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New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
RUSSIA AND THIBET.
property

The latest development of Russia's insatiate
craving for more land has 10 do with Thibet.
Russian agents have persuaded the Dalai Lama
TO send an embassy TO Russia. This has been
done, and the ENJOYS are being received with
impressive pomp and with extravagant rejoic-
ings. The Russian press is looking forward TO
a proclamation Of a Russian protectorate over
Thibet. of which country Russia is declared TO
be the natural protector, and there is much ex-
ultation over the manner in which Great Britain
in India is thus TO be cut off irreparaby from
direct contact with China. 1t may be that
these speculations arc somewhat premature,
were those in the case Of Abyssinia. Neverthc-
less, they are OF Mt least passing interest TO OBJ
servers of the fine game Of land grabbing which
is now proceeding throughout the oldest and
greatest of the continents.
When Russia sets out TO seize another coun-
try she does so under one If three pleas-the
need Of restoring order. commercial necessity
or natural affinity. 1t was largely for the sake
of restoring order that she took possession of
Turkestan and of Manchuria. In the case OF
Manchuria however, commercial necessity is
also involved, as IT is in the of the Persian
Gulf The great empire simply wants to get
an outlet upon an always open sea. The ad-
yances toward Thibet do not appear to be made
according 10 either Of these rules, but rather
according TO that Of natural affinity, the
in Abyssinia. II will be remembered that
the fine discovery was made that the Abyssin-
Ian Church was really branch of the Orthodox
Church of Russia. for which reason, of course,
Abyssnia should be part Of the Russian En-
pire In the case of Thibet it will probably be
discovered either that the religion of the Lamas
is identical with that of the Car, or that the
Thibetans are members of the Slav race.
Meantime there are some geographical
sderations worth taking into account. Thibet
practically borders upon British India. In some
places the two are in direct contact, while else
where the buffer States of Rhotan and Nepal lie
between them. They are however divided by
the stupendous wall of the Himalayas over
an army. Afghanistan would afford a less diff
cult route. Moreover. Thbet does not abut
upon the Russian Empire but is separated from
1t by the width of Eastern Turkestan. The abb
sorption of Thibet by Russia is scarcely TO be
effected. therefore. until Eastern Turkestan has
been taken And, finally, it is to be observed
that Russian possession of Thibet would not
shut India off from The Yang-tse Valley since
Burmab abnts directly upon the Chinese PROV
ince OF Yun-Nan which is traversed by that
river Before any such barrier be estnb-
lished between India and China. therefore ii
viii be necessary for France TO seize Yun-Nan
and Sze-Chuen. That is not likely TO happen
right away And in fact, when either of these
things happens, when Russia seizes Thibet or
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
orERCRoWDrNG ON THE WATER.

There has been an unusual number of col
lisons this summer in NewYork Harbor, but
fortunately the loss Of life in any one OF these
accidents has not been large. II may be that
the warnings which captains and pilots have
received from the untoward incidents of navi-
CATION in local waters this season will tend to
render them more vigilant and careful The
danger Of an appalling calamity in the North
and East rivers is present as so many
vessels constantly moving to and fro AT
high speed. and narrow escapes are frequent
Thorough inquiries have shown that too many
Of our ferryboats, excursion vessels and craft
Of all kinds are old fashioned. with weak huls
patched up and repaired. Not a few of these
antiquated hulkS are frail that the shock of
a collision might smash them like eggshells
Every prudent owner of such vessels and the
officers of every company which controls these
boats are in duty bound to enforce the strictest
discipline among their employees, and to hold
captains and pilots especially to the sharpest
account when signs of carelessness or laxitv on
board Of the craft can be detected 1t is well
known that few of these boats are amply pro-
vided with equipment for saving lives In case
of accident, and there seems to be little room
for hope that the owners will incur the CON
siderable expense Of putting on board n suffi
cient number of life preservers and life saving
uOdls DuI pubic sentiment ana the authorities
should insist that greater precautions shall he
taken hereafter than have been taken in the
past.
Overcrowding ferry lines and excursion
boats seems to be even worse this summer than
1t has been in other years. The season has been
so hot that the multitudes thronging to take
trips on the water have increased largely M
earnest efforts for the thorough enforcement or
the laws limiting the number of people IN be
received on board of the vessels are copspicuous
anywhere and the jamming and the packing on
every one Of the decks have been so extreme nc
to make the thought of the horrors which would
follow catastrophe to these overloaded hoots
too painful to dwell upon. How Indifferent 70
their obligations toward the public how nepli
gent of the rights of their passengers are soma
of the managers OF our transportation lines and
our excursion craft! Some of the ferries orc
too niggardly to run boats often enough when
the pressure is greatest, even if they have tho
boats al their disposal. And they inf1ict much
actual suffering upon the thousands of peonle
whom they first keep waiting in sitting ferry
houses and then force the boats in such
masses that there is hardly space enough left To
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
in relieving the sufferers from hay fever his
fame will soon be worldwide.
PERSONAL.

Work has been nearly completed on the statue Of
General John Eagan Howard the Maryland
soldier. and 1T expected that the will be
set up in one of the Baltimore parks early in the
autumn.
Soon after the Furst Bismarck was finished the
German Emperor accompanied by Prince Henry.
boarded and Inspected her. He approved of every
thing until be the tables in the dining room.
Then he said to Captain Albers: II should think
would not allow cabnetmaker to give you square
cornered tables shipboard." After the Kaiser
Two years later the Kaiser again came aboard the
vessel and when he saw the tables he said; said, Il =,
good" He had not forgotten even thing as small
as the table
The Rev. z. Gerfen of Union City. Ind. has re-
signed his pastorate to accept an election TO the
chair of literature and the ancient languages in
BRENNAN College Texas.
The Catholic women OF ST. Louis propose to raise
$4,000 for the erection of bronze monument in
honor of the late Archbishop Kenrick. Many Prot
estants II Is thought, will contribute TO the fund
Even II the subscription should be inted 10 those
whom Archbishop kenrick confirmed at the altar, a
contribution of 25 cents from each would more than
build the monument
Mrs. Edward Pisco of Denver, Col. who started
last October trip throughout the South, East
and North to obtain money for the National Jewish
Hospital for Consumptives, recently returned,
sttution. Mrs. Pisco was chosen FOR the mission
because of her wide acquaintance everywhere
first vce-president of the National Conference of
Jewish Charities, In some of the cities she was IN
vted by the rabbis to occupy the pulpit, an almost
unprecedented honor
The Marquis OF Ripon who recently celebrated
his golden wedding, has been a daryman for years.
In and about the picturesque town of Rpon. York
shire, may be seen mink wagons bearing his former
title, 1.-THE Most Notable the Marquis of Ripon."
He also has milk store in London. where country
dairy products sold.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
THE COUNTRY AHEAD.

At the beginning of The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund season we said that country homes would
undoubtedly be ready TO receive as many chill
dren of New-York tenements as contributors
might enable the manager to send out of the
city That assurance has been fully justified.
Indeed the response from the country has been
even more liberal than the preliminary negotia-
tions indicated that ii would be. and the present
prospect is that for want of the necessary So
many child who might have two weeks out
ing will have to stay at home. Gifts of money
have been LIBERAL but more is urgently needed
1t is probable that many persons who look over
the list of Acknowledgements which we print
from day 10 day and note the handsome total
gain an impression that the fund is in a pros
porous and satisfactory condition, not realizing
how large and constant the demand upon 1t is
at the height of the season. About one thou
sand children being sent into the country
every week. which means that the fund is
drawn upon weekly TO the extent or ABOUT
So. 600. During the last seven days less than
half that amount has come in, and the dehclency
must be supplied from past or future contriDu-
tions. In the course of every season the Dal-
ancc is from time to time on the wrong side,
and the fact that the account Is Invariably
squared in the end is due to long experience,
which enables the manager to adjust his opera
tionS to the amount received anu presumaol!
receivable
But q curtailment of the work of the fund Is
always disappointing and unfortunate. and in
fear of such a necessity this year we frankly
ask our readers TO make the abundant tender of
country homes available. There are places wait
ing for many more children than the amount of
money now in sight will provide for and we do
not need to say that there is no lack Of children
wistfully waiting for a chance that may not
come. If the supporters of the fund and those
70 whom perhaps 1t now appeals for the first
time will put those two facts together we shall
know what result to expect.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
ALFRED VAN s4yTTooRD'S FUNERAL.
THE REV. DR. CoE TELLS HOW THE CAPTAIN
AND OFFICERS OF THE ALBANY WATCHED
THE COFFIN

The Rev. DIR. Edward B. Coe. senior pastor of the
Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church. In West Forty
eighthst. conducted the services at the funeral of
Commodore Alfred Van Santvoord, president of the
Hudson River Day Linz. who died en- SATURDAY, night
on his yacht the Clermont, Sea Gate They were
neid yesterday morning at his home. No. IS West
Ihirty-ninth-st. among those present were J.
Fierpont Morgan, Joseph G. Hendrix president of
the Bank OF Commerce: ex-Postmaster General
Ihomas L. James. James ID. Laying ex-Mayor
William X Grace. Z. V. W. Rossiter. vce-presi-
dent of the New-York Central: Judge Edward T.
Bartlett, the Rev. DR.. c. a. Stoddard the Rev DR.
Wilton Merle Smith. Professor r. Ogden Doremus
ex-Judge William NJ X Olcott. Nelson Ocott.
cashier of the Bank of Commerce and E. E. OIL
cott son-in-law of the commodore
To Illustrate how deeply his employees esteemed
Commodore Van Santvoord the Rev DIR Coe told Of
the special service held for the benefit of the can
tain, officers and crew of the steamboat Nev-york
and OF the similar private service for the officers
ana crew OF the steamboat ALBANY He related
now, after the latter ceremony, the captain and
four officers OF the Albany asked that they might
De allowed TO watch by the coffin one night This
request was granted. N
a double quartet from the Coegiate Reformed
Cnurch sang the hymns which the favorites
with the commodore. ~
After the services the coffin was taken I'm a
hearse TO West Twenty -second-st where IL was
placed aboard the yacht Clermont II will be re-
moved TO Albany, and after services the body will
be buried In the family plot In the Albany Rural
Cemetery
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

American dentists have long been the most
successful in the world. and have cared for
nearly all the crowned teeth of Europe with a
skill which has commended them especially TO
the favor of the uneasy heads whose owners
sit on thrones. Some envious Germans are try
ing to make trouble for the foreign dental
geons. but they will surely be bafiled in their
schemes. Dentistry as a fine art has been devel-
oped among American practitioners as among
those OF no other people. Germany must yield the
palm to surprising merit in dental craftsman
ship American dentists have achieved so many
triumphs and have plainly put competition
out of court that people of intelligence every
where readily acknowledge their unrivalled
ability.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
HAPPENINGS AT NEWPORT.

Newport. r. I, July 2s (SpeciaD.-The old Hatch
estate in Kay-st-. for many years unoccupied and
neglected. has been purchased by Mrs Mallery
wife OF Major J. c. Mallery. OF New-York Ths
grounds beautiful and extensive but are rather
wild through lack OF care.
Major and Mrs. Charles G. Ayres and family are
registered the Swan villa for the remainder Of
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j wysong are entertaining
Marshall r Kernochan OF PittsheId. Mass az
Greystone. in Ochre Point
Mrs. Pembroke Jones is making extensive prepara-
tons for the dinner dance which she will give
at Friedman next month AS the villa is not large
enough 10 comfortably accommodate the many who
viii be present. an addition will be erected and
used supper and dance rooms
MIS- Astcr will entertain @ at dinner on Mondays
isth and ssth mas 'SS'eD 'fuS i0r 'ne 0'n' I'h'
IRE races for the Astor cups will be held on Mon
that day Colonel John Jacob Astor viii take
a party OF guests on the Nourmahal 70 follow the
Mrs y. D. Clspp entertained fourteen young peo-
PIE at dinner tonight in honor OF her daughter.
The steam yacht Electra. with Commodore
Gerry and a party Of friends on board. will sail
An effort is now being made to arrange for
series OF polo matches G on the grounds OF the me
interest in polo died out last summer. but through
the work OF some OF the younger men II is beng beng
D. Martin. Theodore a. Havemeyer, Hollis
MTES n sbs aHe Shsrd eaaa Mortimer are among the
Next week Alfred Vanderbilt will make his first
b as polo player II t3S plans his
brother Reginald. and Willing Spencer have. SINCE
grounds which were laid out on the Vanderbilt
F. W. Vanderbilt has gone 10 New-York for
Reginald Vanderbilt in a winton. and Willing
noon az 1885 on a race the Vanderbilt farm in
Portsmouth, keeping close together All along @ Sns
minutes difference. Mr. Spencer winning
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
POLTCEMEY'S NUMBERS.

Police Commissioner Murphy has resolved to
afix 10 every member of tie uniformed force
new tag bearing his number, which he is TO
wear on the left lapel of his coat. The reason
for this sudden proceeding having been solicited,
the Commissioner says that there is no partcu-
lar reason, but that he is under the impression
that IL will prove 10 be good thing. though
he comes somewhere near contTadtctirg himself
forthwith By adding that there has been con
siderable complaint about the difficulty of ascer-
tanning a pollceman's number II this is true
an additional tag may have its uses; but onr
understanding has always been not that il was
hard to procure the means of identifying
guardian OF the peace but that it was dan
gerous 70 Eetray any curiosity on the subject
one of tho men affected by the Commissioners
order remarks that. like ali his brethren. he
already displays hts number on his helmet
shield, belt aud club, and then suggests the
;rrevereut but not Irrelevant inquiry, who is
going tn gcs tho contract for the new labels?'
Informetol that point will doubtless be
furnished so0d after the estimates Of cost have
been obtsipei. but meanwhile we venture 70
suggest TO Commissioner Murphy that II his
authority and independence are as absolute as
he represents them TO be he has II in his power
TO make his new device entirely unnecessary. by
ordering his subordinates TO behave themselves
toward citizens on all occasions in such man
ner that nobody would want TO know the
number of policeman except for the purpose
of commencing him at headquarters In such
cases there would certainly be no difficulty or
danger in scrutinizlng the various designations
which he TOW carries about his person II the
Commissioners desire is 10 make il easier and
safer TO lodge complaint. a far better plan
would be 10 get nearer 10 the real root of an
undoubted evil and reduce the causes Of com
plaint TO a minimum. Whether he knows II or
not, he ought to know that many cf his men
are sury and impudent fellows who hate TO he
bothered with civil questions are slow TO take
the part, in a public conveyance or elsewhere.
Of a person whose rights some ruffian Is invad-
ing, and In general are prone to perform
important part of their duties badly or not at
ALL We doubt II a new badge will do much
toward rcctifying these abuses, whereas per-
emptory order. issued in terms which the force
would understand, would do a great deal-pro-
vided, as we have said, that the Commissioner
really commands his department.
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lynching case is likely to prove no exception TO
this friction breeding ruIe

lypching case is likely to prove no exception to
this friction breeding rule
President Mckinley in his first message 10 the
LVIth Congress. in December 1890, strongly
urged the passage of bill TO cure the disability
under which the general government now labors
in wind icating the rights of aliens The meas
ure he specifically recommended for passage
provides that acts committed in q State or Ter
ritory in violation of the treaty rights of the
subjects OF foreign countries, and constituting
crimes under State or Territorial law, shall con-
stitutc crimes against the United States. Such
a needful extension of Federal criminal iuris-
diction should certainly be authorized If the
United States is to fulfil it's plain duty TO the
aliens who, on the strength Of its treaty prom
ises, submit their lives and property 10 its
charge.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
ALIENS AND FEDERAL PROTECTION.


If. as seems entirely probable. the italian Gov
ernmeDt can prove that the two men lynched by
q mob the other dag at Erwin. Miss. were bona
ide Italian subjects the United States will be
put once more to the unpleasant duty of con-
Tossing that ii accepts from other countries
treaty favors and treaty immunities for which
IT does not, and cannot, offer par value return.
II is customary for nations In treaties of amity
and friendship TO bind themselves to protect
the lives of each others citizens or subjects and
10 make suitable reparation for injuries done
the citizens or subjects of each within the
others political jurisdiction. But through some
vagary Of the Federal scheme the central gov
eminent at Washington has been left far
without delegated power to enforce either pro-
lection or reparation, and in exchange for the
direct and absolute guarantees pledged by the
countries with which ii has contracted treaties
IL can only promise an uncertain appeal TO the
good Offices OF subordinate State governments
end subordinate State courts.
The confession of impotency which the Fed
era Government has had to make again and
again when pressed to bring to justice the per-
petrators OF crimes against foreign subjects
whom State authorities have shown no especial
zeal TO hunt down and try has greatly
puzzled European Cabinets. They naturally
Of so essentially national function as the pro-
lection Of alien life and property a covert dis
inclination on the Federal Governments part
70 accept responsibilities equal to those IL
shoulders on other nations: nor, in fact is II
credtable TO our good faith dignity as a peo-
1le that we should thus seem TO shirk duty
oe lay on others on the mere ground OF an un-
repaired hiatus in our system OF Federal law.
The anomaly Of the governments attitude in
seeking 70 exact through State cooperation the
redress il should offer and secure through Fed
erel initiative has long been deprecated by
enlightened public sentiment. Its embarrass-
nents were strikingly emphasized In 1890, when
Italy closed her legation iI Washington for a
while because OF the unsatisfactory amend the
United States compelled TO offer for the
lynching OF the socalled Malta conspirators In
New-Orleans. Scarcely year has passed since
then that similar strain has not arisen. due 10
the divided and elusive responsibility which the
present system Of reparation entails The Erwin
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

A successful NewYork physician of much
reputation and extensive practice thinks it pos
sible that the troublesome affiiction of hay
fever may be cured at least aeviated by
treatment with infusions of ragweed and other
plants the pollen of which is generally believed
among doctors TO be the cause OF this peculiar
disease This medical expert is modest in his
claims. He Is not trying advertise himself
In a journal read only by physicians and sur
geons he gives the details of certain expert
ments which he has made upon his patients
with gratifying results He asks other doctors
to test the healing qualities of the remedies
which ne has used II his Investigations result
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
An ALBUM FOR THE PRESIDENT.

Charles A. Moore. president OF the MontauS CIuo.
In Brooklyn a close personal friend OF President
Mckinley and one of the party that accompanied
him on his recent transcontinental trip. Is pre-
pairing for presentation to the President a larse
album which is to be a souvenir OF the Trip Ino
album among other things. will contain a collec-
tion OF clippings from European and American
referring to the Journey.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

England's King has proved his title to high
rank among the skilled amateurs of croquet as
well as golf. conspicuous revival of interest
in croquet is evident In Great Britain, and this
fancy for game which seemed to have lost
its attractiveness for several years will proba-
bly, lead to renewed liking in America for this
form of diversion. But stimulus in de-
votion to golf is needed here abroad Golf
alures grandfather and grandson. grandmother
and granddaughter. It's wizardry of fascination
never fails
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

Expeditions to the arctic and the antarctic are
so numerous and so we'll equipped this year that
II seems to be in revealing the
eternal mysteries OF the frozen seas at each end
OF the globe. North Pole and South Pole must
ultimately surrender to the indomitable heroism
OF the explorers OF the new century.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

The head OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit sys-
TEN says that larger cars and more powerful
brakes are needed on his lines. With larger cars
the jamming and crowding would be lessened.
he declares. and with more powerful brakes the
cars could be stopped more quickly, and fewer
children would be run over BY all means then.
Mr.. Greatsinger get the bigger cars and the
stronger brakes as soon as possible
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
SYMPATHY WITH KRUGER.

Glenwood Springs. Col, July GAS soon as NM
John Hays Hammond. wife of the celeDrateu
mining engineer who was at one time uhuei
sentence OF death I'm Pretoria in connection Win
the famous Jameson raid heard OF the death %
the wife of President KRUGER of the Boer Repuohs
she sent the following cable dispatch TO Presioen'
Kruger
Accept my heartfelt sympathy in the loss OF your
noble, true wife.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
GOVERNOR WORKING HARD.
NETWORKS EXECUTIVE MAKING THOROUGH
EXAMINATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS

Albany. July % (SpeciaD.-Frederick D. Kilourn
Superintendent of the Banking Department, who
lives at Malone. Franklin County. arrived here from
that place to-day. He said Governor Oden was
making a most thorough examination or the
State institutions AT Malone he Governor IN
spected the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and
the armory Friday night
Since the Governor left Albany Thursday
morning last ne has visited the Hospital FOR the
Insane at Utica. the Custodial Asylum at Rome,
the clinton State Prison at pannemora the o.
densburg State Hospital for the Insane and the
site for the proposed Hospital for ConsuInpelseS
at Ray Brook.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-24

Iowa and Indiana are becoming staid and set
tied commonwealths of the "Old Homestead"
sort The female population in both is gradua lily
reducing the males supre emacy in numbers, the
difference in percentage in the former State a
year ego being only 3.j ana i'll the latter cnIy -