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New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
TIE GROWING USE OF Fuel OIL

Largely in consequence Of the recent dis
covery of oil in Texas, fresh attention is being
given in America and in England just now to
the possible use Of that commodity for fuel A
good deal has been done already in an expert
mental way to demonstrate the feasibility of
the practice; there can be no longer any doubt
on that score. But except in the Southwest
and in California the employment of LIQUID fuel
has not been permanently established in this
country, even on a small scale.
There is a good for such a state OF
things. The oil produced by the wells of Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Ohio Yields a hand
somer pecuniary return when refined for illu-
minating purposes than when sold as a substi-
tute for coal. Even in Western Europe until
very recently it cost less TO generate steam with
solid than with liquid fuel. But the advance in
the price of coal there, simultaneously with the
opening of the Beaumont oil field, threatens 70
reverse these conditions on the other side of the
Atlantic. The discovery of petroleum in Egynt
last month may also operate in the same way
In the natural course of events oil Is first
employed as fuel in the vicinity of the wells
which yield It, The experience Of California
and Russia illustrates that fact. The next step
is TO develop demand elsewhere, and thus to
build up an export trade. The permanence of
his supply, however must be guaranteed to the
consumer 1t is comparatively easy to satisfy
the owner of a stationary power plant in this
respect, but the case is little different with
steamship companies. AS yet there are not so
many oil depots scattered about the world as
there are coalng stations. No corporation en-
gagged in the business of navigation would like
TO equip its steamers with oil burning apparatus
unless it was sure that it could find fuel at
every port which these vessels visited How
ever. considerable headway is already being
made In that direction The Shell Transport
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

| pushfulnesS" and sweeps our engineers aside
as no doubt very clever, but tarred with an in
durable vulCarity. Indeed. the attentive reader
| of English journals. while often encountering
! appreciative remarks on American enterprise
cannot but be struck by the more frequent dis
position of our amiabe cousins to mention our
exploits though they had everything in them
but the things that are most worth while. But
when it is rightly considered there is something
positively uplifting in this spectacle of great
people filling the world with works that may be
producing dividends in hard cash, but are just
| as certainly playing wonderful part in the ad-
vancement Of civilization. 1t is not simply the
rvetng of parts together in such wise that
locomotive bridge can be built in half the
time and at half the price that had to be reck-
oned with few years before. 1t is that the
inventive genius of America is the pioneer as
well as the servant of progress; not merely
rendering possible, but actually forcing the eX-
tension of enlightened ideas into the darker
places of the earth. This, we say is a noble
destiny that we fulfilling, and one which
should be quite as inspiring to the poet or the
orator as any high erected theme Of love or
heroism. If the world is slow IN acknowledging
this fact, 1t is partly because, through some
strange instinct Of conservatism, If not of preju-
dice, the world shrinks from a conscious min
Cling of those forces in our life which, if the
millennium is ever to be reached, must In
eyitaby be fused together.
On one side the poets and painters affect, If
they do not feel. an antipathy to what they call
'the humdrum affairs OF the nations" On the
other, the men who manage those affairs
prone TO look upon the followers of strictly i'm
aginative lines of work with good humored dis
dain; or, what is worse they yield them due
honor. and, with what is meant for modesty,
deprecate the idea of concerning themselves
with things outside their province" The time
must come when all the agents OF progress will
march side by side, and it will come the sooner
for a readjustment Of our ideas touching those
sides of the worlds work which are now so
often Inexperienced merely "materialistic."
The King Of Spain sending his galeons forth
on perilOus missions that loom intensely
mantle in history may kindle our Imagination
more readily than the ruler of a modern State
administering the affairs of the people with an
eye on capital and labor. trusts and tariffs, and
so on. There may seem to be a great gulf be-
tween Elizabethan admirals securing the seas
for the foe-and for pieces of eight"-and the
latter day captain of industry campaigning in
markets-and looking for dollars. But 1t is only
a seeming. Strip the men of the past OF the
glamour of the past and their significance is the
same as that of their descendants; now, as then,
it is the winning Of bread and the betterment of
mans state that is the work of man.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

and Trading Company, for instance. not only
operates about a score of tank steamers to dis
tribute oil. but it mas more than forty storage
stations in different parts of the world, mostly
in the Orient. Here is an example which will
be followed more or less extensively in time.
1t will probably not be long before crude petro-
Ieum will be obtainable almost easily as coal.
Oil, if sufficiently cheap, is particularly de-
sirable form Of fuel for steamships. For the heat
units which II contains 1T is about half as bulky
as coal The space which is saved in this way
leaves more room in a merchant vessel for
freight, and thus increases her earning capacity.
A war vessel also enjoys an advantage, though
it is of a different character By using oil
instead Of coal she can practically double the
distance which she can cover before taking on
fresh supplies. Given. then. a low price and a
generous distribution of depots all over the
globe and a large use of petroleum by shipping
is sure to come.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
THE TREES OF BOSTON COMMON

The controversy over the condition OF the trees
on Boston Common is primarily, OF course. a
local matter In a broader but no less pertinent
sense however, Il concerns every other city and
the whole nation. 1t concerns every other city
because of the example 1t sets 10 them. and the
warning. If the trees OF Boston Common are
in I'll health, IL may be desirable 10 examine
| those Of Central and Prospect and all other
urban parks to see If similar causes are work
ing similar evil to them. But the matter con-
| Germs the whole nation, too. because Boston
Common is, at least more than any other city
park, a national institution. It is Il part of the
historical equipment of America, Ike Faneuil
Hall and Independence Hall. The spoliation Of
it would be a national loss.
For these reasons, as well as for simple neigh
borly interest BostOnians will not, we are sure
take amss an expression of earnest socitude
on the part of New-York for the welfare of the
stately and venerable trees which adOrn the
most historic pleasure ground upon this CONT
nent. At the request OF one of the foremost
papers of Boston. THE Transcript" melted by
many popular protests and appeals, Mr.. Samuel
Parsons jr has made careful examination OF
the trees, and has reported them TO be in q de-
plorable condition. partly through disease part
ly through neglect and partly through improper
pruning and other III usage. Now, Mr.. Parsons
is an authority upon the subject, and such a re-
port, deliberately made by him, is not to be
pooh-poohed aside. 1t Is indeed, scarcely to be
met by general denial or by a counter charge
Of personal anmus. Expert examination would
seem to be called for. which shall ascertain the
truth and settle the controversy according to the
merits of the case.
We observe with pleasure, therefore, that
many of the foremost representative citizens OF
Boston have united in appeal to the city gov
ernment for immediate action in the matter.
The appeal ought to he acted upon favorably
and promptly. The value of the property at
stake certainly warrants It. The repute au-
thority and responsibility Of the maker of the
charges warrant it. Mr.. Doogue, the superln-
tendent who has the Common and the trees IN
charge, does not object TO It, of course, but is
prepared to welcome an investigation. 1t is
earnestly to be hoped that thorough investiga-
ton will be made. and that the result will be
an absolute assurance to the public that the
trees will henceforth be cared for in the best
way known to science. Certainly, of all cities
in America It is most incumbent upon the city
of the Arnold Arboretum to take the best of
care of its priceless elms and lindens.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

NDdltiilotc
The almanac of THE Brooklyn Eagle" occupies
a unique field of usefulness. 1t aims in the main
to be guidebook to the metropolis. and performs
that function admirably. The contents are remark
ably varied. judicously selected. accurate and up
to date One finds here not only several excellent
maps directory of the streets OF Brooklyn Man
haitian and The Bronx, and a suburban gazetteer
but also elaborate data concerning the churches
theatres, clubs, secret societies. charitable asso-
Citations and labor organizations instructions for
finding the railway stations and steamship piers
of the city. and much other Information which
active people want
Heroic Boy-At Fort Scott the police Judge dis
offence on condition that ne would report every
aG IS Keeping @ s esan m's saere eH9n sr The
SrglyGs at the qGe his face is shining like the
Journal ''
quantity of jewels and trinkets which had
played important parts in murders and other crimes
were sold at auction by the police authorities Of
Paris the other day. Most Of the articles brought
prices far above their intrinsic value their worth
being enhanced in the eyes of the morbid because
OF the grewsome associations connected with them
Those which were bloodstained were in great de-
mand
Too Much to stand-Owner-whats that7 The
men in my boiler factory out on a strike? What's
Bookkeeper-I haven't heard but now I think OF
It. the new smperiH5endent t @ dent mas moved into the
OwnerI don't see what difference that should
make
that he has six daughters, and they are all study
ing music.-(New-York Weekly.
December % was Pudding Sunday" at the old
London Church of ST. Maryat-Hill. AS the people
for the evening service they carried their
puddngs 10 the sanctuary. where they were re-
ceived by assistant and deposited outside the
chancel rails. Nearly hundred puddngs were
contributed. which sent to poor families in
Spitalhelds and Whitechapel.
the young attorney of the witness.
mo, sir" replied the latter. II never knew him
icle.
DR. Belck, the German archHoogist, has been
making excavations at Comana Cappadocia, the
present Shahr His researches show that there is
no solid foundation for the belief that Comana
Cappadocia a sacred place founded by the
Hittites and that in all probability the founders
Indo-German Cimmerans the ruins dating
most likely from Go B. C. Another interesting dis
covery is that the stone lions at Arslan Tash did
not mark the entrance gate to a former Hittite
palace. but the landmarks of an ancient Fit-
tite empire probably that of Tyana On his wav
home DR. Belck will stay about a week in Com
stantinople, in order to obtain hrman from the
tions in Cappadocia.
But none of the other girls seem to admire INV
dress" ''-'
rs that so? Turn around. didn't reaI,za - wa.
so pretty as that philadelphia Evening Bulletin
1.-The Congregationalist" of Boston which navs
a great deal OF attention TO educational matters
recently received this rebuke from a correspondent:
"Colledge is more priced than Calvery"
Mr. BottswI think. my dear. have at last found
Mrs. Botts.Well, Just as like as not you'll not be
an!e TO ma the keyhole.-Nonkers Statesman.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
A NEW KIND OF ARBITRATION.

AS an indication of the growing tendency or
employers and work people to act with reason
and deliberation In disputes between capital
and labor the action of a Brooklyn shoe firm
and its employees is of considerable interest.
In anticipation of possible MISUNDERSTANDING
plan of arbitration was decided upon a year
ago. each party TO deposit $4,000, TO he for
feited if the decision of the arbiter were not
accepted Differences have since arisen between
the employers and their work people, and
representative of the State Labor Department
named by the State Board Of Arbitration, with
the concurrence of both parties to the dispute,
has Just decided in favor Of the company. The
guarantee of the firm is deposited in full with
trust company; that of the employees, which
was raised by assessment on their wages
amounts as yet TO only about $1,000. Still, the
sum at stake was sufficiently large to be bind
ing upon the signerS of the agreement.
One OF the complaints frequently made by
employers against labor unions is that agree
ments with the latter are binding only upon the
former because financial responsibility cannot
be fixed upon the labor organizations. This
objection has been met by the posting of a
sum TO be forfeited by a union if strike should
be ordered without the notice agreed upon; but
1t is believed that the Brooklyn dispute is the
first In the United States wherein the decision
of the arbter is enforced by a fine. The plan
has been tried in England. the first recorded
instance being the settlement of the great boot
trade strike in 1895: but it seems not to have
worked a regeneration OF English masters and
men. Possibly the results in this country may
be more far reaching.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
YESTERDAYS MUSIC.

yesterdays record In music comprisad tx,,A,,,.
maunee IN carnegie Hall. the last befo-a - a
parture Tor the West, and two performance. - -, :
metropolitan opera House-"Le Nozze N Er;r,ro~
IN the afternoon and ''Lohengrin'' (substituts1 -
the eleventh hour for 'Fideio," which had 49,,
announced for the EVENING". KubeIik,S su5,en.a
hlled three-fourths of the house. and disclosed ~
same tendency toward indiscriminate appreciat,on
as have characterized his previous concerts His
programme was unusually dgnifed comnrisiDe
Gries's c minor sonata for violin and pianofor,e
Mr. Friml being at the latter instrument Racb,s
"Chaconne' and some variations bv Pacanipt
Miss Maria Victoria Torrilhon played with neat
technique an "Etude de Concert by Chaninada =
'Marche Grotesque' by snding and I.lszt's eirhtb
Rhapsody
The second performance of lie Nozze al EYqsro,,
attracted an audience of generous size In o,-ar
respect 1t was replica of the first and was afro,
gether charming Both Mines Sembricb arA
EaInes were IN the best of voice. and the otbsr
principals. Edouard de Reszke. Sienor Camnanor,
and Frauein Schen completed a symmetricaI en-
sembe. "Lohengrin' had a rather makesbift cast
for "F1delio" had to be abandoned at the eIeventb
hour because OF lack of time for rehearsaI
Ternina was the Elsa. DippeI the Lohengrtn
Blass the King. Muhlmann Tebramund Nine
Homer. Ortrud, and Dufnche. the Herald The
audience small
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among those who sailed on the steamer Szxona
yesterday for Liverpool were Sir Robert Ball. Mrs
A. d. Beer. ". J. Beck. Captain c. G, Conrad. Z
S Fernau d. y. Harper. Ferdinand Hall. DR..
Mabel Jones. John B. Kurtz, Mr.. and Mrs. G. D
Perks and Charles Wentworth
Among the passengers the steamer 81. Louis
which arrived here from Southampton and Cher
bourg last night. were Senator and Mrs. ChaUncsy
NJ Depew Mr. and Mrs. Nat c. Goodwin, 3. W.
Williams. Mr. and Mrs. ]. P. Amy. Richard Bev-
ridge, Mrs ]. Clinch-Smith. DR.. ". l. Cron, Miss
Damme. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry a Lozier. r.. r J.
Mackey. J. L. Mackey. B. a. Marsden. Mr. and
Mrs. William Nicoll, Mr.. and Mrs Alfred 3. Scott
Captain B. Tambyn, NJ E. Mr.. and Mrs T. N Z.
Tonnetti Mr. and Mrs Oscar Turner William 4
Wilde, F. W. Williams, A V. Wilcox, Charles
de Young and Baron and Baroness Won Horst
Among the passengers who arrived here last
night the steamer Etruria, from Liverpool and
Queenstown were - Hamilton Barker E z
Wharton Davies. Major ". E Fell. Captain Georgs
w Hovgaard, James Kent, T. ". 3. London,
Osborne MACPHERSON. Ernest Montefore, Wash.
ington r. Prescott. John T. Rayner, Henry Taysi
Smith. the Rev. DR. Rutherford Waddell. Lieutsns
ant II. F. NJ. Walker and Johann WulnSohn. Ger
man consul at Vancouver.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

Washington Jan. IL (speciaD.-To-night ended
the gayest week in Washington social affairs that
has been seen for several years. There was
series of brilliant entertainments. The diplomatic
reception at the White House. the diplomatic din
ner the Keans dance and Mrs. Townsends party
last night at which hundred and fifty guests
were invited to dine. will all be remembered as
among the smartest social affairs in Washington
Next weeks programme includes a round OF pleas
ure for the fashionable set. On Monday the Char
ty Ball takes place, and later in the week there
will be an exclusive subscription dance for the
older set at the New Willard.
At dinner party tonight IN honor Of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt the Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Root entertained the Attorney Cen
eral and Mrs. Knox the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Smith. the Secretary OF the interior and Mrs
Hitchcock the Secretary Of Agriculture and Miss
Wilson, Justice and Mrs White. Senator and Mrs.
Lodge Senator and Mrs. Kean, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne MacVeagh, the Assistant Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Sanger. Miss Root and Bronson Win
throp
General and Mrs, Mills gave a dinner last even
ing for young people. The guests were Miss Davis.
Miss Arms Miss Benham Miss Seymour. Mrs
Van Reypen, the Misses Parker Miss Mills. Cap
tain Heron. Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Conner. OF the army
Mr. Purcell; OF the Marine Corps; Mr.. Edwards
Justice and Mrs Harlan gave dinner in honor
q Miss Mss safrent Mss 'sf he5SeTd Miss Nc
Lanahan Miss Noyes, Of Chicago; the Misses Har-
Ian, Miss Child Mr.. Matthews. Lieutenant Glib
Howe Alexander Kean. Mr.. Lardy. Mr.. Wyatt,
Mr.. Keith, Randall Hagner, Lieutenant Charles
Ian the hostess OF the evening. in the absence
solicitor General and Mrs Richards gave din
party this evening.
Miss Newlands daughter Of Representative
party OF eighteen covers at the Willard this even
Ing
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
Personal NOTES.

The onlv Hindoo writer OF English fiction 10 said
TO be sarath Kumar Ghosh. He is a Fellow Of ths
Royal Astronomical Society. and he showed such
aptitude for legal work that the late Lord Chec
Justice earnestly advised him to practise at the
English bar. He is young. unmarried 2 ts19s
singer OF Italian love songs and Scotch ballads Ha
is TO be presented TO the King next year
DR.. A. Huducks started the other day on his
fourth expedition among the Indians Of South
western United States and Northern Mexico ID
continue his anthropologtcal explorations.
Miss Lillian Marks. who labored in the farnins
districts Of India for several years is in San Fran
cisco She is in this country for, the purpose q
securing funds for the fve hundred orphans lert n
her care by the Favages OF the famine
King George Of Greece. the Duke Of Sparta and
Prince Nicholas will attend the coronation Of Kins
Fdvard VII. The warship Psara viii be sent 70
England for the occasion She viii arIerwafd Vs'
CrOnstadt.
A meeting in memory OF Professor Herbert B.
Adams will be held at the Johns Hopkins Un-
versitV on February s. Professor Richard z. BY,
OF the University OF Wisconsin VIII de4i'sE eHe ~
dress.
Henry R. Wells. Of Preston. MINI, has presented
to the Minnesota State Historical Society melo-
deon owned by John Brown, the hero or Harpsi
Ferry. and two pictures. one OF them d AA7Ns''
John Brown
Maria von Bunsen relates in the Berlin Ma
tfoual Zeitung' a pathetic Incident regarding u'o
Empress Frederick She was driving WIZ He- -
fine morning at Ventimiglia. when the ls Ers ma
suddenly startled her with the WORDS Ssvs
not 10 tell any one-I have fatal rnalaayI T ! a. i
told my mother but none Of my enlldTen ho% ,hsr1
do not want them to know it, noW' want 'H'-'
enjoy life.
Mrs William Gregory. wife OF the late GoverhoH
Gregory of Rhode Island, has become the NIeo.- N
norate head OF the mill business which me ost
ernor conducted for a great many years IL 9 --~
successful manner.
The Rev Charles Inglis the English evanseAs,'
has heguu a months revival at the MOODY enulI
in Chicago He has toured EnsIanc. $500 s-nsr.
Australia and South Africa, ana mas Deeii - ~
ica TWENTY-FIVE times.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
M4RCELLUs HARTLEY BURIED

BISHOP POTTER OFFICIATED Al
FUNERAL. IN THE MADISON SQCAHN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The funeral of Marcellus Hartley was me- sv
terday morning at the Madison Square w.
terrain Church The service was eOnu-1. - i,
Bishop Potter assisted by the Rev Dr - n-s Nv
the Reformed church. and the Rev. William ",
Coe. the assistant minister at the Madison ,sh-
church. Appearing in a Presbyterian puip,T ss nut
op Potter did not wear his BOiscopai '0'
only black gown. - ,,ars
There was a large congregation. IN w. W. nall
many Well known persons Ing Ho5sr Eugene
bearers included James w. AleTan,1Tl AlsS,pn Andrew
Carnegie George W. Hebard. X Fl1tJSn FlIS Iahn A.
DR. Willis James William A. WnseioSSA A1sr.es H
Stewart General Thomas H. Huooaru; lie FiIz-
Hyde Anson Phelps Stokes. General Gsra, = podgA
gerald George Westing house, WllIlain -
Tbomas +. lanes and " p. Snyder.
The burial was In Greenwoe
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
OFF FOR BERMUDA.

Some OF those who sailed for Bermuda ths
steamer Pretoria yesterday were Mrs c. 3
Aldrich Mrs Arthur Adds. Mr.. and Mrs. Georgs
L. Brown, A. Bussene, Mrs. c. c. Delmonico. Will
lam Duryea. Edward H Duryea, George V. w.
Duryea- Captain and Mrs. Derners, Mr.. and Mrs
John T. Norton. the Misses Norton. Mr. and Mrs
Charles Manning. Mr.. and Mrs z. MarQuand, :,
e Purchas DR.. George o. Stivers. Mrs G. ".
Stivers Mrs. H ". Slater and family. George 4
T. Schrader, Lieutenant p. S. Seward. r. A. NJ.
and Mrs Richard Tughman, Mr.. and Mrs z ID.
Terbel. Miss Anna TerbeI, T. s. Trimmer. Miss
NJ Trimmer Admiral and Mrs John H. Cpshur
and Mr. and Mrs c. 5. White.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

,raA recital He was assisted by Miss Nara.
Victoria Torrilhon. An audience was - -
which comfortably occupied out Hlu ,s no. ~
han and there were constant nnanifes1atoiS ,-
favor and requests for repetitions. The foli0"'A7
programme given: -
Sonata c minor op. 45. '''-'''
Allegro motto ed appassionato.
AllegrettO expressive ala koilan-a
AllegrO animate.
Herr KubeltS-
Piano SoI- -,arntuats
EJuds de Concert Slntiins
Marche GrOteSQue- -- --+'-'''-
Miss Torrlhcn. Bach
Herr KUbek. Iiszt
Plano, RhaNsodie HongroSe, No S---..s''------
Miss Torrilhcn r.rari,i
Nariaticnen. OF. 4..........-.-
Herr kubelik
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

The Dutch have taken Holland once more.
The ancient and honorable Albany Society Of
this city went UP to the old home for the annual
dinner this year. and the State capital sur
rendered at discretion after the dikes had been
cut. Wit and humor. song and story, furnished
plentiful ammunition, but II chiefly the
flooding of the ancient citadel of the sturdy
New-Netherlands colony which brought the gar
rison to terms And the capitulatlon cee-
brated with appropriate ceremonies.