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New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
CONFERENCE On RAINES LAW HOTELS.
SENDS A LIST OF DIsORDERLY Re-
soRTs TO COMMISSIONER PARTRIDGE.

'AS ~ CC-iNI1SSIO-NS1t F-aFI1 h4L,rl-
The Rev. DR.. Charles Fl. Parkhurst called OF Dis
trict Attorney Jerome yesterday and had twenty
minutes conference with him After the visit Mr.
Jerome said that the talk the result OF letter
sent by him to Dr. Parkhurst in reference 20 com
plants sent by the clergyman TO Governor CIeIr
against certain Rafnes law hotels which were vio-
lating the law. He would say nothing further con-
cernng the conference
Mr.. Jerome was asked II he would join Il a con,
certed movement against the hotels.
Il don't think there is any doubt but what Va
are doing all We can in the matter" he replied.
Commissioner Partridge said that he mad received
from the District Attorney a list OF disOrdsry re
sorts He declined 20 make the list public. saving
that the ends OF justice would be defeated By 50
doing.
When asked whether the raid Of Captain Sasehan.
OF the Tenderloin precinct was the result Of Mr.,
JerOmes letter he replied. No
The executive committee OF the Society for tha
Prevention OF Crime held its regular weekly meet
ing yesterday. The question OF a reply Gov.
ernor OdelIs letter was discussed
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
CATSKILL SURVEY STOPPED.
COMMISSIONER DOUGHERTY THINKS THE
WORK IS UNNECESSARY NOW.

Water Commissioner Dougherty has called in
and discharged the engineers engaged in making
surveys in the Catskills for an extension of the
citys water supply system. Commissioner
Dougherty is Of the opinion that such work
cannot be carried on successfully in the winter.
and he also believes that II is made unneces-
sary by the fact that the United States Geologi-
cal Survey is doing similar work in the same
region.
last summer. II amounted 20 500 900 and was
placed in the hands Of Chief Engineer Birdsal
or the Water Department Controller Coler
tried to arrange that he should supervise it's ex-
penditure. but Mr.. Birdsall would allow It.
II has been alleged that there was a scheme
back of the whole thing, and that certain Tam
many men had secured options on lands in the
neighborhood which would become valuable by
reason Of the results of the survey.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
4 BEL4TBD WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
MARRIAGE OF ALBERT CRANE AND Mss FANNv
sTARKEY IN BOSTON.
[s4 TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE

Stamford, Conn. Feb. 1S.-Albert Crane. OF Scraw.
berry Hill, who is reputed TO be wealthy. and vhO
has been an attorney in New-York and Miss Fanny
Stsrkey. daughter OF the late George Lyman Stark
ey. OF Boston. were married in Boston February-
10 BY the Rev. DIR. Samuel z. Hsrrck o. the Mount
Vernon Church. They sailed on February - on ths
steamship Commonwealth for wedding tour in
Egypt and Italy Mss S-arkey was Ar. Cralss
for some time. Announcement Of the marriage has
lust been made.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
THREE SHIFTS ON NEW BRIDGE

COMMISSIONER LINDENTHAL GIVES HURRY
ORDERS TO THE ROEBLINGs.
Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal yesterday in
formed the Roebling company that they must
put three shifts Of men to work the cables for
the Williamsburg bridge. If they do not, the
Commissioner says he will insist on the collec-
ton Of the penalty of $1,000 a day for every
days delay in the work, stipulated in the con-
tract The company has until April 81 next to
complete its contract
The Roeblings ought 10 be able to string
cables well by electric light by daylight
said Mr. LndenthaL If the triple shift Is put
on the cables be finished in sixty days"
a reply from the Roeblings Is expected not
later than Friday.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
sHEPLEY rs LIEUTENANT GOTERyoR.

Providence, r. I. Feb. 1S-George l. Shepley. a
prominent business in this city was to-day
elected Lieutenant Governor by the legislature
The Office made vacant by the death lasr
December OF Governor Gregory, and the conSe-
Quent accession 70 the chair or the Chief Executive
by Lieutenant Governor c. D KtmbaI.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
FoERDERER WITHDRAws

HE LEAVES PHILADELPHIA TRACTION sYNDI-
CATE WHEN MERGER Is PROPOSED.
Philadelphia. Feb. 1S.-Congressman Foerderer to-
day announced that he had withdrawn from the
recently organized traction syndicate which Sc
cured franchises for all the streets the city not
now occupied by the lines of the Union Traction
Company. John ". Mack. a contractor. was as
socated with Congressman Foerderer and was the
principal promoter Of project to merge the new
syndicate with the Union Traction Company which
controls all the street railway lines in the city.
Mr.. Foerderer said ne had become interested in
the franchise with the sole object Of giving the
public better transportation facilities and that
under no circumstances would he be a party to
the sale to the Union Traction Company.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
COLUMBIA GETS ANoIENT Manuscript

Columbia has purchased rare and valuable
Latin manuscript of the epistles of St. Jerome
The work dates back 10 the end OF the ninth
century and is the oldest in the library II il Of
scientific value, and Will be of help students OF
photographic IL. the Latin department
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
LIBERTY STATUE CONTROL TRANSFERRED.
PUT UNDER WAR DEPARTMENTS CARE By
ORDER OF THE President

Washington. Feb. 1S.-By direction Of the Pres-
dent the and control Of the Statue of Liberty
Bedows Island, New-York has been transferred
from the Lighthouse Board, under the Jurisdiction
of the Treasury Department. TO the War Deparr-
ment The transfer will take effect March l.
when the beacon light will be discontinued and the
Secretary OF War to-day sent Instructions to Gem
eral BROOKE, commanding, the Department Of the
East, TO designate officer of his Command 70
whom the Treasury Department could turn av,er
the statue and adjacent land.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19

AMERICAN TOURISTS AT JAMAICA.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica. TO the Ham
burg-American Line reports the visit or the PIN
zessin Victoria Luise at that port with touris1ss
Delightful weather prevails The GOvsrncI, u
Jamaica and his party took luncheon on board
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
CANNOT MAKE 3. r. T. HEAT CARS
RTvES SAYS BOARD OF HEALTH HAS No POWER
RECOMMENDS THAT ALDERMEN PASS
LAWS TO COVER THE CASE

Corporation Counsel Rivss yesterday. in Responses
10 a request from the Board o. Health. gave an
opinion which he said that the board could
force the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company u
heat It's cars properly. He Teco-nmended that thes
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
SAYS LAWS ARE ARCHAIC.
MAYOR Low NAMES GENERAL EATON AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE TO
REVISE ORDINANCES ON
EXPLOSIVES

Mayor Low Informed General George O. Eaton
yesterday Of his appointment as chairman of the
committee Of five to revise the ordinances dealing
with the use and care of explosives. His letter
said in part:
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19

Fire Commissioner Sturgis had a conference YES
terday with District Attorney Jerome about tnA
prosecution OF the cases against those who were
indicted for manslaughter and other offences be-
cause Of the Park-ave. explosion
District Attorney Jerome received notice from the
counsel for Ira A. Shaer and the other Indicted men
that to-day they would argue motion before Jus
tce Lyon for permission TO inspect the minutes OF
the grand jury. accompanying this notice were
afidavits from Mr. Smaller and Epps. Mr.. shaler
the scene OF the explosion when il occurred and
that he did not how he could be indicted for
common law manslaughter.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-19

The recent explosion in Fourth-ave in connAc-
t1on with the construction Of the rapid transit
SUBWAY. has called attention 10 the fact that ali
tAe c4tyS ordinances dealing with this subject ara
very very archaIc-eVen the terminoogy in use is in
some instances. outgrown. The ordinances, such
Is tney are, proceed upon the theory of lfmitinr
the damage to result from explosion by imiting
TIE quantity OF the explosive to be kept in any one
piece, whereas IL IS probable that far greater
sa1ety can De obtained by proceeding on the theory
OF accident. n w NaHset
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07

In declining to permit the public
library to be used as an agency for the
propagation Of the Christian Science
cult, the Public Library board has only
applied a salutary rule It has enforced
ever since the establishment of the in
stitution. There is no more reason why
the public library should be used to
disseminate Christian Science doctrines
than that the public schools should
teach Christian Science in the class
rooms. The library board has repeatedly
refused offers Of literature from individ-
uals and societies bent on promoting
agnosticism, socialism, prohibition and
various isms or religious tenets, and so
long as it treats all alike, without favor
or discrimination, they have no right
to complain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
CONTTNUED IN our NEXT.


j. ]. Montague in Portland Oregonian.
The brave and gallant officer is hanging By
his teeth
Upon a rope, a precipice yawns. down and
down.. beneath. ,
The Indian leans far out above and clasps
a keen-edged knife.
II he should cut that rope our friend would
lose his grip on life.
Look! Look! He parts g single strand,
the officer stin e4tngs,
But II he dared take of his teeth he'd say
unpleasant things.
AhaI the wind come up. and seel h rope
But now the chapters done, ana we may
read the rest next week.
The lowiy ONCE boy has sou ght his stern
employer out.
Upon his noble face we see a look OF pain
and doubt;
We gather from his attitude that he has
bravely planned
To ask the scowiing gentleman for his
young daughter,s hand.
The moment is a trying one, II he succeed
Determines quite concIusively the outcome
The girl Is hidden in the hall. half hopeful.
The Boy boy PsrpieAs "Tsir, ia like to have
CONTINUED In our next). EIa.
The poor but lovely heroine. whose life OF
Has lasted sixteen years ana been a thing
Is waiting at her lawyers. with a patient
face, until
Some news shall be afforded her Of her
The money rightfuiiy is hers. but If she's
come too late
She must. perforce. continue gr against
the same old fate.
The lawyer steps In through the door: HIS
countenance ts vexed. t N
He says: MY dear young friend, this
wflr'-(continued in our nexO.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
LEASING INDIAN LIMOS.

Great care should be taken in the
leasing Of lands In Indian reservations
that the rights and interests of the In
dams are given just consideration. Last
week the secretary OF the interior
signed what is known as the Lemon
lease Of the Standing Rock Sioux lands,
the lease covering a tract OF $780, 900
acres In the northwestern portion Of the
reservation. This action has caused
some criticism. in view OF the fact that
Representatives OF the Sioux inhabitants
OF the reservation went to Washington
and entered a protest against the leas-
ing Of portions OF the reservation with
out permitting the Indians to choose
where the lines should run. In a petit
ton presented to Secretary Hitchcock
IL was set forth that a brief form of
agreement had been signed by the In
dams authorizing the lease of their
unoccupied lands. but with the under,
standing that they should be allowed
to select the land to be leased. Accord.
ing to the petition. this vital condition
was not Incorporated in the agreement
under which the Indian office claimed
the right to lease two-thirds OF the res
ervatiOn. The Indians assert that they
have never consented to the lease as II
has been made.
The Indians have taken the matter
into court and the secretary of the in
terror and the commissioner of IndiaI
affairs have been notified TO show
cause why they should not be restrained
from approving certain leases of tn,
grazing lands in the Indian reservation
OF South Dakota. Those officials sa,
that they have acted in accordance witt
the law and therefore believe that u,
injunction win be issued by the court
but there are some opinions thai the Law
has not been complied with and tina
the leases would work serious hard
ships to the Indians. driving many o
them from their homes. There may b
no reasonable objection 20 leasing POI
tons Of the reservations not occupied b
the Indians. but 1t would be highly dis
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
NOTES.

Secretary Cortelyou and Judge Day will
prepare a life Of william Mckinley. 1t
will be an exhaustive and authoritative
work.
William N. Ciutel of Binghamton. N. Y,
bs the editor OF the only American publica-
ton devoted wholly to ferns. He has given
many years Of study to this special DEPART
ment Of botanical lore.
w. N. Mcmillan. a nephew of Senator
Mcmillan, aud one Of the richest young
men in st. Louis, started last Thursday on
a tiger hunting trip, during which he will
traverse the desert Of Sahara.
The crown prince Of Germany, at present
at school at Bonn. plays the piano and
sings well, and has Inherited his fathers
poetic talent. as is shown in a little poem
recently printed In Germany, entitled
Spirit OF Evening"
Among the pictures that adorn the walls
OF Emperor Williams yacht. Hohenzollern,
which is on its way 70 the United States,
Is a portrait Of Admiral Farragut in the
familiar pose Of watching the progress Of
the battle OF Mobile from the shrouds Of
his flagship.
When asked by his publisher In Copen-
hagen to write a short autobiography
oIOIuoNlCInO Dl0tnoCh II aA0 W a8N0 SUI
mitted the following: 81 was born in 1889
at Christiana; nave been killed many times,
the last time being In November, 1901, but /
l am not yet quite dead"
DR.. C. II. Roberts, a retired millionaire Of
Poughkeepsie. n. ", had as his maxim that
mo man has a right to consume more than
he produces" and living up to that prin-
! ciple he educated his children's hands as
we'll as their heads and. when they left
school, he required each to learn a trade.
Lieutenant Franz Won Preuschen. an ON
Ger OF the Austrian cruiser Szigetvar. al
present at New Orleans. is a grandson OF
General Henderson. who was governor OF
the Texas republic, and an ambassador
from the little republic, In 1861. to Eng
land and France. and his mother was a
native born Texas woman.
Ex-Governor George S. Boutwell, observed
\ his eighty-second birthday in a quiet man
ner at his home in Groton. Mass, last
Tuesday. lie received many calls from HE
friends and neighbors. and congratulatory
letters and kilograms and many flowers
added to the pleasures OF the occasion.
Even his ~anti-imperialist friends did not
neglect him, but sent tributes Of their
high regard and consideration.
Robert Louis Stevenson was particularly
attached to the w. In his name and ut
terly averse TO the "ph" form Of spelling
Letters OF admiring autograph hunters did
not often draw him, but one day In Samoa
a letter arrived containing praise so jude
ious that he said: That ! must answer
Then his eye caught the envelope. ad-
dressed 10 R. L. Stephenson. Step hence
step-hen-sonl" he cried. and. erumplinl
the offending missive. dung Il on the ire.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07

History will be searched In vain for an
Instance Of national generosity equal to
that shown by the United states toward
the Inhabitants OF Cuba This country has
given freely OF its blood and treasure to
liberate the island, has cared for Il dur
ing the military period that necessarily
followed the REIMBURSEMENT Of ownership
by Spain, has assisted Il to act for itself
in forming the Independent government 1t
desires and is now ready to retire, leav-
ing the new republic to shape its own po-
litical future. II the Cubans wished an
nexstion as a territory they would have
received a favorable response, but Il has
been their preference to found a little ma
tion OF their own, and the people Of this
country, while believing that the Cubans
have not chosen for their best interests,
are simply awaiting the day when our flag
shall be brought down in the island and
the Cuban flag take Its place. We have no
indemnity account against Cuba. We shall
leave it with a cash balance in it's treas
ury, a moderate tariff system that pro-
duces' a working revenue, a reorganized
postal system and sanitary improvements
and regulations OF the highest value. We
shall bid Cuba godspeed and when we sail
away it must face, by its own choice, the
hAeaoAal Nu mNcihalAOhAA uutoo Va b0p-
arate sovereignty.
But this liberal treatment. occupying a
place apart in international annals, is not
enough, says a certain element in the
United States whose opinion in all cases
cannot be presumed to be disinterested.
for what they further propose to concede to
Cuba would disturb an economic principle
Of the party in power, the same party that
was in control throughout the war leading
to lCuba's freedom. We should do more
for Cuba as q nation. say those special
pleaders. and what they suggest is a pre-
ferentfal tariff that would injuriously af-
will wisely abolish the remaining war
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
to Cuba



expenditures will be nearly balanced. We
must be Just to our own taxpayers before
listening to new and more ultra schemes
OF generosity to Cuba. And we must be
fair and consistent toward our own In
dustries. Protests entirely reasonable are
heard from growers OF American sugar and
tobacco against exceptional favors to Cuba.
soon to be a separate and competing ma
tionality. These American industries
rightly feel that no such discriminative
burden should be placed upon them. The
republican party has never surrendered one
jt OF its faith in a protective tariff, or
admitted a wedge to reduce IL to a fast
and loose policy.
Cuba could, by its own free v%olition. be-
come a territory OF the United States, shar-
ing the freedom of trade prevailing among
our own states. That relation would Sc
cure at once the hrmest confidence in its
future government and attract American
capital in immense sums. But Cuba has
decided to be a separate republic. Be 1t
so. We have performed far more than our
duty toward Cuba. We can not pamper 1t
and get the return to be expected from a
spoiled child. II is not our business to
provide concessions for Cub simply be-
cause Il is Cuba. The island will soon be
foreign soil under It's president and
congress, with its own fiscal and other pol
icies. The latest republican national
platform says: I'VE renew our faith In
the policy of protection to American labor.
In that policy our industries have been es-
tablished, diversified and maintained" As
to the general principle Of reciprocity the
platform declares; I'VE favor the asso-
ciated policy Of reciprocity SO directed as
to open our markets on favorable terms
for what we do not ourselves produce In
return for free foreign markets" That is
as far as the republican party has de-
clared itself. To make an exception in
behalf Of Cuba or any other Independent
nation would be an injustice in govern
ment as well as party qualification.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
iRRisATIoN WIZ COVE MEX.

AhhIHd ItON WILL JUNE NEAL
The irrigation bill will be taken up
for consideration in the United States
senate as soon. as the Philippine tariff
bill is disposed Of. which should be
within a week. though it is of course
quite impossible to say when the demo-
Gratis will permit a vote to be taken
upon that measure. Their opposition is
purely partisan and political, none Of
them having in reality any concern for
the Filipinos, but 1t is a subject upon
which they can discourse to an almost
unlimited extent and they may be ex-
pected to fully improve the opportunity
to do SO. Everybody understands, how
ever. that the only interest the demo-
Gratis have In the Filipinos is what they
can make In the way of political capital.
The fact Of the senate agreeing to
take up the irrigation bill when the
pending measure is out of the way gives
encouraging promise that something
will be done in the way Of legislating
upon this important matter at the pres
ent session. The measure introduced
by Senator Hansbrough is the one
framed by the senators and representa-
tives of the states having arid lands
and 1t will doubtless undergo radical
amendments. a considerable opposition
to It In Its present form being already
shown. However, its consideration will
bring the question fully before the
country and invite the thorough public
discussion of it which is to be desired.
Interest / n the subject is undated in
the west, no other topic taking prece-
dence of 1t In the attention Of the peo-
pie Of the arid land states. Among the
indications of this is the fact that the
governor of Utah proposes to call a
conference of the practical irrigators
of that state to discuss the proposed
legislation. There appears to be a pretty
general feeling Of confidence that the
present congress will do something for
promoting the reclamation of the arid
regions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
OF GAGE.
Four Years at the Head of nm opuIent
Treasury.

-
Four Years at the Head of nm OpuIent
Treasury.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
Lyman J. Gage retired Saturday from the
ONCE Of secretary of the treasury after a
service therein extending over five years,
lacking about one month. His administra-
ton Of the most important OF the executive
departments Of the government has been
attended by the highest degree of pros
perity ever known In the fiscal affairs of
the nation, and In crediting this very
largely to the. great Industrial revival
among the people, we are not apt to forget
the generally wise and statesmanlike d.
rection Of the treasury which has been that
Of Mr.. Gage.
Adverse conditions are needed to prove
the possession of the highest financial ca
paoity, and hence It is that secretaries who
I've successfully directed the once during
times Of financial stress and reconstruction
stand out in the country's history most
conspicuously as great 6nanciers-Hamil-
ton, Gallatin, Chase, McCulloch and Sher-
man. Mr.. Cages task has been less
serious than that which confronted any OF
those mentioned. He fell upon times of
the utmost plenty. His problem was not
to restore or lift up the government credit
SO much as to handle a bothersome sur
pius-no small matter. But there can be
NO question that in Mr.. Gage THE country
has had a finance minister OF the first
order of capacity and one equal to all
emergencies. ef
He has made mistakes. One--not Of
a financial order-was In lending himself
to the defense of the blow delivered
against the merit system in May Of 1899.
The other-strictly Of a financial order
was in borrowing money for the Spanish
war wholly on longtime bonds, instead OF
in part on short-time treasury notes. as he
was authorized to do by congress; In conse-
quence Of which no means OF disposing of
the after-war surplus was left except to
buy up unmatured bonds at a high premium.
But, on the whole, 1t is an enviable
record he leaves behind. His direction Of
the Treasury department will long be iden-
titled with the most opulent treasury situa-
ton ever experienced by the national
government. He has earned a rest, and a
cordial public interest in his welfare will
follow him into his retirement to private
lffa N
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07

At the present rate of procedure the
congressional committee should be able
at an early day to learn all that Com
missioner Taft knows about the Philip
pines. The only trouble is that SO many
congressman who have never been there
think they know more about the condi-
tons prevailing In the islands than Mr..
Taft does, while the congressman who
spent thirty days there is absolutely
certain Mr.. Taft knows nothing about
the subject.