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THE yEWS THIS 3IORXISG.
CONGRESS.— The Senate was not in
session. -— — House: The Indian ap
propriation bill was considered.
FOREIGN.— The correspondent of The
-Tribune in London reviews the political
"situation: there are Indications that Mr.
' Asquith will retain control of the coalition
majority: many member* of Parliament
dread another election this year, owing to
the lack of money. ===== The Seine con
tinues to fall in epite of heavy rains:
the sanitary precautions have been
stringent arid no fears of an epidemic
are entertained, ■■ ■ - The Bank of Eng
land is in an -unusually strong position to
meet any crisis in the national finances;
the British- bankers have formally with
drawn from co-operation In the Hankow
line's construction. ===== Prince and
Princess Henry of Prussia have been in
formal jruests of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra. == The consular
body stationed at Managua, Nicaragua,
lias* offered its services to bring about
peace between General Estrada, 01 the
.Insurgents, and President Madriz. — —
In the Reichstag, in Berlin, ■ socialist
member freely criticised the Kaiser and
brought on an uproar in the Chamber.
, Marquis Campobello, Spanish mil
itary attache in Paris, was wounded in
■a.. sword duel in the French capital by ■
• local merchant- ===== An alleged pint by
"ex-President Castro's friends to over
turn the present Venezuelan government
ivas discovered, and many arrests were
' juads In Caracas.
DOMESTIC. — Representatives of the
Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate testified
before the Senate Committee on Terri
tories regarding: the mineral wealth of
Alaska. - Henry M. Hoyt testified In
the BalMßfjer-Pincnot Inquiry, succeed
ing Louis R. Glavis, whose cross-exam
ination was finished. ===== The condition
of S^nctor Tillman was reported some
what more, encouraging. = Rioting
and the burning of two cars fallowed a
sudden walkout of ihe employes of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company: a
hurried strike order was issued by the
union. ■'■ : The Atlantic City police,
after a live-hour examination, failed to
..btain ■ coafesaion from the prisoners in
ibe Adams murder case. ===== it was
?<aid at Albany that Senator ADds would
probably B*» *»» the stand early next
week. * The annual 140 th night
dramatic performance was given at the
"West Point Military Academy. =====
Governor Hughes announced at Albany
That President Taft had decided to visit
the state capital on March 15.
CITY- — Stocks were lower. ■ . Eight
counterfeiters got jail scntencee aargre
zrating 150 years and tines of $7,600. Lupo
and Morello, the leaders, getting thirty
five and twenty-five years, respectively
- ■ . Mayor Gaynor and other high city
officials enjoyed pleasantries at th. ir ex
jKinse at the annual dinner of the City
Hall Reporters' Association, -r— — : A
Brooklyn pirl died from grief because
s»b>' -couldn't be a school teacher. =
Recommendations for a workmen's com
pensation act were mad- public by labor
bodies. ===== John Gorgas shot and
kill'd his brother Harry and hiss lather
n-law, Martin Hynes. in a Brooklyn sa
loon. : .. — Th« legislative commission
investigating accident cases announced
-i bat it would recommend a uniform fee
iur lawyers in such suits. : — rsr Borne
T>.?mocratic leaders expressed fear that
Chairman Connere would reveal un
j.Jeasant party secrets If a fight were
road** to. depose him. ===== An action in
the Supreme Court '■■ •: to the discovery
that the New York Taxicab Company
'.vas deluged with damage suits which
nz-ft pending. - Statistics just issued
-show that about 25 per cent at Yale
students fail to graduate.
• "THE WEATHER. — Indications for to
day: Cloudy and warmer. The t-m
jv>ra.ture yesterday: Highest. 27 degrees;
loia-iest, 15. -
BEEF TRU<T ip^DICTJUESTS.
; The-.decigioa of a • n« j "' Jersey jrraiul
jury to iirin^ an indictment against all
■.• directors of itje National Packing
• 'jiiiji.-Miy except «in« v indicates that there
It 1 goud deal of substance in the
• aaqges that there li.-!" been an illegal
manipulation of the meat market. Th ••
nation la- been made by ollicor.-;
«<f tho chief corceras in the parking
piicsiness that prices have risen solely
su-**uns**i]i!eiice of increased demand and
j^hurifljro in fMSpalj, but the public has
ibeeii for - .11, .- time suspicious that with
!)]«• control of a very huge portion of
the meat market secured to a small
iiuinl>«-r of eamoertta, and r^iniultaueous
control of the refrigerating <»---t.-ii.iisii
■wnlr beinjr exercised !>y those cob
oem& i!t<- lav.- of supply and demand
lias ii.-elf frequently been put in cold
Mora jro.
]• is clear thai it a combination ex
ists abie io increase or decrease ship
inenlji at win, and able '" draw oa re
frigerated supplies to meet any extra.
demand for foods caused by the diminu
tion of delivery, it would be within the
power of t.'i:tr combination to force
prices up artificially to the consumer
:md at the same time keep tbein down to
the producer. Perhaps the public judg
ment that. ;riven an opportunity to . x
tort excessive prices, a combination,
formed along the lines of most of our
£mtt manufacturing and t>liippfgfj trusts
v.ovid not hesitate to take an fnVftlng
jirolit may i." be ji:.-ni)<*'j in th*' case
of the particular concern which will now
have to defend itself in the Mew Jersey
court*. Hut the country win welcome a
frifil which will either exonerate the de
fendants '■•■ disclose methods by which
the meal market has bet?a cornered and
iu^'ii prtoes liave been taken from f!ie
nmauuier, a very small proportion of
liie. "«Jxev>s -ijii;s the i-r>"iu<.-er at the
.' ; •■! end of the line.
A prominent rai!r«iad president rt
uiarKed the other day, in the course Of
an interview imputing ihe general rise
iv the DSSI of living to natural causes,
that Americans' were "bad losers." ,T1»
reproach was, we think, unmerited;
Americans are as a rule "good losers
when they are satisfied that the condi
tion* of the game are fair. They «*
and ought to be "bad losers" when they
feel that the dice are loaded, and that
they are being forced to buy in a Mar
ket which is not free, but simply reflets
the purpose of those who >%«**££
to take out or the consumer "all that the
trafiic will bear/
WIIY PETER RATHER Til A* PAVLt
The H0,,. William J. Couners. now
speeding home from Florida, has »o
idea of beta? butchered to make ,a »»>
phv-Osborne holiday. He is not imbued
with the spirit of the Koman patriot
who. seeing the Eternal City *******
by -a seismic disturbance, jumped un
hesitatlnclyinto the opening chasm
which recognized his timely sacrifice by
closing after him. Mr. Connors isnt
burning to be a Curtius. Besides, it
there is a yawning chasm in the Demo
cratic party which needs to be tilled by
■ portly figure, there is the Hon. Charles
r Murphy, measuring up. In Mr. Con
i;ers s judgment, to all the requirements
of the situation. Why should he be
elected to Bate the party by effacing
himself from the landscape rather than
the equally eligible scapegoat from Bast
Fourteenth Street;
It is somewhat difficult to understand
why the little band of reriegerators
undertaking under Mr. Osboni'/s leader
ship to reorganize the Democratic party
In this state should reject Mr. Connors
merely to ally themselves with Mr. Mur
phy. If regeneration is to come, it must
coin? through an abandonment of fel
lowship with all the representatives of
the school of .leffersoniau statesmanship
which has ruled the party for the last
decade. Why, then, discriminate against
OK representative of that school and
in favor of another? There are many ob
servers of New York politics who will
not find much to choose between the
state chairman and the head of the
Tammany Democracy. Mr. Connors,
however, indicates that he will produce
evidence to show that there is something
to choose. He more than hints in his
interview with The Tribune's Palm
Beach correspondent that Mr. Murphy
has been in the habit of disposing of
judicial, city and county nominations
for cash equivalents, and that it Is his
ambition to pursue the same methods
in the distribution of nominations for
state offices.
Mr. Connors is understood to be in
polities largely f<<r glory. He has been
known to spend money made by him
outside of politics to promote his own
fortunes and the party's interests. Mr.
Murphy has never been suspected of
spending his own nionoy for such pur
poses. For him politics is a business,
< ondu^ted on capital contributed by
others and without risk to his own ac
cumulations. If there is any distinction.
therefore, to be made between these two
practitioners ot up-to-date Democracy,
it seems to be In Mr. Connors's favor.
Mr. Osbonie's newly created agency
of progress and uplift is therefore about
to i»e employed not so much to elevate
Democratic leadership in this state as to
eliminate one rival f-iY the benetit of
another. If it< first accomplishment »s
to put Mr. Murphy In control of the
state machinery, ns well as the city ma
chinery. It will have reduced the Democ
racy to a siate even lower than its pres
ent one. In the celebrated Mount
Clemens correspondence there were Inti-
BWtlons to tne effect that the Saratoga
regenerators had no real quarrel with
Tammany Ball, and assurances were
given to Mr. Murphy that no harm
would come to him through the activi
ties of Mr. Osborne's leagne. I- the.
proposed »-xpui<ion of Mr. Oonners from
the chairmanship of the state committee
to l»e accepted as conclusive proof that
Mr. Murphy and the league managers
understand each other and that the
Democratic reorganization is going t<*
accommodate itself to the needs and
purposes of Tammany leadership?
SETTLED AT LAST.
The people and the Street railways of
Cleveland have become tired <.f nghting.
The people following, until recently.
Tom Johnson were for a ."•-cent fare.
The street railways declared seven tick
ets for a quarter to be the best they
oanfd do. The two parties, to the contro
versy have compromised •) the basis
of giving the 3-cent fare a trial and
going then to the seven tickets for ~2Z»
cents if the ."-cent fare proves im
practicable. The .".-ceii! fare has al
ready received one iria.l under what
was virtually the management of Mayor
Johnson himself and failed. There ?s
not much hope of Its success this time.
The higher rate, seven tickets for a
•pinrter. wOJ probably pay in Cleveland,
for the Street railway e< in anios. which
should certainty know what liua.uejal
returns are to be expected from ihe rate,
have for several years been ready Lo
accept it.
The lew fare experiment Ikj< no par
ticular interest to any other city except
(Btsee where conditions are precisely
Bhttilar to those of Cleveland. Seven
ticket tor a quarter may prove prac
ticable there with the overhead trolley
without throwing any li^ht upon til'!
ri^ht fare in New York, with its under
ground trolley. Hut ilje n-illy •iterest
ini: experiment that Cleveland promised
at one Time to make the count r" is not
going to have t!i" opportunity to watch.
We refer to Tom Johnson's plan of hav
ing the traction lines operated by an un
selfish corj miration, forswearing profits
and dedicated solely to the public in
terest For Cleveland to hrre had a
i!i< <b-i traction system managed upon
about the game principle and with ranch
the same ■enrf-philantiiropic purpose as
a "model tenement** would have meant
Instruction and perhaps porno diversion
for the n*st of the country. We are
sorry tnis dream of Idealisr* was so
brief.
| CHEAP TELEGRAPHY.
<>iie of the American telegraph coin*
panics announces the intention of Ini
tiating an extension of its night rate
• service. Under the old plan dispatches
I which were to be sent at the reduced
rate had to be filed before !» o'clock in
the evening. It is now proposed to ex
tend the time to midnight. Moreover,
by making the minimum day rale for ■
: fifty-word night message to be delivered
at the terminal station by mail it is
thought that a somewhat different class
of patronage may be secured. Perhaps
the messages will serve the purpose of
; business letters. As ail earlier delivery
for these telegrams can be secured than
Is pomdbie for communications! Intrusted
I entirely to the mall, the senders will
i doubtless be willing to pay more for the
| service than for postage.
j The night rate system Is an old one.
j but it may not yet have reached the
NEW-lorf* DAUA -fBIBI XE. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 20. WL9.
limit of its usefulness in this country.
At any rate, a plan which is practically;
identical with tiio one here referred to
was put on trial a little more than a
year ago in France. In that <;Mintry the
posts and telegraph* arc bM managed
by thegovernmcHt. Whc;. .Ie experi
jiient. was BBdertakeo it was meant to
benefit merchant*, bankers and brokers
who were not sure of reacblus their
country correspondents next morning
by letter. There was a distinct under
standing that the authorities would
abandon 1 1 1 • venture if they were not
convinced of its utility. Whether the
practice is still maintained or not we
cannot say. but its establishment was
a stroke of enterprise for which other
countries than France have occasion to
be grateful. It may be doubted whether
the American telegraph managers
would have considered Us adoption but
for the example set by the French Min
ister of Posts and Telegraphs.
In theory, the plan should work to the
mutual advantage of the public and the
telegraph company ; which follows it.
Certain industries give employment to
their machinery night and day without
interruption. To keep telegraph " wires
busy continuously for twenty-four hours
is probably impracticable, but there is
a chance that enough patronage can be
secured to pay the operating expenses
for i somewhat larger portion of this
period than has been customary in the
l>;isr. American business men have the
reputation of being peculiarly alert to
new opportunities, and it would be Sur
prising if they failed to improve this
one.
A LONG WHILE AGO.
Mayor Guvnor seems to have no re
gard Cor the sense of historical con
tinuity. Be keeps flotng dungs which
make the average citizen wonder how-
Ion*; ago it was that the MeClellan ad
ministration passed 1 out of existence. In
the good old days of that inert and
placid order aqueduct commissioners
were never disturbed in their agreeable
task of attaching their names to a city
payroll "The best Water Register New
York ever had" let the cobwebs gather
on his desk and office chair without any
cup in or near the City Hall realizing
that he was not giving the municipality
a service many limes tho. value of his
salary.
But the new Mayor ha? changed all
that. He has even been so revolutionary
as to undertake to limit the expensive
activities of hitherto privileged function*
aries engaged in condemning laud for
the new Catskil] waterworks at from
two t>> ten times its value for other pur
poses. Under the former administration,
when there was talk of the excessive
cost of land condemnations the city au
thorities merely passed the responsibility
along to the courts, alleging that the
process of condemnation was regulated
by state jaw and directed through the
judiciary, and that so far as the city
treasury was concerned it merely had
to pay costs fixed Outside its own juris
diction. When the new aqueduct scheme
was launched by the MoClelbin admin
istration probably not the least, agree
able feature of the enterprise was the
certainty that incidentally a large num
ber of friends of the administration
could be taken care of through the.
benevolent operation of the condemna
tion machinery<
Mayor Gaynor spe.s no benevolence in
the high-cost operation of that median
ism. lie has directed the Corporation
Counsel to reduce to the barest mini
mum the clerical allowances for condem
nation commissions, and has ordered the
dismissal of hundreds of persons whoso
employment in the Cat skill region has
been dictated by personal and political
rather than public necessities. Mr. Gay
nor says :
It is regrettable to have to discharge
ho many people, but, on the other hand,
it is a criminal Offence to pad city pay
rolls or employ unnecessary persons. A
iarge number of those to be discharged.
if not all of them, were not employed
for the good of the city, but apparently
for reasons of state politics.
It is a novel and almost disconcerting
idea to those who followed the placid
course of tne MeClellan administration
to fie informed that a city payroll is no
haven of rest for politicians and the
friends and agents of politicians. ()ik»
more solace of life has been cut off. one
more eleemosynary Institution closed in
i he faces of the worthy. It is a long
time since January 1. 1910.
OPENING TIIK DELAWARE.
The approval by the federal . athori
ties of plans for the opening of the
Delaware River to a navigable depth of
twelve feet as far as Trenton is an im
portant step in the development of -.m
adequate system of coastal and inland
waterways. To develop deep water
navigation far inland will be a more
formidable task, though it will be ac
complished in due time. But certainly
there should be no hesitation in utilizing
as seaports important centres "f In
dustry which are situated upon consider
able streams within a few dozen or
score miles of the ocean.
In such development of commercial
facilities we are far behind other lands.
In England the city of Manchester has
found it greatly profitable to spend $&0.
000,000 In making itself, thirty-five miles
inland, a port- for ocean liners, and now
It ii* purposed to extend waterway facili- j
ties to Birmingham, Nottingham, Leices- I
ter and other Midland towns by con
structing a great St. George's Cross of
deep canals across the kingdom, from
the Thames to the Mersey and In in the
number to the Severn. In Germany the.
port of Duisburg, a hundred miles up
the Rhine, is a great commercial centre,
while Cologne, a hundred and fifty miles
up, is the home port of dozens of ocean
steamships plying thence to Baltic,
North Sea and Atlantic ports. Albany is
the same distance up what we call the
•■American iJhine,"' but we do not hear
of ocean steamships docking there.
The idea that there is rivalry or In
compatibility between waterways and
railroads is also to by flung into limbo.
In Germany, wherever railroads and
canals or canalized rivers exist side by
side the traffic of both is rapidly in
creasing. Instead of ruinous competi
tion, there is mutually profitable co-op
eration. Statistics of traffic on nouns
American streams and railroads show
the same results, as notably on the
Great Kanawlm River and the railroads
which parallel it. The rule holds good
in such cases just as it does in our city
transportation lines, that Increase of
facilities increases use Of them.
This opening of the Delaware to Tren
ton for coastal if doc for transatlantic
commerce will be a valuable thing for
all the clustered centres of industry \
along that stream. It should suggest
and irresistibly promote the further en
terprise of rescuing from Its present*
neglect and tfteoss the canal which con
nects the Delaware with New York Bay
and of making it a deep highway of
transportation. Such a waterway from
>"ew York to Philadelphia would bo of
immense local value, while it would be
of importance as the great central link
in the chain of Inland waterways which
should, and. we believe, w\]\ in time,
extend along our Atlantic Coast from
Massachusetts to Georgia.
"Fingey" seems inclined to snow him
self a "first class lighting man."
Mr. Zelaya'a book will be an interest
ing contribution to the autobiographies
of dictators, if only he makes it full and
frank, but we have no idea that it will
cause tho United States hopeless humili
ation.
If tha story concerning the condition
in which the cruisers West Virginia anil
Maryland reached San Francisco after
the recent voyage across tho Pacific be
substantially true, their deterioration
has been remarkably rapid. They have
been In commission only about five
years, and tho average lifetime of a
rightine; ship Is at least throe times as
lonp.
"Subway seats for all." It must be
some celestial subway.
Mr. Curtis Guild apparently does not
foel that he owes anything to the dig
nity of the Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts, else he would not permit one
who had been honored with its highest
office to carry on a controversy concern
ing public affairs in the language of
BUMngsgate. An iconoclast has just
been proclaiming that Governor Han
cock was not so pood as he should have
been, but, shade of John Harvard! think
of John Hancock denouncing George lit
in the vocabulary of Curtis Guild:
Professor McMillan and Captain Bart
lett may possibly feel repaid for their
trouble if they study the reasons why
Sir Ernest Shackleton used ponies to
draw his sledges in the Antarctic. Such
an inquiry might lead them to abandon
the proposed trip to Etah to secure dogs.
The bill permitting the carriage of
o'ogs on streetcars may command the
approval of some who cannot be happy
without their canine pets, but we should
really think it more rational first to
secure adequate accommodations for
human beings. It scarcely seems right
to make people stand while dogs occupy
the scats: it is to be doubted whether
chivalry requires a man to surrender
his seat to a woman just because she is
lugging a dog in her arms; and there is
ground for thinking that passengers in
a c?>r have a right to protest against
having miscellaneous curs sniffing about
their ankles or pawing over their clothes.
Senator Bailey Is the only Democrat wo
have seen in thirteen years who looks as
though lie had never known hard times.—
Columbia (S. C.) State.
Tho Texas Senator will hardly be
available this year or two years hence as
a "calamity orator."
That is a pretty radical proposition,
that mail carriers shall deliver mall at
no houses save those which are pro
vided with boxes conveniently placed
outside to receive it, but it would be
difficult to demonstrate its unreasonable
ness. At present a large part of tho
carrier's time is wasted in waiting for
an answer to his ringing at the door. If
he could drop the letters into a box and
ro bis Way, without waiting for a dila
tory maid to come and get them, he
could make his rounds in much less time,
ami the result would be a more prompt
deHvery of mail to all. As for the cost
of boxes to the public, it would be so
small as to be practically negligible;
certainly no more than people might
properly be expected to pay for the
facilitating and expediting of their own
pei- vice.
THE TALK OF THE DAT.
Bishop BowS. of the Episcopal mission
ary district of Ala?k«i, is in the Kast,
ppf-aklng in behalf of his territory. In a
recent address in Philadelphia ha said:
"The demand of the country is a form of
home government to mako known our
needs. A hill to this effect is expected to
be introduced by Delegate Wlckersham. A
hoir.o council is demanded, which may act
as a quasi-legislaturt and suggest to Con
gress the will of thtir constituents as to
Alaskan legislation.''
The Grover Cleveland babies are begin
ning to figure in the marriage statistics.
(Crop of 18SS.) *
The San Juan hotels are getting? weather
beaten. (Crop of 1898.) ' "
The Togo pups- are old dogs now. (Crop
of 1904.)— Louisville Courier-Journal.
AT ALBANY.
Whist! Don't be asking questions,
Or if you do, speak low;
There's doings by some statesmen
The public shouldn't know.
"What is it? Well, now promise
You'll never tell it, honey—
They do say that some statesmen's
■ £>ecn playing bridge for money.
W. J. LAMPTOK.
"Who was it said the pun is the lowest
form of humor."
■'Some guy who never had had a practi
cal joke played on him, most likely."—
Buffalo Express.
There was an eruption of the "Foils"
volcano at San Jose, Costa Rica, recently,
which received no • newspaper attention in
this country, perhaps because there were
no lives lost. It was, nevertheless, an in
teresting occurrence. Unlike other vol
canoes, the one In Costa Rica did not
erupt lava or burning ashes: it emitted in
stead a line white powder that completely
covered 'he streets of San Jose/ The
weather was cold at the time, and as the
powdered ashes were white the people of
that semi-tropical country were surprised
to behold as they believed for a time— tha
first visitation Of snow.
Suffragette— believe that . a woman
should get a man's wages.
Married Man— Well, Judging from my own
experience, she does.— Tit-Bits.
In the new British Parliament there are
the .same number of Jews as there were
In the last. On the Liberal side there are
Herbert Samuel, for Cleveland; E. S. Mon
tagu, son of Lord Swmythliag. for Chest***
town; Stuart Montagu Samuel, for White
chapel; Alfred M. Mood, for Swansea; Mor
ris Levy, for Leicester; Charles B. Henry,
(or Mllllr-gton, and Kufua Isaacs, for Read
ing. Tho Conservatives elected Sir Harry
Samuel, for St. Tancras; Arthur Straus,
for Faddington, and Sir Philip Magnus,
lor London University.
Mrs. Starvem— How do you like th«
chicken soup, Mr. Newbord?
Mr. Newbord— Oh— la this chicken
soup?
Mrs. Starvem— Certainly. How do you
like It? - -
Mr Wewbord— Well me it's certainly very
tender.— The Catholic Standard and Times.
On April 2, in Baltimore, a. dinner in
honor of Dr. William 11. Welch, of Johns
Hopkins University, will be given. Tim oc
casion will be marked by the presence of
Dr. Hadley, president of Yale; Dr. Jewell,
president of Harvard, and Dr. Wilson,
president of j Princeton. A u"ld incdul. in
token of his contributions to medical 6'"i
t:i;ce. will be presented to Dr. Welch. "Dr.
Welch, in bis work nt th© Johns Hopkins
Medical School, as organizer of the Rocke
feller Institute and lit many other capaci
ties." says "The lialtlmuro Sun," "has
shown us, great skill us an executivo as
he has demonstrated in his own specialty
of pathology. His rare professional attain
ments and usefulness and personal quail
ties give him a high place in the rstecm
and affection of laymen as well as of sci
entists."
"What actress do you- think has the
greatest hold on the American public?"
"Well, I believe that Maud« Adams is
at present nbout three brands of soap and
two corsets ahead of the Held."— Cleveland
Leader.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE BELEAGUERED MADRIZ.
I\> the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the prepeni moment a a*Mt un
furtunate condition of affairs exists in
Nicaragua, Central America. There Presi
dent Madriz. elected by the national Con
gress, i s trying his utmost to put down a
double-headed revolution bequeathed to his
government by the Zelaya regime, which
left the country In a ruined condition.
Notwithstanding all thK American citi
zens nre n«nv in tho ranks of the revolu
tion, fighting against «. legitimate Central
American government at peace with the
rniu-d States. There are also rumors that
shiploads of arms, cannon and munitions of
war have been sent freely from American
ports to heip those who are fighting tho
Nfc&raguan government.
To complicate matters still more, a num
ber of Americans at MatagsißSi formed, ac
cording to the press d'spatches, a company
to join the revolutionists against the gov
ernment of Nicaragua.
Americans protest that their workmen are
taken from the plantations, but thpy forget
that ali Nicaraguans must serve their coun
try in the ranks in time, of war. But this
is not peculiar to Nicaragua; every country
has the same law. Cannot tho powerful
Amprlcßn press say something In favor of
justice to Nicaragua?
LATIN- AMERICAN.
New York. Feb. 16. 1910.
TWAS A TEAPOT TEMPEST.
T<> the Editor of Th<? Tribune.
Sii ■: May a mere woman utter a feehia
note of regret tllat the excitable methods
Of yellow journalism have invaded tho
Weather Bureau?
Since Tuesday have we not left homo
■with fear and trembling, well provided with
heavy wrap?, overshoes, arctics, even um
breltas? Have we nnt left warning worda
behind us a? to what to flo when the fear
ful storm struck us?
And after many days Of fear. na= not tho
mountain labored and brought forth a very-
Email mouse? '"'■ *•
East Oranpe, N. J.. Feb. 18, 1910.
UTILITY OF COLD STORAGE.
To the Editor of Tlk Tribune.
Sir: The cold storage industry has lately
been a byword on the lips of the consumer,
accompanied by a shade of doubt and hor
ror on the part of those who do not under
stand its function. There are two major
questions at present unsolved in the public
mind: Does cold storage aid and abet the
raising of prices of food products? and. Is
it uesirablc that food products be stored
at all?
Practically all food products at certain
times of the year are actually a glut on
the market. In the earlier days the farmer
raised them only for seasonable dPinand,
and any excess beyond the public needs
retted and went to waste. Now. through
the medium of the cold storage industry,
the farmer, cattleman and fisherman may
produce at the season more than the public
requires and placp It at the disposal of the
people throughout the unproductive periods.
During the unproductive periods, when
only a small proportion of the demand can
be supplied by fresh material, it is the
market price of th* fresh product which
makes tho daily standard of price, and
were it not for the surplus in storage act
ing as a grpat leveller the consumer would
see prices soar almost beyond his r aoh.
In this enlightpned age We are not satis
fied to wait until the apples ripen on the
trees or the strawberries bluah on the vines,
but want them all the year round. Through
tho aid of the hothouse* and th* cold stor
age vaults hardly any kind of fruit, berry,
fish, flesh or fowl is denied to the peopla
throughout the y»ar.
There is. however, in the ptttttte mind a
sentiment agninst the storas«s of foodstuffs.
"Oh, It's been stored!" is thn cry. "It's
dry and tasteless." Now, nobody claims
that a fowl that has been some time, in
storage is as tender and Juicy as it would
have been if eaten fresh In the best sea
son, but it is a well established fact that a
good fOWI killed at the best season and
fctored thrte months is better than any
fowl killed at the end of that time :s likely
to be, even if eaten fresh. Furthermore,
there is nothing in itself deleterious in tho
storing of foods.
The cold storage warehouses, in fact, ate
useful servants of the public. Th«\v in
crease many times over the supply of fool
available for the public needs. They mako
possible a much more varied range Of diet
through the winter months than could bo
had without them.
The cold storage warehouses arc open at
all times to Inspection, and the inspection
by city, state and fsderal officers is con
stant and is welcomed by the companies.
HENRY H. FAHHR.
Vice-president Kings County Refriger
ating Company.
Brooklyn, Feb. 17, 1910.
"PRO'S" REPLY TO "ANTI."
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: As you have given space in your
valuable paper to two letters within the last
two ilaj s from women who seem proud to
call themselves "untls," I venture to makt>
my feeble protest on UM other side 1 feel I
must say a word for the wage earners.
if your correspondents, Mih. Paul Wright
and H. B. M., were taken from their com
fortable homes, had not "good men" to
cart- for them and were not paid even living
wages, would they not take a different view
of the present question? We, who have the
loving care of husbands and comfortable
honKs, ar» tho ones who should give time
and means to the cause.
In all great reforms the pioneers have
been subjected to severe criticism and cen
sure. In the early days when women were
first struggling for their rights such noble
women as Susan B. Anthony, Klizabeth Cady
Stanton and our* own Julia Ward Howe were
assailed by men and women who opposed
the movement. But to-day hundreds of
women are reaping th« v benetlt of that cam
paign in the various professions and trades
that have been Opened to their sex.
It seems incredible to mo that any woman
should oppose the idea of tho ballot.
Every man should take off his hat to a
woman who has the courage and the ability
to teach her sister how she may gain inde
pendence and who gives her strength and
time without thought of emolument.
B. W. I*.
Blnghnmton, >•"• T., Feb. 14, 1910.
HUGHES AND THE PEOPLE.
Governor Hughes in Lesße*S Weekly.
1 bOM the time has gone by when it will
be throught necessary to protect tho in
terests of lifo insurance pollcyholders by
efforts to corrupt legislators. Publicity,
discussion, fair understanding of what \oii
have In view and what is essential to th>s
proper conduct of thi* business— those are
jrottf guarantees and those are the securi
ties of the polleyhoMers you represent.
You are not handling your" own moneys,
but th« savings of the people. You are not
responsible for legislation ana you have no
duty In any way, by any method which will
not stand full and ptiblit- dlhrunsiun. to
thwart any attack upon the Interests com
mitted to your care. You can much bett«r
trust the people, If they understand the
oituatlon, than you can trust those who are
purchasable and run the rl^k lv the future
«f reaping the harvest which la inevitable
if there he town in our legislative hulls the
hi eds of bribery and corruption.
"NO CLOUD," ETC.
Prom The Schenectady Union.
Snowstorms are not so bad, after all.
One in Kentucky held up a meeting of the
Leelslalur*.
People and Social Incident*
AT the white house.
[Trom The Tribune Eureau.l
irashington. Fel>. 19.— The President told
J2rtOf hla oallStS to-day that he felt
confident favorable action will be taken by
Loth houses on the Interstate commerce. -
MMMattatttn postal * avin « s and antl-In-
JU Rep C re,on!ative linnet conferred with the
Rspfesentative Bmtn* conferred with the
President about th« swlisssw to Surveyor
Clarkson. When asked about the rumor
that Mr BuKhor had been chosen, Mr. Ben
net said- "I do not so understand and I
hoi» he 'is "ot to be appoint"!. He is m
Democrat pure and simple, and I see M
reason why there are not hundreds of sood
Republicans in New York just M eligible.
He bee no special qualifications for the po
sition and would not mako a good officer."
Ex-Senator Hemenway and ex-Reprcsen
tatlvo Watson discussed Indiana appoint
ments. i;j; _. ,
rmldent Taft will attend the Ohio "S al
loy exposition, to be held In Cincinnati Au
gust 29 to October 1. be having accepted an
invitation present* d by Robert Reynold*,
president of the exposition, and a delega
tion from Cincinnati.
• Senator Bradley, introduced C. F. o*Sm,
a Louisville attorney, who seeks a pardon
for f! (i. Miller, former assistant cashier or
the Third National Bank of Louisville, con
victed of embezzling 15,000. Mr. Osjdea
filed a pardon application with the Depart
ment of Justice and until this is : acted on
the Louisvillo court has suspended sen
tence.. • . V *.» '
Senators Fletcher and Tallaferro urged
the President to retain John E. SUUmaa **
collector of customs at Pensacola. Mr. Still
man is also Indorsed by the Treasury De
partment. Captain W. Tf. Northrop ha*
been recommended for the office by the
Florida Republican organ lzatroti.
President Taft delivered the opening ad
dress this afternoon at the mass meeting In
Memorial Continental Hall.
. The President, with Mrs. Taft. Mrs.
Laughlin, her sister; Mrs. McCagg. of Chi
cago ; Lieutenant Palmer and Captain Butt,
occupied a box at the National Theatre this
evening to see Richard Carle in "Marys
Lamb." About 10 o'clock the President, ac
companied by Captain Butt, went to tho
Raleigh Hotel to attend the Yale alumni
dinner.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.] -
Washington, Feb. 19.— The Austrian Am
bassador has changed the date of hi.= sail
ing from this country for Europe to March
?, but Baroness Hengelmiiller and their
daughter. Baroness Mila HengelmuUer, will
carry out their original plan of sailing on
March 2.
Baron Ambrozy, who has been counsellor
of the Austrian embassy heM sincf» ISST,
has been promoted to counsellor of the
Austrian embassy in Rome and will sail
for that country early in April. He will be
succeeded here by BaroH Lowentßal yon
I>iuan, who is now in Athens. II" han be,rn
in the diplomatic service since V*~>, serving
at Madrid. Taneler. Beltjrad.i and Tokio.
Baron Lowenthal will be marri d be#dre
com In? here.
The (.Jerman Ambassador and Countess
yon Bernstorff have arranged for a pee* 1
Lentea ball at thfl embassy on th* night of
March 2P. Th^y have issued invitations f<>r
a dinner at the embassy :i^xt Wednesday.
The Japanese Ambassador and Baroness
Uchida. who had plannrd to return bo the
embassy to-day, will remain in New York
until Thursday.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Buisserct entertained the Austrian Am
bassador and Baroness Hengelmliller and
a few other guests at dinner to-night.
The Norwegian Minister and Mme. Glide
went to Norfolk to-day, accompanied by
their daughters. They will remain there
several days.
Lieutenant Colonel and the Hon. Mr.".
Bernard James will return to Washington
to-morrow from New York, where they
went to see Mrs. James's sister, the Hon.
Rachel Kay Shuttleworth, off for Eng
land.
Count Ladlslas 'Cz!raky, .Austrian at
tache, accompanied a party of New York
and Washington people to Palm Beach in
the special car Wanderer.
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From The Tribune Bureau.}
Washington. Feb. 19.— Mrs. I* Z. Loiter
entertained at dinner to-night the Swedish
Minister and Mme. de LuKfi'craniz, the Por
tuguese Minister, Senator and Mr*. Dene*.
Senator and Mrs. Newland*. Representa
tive and Mrs. James Breck Perkins. Repre
sentative and . Mrs. John W. Week-. Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Reynolds Hitt. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Pearsall. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loiter,
Mr.«. Rescoe C. Bulmer. Miss Terry. Lieu
tenant Cumperip. Italian naval attache,
and William Hitt.
Mrs. A. < . Barney entertained guests at
luncheon to-day to meet Ruth St. Denis,
the dancer, and gave a teu this afternoo*
in complim'.Mt to Stephen Coleridge, vl
KiiL'land.
Mrs. F. B. Moran gave a large. reception
to-night for the Arclupologlcal Society,
when' an address was delivered by Profes
jeof Barr." She- was assisted by her daugh
ters, "Mrs. Hudgins, of Washington, and
Mrs. Conine, Of New York. Mrs. A. C.
Barney and Mrs. Robert Travers served
punch!
Smong tho hosts entertaining dinner
parties to-night were Mrs. Samuel Spencer,
the Misses Patten and Representative
Jaxaei R. Mann, who had the members of
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee and others as guests.
The Vi<\-e-Pre.~Ment entertained a small
dinner party of men to-night.
Mr. and Mrs. Kdson Bradley returned to
their Washington borne tv-night after a
ten days" visit in Philadelphia, New V>rk
and Tuxedx
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
L<MH ib no longer dull from a social point
of view, and the next ten days will fur
nish a round of gayetles, winding up with
the Mi-Carenio calico bull at Sherry's on
Thursday week, with dances gtVCSJ by M.s.
Harry Payne Whitiivy and Colonel John
Jacob Astor at their respective Fifth aw
«ue houses on the same evening. Between
now and then there are a number of din
ners, small daaees, theatrteal eatertaavi
menta, and, in particular, saaartlages, the
prejudice against their celebration atetag
the penitential season having \ a ills tied
along with the traditional sackcloth and
ashes.
Of the weddings the most notable aria
undoubtedly be .that of Miss Marie Louise
Logan, daughter of Mrs. John A. Logan,
Jr., to Henri do Slncay, of Brussels, on
Wednesday next, in the Lady Chapel of
St. Patrick's Cathedral, where the cere
mony, will be performed by the Archbishop
of New York. The bride, who has recent
ly become a convert to the Roman Cath
olic Church, to which Henri de Sincay be
longs, will have her sister Edith aa her
maid of honor, and Ihe bridesmaids will
Include Miss Marjorle Gould. Miss Mar
jorle Curtis. Miss Elsie Nlcoll, Miss Eliza
beth Latimer. Miss Frances Alexander and
Miss Constance Parmelee, of Cleveland.
Edmond de Sincay, an uncle of tho bride
groom, will be the best man, and the
ushers chosen are his brother-in-law, the
Prince do Llgne. of tho Belgian Legation
at Washington; Moncure Robinson, the
Due de ViUloinbrosa. John A. Logan. 3d,
William S. Moore. Anthony J- r>re\tl. jr.,
W. Rhlnelunder Stewart. jr.. »d Charles
A. Munn. of Washington. Following the
ceremony there wilt be a reception at tho
home of Mrs. John A. Logan, Jr.. the
mother of the bride, in West •*■ street,
and on the next day Henri de Slncay and
hla bride will sail for his home. In Bel
glum, where his father. Guaton de Sincay.
who has arrived hero for the wedding:, is
at the bead Of the sine producing Indus
try. Mrs. Logan gave a dinner last night
a: htf ■■■» for I >. brlfla] att»n4ant9, b<»si
»n- n an<l :.-i.<.r«.
Amateur theatricals are a favorlW d
version in Lent, and the very sticce3jr.il
play given by the Junior League at th«
Waldorf -Astoria, and the still more brill
iant musical pantomimes at Th« X*"- The
atre on Friday afternoon last, will ■> f oj _
lowed on Thursday next by an. . amateur
production of Sir William S. Gilbert's
"The Island of Broken Hearts." ,? th<« Carl
neg!e Lyceum. The affair will b<& or th*
benefit of the Manhattan Trade School tor
Girls, and arnons; those stated for parts Ja
the play are Mrs Langrlon Ge«r. lQ^
D<»rothy Bull, Mls3 Eleanor Townaend, Jttj,
Rosina OtLs, IBm Theresa Ingrerso:!.* in am
Elizabeth Reed and .'.-- Lucy Brotvo. T>»«
patronesses include Mrs. Whitney Warren.
Mrs. Julian W. Kobbins, Mrs. Henry
Bogert. Mrs. FrHTioi.^ K. Appleton. Mrs. jj
Thayer RoM) and Mrs. Cnarlea R. Pellet *
With regard to the calico ball oa Th.it*.
day week for ON benefit of the Ladl^
Auxiliary of the Lyln*-ln- Hospital, . h#
committee in charge of th» affair. ■*,n«j I t.
in? of Mr« Arthur Scott Burden. Mr% tr .
thur IseHn. Mrs. W. Earl Dodsr, jj.',"
Payne Whitney. Mrs. Austen Cray. ]£,*
John R. E>rexrt, Mr*. J. Xonnan" t j» »
Whitehouse and Mrs. William Woo^aj*
has arrange! that the dance which b't-,
tak<? place at Sherry's Ns pr«>r^ri-<j t7
dinner there. As rnosi of lac v- .rn*n »m
be arrayed In frocks of calico or chintz «•
Kay pattern, the lomm presented in tij^
Kreat ballroom during the dance vrill tV
decidedly picturesque. Many dinner* »m
be given In connection with the ball, nota
bly MM by Mrs. Mackay at her | oa»» kj
Madison avenue, the hostesses taking their
gue.-ts afterward to Sherry's.
Uaron Mayor dcs Planche?. who has for
so many years held the post of Italian
Ambassador to the United States and } <an
of the diplomatic corp* at Washington.
and the baroness will take leave of their
many [friends in Nam York en Ttiesdar
night at the special performance of "la
Gioeunda" at the Metropolitan Opera
Do— for the benefit of the Society ~n«
Italian Immigrants. The ambassador and
the baroness sail on Oh IMbbwbmj day for
Europe, bourui rir?t for Rome and then far
Constantinople, to which capital the am
bassador has •*<■ transferred. The per
formance, therefore, on Tuesday will b<,
in the nature of a farewell reception ar.<i
an ovation to them. The commits la
charge of the entertainment is headed by
Mrs. Lloyd i.i '. Gri.scom, wife of the former
American Ambassador at Rome, while co
operating with her are Mrs. Ernesto O.
Fabbri, lira. William DourU3 Sloane. Mrs.
William B. Osajosd Field. Mrs. Lev Cas*
r^dyard. Mrs. Jam-- W. Ellsworth. .\fr-.
Frederic Bronson and Mr-. Dave Henne^
Morris. Tickets may be obtained from
Mis-- Doane, No. 15 Weal Slth street, also
at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Mr-. Harry Payne Whitney ati a lar?j
dinner to-night at bet DOW house, in Flfii
avenue, followed by music. Mrs. Stuy-vw
ant Fish has another of her big dinners on
Washington's Birthday at her '. 00a* la
East 79th street, and also one on Mar 1,
immediately afterward leaving for the
South, and Mr?. M. Orme Wilson pa* invi
tations out for a dinner on Wednesday a:
her house, in East 64th street.
Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden* dances *itl
be a feature of the programme of fas ft
tertainment to be given for •'.- New Tori
Association for the Blind at the Hotel A»»r
on Monday after Easter.
Mr.*. William A. at Burden has clos*!
her house in town, and has left the city
with her children for her place in the Mi
rondark.. . .
Mr. and Mr-. Leonard M. Thomas, hay*
returned from Canada and will go to Pain
Beach on Wednesday for the remainder of
their honeymoon. Among others at Palm
Beach is Frederick Townsend Martin.
Sailing, yesterday for Europe were tin
Countess of Dartrey, her daughter, Lady
Mary Dawson; tho Coume.-s •■: Harewood.
Lord Robert Innes-Ker. younger broth?'
of flic Duke of Roxburgh- Miss Constancy
Over. the Hon. Rachel Kay Shuttleworth.
who has been spending the winter with her
brother-in-law, the military attach* of th*
British Minister at Washington, and
with her sister. the Hon. Mr?. Jarat-S
Louis Meredith Uowland and Frederick K.
Seward.
The Hon. Montague- and th* Hoa. Jo. i
Parker have arrived la town an are sM -
in* ai the St. Regis, They an j-ouu»ff
brothers of the Earl of Merit: to who*
lnjii age Captain Montague Parser, of th*
Grenadier Guard*, is heir presumptive.
.Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt. Mr?. ''•V. Etole."*
OS in lit Mrs. Frederick T. Van Be^ren.
jr.. Mr- Lewis Class LedyarJ and Mrs.
Richard Irvin aro. among the p«itrom ?;•*»
of a reading of Mutterlinck's poen:, "Pel
leas el Melisande." by Vincent de Wiers
Bicki. at N... 1 West SsUi street, on Frida/
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The entertain
ment is for the benefit of the open-air
class for tubercular crippled children main
tained by Miss Spence's School Society,
and the music, by D«bussy, «a be I-'
nished by Mme. Lillie Sane-Collins, at t!i>>
piano. Tickets can be obtained from MU-*
Hilda Robinson Smith. No. '• TTtet SStft
street.
Washington-* Birthday and the '" ' .ol
lowlrfs days will be made the occasion c '
a bazaar with aranuue and BO " c en
tertainments, at the University sfttlcir.eat.
corner of EldrlJse and Rivins *tr t et,
for the benefit of the Summer tome £r
mothers and children. The entcrtau.meat
has been organized by the Woman .-*«£
iary of the University Settlement^
Mrs. John K. M. Arthur is PM'ji-
James Sp*yer, vice-president: MfcM Ba»
Ifrnaaß souetary, asrf Mrs " e re . '
Sbrady, t*ss«s«rer,
IN THE BERKSHIFSES.
[Ky Telegraph to Tlw ™<^ **•
Lenox. Feb. Regiaterej ** +L hixr
He Hotel for over Washington* va ~\ .
are Mr. and Mr, Harris Fanaewcj
and Mrs. atooasell S. Cr«»T.t*g '_
Helen and Civilise Alexandre, »££ —j^
Ware. Malcolm Douglas **"*
Sloane. Philip Curtis and Rieawa -
val. all of New York; Mr. and Mr*. -^ p.
ker B. fiske. Dr. and Mr*
Bollard. Miss Rosamond l ( ' x ">; „ ton .
Donald and Francis —law* el *** on
The eati >• company was out co*» -
the crust this afternoon. Sb« • ■»*" j_^
shires is now flve feet dee*) ■• , L^^
are buried and coasters can. slitU» tou "" (
on a stretch toward OlHliksalillß -ryniis
Mrs. Carl De Gersdorf ts at l "
Inn. Otawihsslfe. . . N ,t*
president Charles S. Melton of the -
Haven Railroad came up
in Stockbrldso. to-night, with n»
Eavmond and Amory MeUcn
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Frothing**: l
Overlee to-day for J-fkyl Island. _ . .
Mrs. William B. Bacon who .. ;
vlsitlns Mr. and Mrs. Daniel *\VF~
departed to-day for Boston. fc ,^»*
Dr. and Mrs. Austin K. W^J^
their R uest 3 at the Oessway* "J^,
bridge. Malcolm Mcßurney and M»*» .
othy Moran. of New- York.
Mr». William 1 Bradford, her djaj
Mr,. Lindsay Fairfax, MM* M 3S^*^ ond4 y
Bradford Fairfax will depart en Mon
for Atlantic City.
DAUGHTER BORN TO ORANAR«£
London. Fei>. 10-A
to-day to the Earl and C^ggg*|]
urd. The>moth«r before her ta »* v .
Miss Beatrice Mills, of ***} orW - diU *
tcr Of Mr. and Mrs. Os«len ilU*