but. Itandlng him a beautifully bound copy of the Bible, he said: "Trll the prince that thla Is the secret of England's greatness."— lCnKllsh i paper. NEW CIRCLE THEATRE. "Two Islands." Numerous showman have remarked that th« quickest way to xet the "peepul's money Is to make ■ < -m laugh." "Make them either lau^h or cry." P. T. Barnum tol«l a friend, "and they're with you." Theie's nothing In the composition ,ri Bishop 'if London, who came to New Haven as tho gurst of Alison Phclps Stoke*. Jr.. se<-retary. and who to-morrow wfU preach In Woolsey Kail. The BistlOP this afternoon witnessed tho Vale- Holy Cross football game and played a set or two of tennis, and to-night was entertained by Mr. Stokes. Mr. McClung and other Yale men. THE WEATHEB REPORT. Official R«rord and Forecast. — Washington, Oct. 12. —Tha Western area of high |a«— Is drifting slowly ea»t-BOuthea»t, lt» cfest havlni? reached the mi-ialo Mls sissißpl Valley. It lia« caused a general lowering of the temperature east of dM Rocky Mountains. A fresh dls turtanca Is n;..vinfj foutheaatward from the Brltlss pos f^dions and the temperature Is rising In the NorthweM. The West Indian disturbance appears to be south of the Isle of Pines, moving northwest. For Sunday and Monday fair weather Is probable east of the Rocky Mountains with lm» temperatures In At- Ihntl- coast districts. In Western dltitrlcta tha tem l>eratiire will rice elowly. The winds along the New En -lan.', coast will bo light wast: middlo Atlantic coast, light northeast to north: south' Atlantic osaat mostly northwest, brisk oS Hat teras; Oulf coast, light and variable-, on the lower 1»K«*. light 'north; upper lakes, light and variable. Forecast for Special localities. — For New England an 190 a 1907. 8 a. m as '3 « p. in M M 6 a :n *T M 1» p. m -17 80 O „' n •»-' M11D.1i!..., 45 4S 12m r c»irrtspnjiainjf ilat" '.;:.-x thirty-three years. 67. Local forecast fair to-uay «nd »om«wh3t coltier; Uoaday. t*lr; light west to northwest winds. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, IW. MISS AMY M'int.T^AN. HARRINGTON-M'MILLAN. British Minister to Abyssinia Weds Late Michigan Senator's Daughter. Manchester, Mass., Oct. 12— In the epnciou3 par lors of the summer villa of the late Senator James McMillan, of Michigan, the marriage of Miss Amy McMillan, his daughter, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir John I*ane Harrington, the British Minister to Abyssinia, took pluce to-day. Tha marriage waa one of the most important International matrimonial affairs of the year, although comparatively few persons were present. The McMillan estate Is one of tho most extensive on the popular North Shore. It has a frontage on tho rugged rocks of tho Manchester coast of nearly half a mile, wbli ■ it stretches back for nearly a mile toward the centre, of the town. The , . rexnony was performed by the Rev. Thomas T. Gascon, .-v J.. of Boston College. The bride wore a princesse gown of heavy white satin, the corsage and sleeves garnitured with rose point lace. Her veil of tulle was bordered with tho same lace and was fastened to the coiffure with a wreath of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids. Her only attendant was her niece. Miss Grace McMillan Jarvls. George Clark, who waa with the bridegroom In Abyssinia for some: time, was best man. "The decorations were said to surpass anything that has ever before been attempted on the North Shore. For the last four days six decorators from Washington and New York have been preparing for tha affair. Among tho gui its Were the aroness yon Ketteler, General and Mra Corbln, of Waah ington, and Mrs. Lara Anderson. Sir John and Lady Harrington will sail soon for England, going thence to Abyssinia. WEDDINGS. fPv Telem-aph to The Tribune. 1 Baltimore Oct. Li—The marriage of Miss Caro line McCormlck. daughter of Mr. and Mra William G McCormlck, to Francis Louis Blade, non of Mrs. Francis H. Slade. of New Torlc. took pis this afternoon nt Cloverdale. the home of the bride. In Eutaw riacr. Druid HIU Park. The Rer. J. 8. Jones, of Kew York, who n irrled Mr. and Mr*. McCormlck. officiated, assisted by the Rev. John Timothy Stone. Miss Eleanor McCormlck was h*r sister's' maid of honor, and William Strong S'.ado was his brother's best man. Th<» bride was given away by her father. A reception followed the ceremony, tlio guests idlng members of the McCormlck family from Chicago and Washington. Mrs Emroons Blalne, Mi md Mi An*"n Phelps Stokes. Mr. and Mrs. William Ffcnphar. Mr. and Mra. Robert Hunter. Mrs. F. I* Blade, Miss Mabel Blade an.l William Blade, "f New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson rago and Miss Isabel l.. Hagner, of Waal tngton. [By Tdesraph to T>» TksVuua.l Pittsburg. Ocl n Hull daugl Huff of <;:• Cobb. of v. were married at noon to. day In Christ E »rch. areenaburg. f>v the rector, the Rev. Ho) art H. i was given away by her father •■ . man was Anthony ,' om. Many v iei ts from Washington I ther Easteri cities were present After an extended honeymoon trip I -.-. . , , „., w uj make thel» home In Wash- The Church f t "1° Redeemer al N. J.. was the ' '" :1 llf lbm wedding of Mlm Brooks Abell, daugh- Mr. and Mrs. i:. Coming Al I. - I Wales, of Washington. The ceremony was mcd by the rector of the church, the 1: v. William M. Hughe*. The brtds was attended by Mrs. Augustus Banders. « I Germantown, as 1 of honor. The host man was Abram H. Berbaa, of ■ . and the ushers were Howard B. NTy and Dr. Charles F. Langworthy. of Wa ':.- Ington; Laden W. JTesmey. of Now York, and Frank D. Abell, brother of the bride. The cere mony was followed by a reception at tha AbeU In inn street Mr. and Mrs. Wales will live In w'ashingt 1. Mr. Wales is a tie! of the < Ivil Service. Tho mnrrinpe of John Vavasour Noel, a noTc-s paper man, and Bda Kathrlna Andersen, daugh t. r of the late Anrto Peteres Andersen, of Stock* holm. Sweden, took plaoa yesterday at Femcliffe, Raccoon Island, Ltfike, Hopatcong. l>r. Brooks, of St. John's Episcopal Church, of Dover, N. J.. <>!f> clated. Mr. and Mrs. Noel will remain In New York for the present and later will jro to Cuba. [By T<;l*RTaph to The Tribune.] Boston, Oct. 12 —Miss Mlslf Bacon, daughter of Mrs. W. B. Bacon and niece of Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State, was married to-day to Joseph Swain Levering. ;i prominent .-luh mem ber and Harvard graduate. Tho Rev. Sumner XT. Sherman, rfctor of St. John's Church, Jamaica. Plain performed the ceremony, while Robert Bacon gave away the bride. Miss Emily Bacon and Miss Aleld tehenek attended the bride, Richard Bean Lovcrlng was best man. Plan your business to-morrow so you can register — if you have not already done so. It will be your last chance. If you are not on the registration books by 10 p. m. to-morrow ni*ht you cannot vote. Register to-morrow! ALDRICH MEMORIAL MUSEUM FUND. The treasurer of the Thomas Bailey Aldrirh. Memorial Association acknowledges the following contributions toward the Mesaortal Museum to be established at Mr. Aldrlcli's boyhood home In Portsmouth, N. H.: Dallev Aldrlch | Richard Watson Glider. 3.1 ' Charles BHot Norton.. JO Houithton. MliUln & Co.. 1(») Ftrris Oreenslet lojsarali Oral Jewetl 2B Elizabeth Mills Reid... 100 Mrs. A. F. riel.is "-" 1) O Mills W s*!? M. Bean 22 Ku-ilco W Hudson 100 IT JeSarson Cooliilge. .. SO Mlbs i; B ISaton 2 Ida Lawton DOB Francis Bartlett 1.000! Louisa Chandler Moulton. N it Is earnestly requested that those intending 'o subscribe do so at as early a date as possible, Tho plans for the memorial ar-» well under way, and , It is important that they should be carried through j without delay. Subscriptions may be sent to the | treasurer of the, Thomas Bailey Aldrlch Memorial | Association, care of Houghton, MKIUri & Co., No. 4 I Park street. Boston. MISS ADA REHAN RETURNS. Miss Ada Rehan returned yesterday on the ; American liner Philadelphia, to remain In New . York for the winter. Slio has been spending tho summer In the North of England. She has as yet made no deflnito engagements for the winter j season. j i • ■ ■ PROMINENT AERIVALS AT THE HOTELS j astok- Baron yon Koppen, Germany. BREB- ! l,i v \ T Beatty, Boston. ORAND— K. J> Good year Columbus, oiao. IMPERIAL— J. If. Cottrall, Berwick, C3a. MANHATTAN— H. P. ri.-in.-m. <"hlcago. PLAZA— Charles T. Occkei. &\n Kran rlsco. ST. RKGlS— General Nishi. Japan. WAL DO RF-ASTOB I A— Governor J. 8. Hill, Maine. AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAG& LIETTT. COtu SIX JOHN LANE HARRINGTON. THE GOVERNOR RETURNS. Silent on Traction Investigation and Fusion. Governor Hughes and party, after spending three days at the Jamestown exposition, returned to New Ynrk at 7 o'clock last night, and the Governor went on to Albany on the 8 o'clock train on the New Tork Central. Asked about the possible appointment of a spe cial criminal prosecutor to take up the Investiga tion of tho Metropolitan Securities Company, the Governor bad nothing to pay. When asked what be thought of the fusion ticket he was equally retl cent, it will be recalled that Governor Hughes on Tuesday ni^ht. Just before leaving for the James town exposition, was asked alout tho desirability of a fusion ticket At that time he would not com ment on It. ' It was Ii jirned authoritntivcly l-u«t nlcht that th« Governor tak"s tho position that the responsibili ties of tho governorship aro all that he is charges with at this time, and that he Is not called on to Interfere la a local political situation with tho shaping of which he has bad nothing to do. Hav ing refuel to advise President Part"'is of tho re publican County Committee with reference to the desirability of fusion with the Hearst men, he wiH not now say anythli ■ either in tho way of criticism nr praise of ti»» ticket that b;ui been named. This irunns that President Parsons and his friends will have to run tha c;impaign without assistance from the Governor. The Governor was interested In reading while at Jarm-stown on Friday a story in a New York paper Klvln? the proKramnw for th« «le having their full share of asperity." 1 * SPEAKER CANNON KICKS FOOTBALL. Bespit* His Age, He Proves Activity in Opening Illinois College Game. Qalesburg. IH-i Ort - 1? — Speaker Cannon br«r>n his football career here yesterday, and by the vlg orous ••boost" he gave tho pigskln he showed ha was not superannuated, despite hta seventy-two y«a rs. His fc!''k of twenty-five yards oponrfl the annual game of Lombard, nnd Carthage college*. Ho was jscortcl to th.? flcld. r... hi. ■•, ball seventy reel Then h«> tried axaln and dlo bettsr, and the s*m« began. Lombard win ntag by a score of 40 to 0. IN HONOR OF GENERAL KETCHAM. Veterans of 150 th New York Volunteer In fantry Meet at Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepslo. Oct. 12 (Speclal).-About ninety of tho veteran* of the 150 th Now Tork Volunteer In fantry which mnrrhod nway from Pouschkeepsto under 'the leadership of tha late General John Henry Ketchani Just forty-five yean ago, assem bled yesterday In the • stato armory here antl ar> plauded tributes to their old eonunandw as a man. a poldlcr and a statesman, General Ketcham was pr. ident of his reßlmental association until his Uoath lost November, and this being th« first re union sine© hla loss the afr.-Ur was mado com memoraUve of him. Each of tho old soldlsra pres ent wore a badge, to which was appended a photo graph of their commander. Resolutions of sym pathy In her loss wer« sent to Mrs. Ketcham. and tho generars two son's. Henry P. urul Charles, wore made honorary members of the association. The speakers at the reunion were Pr. S. wn, of Portland. Mr. nnd Mrs. Clifford started for Naples, where they will embark for the Phil- Ipplno Islands, Captain Clifford having been de tailed for duty at Cavlte. TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS. Amonir the passenpers who arrived from abroad yaaterday were: THK riII'..\PEI.PHIA. FROM SOUTHAMPTON. ' Mr. and Mrs. W 11. Braw-IMm. W. M. I»w. lev. | Miss Ala Rohan. Miss Elisabeth R. TMnnmor*. IMrs. Jotin M. Shaw Mi . ii. ■■' n P. Hodg*. I TIIK AMEItIKA. FROM HAMHT'Ra. Mr. and Mrs. ReglaaM Bar-] Miss. A. ttoraaa olaj ! Marquis dc Plnar del Rio. General and Mrs. A. X The Rlgbt Rev. Markar Booth. [ Smith. Bishop Coadjutor James Gordon Henn'tt. I of Pennsylvania. Mr. an.l Mrs. Clarence H. ! Ex-Mayer Rorxrt A Van Mackay. i Wyck. Mra. J Pierpont Mnrran. |Mrs Van Wyck. LA TOURAIXE, FROM HAVRE. Mrs. K. F. Brewster. (Astor Kr.lcht. Marquis Ant. de Charetto. I >>p v st;,»juno.-| pu» ltmoi Mr. and Mrs. Eldrldga R.I Riva Iterre. Jebason. i THE MAIN, FROM BREMEN. Wllhelm Brandt. I Dr. Charles Jacobs. UU> £elma G«orga. iUr. aad Mrs. Ernest Mile*. M.BT-1T CHURCH RTJIXS Episcopal Convention Delegates At- tend Jamestown Services. [By Telegraph to The Tribune.] Richmond. Va.. Oct 12.— Standing under call cloths stretched from trees before an Improvised prayer desk and lectern, on the very spot where the Rev. Robert Hunter ministered to HM catotllata at Jamestown in lfiffT. the puslillaj, and bishops of tho Episcopal Church and dtettag clergymen led the office of evening prayer In the Old churchyard at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Early In the morning a squadron of four boats left Richmond conveying the delegates to the general convention and the woman's auxiliary and visitor:--, to the number of twenty-five hun dred. On aillttaaj, soon aft?r noon, they made their way to thfi old tower and viewed the grave of Sir George Teard'.ey, tho first Governor, and other relics of th« early days, widen were laid bare by excavations ) ilSMllWlnfl by John Tyler, jr., civil engineer, of Richmond, during the last sta years. The combined choirs of Norfolk. Portsmouth ,-ir.d Berkeley were assembled near the bishops" seats, being assisted In the service by organ and or chestra. An address of welcome was) sMfsasag by Dr. Randolph. Biehop of Southern Virgrinlu It. Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts, spoke of the varying fortunes of the Jamestown colony and the Pilgrims of Massachusetts. In closing, he ex pressed a fervent hope for perpetual union and peace between the people of the two states, once separated by fratricidal strife. Tho allusion was particularly apt. as the ground used for the ser vice -was once a Confederate fort. Bishop Nelson, of Georgia, read an elaborate historical addrr»s«, showing the connection, of Eng lish Christianity with tho growth and the endur ing greatness of the United States. The Rev. Dr. McKlm, president of the House of Deputies, marie the closing address on the lessnsM to be derived from the planting of the Church In Jamestown. The services ended with the benediction by the presiding bishop. NOT TO "SOLICIT TAINTED MONEY." Branch of Disciples of Christ, Though, Will Keep Mr. Rockefeller's $25,000. Norfolk. Va., Oct. 12.— Thomas W. rh!llips. oil and gas man and former member of Congress from Western Pennsylvania, made an unsuccessful effort yesterday to have the Foreign Christian Missionary Board of America, a branch of tho Disciples of Christ, return BMN given by John I>. Rockefeller, on the ground that it was "tainted money." The money was accepted 1 , with a final clause providing that no more will be "solicited" from the same source, At the s»-cond day's session of th« International Missionary Convention of tho Disciples of Christ the Christian ms »*S Board of sBbsbOSM reported a total of $251.637 raised for all work during the year ended September 30. an increase of f75.03i over the previous year. I — — — c GROWTH OF SCHUYLKILL SEMINARY. Milwavkee, Oct. If.— Educational men spoke at today's session "f Urn Oenei d Bvaagetteal feren. eon the needs of their institutions. Professor r. W. Test, principal of the Schuylkill ■saaoaary, ft«»fHnr,. ivnn.. laid of the growth of his lnstku tlon In six yean from praetteally nothing to a school with 115 stndenta An endowment fund of ■ has jtist been raised. MR. ROOT AGAIN AT CHAPTTLTEPEC. Return of Party from Trip— Will Start for United States on Sunday. afexlce City, Oct. i;. -After a trip of three days. which Included a vistt to Puebla, Orizaba and other cities and through the scenic regions of Mex leo, Secretary Root, Mrs. Root, Miss Root and the party whi<-h accompanied them returned yester day on the PreeMsatTs special train ov- M<\\!<\in National Railroad. Secretary Root and his family ar.» again at Chapnltepee Castle, where they will remain until Sunday morning, when they wl!l start for the, DBfted States. Notwithstanding th« strain of th<> trip, the party returnej isitishml The party will leave hen oa a im tal treJa and will br> taken to the nadeada -if Governor I don, nt Jatpa, where they win spend the day In rest. On Sunday evening the I'resM- r.t's special tr;iin wl!! leave this city with a number Of tnyit'-.! gssWtm The Root party will board r v :e train .-.t 7:30 p. m. The train wS] arrive it 0 lajara ai l o'd ck on Monday afteraooa and re main there until 12 o'clocJi that Bight. Baa Ldi Pi to 1 will h<-> reached at 1C:3O a. m. on Tuesday. and tho special will arrive at Laredo, on the her der, sit I flfcfoeh 1n th* ssotning of Oetoeer M There Secretary Root and family win again take their private car. the BsgßMt; and Md farewell to their hesaa) who will return on the special to Mex ico city. You may think now you have no interest in this election, but before the campaign is over you will regret it, If you have not placed your self in a position to vote by registering. Regis ter to-morrow! Last chance! "RIP VAN WINKLE" TO ADORN SCHOOL Decorations Selected for New Washington Irving Building PreaMeni McGowaa of the Board of Aldermen. C. B. j. Bayder, Superintendent of Buildings of the Board of Education and architect of the board, and William McAndrew. principal of tho Washington Irving High School, have decided on the principal decorations for the new high school building to be erected at Irving Place and 17ih street. They have been looking ever the eU Irving home. Sunnyside, nt Irvlngton-on-tbe-Hudson, with Alexander Irving Doer, nephew of the author. He showed them all th.> relics of tho writer in and about the* home. In cluding numerous portraits of Irving'. One of these will be selected for the centrepiece of the decorations of the Interior of the school. Leading up to that wlil be a frieze ef scenes from "Rip Van "Winkle." The frieze will start in the foyer and be eoatlnued to the portrait. There will be also a replica of the only bust of Irving made from life. The coat-of-arms of the writer will also be reproduced for display In some part of the building. MISS HELEN GOTJLD GIVES $25,000. Will Equip Gymnasium of Eockefeller Naval Y. M. C. A. in Norfolk. Norfolk. Va.. Oct. 12.- Mi?3 Helen Gould has given $25,000 for the equipment of the gymna sium of the now $22.",000 Rockefeller Naval Young Men's Christian Association here. The entire building will be furnished at a minimum of $10i> a room as memorials to persons named by the donors. There will be about two hun dred of thesft memorials. Miss l.ould will arrive here to receive tho sailors of the navy at this station on October 2rt. after parti<-lp:itingr In tho dedication at St. Ix>uis of the fJWfflHrff railroad Young Men's Christian Association. Riven as a memorial to bet tatter, and at Fort Leavenworth of the building: she has given to the army Young Men's Christian Association. HUGHES'S "UNVARYING GOOD SENSE." From the Springfield Republican. An unvarying quality of good sense has so far marked the public utterances of Governor Hughes of New York state. Tho latest evidence of thla In telligent reasonableness la given in connection with the fact that some of the labor unions have found fault with the ftovernor for not appointing a labor man to the Public Service Commission. In reply to mil of these criticisms Governor Hughes says: "In making appointments I have selected _>r' those available m»-n whom 1 believe t<-> bo best qualified for the respective coattioaa in this way it is say purpose to protect the proper Interests of members of labor organizations u-s well as those of other citizens. Keeently I appointed to Urn office of com missioner of labor John Williams, who was Indorsed by many citizens familiar with the needs of the department and by numerous labor organization*, and who. I am informed. is a member and was ones general preaMent of the United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiner.; of America. I appointed him »>ecause I was satisfied of bis fitness I'or the place. The best contribution I can make to the welfare of working men Is to secure so far as possible efficient and Impartial administration of government. This Is tny constant aim. and to attain It I appoint th« best men I can get and men who I believe will serr* the people faithfully and will be just to all In terests." This Is, of course, the only proper standard for an executive to set up and follow, and every person of good sens«» should be satisfied with the doctrine) and the explanation. ARREST FOR CIMApUE THEFT- Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 12.— Paul Vreeswyk. wha says he was a former officer of Queen Wllhel mina's body guard, is under arrest here, charged with stealing the portrait of "The Madonna," by Clmabue. from the home of Mrs. Elina M. Wright, n Allen PI.i •■•• Vreeswyk. it was charged, tried, to sell the painting for $00. Ha pleaded guilty and, wad htld under $1,500 for the Superior Court. Married. Marriage irotk-es appearing: in THE TRinOE win be rcpnbllshed tat the Trl- Weekly Tilassi without extra cbargr. CUmtf-Ol saurl»v October 12. 1807. a* Urn t-hurch of tti« Bleutd Warnnnrnt. N*w Rochell*. *>y the Rer. Thomas P. McLoughltn. asaistas by the) r.ev. Ja-n»'!> T. Hughe*. Jeanne Agatha Thomaaataa) Marie, daashaw of ilr. and Mrs. Joseph Claude t. ta> Robert Lucas Forbes. lIERRICK— — Brldgehampton. Vcng Inland. October 9. hy tb« Rev. Arthur Newman. Mar»ar*t. dauKht-r of Mr. and Mrs. > J. Mills to B*nJart*a I" Merrlck. of Grand Rapid*. M!ch. Xotlrea eff marriages and deaths must be Indone* with full aame and aililnaa Died. Death nctlee* appearing la TITE TRXUr>"B will b* rrpubllsbed In The Tr Weekly Tribune a HasiU extra) charge. Arklav. Julia C. Holt. Sarah D. Av*ry. Bvaaa F. I^ram--*. William. I> F"r»»r. William H-. Jr. ■ I^ckwoorl. Frederick St. J. 1-enniiran. John Q. Mac Nau«htnn. Duncan X Gieseler. Helen J. Vander C ci. S'jaan F. Harrington. OBraaSßaa ARKLAT— Summ'.nw»alth are., Boston. Maea. on Saturday. Octo-« N>r 12. 1907, Julia ComtlH. widow of Patrick Arkley. esi.. ef Doston. and daughter of Wii'tam Parker. Funeral aaulm at Trinliy Church. Boston, on Tnes-« day, October 15. A\F.RY-^?!:;11ri1v. at Hoosac School. Hnnaar. V. T. pa) IVe<}n»srfay. October 0. l'» 7. Susan Farrliißton. widow of the lat* Jonn H. Avery. of Chtcaoo. F*uneral ser vices at All Saints" Chapel. Ho.i»a- school, on Thur»» . IT2 Prospect Park Waat, Brooklyn. GlESELEß— Entered ksts rest on October 11. 1907. at Riflgeirotd. N. J.. He>n Julia, beloved daughter of TViliiani IT. and Julia J. Gieseler. Funtra! Punrtay. Octo ber is, tSOT, Sp. n>.. from (lrrpnwoc.l • Bjaeary. roata ent::: Relatives and friends tnviteil. HARRINGTON— October 11. 1007. at Us bssast Cornelius Harrington, teloved husband of CatberbM Harrington. Relatives and friends Invited to attend funeral en Mon day. October 14. at 2p. so from No. 163 Stßrltna; Place, Brooklyn. HOLT— On Octrber 10. Sarah Pavison Holt, wl.low <>t Thomas J. Holt, at her residence. No. 331 15th St.. Brooklyn. Funeral services will bo held on Sunday aftern»->n. at 4 o'clock. Interment in Greenwood. M"n day. 10 a in. I*\R.\MEK— Friday, October 11. William lAramee. of No. ft)l Ijecatur »t.. Brooklyn, beloved lvisban.l of Emily W. laram«« Funeral services to be- held al Ms late residence Sunday evtning. 9 o'clock. K*lativea anil friends invited to attend. LOCKWOOD — Suddenly, at Norwalk. Conn.. October T2. ta*T. Kr-.i- St. John LrfKkwood. -in iii» S^d year. Notice of funeral hereafter. MAC NAUGHTON— October 11. 1907. Duncan I. Mao Naughton. after a lone Illness, at h!s home. No. 1470 Fulton st., Brooklyn, u«e.l 23 years. Funeral Sunday, 2 o'clock. VAXDER poel— At Albany, on October 11. 1007. Susaa Foster, willow of Isaac Van-Jer Poel. in th« 75th year of her are. raaeial sen ; aa at All Saints' Cathedral on Monday, October 14. at 1 p. m. 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