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New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
PROTECTION FOR THE PRESIDENT.

The feeling that il is impossible under exist
ing laws adequately 10 punish the anarchist
who attempted 10 take the life of President
Mckinley has led TO a widespread desire for
measures better TO protect the Chief OF State
from the attacks of those who strike at the
government through his person. Public senti-
ment would doubtless approve a law prescrib-
ing an extremely severe penalty for any attack
upon the President but il is not easy to devise
legislation 10 that end. because the constitu-
ton of the United States drafted with the
set purpose of protecting the people from their
rulers. without any thought of the necessity of
protecting the rulers from some of the people.
The founders Of the government were
tremely particular about the bill of rights safe
guarding individual citizens and about protect
ing the representatives, of the people from ar
rest during their sessions. They had before
them examples OF arbitrary power. and knew
how Charles | had trampled on Parliamentary
opposition and invaded the House OF Commons.
They did not dream. however that in republic
the free choice of the voters could be in any
danger of violence. and so they left him to the
same protection OF the law given TO any other
citizen. They did not foresee that his danger
would be greater. and that before this time
three Presidents would be shot down, not be-
cause of any personal enmity, but simply be-
cause they happened 10 stand al the head Of
the government. Ii may be doubted IL, in case
they had foreseen the danger. they would have
been willing TO guard against il. so fearful
were they of surrounding the President with
anything of the divinity that doth hedge king
Under the English common law an attack on
the head of the State treason. but the
American democracy, feeling that no just ruler
could be in danger. and also feeling that any
such law of treason might be used by an un-
scrupuous President TO punish opponents, as 1t
had been in England. where ministers in favor
had sent ministers out of favor TO the block,
changed the common law rule and declared:
Treason against the United States shall con-
.'sist only in levying war against them or in
''adhering 10 their enemies, giving them aid
'and comfort
The suggestion of Senator Mason. therefore.
that ''tIe who attempted to kill President
Mckinley is guilty OF treason does not point
to a remedy. II is treason in fact, but il is not
50 under the law of the United States, and
cannot be made so. The question, then, arises
whether a special penalty can be prescribed for
stacks on the President without running
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
FAILURE OF WOMEN CAR CONDUCTORS.

FAILURE OF WOMEN CAR CONDUCTORS.
There was recently made in Western city
the experiment Of employing women as con-
tuctors on streetears. The motives which led
to II were various Some believed the women
would attract patronage. and others that they
would work for lower wages than men, while
vet others argued that the work, being light
and cheerful and of social nature was par
ticuarly well adapted to be performed by the
gentler sex. So the experiment was made Con-
siderable curiosity concerning it was mani
tested by the public, and many predictions,
favorable and unfavorable, were uttered. After
a short time ii proved a complete failure and
was abandoned, in circumstances which will
probably preclude any renewal of it, there or
elsewhere, when the facts are known.
1t appears that none of the unfavorabe pre-
dctions were realized, but the experiment
failed from entirely unexpected cause.
Women were ready to serve, and at reduced
wages Their presence on the cars did attract
increased patronage. from women as well as
from men. They did not show partiality in
their treatment of passengers. They did not
find the work too hard. They We're honest in
the handling of fares and they made their trips
on time In fact. in all the minor details of the
work they, got on admirably, and the experiment
seemed success But in the one paramount
requirement they were found hopeessly in
efficient, and for that reason they were dis
missed and the experiment was abandoned.
They failed in the exercise of speech. That
seems an extraordinary thing TO say, in view
of popular traditions concerning the lngual
abilities of womankind. but 1t is So The Of
fetal statistician of the company reports that
scarcely 5 per cent of the women were able
to say "Step lively can't wait all day for your
with a satisfactory infection. Less than per
cent could or would yell, Move up there in the
centre of the carl" while only beggariy per
cent seemed capable of shouting, "All out take
next car aheadr' when ii was raining hard and
the streets were muddy and the passengers had
paid their fares for an unbrOken through trip
Worst of all. only an insignificant fraction OF
per cent could be found able. willing or ready
to say TO passenger who had asked to be let
off at Tenth-st "Seventeenth! walk back seven
blocks! why in blazes didn't you get move on
when you ought tor
This, it must be confessed, is q deplOrable
showing amply justifying the abandonment of
the experiment. 1t seems hard. of course. that
women must be condemned to toll behind dry
goods counters and teachers desks and type
writing machines when they might instead be
Jerking belIcords and fishing" trOlleys car
platforms in all sorts of weather. But If nature
has denied them the requisite gift of speech,
they may as well recognize their limitations
and accept the situation.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
THE PRESIDENTS PHYSICIANS.

While all the news from Buffalo is reassuring
and hope grows stronger hourly, positive predlc-
tions of the Presidents recovery must still be
deferred for a little time. But it is not TOO
soon 10 express a profound sense of gratitude
and obligation to the sklful and devoted doc
tors who have attended him. and especially to
DR. Mann who performed the operation which
in all human probability saved his life. With
that momentous responsibility suddenly de-
yolved upon him. Dr. Mann did not hesitate to
accept il beyond brief interval Of waiting for
an expected colleague. Promptness was of the
first importance. provided the requisite pro-
ficiency. unimpared by the extraordinary cir
cuInslances of the case, could be relied on TO
take advantage of the most favorable moment.
That Dr. Mann was equal TO a supreme trial
the immediate result, the subsequent develop
ments and the strongest professional testimony
conclusively prove. There is 10 higher or more
disinterested authority than that of DIR. Me-
Burney who has taken care to speak in terms
of the warmest praise of the manner In which
the operation was performed and Of the cool
discernment with which an Indispensable de-
cision was swiftly formed by the consulting
surgeons.
Whatever the issue. now so hopefully awaited
NAV be- DR. Mann and his associates will be
held In lasting honor by the country and the
world
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
millions of native subjects by pestilence ane
starvation.
PUSHING WORK SWIFTLY.

The tearing down Of the old Stock Exchange
Building the clearing away of the wreckage
and the work on the foundations OF the cosby
new structure have been pushed forward Win
energy and speed There is no dawdling no loi-
terins over this interesting enterprise. Favored
Tammany contractors who have been success
ful in getting awards for municipal buiidings
and for other undertakings which must be PAID
for out of the city treasury often display al
exasperatine slothfuness. They rely upon their
political influence to escape trouble. and In
many cases their delays are without reasonable
excuse. If every contractor who has charge OF
work for the municipality would press on as
diligently as the Stock Exchange contractors
have been doing, the completion OF many great
improvements in the city would be Mastered
amazingly.
The brokers in bonds and stocks made the
best arrangements in their power for the trans
action of their business until their new home is
finished by leasing their present quarters, in the
Produce Exchange Building But naturally they
are impatient to get into their new building
and the construction is rushed at breathless
pace. Americans have surpassed all otner
peoples OF ancient or modern times by the
celebrity with which they make bridges and the
excellence of the results achieved, and they can
safely defy competition in their triumphs with
the raising Of business buildings of vast proper
tlons in an incredibly short space Of time 1t is
not only the work on the Stock Exchange which
is so impressive in dash and speed, but other
immense structures which have recently been
completed or are now going up in Manhattan
have amazed all beholders by the quickness
with which the builders have labored And the
rapid transit contracts are going forward at
express rate. In what other community are
great tasks pushed through to fuflment so
speedily when there is no clog of Tammany
politics to cause delay?
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
DIR. sHIPM4N RECTOR EMERITUS
NEW HEAD OF CHRIST CHURCH SOON TO
BE CALLED.

meeting of the vAstry of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, Seventy -frst-st and Broad
way. called for yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of calling a new rector. Because no
quorum was present at the meeting, however,
nothing done. The retiring rector the Rev.
DR.. Jacob s. Shipman. will call another meeting
soon since ii Is the desire of the members of
the church that definite steps to fill the rector
ship be taken soon possible The vestry,
when it meets. will probably call young cler
gyman. now in Philadelphia. A committee went
last spring to hear him. and the report is salts
factory to the vestrymen.
1t has been definitely decided one who is
in a position to know said last night. TO make
DIR. Shipman rector emeritus of the church
Dr. Shpman was stricken with paralysis last
spring. and will probably never again be in con-
dition TO undertake the active duties of the rec
torshp His condition has improved materially
recently, however, and there is some hope that
he will be able to be about in a short time. In
q few days he will be removed to the country
where. his physicians hope. the fresh air and
the absence of disturbing noises will do much
to restore his health and facilitate his recovery
Pending the call of another rector. the services
are in charge of the new curate, the Rev. j. l..
IaSher.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

hoan much larger than usual this year. and the
need of greater caution on the part OF oatners
and Of p,ea sure seekers on small craft mas oeen
empbaszed in countless instances Hosts o'
swimmers are too adventurous, and pay TOO
little regard to the dangers OF exhaustion. OF
strong currents, Of undertow and 'sea puss" and
of attacks OF cramps and mutitudes OF people
who cannot swim take risks which they should
carefully avoid. 1t Is well known though
singular fact that many sailors cannot swim
stro,e never having taken the trouble to learn
the art Every child should be taught how to
swim. II possible. and 1T Is gratifying to be in
formed that thirty-five hundred youngsters were
trained in swimming by vacation school instruc
tors this season.
Anarchists who rave against all law have
cause to be most grateful to the law at present
for the protection 1t gives them. If 1t were not
for the law, and for popular respect for the law
not an anarchist life in the United States would
be worth moments lease. AS 1t Is. the life
even Of Czogosz is quite safe.
One of the most skilful aeronauts in France
intends to make an effort to cross the Medi-
terranean to Algiers In balloon. This journey
far above the waters will give the brave ad-
yenturer abundant fame IL he is successful. and
the undertaking does not appear to be 80 hope
lessly foredoomed as the northward voyage
in the air of the unfortunate Andree. In certain
seasons the prevailing winds between Southern
France and Northern Africa may be favorable
for such a trip. A vessel is to sail over the
Mediterranean ready to give assistance to the
aeronaut If he needs help. Various devices are
to be adopted to prevent the balloon from going
astray if storms arise. May this daring ex-
pertinent meet catastrophe,
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
amnsements.

ACADEAGY OF Mr-sIC-s:1s-Arixona.
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-s-Shenandoa
CASIEO-s-15-Fiorodora
CRITERION THEATRE-s. s.2o-A ROYAL Rival
CHERRY BLOSSOM GRONE-s:S :So-Naudeyfl.e
EDEN MUsEE-Day and Evenins-Word in Wax
EMPIRE THEATRES .2o-The Second IL COMMAND
GARDEN THEATRE-s.20-Riohar l.ovelace
GARRTCK THEATRES .So-Are You Mason
HARLEM OPERA HoCSE-s:i3-The Brixton burglary
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s-Tom Moore.
KEITH S-c.0nnuous Performance
KNlCKERBOCkER THEATRE->.15-The Rogers bro'i'-
in Washington
MANHATTAN RFACH-s-Chins and Pains FFewotHs
..-3 30 9-Reined Vaudeville. =. 90,
and Never Trouble Trouble Til Trouble ITonn,es oo
NEN-YCRK THEATRE ssi5-Tbe King s sefff1i'
PARADISE GARDENs-s:15 TO 12-Vaudeyfiie
PASTOR s-Day and Night-confinuous Show . ~-.-n.
PROCTOR'S FIFTH ANENUE-l:3o TO los"-A ->is"'
on Varieties . ,o.oo
PROcTOR'S TwENTY-THIRD STREET-l-So 10 io''o-
Widow Be6stt and Varieties
PROCTOR'S 18TH STRFET1.3 80 TO ioi3o-ihe Siit anu
Varieties. 400
PRocToR's FrFTy-EIGHrH STREET-f:3o to 1o3o-
The MAJ From Mexico and Varieties
wALI.ACKS s3o-Don Cesars Return -...... 49,
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
MISS EAsTWTCk's CASE ADJOURNED.

London, Sept. 9-Marie Josephine Eastwick. of
Philadelphia. looking pale and worn from her
weeks Imprisonment, brought up remand
at the Guildhali Police Court to-day. on the charge
of having forged railroad certificate to the value
of $4,000. A printer testified that he had printed
the alterations in the certificate under Miss East
wick's directions not knowing what the document
She explained 10 him that 1t was for the pur-.
pose of being photographed for a book she was
writing. The adjourned until Septem-
harl
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
kAfsER's SPEECH AT k0ENIGsBBRG.

Konigsberg, Sept s.-Emperor William, replying
20 toast at the luncheon given at the Landeshaus
to-day. eulogzed the founders of the House OF
Hohenzollern, which. he said emphatcaily existed
by Gods grace alone. He urged his hearers to be
inspired by the example of his lustrious ancestors
and to go forth and reap the rich harvest they had
sown furnishing by their lives an example
of devotion to the common welfare of the whole
TOT ther1u N
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Amorg tae passengers who will saii TO day an the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaisertr Maria The
resa are Mr. and Mrs s. Aiessi Carl Rittner, Mr..
end Mrs H. G.. Brand. A. j. Clark, Mr. and Mrs
John Crorper. Fl. C. Fleitman Mr. and Mrs. j. M.
Graham. Joseph Jansen. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koch.
B. K. Kreuger. Max Lederer. William Meyer. Cap
tain O.Sulivan MIR. and Mrs c. Pulido the Rev.
and Mrs II. B Roller. Or. and Mrs + r
james L. wesson and Victor zsmah
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
FRENCH EXHIBITS AT ST. LOUIS,

Paris. Sept 9.-The United States Ambassador,
General Horace Porter. has received Instructions
from Washington to invite France to take part In
the st. Louis Exposition. Mr., Cobb. iee-presideut
of the exposition, is now in Paris. -
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

Justice Truax in Special Term. Part /. Of the Su-
prene Court, yesterday heard argument on the ap-
plication of Charles Frohman for continuation.
pending trial. of the temporary Injunction granted
a few days restraining the Greenwal Theatrical
Circuit Company from producing at the American
Theatre the play Under Two Flags unless most
of the scenes and incidents in the drama were elm
mated Decision reserved
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
PASSENGERS on THE TEUTONTC.

London Sept. s.-The White Star Line steamer
Teutonc which sails from Liverpool on Wednes-
day. has on her passenger list the names of Mar
shall Field Bourke Cochran, ]. Coleman Drayton,
W. A. Coleman Drayton and Mrs. z. ID. Armour. jr.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

The Street Cleaning Department is taking time
by the foreock and considering contracts for
the removal of snow in the coming winter But
if Tammany is routed at the polls in November
it is hardly TO be expected that Commissioner
Nagle will retain his office long after January
/. 1902. Mr.. Nagle has not managed the affairs
of his department with such fidelity to the
trust imposed upon him that he has earned the
confidence of upright citizens.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

ST. Louis seerIs to have undertaken a race
against time in preparing for her Louisiana
Purchase Exposition May the fair win against
ell delays, and not have to initiate many of
its predecessors in opening in half finished dis
order.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

The sale of seats for the season of the Castle
Square Opera Company at the Broadway Theatre,
which is to begin Saturday night. opened at the
theatre Yesterday morning. There was long line
of buyers at the window all day, and a large sale
recorded.
The season of the Lyceum Theatre will begin to-
night. with the first appearance of Miss Bertha
Galand as star in THE Forest Lovers.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

Mr.. +. Benjamin Andrews, formerly president
of Brown University and now chancellor of the
University of Nebraska, is reported to have said
In the of comments upon the at
tempted assassination of President Mckinley
that the execution of the Haymarket anarchists
in Chicago judicial murder" We shall
not assume that Mr.. Andrews did say any such
thing although his advocacy of free silver
spelling reform and other fads have not highly
commended his discretion. But it seems not i'm
proper to say in general way, that il any one
should make such remark he would lie open
to the criticism of having chosen most inju-
dicious time for expressing most iniudicious
opinion
In the year ended June 30 1901. American
trade with Mexico made gratifying GAIN pass
ing at last the 80 per cent mark In the total OF
our Southern neighbors dealings with the rest of
the world Energy in SELLING commercial oppor-
tunites is alone needed TO give the United States
its true share of commerce with the other coun-
tries Of the Western Continent
The unfortunate woman who hoated through
the Niagara rapids in barrel and then
tossed about in the whirlpool for hours must
have endured prolonged agones before death
came. She brought upon herself her dreadful
fate, but she ought never, to have been allowed
to sacrifice her life. Surely there is warrant
in law for the interference OF the police in such
cases. Men who try to jump from the Brooklyn
Bridge are restrained OF their liberty .if they
can be arrested In time. Is bridge jumping more
criminal than the reckless challenge to death
in the waters OF Niagara?
The number OF deaths from drowning and OF
narrow escapes from fatalities In the water has
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

The governors of the Baltusrol Golf Club an
nounce that the womans championship contest to
be held the club links under the auspices of
United States Golf Association. will begin on Oc-
tober 8 ami end October IL. The links will be
open to the contestants for practice for week
before the beginning of the tournament
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

George L. Rives has left town and returned to
Newport
New-York tribune., 1901-09-10

The number OF deaths from drowning and Of
narrow escapes from fatalities In the water has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16

Having hacked at the Hymnal. Prof.
Triggs Of Chicago is now engaged in
shooting few holes into the Constitution.
These progressive Chicagoans are very
trying people to keep up with. The rec
ord which T:iggs is making recalls the
Chicago story that Chauncey DeDew
told at the time Of the Worlds Fair 1t
was of proper and bright old lady from a
quiet place in the country who went for
Il three weeks visit to relatives in Chi
cago and was found in her room pack.
ing up the morning of the fourth day af-
ter her arliva'. The family had done
everything the could think of to inter
est her, taking her each evening to hear
distinguished lecturer. and the lectur-
ers had happened to be 1gnatius Donnel-
ly. Robert g. 1nsersoll and Mrs. Jenness
Miller. Asked what had happened to
make her cut short her stay, the old lady
replied, First they robbed me of my
Shakespeare: then they took away my
God, and now they want me to give up
my chemise. If l don't get away at
once, shall have nothing left.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16

Mark Twain, as the dean Of Amevi-
can humorists, has competitor in Max
O'Rell. 1t has always been asserted
that the distinctive note Of American hui
NOR is exaggeration. Well, Max O'Rell
has written a book on women, humor-
GUS book, and the quality Of its humor is
attested by this startling statement re-
garding the prandial attire of English
women in high life: Unless you 80 un-
der the table it is practically impossi-
bic for you to say what it is that the
women wear around dinner table. AS
long as their feet are covered they feel
relieved" This recalls phrase Of Ar
temus Ward's-''the scanderlus costoom
of the Greek Slave 1t is certainly a
strong way of putting the fact that Eng
listwcmen, dressing for dinner, wear
garments cut low in the neck
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16

Only one state in the union produced a
larger crop of potatoes in 1900 than Wis
con*in, and that was Michigan. Wiscon-
sins crop amounted TO 1j,G19.G41 bush
els, and Michigan's 10 16,630941. Pota-
toes were cheaper in Wisconsin and
Michigan last year than anywhere else
in the United States, the average farm
price in Michigan, according to the De-
partment Of Agriculture report, being %
cents per buShel, and in Wisconsin %.
The highest average price for potatoes
ruled in New Mexico-$1.14 ner bushel;
in Florida the average price was $1.0C,
and in South Carolina 81. In Milwaukee
the range Of the wholesale price during
the year 1897 was from Is cents to 81.
The range in 1900 at Milwaukee was
from % cents to 80 cents
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16
THE RECENT HOT WAVE.
Its Long History of Deaths and What
They Teach for the Future.

The recent hot wave with its hundreds
of deaths and thousands Of prostrations
Las been more disastrous in it's effects
than any epidemic that has visited the
country. Cholera, yellow fever, small
pox. each have also claimed hundreds Of
victims, but lot within the space of so
few days. The direct fatalities have been
enormous, but the scourge cannot be
judged by these alone; the increase in the
number of deaths from other causes must
also be attributed to the excessive heat,
fatal in its results on a system enfeebled
by disease. In the future hundreds Of
death will succumb to comparatively
mild attacks of disease, and thus the
mortality will go on for months. In the
large cities ambulances and patrol wag-
ons were insufficient to convey the strick-
en- to the hospitals. and these were un-
able to respond to all the demands made
upon them with every bed occupied and
clans and nurses overtaxed, sometimes
failing beneath the strain.
The. strenuous life is inevitably con-
quered by the strenuous thermometer. In
such crises nothing can be done save to
treat each case individually and instruct
themselves to conditions. In cities the
permitted free use OF water to cool burn
ing pavements, the occupancy of the
parks during the night by those whose
sleeping places were AKIN to ovens, the
free distribution Of ice. all had effect in
keeping the death rate from soaring still
higher: but the chief work to be done
the chief lesson learned, is that Of pre-
ventlon-the improvement Of housing Of
the poor, the devising of means to pre-
vent factories, stores and streets from
becoming infernos. the modification Of
work hours. the abating of some of the
hurry and rush of our usual temperate
zone to the dolce far niente more III keep
ing with the occasional torrid expert
ences; All this until the day when man
VIII nave 1t IN his power to modify at
showers by explosive force or otherwise,
ana to lower temperature in large areas
by the use Of some agent such as liouid
air.-American Medicine