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y«- LXVIII. .N°- 22,709.
VESSEL AM) CREW LOST
OHOBEOX LONG ISLAND,
BEATEN TO PIECES.
mgtrnrt ofQuogue Station Watch
in /^'" f or Bodicst of Captain
and Tuehe Sailors.'
little 73-ton fishing schooner Swallow.
h i C !i for thirty-one years has sailed about the
'.i niic BOth as a fishing craft and a carrier of
*«h and lumber, went to pieces on the shoal oft
■M point. Long Island, yesterday mornirg.
. j. ier skipper. Captain Daggett. and crew of
*^!v*> men are believed to have been lost. Her
j n rv intact but empty, drifted up on the beach
,c»frday amid sticks of lumber and barrels of
-*X which was a part of her cargo.
The Swallow- was first seen floundering about
■ shallow water at 2 p. m. on Saturday by the
•severs at the Quogue station. At that time,
gecnied to be not under control. The snow
*»l! canie on coon after she was first sighted,
* a when the weather cleared the Swallow had
drifted to the westward.
'while walking east along the beach at 4 a. m.
Tf sterday, Patrolman Fordham. of the Blue
point Lifesaving Station, saw the dim outline of
■oner on her beam ends. At daylight this
*as aiade out to be the Swallow. The sea was
pa*? then, and combers more than sixteen feet
vhVere pounding on the beach, so that the
runnins of lifeboats through the surf was out
ff the question. .
Fcrdh&m. however, reused the other lifesavers
-fib* station, and Captain Frank Creaner and
>jis m«» took cut their pun and breeches buoy.
kat it was impossible to get a line over the
grtUow. She lay about a mile from shore, and
saffron*: to pieces rapidly.
While it was still dark the lifesavers had
turned torches to show that help was at hand,
tsi no response came from the schooner. At
daybreak there was no sign of life on board.
I.if-?averß from the Lone Hill and Smith's Point
ftations joined the watchers on the beach and
looked for bodies to wash ashore among the
barrels of frozen herring, deerheads and pelts
that littered the shore. One of the lifesavers
picked up the schooner's nameboard. which had
cut into the wood and painted Hack the words
-Swallow. St. John'?. N. F."
What was thought to be a body was hurled
up on the beach yesterday at noon, but when the
lifesavers ran down to where it came in it was
found to be a Bailor 3 heavy coat, with pockets
empty. Soon after the coat trashed ashore the
combers rolled one of the schooner's masts up
en the beach.
The lifesavers believe that the ■kipper and his
ran have perished. It is thought that the Swal
low was trying to get inside Sandy Hook for
haven, but that the northeast gale, with snow
*nd •'eet froze her rigging and made it impos
sible for the skipper to work his ship.
Ft. Johns, X. F.. Jan. 17.— The schooner Bwal
loir If ft here a fortnight ago laden with herrings
ta Gloucester. Mass. She was ordered from
Gloucester to New York to sell and discharge
larcUTO because of the low price at the Massa
cfca»etts port. The vessel belonged at Pilley
Isiand, on the northern coast of Newfoundland.
£2& the master and men also belonged there.
She was built at Moses River In 1878, and was
earned by John Darnscn.
(REV SINKS WITH WRECK.
British Steamer Lost— Breakers Sub
merge Struggling Seamen. 4
Cuxhaven, Jan. 17.— The British steamer Fidra
has been wrecked off Amrum and is a total loss.
The Fidra carried a crew of eighteen, and it is
Mjpved that most of them perished while trying
to make the shore, the boats being smashed by
th* heavy breakers. Several bodies, have been
cashed up. The steamer was of 1,218 tons.
TWO MEN Dl DORY AT SEA ALL NIGHT.
Dashed Against Young's Pier, Too Weak to
Guide Their Frail Craft.
Atlantic City. Jan. -Fiins Dickins and
/William Wood were out for codfish in a small
dory yesterday when the storm came up. They
j>ii!l«i ijard for hour?, but did not come abreast
«•? the inlet until early this morning. Their
■wnrtb was so played out they were no longer
•We to guide the dory.
Th»y were sw>pt along the cor.st and almost
teti the breakers when their boat was dashed
tnhirt Toung's Pier. Fortunately for them
th*r» were some fishermen op the pier, and their
cm* wer« heard. Ropes were thrown to- the
"ill as they clung to the pier end. and they
bbsb hauled out. They suffered no ill effects
town their exposure.
SATED CREW OF WATERLOGGED SHIP.
Steamer Dominion Lands Seamen, Rescued
from the Savona, at Queenstown.
Qu^enstonTi. Jan. 17.— The steamer Dominion,
>hlch arrived off here to-day, reported having
■Bases Captain Crossley and the crew of the
Britif-h ship Favona about four miles off Fast-
Set The Bavona, which was lumber laden, was
*bandon«»d in a waterlogged condition.
A tag has started'out to try to tow the Bavona
to Crookhavon. but this may prove a^diflicult
'task, as the weather is heavy and the sen rough.
t The Savona was bound from Liscomb.. Nova
"*«tls. for the United Kingdom.
ST. PETERSBURG CHOLERA INCREASES.
'4
Fifty-nine New Cases and Twenty-one Deaths
Reported in Day.
St- Petmbiirp, Jan. There has been a marked
**■*« in the cholera In this city. Fifty-nine
<***« have bwn reported In the last twenty-four
*■•«• and tncnty-one death*.
.STOCKHOLM WELCOMES SVEN HEDIN.
Swedish Explorer Highly Honored by King,
Parliament and Other Bodies.
Stockholm. Jan. 17.— Sven H<<un. the noted ex
rT**' »ijo returned from Tibet by way of Rus
*• *rrive<i here to-day, and was received with
•!IJI! I JI* athußlaaTn - The streets and buildings *-ere
* 0! *tely decorated, and the explorer m met
♦na, Colmnlttee composed of members of the gov
11 - the parliament and the peosraphlc and
y^ »ocl*tles. He was driven to the palace in a
™ carriage. King Gustavo received him In
«?nce and conferred upon him the Grand Cross
-Th Kortb<>rn ct * r
j/ "' *'■» » dinner this evening in Sven lletliirg
smor - *' which the Crown Prince preside^.
j **** RESTAURANT, PARK ROW BLDG.
-+&*£''** ** m ' n ' t0 *' n - Luncheon. Dinner. Music.
To-day, fair.
To-morrow, fair; r&riabla irlsits.
MANY INJURED IN RIOT.
Socialists Urging Electoral Reform
Try to Storm Dresden Palace.
Dresden. Jan. 17.— A socialist demonstration
to-day, in behalf of electoral reform, led to a
serioue riot, in which twenty persons were seri
ously, ar.d at. leart one hundred elightly. In
jured.
Many conflicts occurred between the police
and the rioters, the former eventually beating
back the great crowd of socialists, who were
endeavoring to force their way to the palace of
King Priedrich August.
WOMAN DRIVES TO FIRE.
Men Abient, She Guides Apjmratus
to Blaze and Extinguishes It.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.!
South Xorsvalk. Conn., Jan. 17. — Mrs. Ann
Anthony, housekeeper at the Putnam fire house,
adjusted the snap harness and drove the spirit
ed fire horse Put to her home and extinguished
a fire this afternoon before the department ar
rived.
"Ma. our house is on fire:" exclaimed her lit
tle son John, as he ran into the fire house. Jupt
then the fire alarm rang. The trusty horse came
out and took his place, but there was no one to
harness and drive him, the driver having stepped
out. Mrs. Anthony had seen the men make the
hitch many time*, and she was equal to the
emergency. She took the single team and with
an extinguisher quickly put out the fire. "When
the ilepartment arrived Mrs. Anthony was in a
faint on the floor.
FIRE RUIXS 34* AUTOS.
Isoss in Boston Blaze More than
$800,000.
Bos too, Jan. 17— A puff of flame shot up from
the rear of the most extensive automobile utorage
and repair plant in the city, near Park Squar<*.
shortly before dawn to-day, and half an hour
later 848 automobiles of almost every description,
valued at fTStMKM, were a mass of tangled 6teel
and iron. The fire also spread to the old train
shed of the Park Square railroad station, for
merly used as the terminal of the Providence
division of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad, and destroyed the bicycle track
and a larpe pavilion used for exhibition pur
poses. Six horses in one of the buildings were
also burned. It is expected that the damage to
the building will bring the total losa to more
than SBUO.OUO. »
There were six garages, including several used
chiefly for repairs, in the big storage station,
formerly the railroad freight shed. In th*se
were many machines for summer use, and a
large number of those burned were owned by
business firms. All the large sightseeing auto
mobiles in the city, numbering upward of a
dozen, were also burned.
The insurance rates on the destroyed property
lucre Fomi'what Higher than those in effect on
other buildings of s-imilar use in the city, and the.
majority of the owners were only partly insured,
while one or two firms had no insurance. There
were ab<>ut twenty workmen in the building
when the lire broke out, but all managed to get
away, although several of them had narrow
escapes.
The hardest fight which the firemen had was
to keep the flames from extending into the busl-
MH blocks in Columbus avenue, and fully one
half th»» entire available force was centred on
that side of the fire area.
MISSING WOMAN FOUND.
Miss Charleszcorth, Said to Have
Been Killed, Is Located.
London, Jan. 17. — Miss Violet Gordon Charles
worth, whose mysterious disappearance a short
time aero caused a great deal of excitement be
cause of her remarkable career and her inti
mate association with extensive stock deals, has
been found and identified at Oban, Scotland.
It was reported that Miss Charl<»sworth. who
lived with her parents In Bogera, St. Asaph,
Wales, was killed" while automoblllng In the
neighborhood of Penmaenmawr with her sister
and the chauffeur about two weeks ago. The
young woman was said to have been hurled over
the sea wall, but her body was not recovered.
Ifer sister and the chauffeur escaped Injury.
Investigation failed to show any indications that
a body had fallen over the cliff, and it was not
considered possible that a body falling Into the
pea at this point could have been washed away.
This* gave rise to suspicion, and search for the
missing woman had been continued zealously.
A day or two ago a torn telegram addressed
to Violet Charlesv.orth was found in a room in
a hotel at Tobermorjr. Scotland, and If was as
certained that the occupant of the room, who
answered the description of Miss Charlesworth,
had Rone to Oban. She was found there to
day, and relatives are now on their way thither.
Much has .been published of Miss Charles
worth's alleged speculation In stocks, and an
endeavor has been made to show that she was
In desperate financial straits.
P. R. R. PLANS TO SPEND $5,000,000.
President McCrea Says Road Is in the Market
for Five Thousand Steel Oars.
[By Till SI Still to The Tribune.]
Pittsburgh Jan. 17.— "Yes. we are in the market
for about five thousand steel cars," said President
James MeCres si the. Pennsylvania Railroad last
ulirlit .it Dnton Station. He added that they will
tost about J1.0"i0 <?aoli. -
The statement of Mr. McCrea indicates that In ad
dition to the huge sums already set aside by the
Pennsylvania the company contemplates disbursing
?-,.«,...., for rolling stock. Mr. McCrea also said
that the new car*, which will be used mostly for
freight transportation, would be put into service
In place of worn out and inadequate cars. The al
lotment will be divided about evenly between the
lines cast and west of Pittsburg.
TRAIN BROKE UP WALTZ WITH TAFT.
It Could Not Be Held Longer, and Dance with
t Atlanta Woman Ended.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Atlanta. Jan. 17.— WiHiam H. JTaft. yielding to
tv/ lure of the "Merry Widow waltz', delayed the
start of the train that was to take him to Au-
KU*t3 last night so that he might dance ; with
■re.* W. S. DUB, wife of the president of the
Capital City Club. When the dance with Mrs.
El kin was over lie asked Mr*. Robert Maddox.
wife of the Mayor of Atlanta, to waltz wftr. him.
The train was held for a few minutes, but It
was impossiVle to hold it longer, an.l the danca
with Mrs. Maddox was terminated by Ma bin i tod
departure to the station.
THE SEABOARD FLORIDA LIMITED.
All Pullmans, electric lighted, compartment and
standard uleiTiere. llln mi id observation car— to
3i><>kJW>nviM« > St. Augustine. Palm Beach, .Miami,'
Kniirl'ts X*->" <V"'''k«»*t train via., shortest rout*?.
In^TFa. B. "ii.. or 1183 way, Cor. i'SUi St.— Advt.
NEW-YORK, MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 11)09. —TWELVE PAGES.
DESIGNS FOR THE LIXCOLX MEMORIAL.
AS PREPARED BT THB AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP ARCHITECTS. THEY PROVIDE FOR AX F.I.ABOKATE TRKATMRNT OF THE MALT,
FROM THE BASK OF THB CAPITOU AND A MEMORIAL BRIDGE ACROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER
CANAL LIBEL PLAINTIFF
MAY NOT BE THE GOVERN
MENT AFTER ALL.
Federal Right to Sue Discussed—
Stimson to Oppose Motion to
Quash Subjxenas.
[By The A iat»-d rr#»» |
Washington, Jan. — The latest an most In
teresting suggestion regarding the sensational
developments of yesterday, Involving the ser
vice of subpoenas upon a number of newspaper
men in this city and elsewhere, is that an in
dividual, and not the United States government,
Is the real plaintiff in the case. It is true that
the subpoenas served 'here read '"the United
States versus the Press Publishing Company."
but if the proposed action la criminal in charac
ter, as Is generally assumed to be th» case, that
would be the form of a subpoena, rvea where
en Individual the romplalnanr, according to'
the practice in the" District of Columbia.
The Identity of this Individual, or these indi
viduals, for there may be more an one of
them, is purely a matter of 'peculation, for the
public will have to await ths l*6u« of the prom
lße.d statement of Attorney General Bonaparte,
expected In the course of a day or two, to K"t
any accurate understanding of this remarkable
case. Possibly President Roosevelt himself is
the complainant; or it may bo that the action
was begun by William Nelson Cromwell, or by
I>oug!us Robinson, or any of the per-Hons named
in the original newspaper publication in an in
vidious way. A significant fact Is that Mr.
Cromwell was In Washington when the action
was taken yesterday of serving the subpoenas,
though he left here in the course of the night
for New York.
Local lawyers are- discussing the ease with in
terest, and already sharp difference!! of opinion
appear aa to the right of the United States gov
ernment to prosecute a criminal libel proceed
ing against either an individual or a newspaper,
which is, after all. the bone of contention, for
there can be no question of the right of an in
dividual to bring such an action.
It is pointed out that" the Supreme Court 1* on
record, ,in th» Goodwin case, as denying the
power of a United States Circuit Court to take
Jurisdiction in a criminal libel cane. On the
other hand, while it Is admitted that there is no
statutory law warranting such an action by th»
government, it certainly does enjoy such a right
under the common law as an absolutely nSjseo
6ary measure of power to protect th- very exist
ence of the government.
The officials here remain mute, an i there were
no developments in the cas*» to-day, »o far as
could be learned. The District Attorney re
mains snowbound in his country home, inacces
sible to reporters and cut off from the telephone;
the Attorney General of the DsJtei States is at
hi* home in Baltimore, and at the White Bouse
to-day there was a flat refusal to discuss the
matter
DISTRICT. NOT FEDERAL CASE.
Circuit Court Ruling Held Not to Apply to
Washington Local Court.
TVhcn th** motion on the order ts show cause
why th<» subpoenas served on Saturday on Will
iam P. McLoughlin and J Angus Shaw, em
ployes of "The New York World." should not
be quashed comes up thin morning before
Juds*- Ward, in th^ I'nited States Circuit Court.
Henry L. Stimeon. I'nited States Attorney for
this district, will be present in person to arguo
against the granting of the orders. At his home
yesterday it was said that Mr. Ftlmson had be»»n
away since Saturday morning, and that his
whr-reabouts is unknown.
As to the objection to the prosecution on the
ground that th«» T'nited States courts could not
take juripdictlon of a criminal lib<- case, it was
suggested last night that while this vas true it
dfd not necessarily prevent a pnse<mt!on for
criminal libel- in th*» local courts of the District
of Columbia. There are no common law crimes
in the federal jurisdiction— that is. the Jurisdic
tion within the states of the United States
courts. But when the District of Columbia v.'aa
created the common law of Maryland was takt-n
over, except as modified by statuto-y enactment,
and the Supreme Court of the District of Colum
bia Is there in t;. same position is a crimlnnt
court in a state so far as its power to punish for
criminal libel is concerned. Thi«. it is sug
gested, may be the line taken in opposition to
the plea for the quaahing of the subpoenas.
It is also p>inte<] out that the nation of an in
dividual complainant being made to take the
place of the government is based on a miscon
ception. All criminal prssscaslMM are brought
by the government, even if the information is
laid by an imli\iduai, and no individual com
yleint could give jurisdiction for a criminal ac
tion to a court which would not have jurisdic
tion on official prosecution.
The government officials, bere and in Wash
ington, have every intention <*' pushing their in
quiry into the origin of the story bearing on the
purchase of th*> Panama Canal. It is under
stood that at no time sine, the i a&e was first
taken under consideration has there been any
attempt to make Charles P. Taft. Douglas Rob
tnson or any other Individual mentioned in con
nection with the canal pun-hase a plaintiff in a
libel suit, or to Induce any or all of them to
tak<» such action against the newspapers which
published the statements to •vhicn exception is
taken. District Attorney Jerome lias not bi en
consulted or even mentioned In connection with
the proposed proceedlag.
what the government is aiming at is to fix
definite responsibility for the publication of the
articles which are regarde-l as libellous. Despite
the surmises made in regard to the President's
activity in the matter, ha<ed on his Utter to Mr.
Foulke, it Is said th.at he has left the cai
ttreiy to the consideration of the officials of the
Department of Just: ••.
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED.
Thought Tlml Suicide Murdered
Wife and Daughter.
[By Te>icraph to Th» Tribune,] -
Seattle, Jan. it With t.-ieir beads beneath
the w«uer in a bathtub at their home here, the
bodies of w 1/ Bseley, an attorney, who eras
national bank examiner for Illinois under Con
troller Eckels; ht«> wife, Mrs. Kate m. Se<
member of the Daughters of ths American Rev
olution, and their daaghter, Miss Rene Beeley,
a student at the University of Washington, were
found yesterday by K. W. ZlbbeU and Quy M.
Btnetaer. afr. Bmelssr was engaged to marry
Miss Bseley, and Mr. Zibbeli wa« a friend ot the
family.
Worried because of the non-appearance of any
member of the Beeley family, the young ny i
forced their way into the Seeley home, on Capitol
Hill. Mrs Seeley nnd her daughter were killed
hy blows on the head, inflicted with some blunt
Instrument, believed to have been a hammer.
Seeley was drowned, according to the coroner.
over the bodies of Beeley and his wife as they
lay head d<>wn in the bathtub was a steamer
trunk The instrument with which the murders
were committed could noi be found. Thai Seeley,
driven insane by financial troubles, murdered
bin wife and daughter and then killed himself
i«« the theory advanced by the police.
DYING, HIDES IDENTITY.
Young Woman at Jf r atcrtoxcn,X. V.,
May Be Rich Man's Daughter.
,By Tviearftpli to The Tribunal
Wntertown. S. 1 . Jan. 17.— "With her death a
question of hours, a young woman, who baa
lived here the last year as Florence Farrell. and
who! is' believed to be the daughter of wealthy
parents in Vermont, and ■ sister of a member or
the engineering corps at West Point, refuses to
divulge her true identity. Communications have
been sent to the chief of police at Burlington
and to the Wesf Point authorities to-night in an
effort to clear up the mystery.
A year ago an attractive girl of about twenty
year* presented h.-rsrlf to the manager of the
Woodruff House and asked for employment as a
waitress. A place Was given her. but she showed
that she had had little *xberlence In manual
labor.
Ob December •". •'"•!' li| - roller skating, the young
woman fell, and was so sasßy Injured that she
was taken to SI Joachim's Hospital, wh>re an
operation was pel fanned, in lier weakened con
dition tuberculosis rapidly developed
A letter found to day concealed in the lining
or" her trunk referred to Warren II Faßell, or
Fatrwell. the writ -us befag UlegiN*. eivins the
inference that be was a brother at West Point.
The letter was postmarked Burlington, Vt.
— . 1 — • — i ■
W. H. LEAVITT FINISHES PAINTING.
Bryan's Son-in-Law Will Exhibit "The Lord's
Supper" Here and in Washington.
IHv Telffrraph to n* Tribune.]
Sewnprt. R. I.! Jan. IT.— William Homer Leavitt,
the Newport painter, who is now in Paris, has
finished- his canvas of "The lord's Supper.- and
has expressed.it to Newport, according to word re
ceived by friends here to-day. The paint inp is
about seventeen by twenty-two feet. and. according
to Mr. Leavitt. fulfils the ideal on which he baa
been working for the last three years.
Mr Leavitt. who is a son-in-law of W. J. Bryan,
and Mis bother are to leave Paris In two weeks and
will come at once to Newport. They will remain
here until fall: when Mr. Leavlti will exhibit the
picture In New York and Washington.
RABBI 'WEDS COUPLE AND DIES.
Philadelphia. Jan, 17.-Kabbl David Btiddem. for
twenty years a leader cf orthodox Jews "' tins
city, dropped dead at his.. home to-day. lie had
just performed a inarria«3 ceremoni'.
ILLNESS REVEALS FJRE
SPRINT TO ALARM BY
BAREFOOT BUTLER.
Physician* Wife Aroused hu Child's
Coughing — Firemen in Dc
Wolf Cutting's Home.
Had it nut been for the crying of their child
early yesterday a fire which broke out in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Doorman, at
No. 133 Bast 57th street, might have caused
moro damage than It did. The sleeping apart
ments are on the second Boor, the first floor be
ing used wholly for the physician's office. His
daughter, four years old, was attacked by a fit
of coughing at 4 a. m. which awakened Mrs.
I>orm:m and her maid. While attending to the
child* Mrs. Dorman smelled smoke and sent her
husband to awaken the butler, Eugene Mc-
Donald.
Dr. Dorman and the butler started at the top
of the house and searched all the rooms to the
first floor. When they opened the office? door
smoke poured out. and a fire was discovered
burning within. Dr. William H. Cfllmmil, who
is associated with Dr. Dorman. and who occu
pies a room on the top floor, was awakened by
the smoke and roused the servants. McDonald.
clad only in overcoat and pajamas, rushed to
the street and ran several blocks In his bare
feet over the frozen pavements to turn in an
alarm. Meanwhile Dr. Dorman bundled up his
wife and child and conducted them to the
street. They were scantily clad, as were the
servants who assembled with the Domans on
the cold pavement.
The entire household was taken Into thy* home
of a neighbor nt No. 139 Bssl ."Tth street. By
the time the firemen arrived, at the burning
house the flames had spread to the second floor,
but within half an hour they had the fire under
control.
It was found that the easiest way to jjpt at
the names was from the roof of the home of
James Pc w>>lf Cutting; at No. 135 East 57th
street, and th» firemen dragged their hose
through the halls and up the stairways of the
Cuttlncr home. Considerable water fell on car
pets and rugs, many of which were ruined, a*
were expensive tapestries which adorned the
v.-ill- The police and firemen said the damage
to the property in the Cutting home was about
$300. but as many of the ruined articles were
Imported the family estimated the less at a
much larger figure
Practically all the furniture and brie S-brar
on the first and Second floors of Dr. Dorman's
home were ruined. The OBUMga is estimated at
TO SHOW THAW LETTERS.
Mother and Sister Think Prisoner's
Writings Prove Sanity.
i ny Tclf-frraph tn The T-:hune. 1
Pittsburgh Jan. 17. — Mrs. William Thaw and
Mrs Copley Thaw, mother and sister of Harry
X Thaw, have prepared to make im<" of the
most energetic fights yet made in the Thaw rase
• )'•:•, the question ot his present sanity comes
ni> for decision hi New York. It was announced
here this afternoon by close friends of the tw>
women that they had for many months been
making plans to secure Thaw's release from, the
Asylum, believing: him absolutely sane. With
this 1 object in view, they have Arresponded with
him on various subjects, and his written replies
will be submitted to the proper authorities, with
. of the letters drawing forth the replies.
The Thaw family believes that these letters will
show a well balanced mind, asserting that there
is not one letter In which Harry K. Thaw does
not show the coolest of heads and a clear work
ini; brain. >
Mrs. William Thaw, who Is very feebie. has
paid repeatedly to close friends since her recent
, .jninc to Tittsburp that she is now livinn with
only: one object in view, that of seeing her son
tree omc more.
T. F. RYAN PLANS SGO.OOO COW BARN.
Concrete Structure on Virginia Estate To Be
One of the Finest in the South.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
I*ynchburg, Va.. Jan. 17.— Thomas F. Ryan, the
financier of New York and Virginia, has just ac
cepted plans for. a *5n.00n cow barn to be built on
his country estate. Oakridge. in Nelson County.
Tho him will be the most up-to-date structure of
its kin.l in the South, with the possible exception
of ;.,• Y;.inlerbi!t buildings at Biltmor*-.
I^i -i. vi ' Mr. Ryan built a palatial stable for his
-ui:i^ of thoroughbreds on his farm. The, new cow
barn will U> built entirely of concrete. r - i ~*^ lii *f-r*
PRICE TllßEi: CENTS.
MY VETO CANiWS.
LINCOLN • MEMORIAL
A FINE ARTS (<)UN( IL TO
REPORT ON IT.
President Takes Action Suggested
/>// American Institute of Archi
tects — To Designate Mcm.b>
Trim The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington, Jan. 17. — The President, actintf
un the suggestion of the American Institute of
Architects, has agreed to designate a council of
fine arts, composed of thirty men. selected from
all parts of the country, including archil
artists, sculptors: and others, and to direct hi* J
Cabinet officers to refer to this council for ex
pert advice '•all matters in their charge embrac
ing architecture. selection of sites and land
scape work, sculpture and painting."- He als»~
urges the Institute to* take steps to obtain th«
enactment of a law giving permanent effect to
bis action.
This step was taken pursuant to a letter o<!
dressed to the President on Monday, January
11. following the exclusive announcement in Th«
Tribune that the leaders of both houses of Con-,
gress, at the instance of Speaker Cannon, had
determined to enact a measure appropriating
approximately $3,250,000 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a great Lincoln Memo
rial. This measure provides that the memorial
park' and arch or other design shall be located
on Capitol Hill, between the Capitol and th*
new Union station, which site has recently b»*er»
severely condemned by the institute. It is sig
nificant that In his reply to the institute the)
President says:
"I shall request the council immediately ta
report and give their opinion on the charactea
and location of the Lincoln Memorial, as sug
gested in resolutions passed by the board of dU
rectors of the American Institute of Archi
tects."
This statement by the President Is regarded
as indicating that he may so far oppose th«
Cannon plan for the Lincoln Memorial as t«
veto the bill which the leaders of Congress ex
pect to pass, as the view of the institute regard
ing the site selected by Mr. Cannon is well
known.
The correspondence between the President
and the institute is as follows:
AMERICAN INSTITUTE LETTER
Washington, D. C . January 11, 1900.
To the President of th" United States.
Sir: In the rapid advancement which ou*
country has made in all other phases of civiliza
tion the arts have been denied that govern
mental consideration which la so universally ac
corded by other nation?.
This is not due to lack, of appreciation on th»
part of the people, nor can it be said that th*»
government has withheld financial support, tor
since the formation of the government over
$o«K>,00O,<>00 has been expended for public
buildings. monuments and other works of art.
About yo per cent of this amount has been *.p*-ne
during the last quarter century, while present
appropriations contemplate the expenditure of J
over $40,000,000 more.
The expenditure of these vast sums signifies
that we are establishing, at a rate never, sforsj
exceeded, lasting monuments to our civilization.
Under our lack of system, and in the absence .>;
proper management, the results do not ade
quately and properly represent or express tho
state of enlightenment and cultivation which our
people have attained.
The works of art of a nation are the docu
ments by which It is Judged, and their perma
nence is sufficient reason for extraordinary »-ar>»
fn their design and execution. When such,
works are undertaken by a government a h'Kii
standard of excellence becomes a national obli
gation.
Whenever the government proposes any great
project of public utility, such as irrigation op
reclamation of iand, the improvement of rivers
or harbors, the Panama Canal, or any great
engineering work, it is taken as a matter of
course that the plans must receive the fullest
measure of expert advice and criticism from
men of eminence in the profession concerned,
but such is not the case in works which, relata
to the art*.
The only department which has achieved any
success in this direction is the Treasury De
partment, through the sup*>rvi.«in?r architect's
office, sine* the passage of the Tarsney act
In the early days or the Republic President
Washington and his immediate successors
sought trained experts in the arts and called to
the service of the country those of the highest
skill, and employed them in a consistent effort
toward the building of the nation* capital.
Even in that formative period of the nation,
with th» continent undeveloped and the finances
at low ebb. the government saw to it that th»><>»
matters were handled with n<» l^ss intelligence
and farsightedness than the other project*
which engaged its attention, and. as a result. th«
earliest buildings of the government, not only in
the capital but elsewhere, rank among th»» great
architectural triumphs of their period. The sev
eral states and their growing cities were influ
enced accordingly.
With the rapid growth or the country. '«**
systematic method of procedure was lost sight
of I.Enfant beautiful plan of Washington
suffered through th<» power of each department
. to choose the site for it* own building, and tha
fact that such a plan existed was almost, if not
entirely, forgotten. The White House itself,
within recent years, has b^n threat with
mutilation through the effort* of misguided en
thusiasm for supposed improvement. Wise ac
tion by the present Executive alone saved thU
monument, but there is no assurance for it*
future. " .. "•.
Existing public buildings are large subject
to modification due to the caprice or supposed
convenience of temporary officials. New build-
Ings arc located without proper regard for their
convenience or dignity, and without a view to
the inevitable requirement for increasing dimen
sions, resulting in additional expense. Fre
quently they are found inadequate even befr>rj
they are completed. Our statues, paintings and
other works of art are treated with Ilk* indiffer
ence to the dictates of common sens" OSS?
coinage and our engraved notes have be«n
equally neglected.
COUNCIL. OF THE FINE- ARTS.
The revival of L'Enfant's plan of the city of
Washington through th* efforts of th> American
Institute of Architects has awakened the pub
lic to a consciousness of its importance, and
makes possible the realization of its essential
features, but the necessity of some ade«iuat«
safeguard for the future is made evident by the
fact that ever since the plan was revived there
have been serious attempts to encroach upon,
it. We believe that a permanent and definite
authority should be established to which shall
be referred for approval or disapproval the plans
and designs of all future public works of archi
tecture, paintings, sculpture, parks, bridges or
other works of which the art of design form*
an Integral part; that to its car* should be In
trusted the conservation of historic monuments:
and that this authority should be vested in %
bureau of fine arts as a part of a division of .
public instruction, which could Itself be under
the Secretary of the Interior. antHcould jnclude*
bureaus of education, science and the fine art*.
Under present conditions we suggest tha*. a*
an Initiatory step, the President designate %
council of the me art?, which could exerci.««
advisory functions when called upon, and could
also make recommendations upon Its own Initia
tive. We suggest:
1. That the council should consist of archi
tects, painters, sculptors, lanscape architect*
i and laymen, appointed by the President from,
nominations made by the directors of the Amer
ican Institute of Architect".
2. That the Supervising 'Architect of Us]
Treasury should be the executive.
3. That the objects should be to have th»
council advise upon the character and design
of all nublic work* of architecture, painting,
sculpture, all monuments, parks, bridges antl
other works- of which the art of design forms in
integral part, and to make recommendations fo* .
the conservation of all historic monuments.
4. That the details of carrying out of thla