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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
0RSyREPEROUS VENEZUELA.

,-,oz,,a,o hos hacome involved in a ccntro-
yersy with Great Britain over the ownership
of Goose Island. Upon the intrinsic merits or
the case we shall not attempt to pass Ac-
cording to the best of our recoHecuon, the
island has long been regarded as belonging to
Great Britain, as part OF the group aoJacent
10 Trinidad It has thus been designated on
the maps The settlement OF the boundary dis
nuta between Venezuela and British Guiana,
three wears ago had no bearing upon II, since
it dealt with the boundary beginning just east
of 4he month of the Orinoco and running inland,
while Goose Island is q couple of hundred
miles northwest of the mouth of that river.
The current statement that the island COM
mspds the entrance TO the Orinoco needs to be
qualified materially. 1t does command the en-
trance if one goes TO the river from the Carip-
bean by way of the Dragons Mouth, the Farla
Gulf and the Serpent's Mouth-a tortuous
route But if one goes thither from the Atlantic,
or from the Caribbean by way or the oroad
/ and direct passage between TRINIDAD ana 10
bago Goose Island is or not the shShtesl
strategic account. Indeed. the chlef Value OF
the ht of rock and sand is a resort for
! smugglers and Enthusiastically against whom
the British now seem to be righteously NOV
ing.
All that however is by the way The Sig
nifcant feature of the case is the striking
change in the attitude and temper OF the United
States since the boundary dispute of seven
years ago. AT that time there was general
disposition in the United States TO take the
side of Venezuela and TO assume her cidlms
to be right until they were proved wrong so
strong and ready was popular and Official sym
pathy with that country that President Cleve-
lands message upon the subject somewhat
harsh and sudden 1t was. aroused enthusl-
astic support. regardless Of political party lines
To-day there is apparent no such sentiment
The controversy is regarded with lndlnerence'
! or with feeling that Great Britain is as likely
I TO be in the right Venezuela Such change
is striking and significant We cannot regard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
LEADERSHIP IN ADVENTURE.

Animated and somewhat acrin onlous comment
is made upon Mr.. Baldwin's leadership of the
arctic exploring expedition which has recently
returned without achieving anything or prac-
teal importance. The criticisms OF him may
or may not be true. though some of them prop
ably are. It is quite possible for some OF them
to be true without discredt to him. man
is not to be reproached because OF his natural
temperament nor denounced because he mas
failed to exhibit one of the rarest and most
precious Of all qualities Of mind and heart
He NAV suffer misfortune in common with the
overwhelming majority of Adams race. He is
not guilty of wilful and wanton fault
The incident is chiefly valuable as reminder
that true benevolent and victorious leadership
of men is, as we have described it, one OF the
rarest and most precious Of qualities. We may
not say it is especially rare in cases OF arctic
and other remote and perilous exploration, but
at least in such cases 1t is needed with peculiar
urgency and the lack of 1t is peculiarly dsas-
trous The stories of such expeditions are large
" the stories of their commanders, and their
success or failure is in general proportional to
the degree Of real leadership which such com
uanders have displayed. More than one ex-
pedition has come to hopeless ruin through the
inconvenience or ineptness of its head, and
more than one has been splenddy successful
through the tact energy and indomitahle reso-
luton Of It's leader
The successful leader must have a faculty
of inspiring his men with confidence and
enthusiasm of being at once q beloved COM
rade and a respected disciplinarian. He must
have fmmeasurable patience, unfailing swift
ness and accuracy of judgment and almost in
finite capacity for taking pains. These and the
other essential qualities Of leadership are not
often found united in a single Individual The
Kanes and Stanleys Of the world are few.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

1t is an immense satisfaction TO know that no
alarming significance attaches TO the sudden in
terruption at indianapolis yesterday of Presl-
dent Roosevelt's Western trip. The perils OF
travel and exposure on journeys such as the
President has undertaken have been so vlVidly
impressed on the imagination by the expert
ences of the last twelve months that the pnbnc
is justified in viewing with some anxiety
Chief Magistrates efforts to put and keep hlIn-
self in actual touch with the great constituency
he serves and represents In itself the HI
ment which made President Roosevelt tell
porary patient in an Indianapolis hospltai
gives no ground for fear. But coming as 1t
does as a sequel to the narrowly aVer'eu
tragedy at Pittsfed it calls attention once
more to the deplorable liability TO injury WHICH
any President must face on his travels through
lack of reasonable safeguards which both ID"
and custom have so far neglected to impose
President Roosevelt will have the nation
fullest and most solicitous sympathy, and the
Deople will look with Impotence for his early
return to the active pursuits and duties OF MS
office: while not the West only but the whole
country will regret that circumstances have pre-
vented the completion of journey which had
attracted universal attention and which prom
ised lasting and beneficial results
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PERSONALS FROM LEMON.
fRY TELHeRAPH no rHE rRIRrNE-1


Lenox. Mass. Sept. 23--Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney arrived IN Lenox yesterday and Is the guest
of Mrs. James A Burden. jr. Mr. Whitney is in
Europe.
Miss Kate Cary has taken a lease of the Cook
cottage in Main-st for three years and will re-
main in Lenox this winter.
Private theatrcals are to be presented at a house
to be selected later in the week. meeting Of
the young people of the cottages was held to-
day to arrange the affair Miss Nathalie Schenck
Miss Cathleen Nelson. Miss Evelyn Sloane Miss
Lalght and a number of other young women will
take part in the tableaus.
David T. Dana will leave here this week for his
ranch In Texas
Timothee Adamowski. the Boston musician has
arrived at the Curtis Hotel
Mrs w. B. CASTOR, of Boston will arrive on
Wednesday in Lenox for several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs Giraud Foster left here to-day for
Newport, r. L
Frank c. Hooper of Los Angeles CAL is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. s. Dana
Dr- Frank P kinnicutt. of New-York who has
handsome home here. arrived this evening and
VIII be guest of John Sloane for a week or more
Dr klnnicutt has not been at his Ienox cottage
Mrs. William A Read of New-York will give
q iarse luncheon party at Shadowbrcok tomorrow
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Morris have issued iny-tta-
IonS LOT dinner on Saturday evening
mrs. George Westinghouse will give the first If
" Mr. lon d afternoon receptions next week
ElGkes, of New-York. and NJ. smith and Miss NJ
BaTnn LAY = o. Boston are at the Curtis Hotel
legation is at the Curtis Hotel
WIS holnayn Aver and Miss Aver of New
and " to Tappe at b bs H Hose
->S"-i oIh' nave also arrived here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
HORSES EAST AND WEST.

Whom +he Western Greek meets the Eastern
Crock in tug OF war on the turf Chicago is
almost ALWAYS victorious over Gotham In the
Tinted States the Oecident seems to hold an ace
over the Orient in most Of the poker hands OF
snort. The horse owners from beyond the Allie
phenies have been making their Newly rk
rivals roll up the whites OF their eyes and look
six WAYS for Sundays. Their success has been
phenomenal this year, and it must be admitted
that on the metropolitan racetracks they are
keener, shrewder, sharper and more cunning
than the Eastern men
When the Atlantic Coast horses go to Illinois
the West makes monkeys Of them. When the
sunset racers visit the sunrise Of Long Island
and sniff the salt airs from the ocean they de-
feat the fieetest runners bred and developed
and trained by New Workers. Hats off to the
Western racing men!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
TIE PRESIDENTS APPEAL FOR CUBA

President Roosevelt has chosen with charac-
teristic courage to make an outspoken appeal
for Justice to Cuba in one of the acknowledged
strongholds of beet sugar sentiment No State
was more actively enlisted than Michigan in
the fight made in Congress last winter TO de-
feat the administrations programme of tariff
concessions to Cuba Both in the House and
in the Senate Michgans Representatives stood
firmly against any relaxation of duties on
Cuban products which might remotely endan-
ger or even seem to endanger. the prosperity Of
the beet sugar industry. To all suggestions that
national honor and national credit were alike
involved in the fulilment of our unwrltten
pledges to the Cuban Republic, the reply was
obstinately made that international and moral
obligations must yield to the clamor Of local
interest pretending to see its prospects blasted
by the remission of even fraction OF the duty
laid on a competing Cuban import
President Roosevelt undoubtedly expressed
the opinion of the great majority of the
American people when he tod his Detroit
audience that the clamor raised last winter by
the vociferous beet sugar lobby was both ex-
travagant and unjustifable.
L do not believe" the President said on
Monday that particle Of harm will come to
ANY American interest from the adoption Of a
reasonable measure of reciprocity with Cuba"
Yet on the timorOus or self-deceived, who still
contend in Michigan or elsewhere, that some
local injury may possibly result, and that such
injury should be forestalled at any sacrifice
of national duty and national honor. the Presi-
dent frankly and properly urges that an agree
ment for mutual trade concessions will be to
the unquestioned interest Of the people as
whole and that above and beyond all by
/ If
sighted public policy we are bound TO prove to
Cuba that our friendship with her is of con-
''tinuing character. and that we intend TO aid
her in her struggle for the material wellheing
(which must underlie healthy national develop
1 'ment''
It NAV be that the attitude taken last winter
by the Michigan delegation was in a measure
excused by the exigencies Of home politics
But there can be no question that in every
one Of the Western States in which opposition
to the programme Of reciprocity with Cuba
then so strongly asserted itself public sent1-
ment has since been stirred TO a healthy pro
test against the extravagant pretenslons and
the unyielding arrogance Of the Beet Sugar
Trust. In Kansas. Nebraska and Minnesota
Republican opinion has shown its dlsapproVal
OF the campaign of obstruction waged against
the administrators Cuban policy; and in
Michigan there are also signs of growing re-
Iuctance to stand out any longer against pro-
gramme dictated ty every consideration OF
public expediency and public faith. The Presl-
dents utterances in Detroit may be counted on
IN s+ronpthen Western dissatisfaction with the
narrow and selfish view which had its day at
Washington last winter and to encourage West
ern determination TO deal with Cuba in spirit
firmly American both in its liberality and its
farsightednesS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24

= &C manifestation of waning regard for the
maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine ha'hel
does it seem to be-if we nay so express II
personal to Venezuela. Almost ever since the
Tinted States interviewed in its behalf anu
secured for it the equity of arbitration that
obstreperous country has been going from pao
10 worse The despotsm of its present d1cta'or
has been disturbed but not modlneu, uhiess ~
tbe direction of intensifcation. by persistent
revolution. sympathy has been alienateo' anu
snspiciou has been created that in this mat
ter of Goose Island the dictator is trying ~
force the hand of the United States in his own
hoho1f II NAV he that such suspicion is uh-
founded, but in view of the recent hls'ois -
General Castro's government it can s'ai'ei'
be denounced as unwarranted -. W.
vanazueIs may of course, be in the ilsh'
raneat that we have no thought OF preJue
tho case either way. However lnslsliii .,
worthless may be the 1sland III t
case is TO be decided upon us proven 80
and NOT by either brute force OF -
Tho incident should, however. ahofu 'u
lant States valuable lesson TO the ehec' ina
unworthy conduct forfeits sympathy, ana 'ld'
they are not privileged to mlsbehaFe theln-
aa1r,as Of will and still find unfailng refuge
and consolation behind the sklrts OF Tue CniseN
Sto+as and its Monroe Doctrine. On the other
hand so far as this country Is coHcerheu'
neither sympathy nor lack of it is any reason
for abandonment or relaxation of the Monroe
Doctrine. which is to be enforced without re-
gard to the general iniquity or righteousness
of the State in question. That doctrine 1t must
be remembered. was framed and put forth prl-
marily for the protection and benefit OF the
United States itself It would be as great
menace to the peace and security of TINS couli-
try for a European power to seize upon the
lands of a turbulent Of peacetul STATE
Lack of sympathy with the Castro government
and disgust at the wild rout of anarchy WHICH
prevails in Venezuela, Will not therefore ca
Indifference to the real merits Of the case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
STOKES CLARK WEDDING.
BISHOP POTTER PERFORMS THE CERE
MONY BEFORE A FASHIONABLE
GATHERING.

Beneath a shell shaped canopy OF roses. ulies OF
the valley and ferns in the reception hall Of the
new villa OF Henry B. Stokes. at Orienta Point,
the Sound. his daughter. Miss Florence Lockwood
Stokes. was married yesterday TO Frederick Am
brose Clark in the presence Of company OF guests
from various parts OF the country
The bride wore gown Of white chiffon trimmed
with white lace, and carried g large bouquet OF
lilies Of the valley. Her only attendant was her
sister Mrs Marion Bostwick. wife Of Albert c
Bostwick who wore a gown OF chiffon and irish
Iace-
The ceremony was performed at 4:0 p H.. by
Bishop Potter. assisted by the Rev. F. F. German.
rector OF ST Thomass Episcopal Church. at Ma
maroneck-
Directly opposite and within three hundred feet
Of the Stokes country seat is the MeGregor cot
tage where. on September 6. the Rev Mr. German
married Miss Clara Schlemmer to Bradford 3 NC
Cregor on his deathbed. and of1ciated at MS
funeral a few days later. When the hungarian
orchestra stationed in the reception hall played
the ..Iohengrin' wedding march Mrs. MeGresor-
the young widow. much affected that she
retired to her room. and remained there unu' 'n7
ceremony was over.
An unusual feature Of the wedding was the use
Of twelve wagonettes to convey the guests rom
the railroad station to the Stokes house INC
bride opposed the Of a single closed carrlasS
because she said it looked too much as II tn9
guests were going to funeral II was only Two
weeks ago the funeral cortege OF her nelghpoI.
Bradford B. McGregor. had passed her mousse gnu
IL left an impression on her mind Inc pls IN
mobiles OF A c. Bostwick also raced aoout aNN
carried the guests ~ 49, ,ba Rev
one of the guests at the marriage was lIle..-ssi
DR. William NJ. GrOsvenOr. who. It was ann - T1s
to-day would be The officiating CLERGY mar q.
marriage of Bishop Potter 10 Mrs AIILreI Iii he
Clark mother OF the bridegroom; WEIGH W"
csiahrs ted at CooperStown in October -, ,acu-
Mr. Clark's gift to the bride was a pear !. he
lace and diamond bracelet, which she wore ebiTsr
OF solid silver plate. while Mr. anu Nj ii2s lined
p Stokes made a gift OF ten pieces or silver l
with gold -, 1,-.-,- stokes
CONSTR OF the bride while the ushers we're Lss(9rE
Maciav Robert Corning Clark. EdwarG &c. g
Rufus Zogbaum. jr-- stephen Clark ana "'''V
Following the ceremony luncheon was s5srrv
in ths dining hall and billiard room oy ~ in
On the bridal table a large Wedclss, go ,vtfh
The shane IF a horseshoe. The cake was IllSd Tav
golden horseshoe nails. which were carfieu 49,
as souvenirs NJ. Alfred
Prominent among the guests were ME- MIS- = Mar
Corning Clark Mr.. and Mrs l. IroWInIIII551 ~o- OF
rim Miss Chafree Mr. and Mrs. John McEjtCyy' 81
Albany: Captain and Mrs W H NC :. Bonrns
california; DR. and Mrs. Jambrif FREQ u pIIs1s p
Mrs Mortimer K F1ags. Mr. ana Ms Ms = Mr. and
Zophaum Miss Zogbaum. Samuel CoWuLeS, sd,ii-
Mrs Frederick Alderman Miss AcksTIna ND Mrs
son Cochrane Mrs. j. A. BostW1ck, NJ az
Henry Nj Flagler and George w QulntdIu-
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men are least confident OF theories wnlie at Tue
same time they are most resolute in the MAIN
tenance of truth once discovered and estap
Iisbed Newton announcing his epoch making
discoveries and modestly hoping that some one
wouId point out to him his errors IL ne hau
made any: Pasteur. after such painstaKlhs IL
vestigations in bacteriology as few others "ouiu
or could have made, predicting Win .ne ul
wavering assurance Of ascerta1ned truth ua'
these eggs will produce sound and these uh-
sound silkworms'': Darwin. revolutlonizlns Tue
science and philosophy of the world without
himself utterng single dogma and V1rcho"
creating the healing art anew without single
false stroke in all the marvellous work and WIN
less pretentousness In half century than many
a young NJ. D. exhibits while the ink is drying
on his dipoma-such men are the worlds best
human beacon lights Of truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
DR. OLMsTED'S CONSIDERATION

Oh thursday. October 2 at Ii a. m the Rev
Ut Cnafles Tyler Olmsted. vicar OF ST Agnes's
chapel Trinity Parish, New-York will be conse-
Grated Bishop Coadjutor of the diocese of Central
tre"- 1ofk' OF which the Rt- Rev. DR.. Frederic D
huntington Is Bishop. The conservation will take
piae' III Grace Church. Utica where for fifteen
years previous to his coming ST Agnes three
years ago. DR.. Olmsted had been rector The
piesioihg bishop has appointed consecrators
blshop Huntington, of Central New-York: Bishop
n y Fottef, of New-York. and Bishop w D.
" d-hef' OF Western New-York The Bishop OF
NeW-fork Will be the preacher The Rev. DR.
samuel Hart. of the Berkeley Divinity School and
tne Kew Philip A H. Brown. vicar of ST. Johns
Shdpel Trinity parish, New-York. will be the at
S1sSlIlolns presbyters. The people of st. Agnes
U UHapei VIII assemble in 81. Agnes's Hail. No 121
west Nlnety-frst-st., Thursday. September %
al D. M to bic farewell TO DR. Olmsted and TO.
present to him pectora cross. bishops robes
anu a ring 10 be used in his future work DR. Dix
rector OF Trinity parish and General John T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
TRUTH BEFORE SELF.

The legacies OF both achievement and example
beuueathed by Virchow to his fellow men are
numerous. varied and precious. They are
rivalled by those OF few other benefactors OF
the race. 1t would be improbable to essay com
parson among them, to determine which was of
greatest and which of least great worth. But
this we may say with unhesitating confidence
and it perhaps needs and deserves to be said
as much as any other thing concerning him,
that he presented a shining example of the too
rare quality of truthseeking for its own sake
unalloyed with selfish covetousness or selfish
prejudices. In that respect he closely resem-
bled his illustrious contemporaries Darwin and
Pasteur. The name Of Newton will also readily
occur to mind, as standing in pre-eminent de-
gree for that same supreme quality-as witness
that wonderful letter of his describing his in
vestigations and discoveries concerning the re-
fraction and analysis of light masterpiece of
lucidity and modesty, the republication of which
In the last Popular Science Monthly" should
serve most useful and timely purpose
These men, and others like them. placed truth
above self. They sought truth with omen
minds. They had no axes to grind no theories
to verify no prejudices to vindicate They
wanted to find out the truth. That was all. They
were largely successful more largely than any
others Of their times Moreover to whatever
extent they were apparently successful thew
were really successful. At the same time there
were others-how many others,-of another
KIND These latter were for time far more
pretenuous In their announcements of discoy-
cries, and far more spectacular in the nuhrc
eye but their glory presently waned and went
into more or less eclipse That was because
they set out upon their investigations not with
open mlnas but with preconceived theories.
They directed their researches not so uuch 70
finding out the truth as to finding facts with
which TO bolster up their theories and when
ever they found what seemed to be facts in
support OF their theories they seized upon them
with aVidity and exploited them before the
world with far more zeal than Judgment Some
few succeeded. because their theories happened
10 De correct The great majority of them
tailed, and are remembered only for their fail
ureS
1t Is truism. but it is one of which the
world needs often TO be reminded that the
greatest minds are the most modest. The wisest
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begun 1t was inevitable that Europe and Amer
lea should come into contact and into relations
with the great Asian Empire. and that their
so doing should have its effect. We need not
say it is too late to withdraw from a rela-
tionship with China which, in fact, it was I'M
possible to avoid All that remains for us is to
determine as far as possible whether the awak-
ened China shall be friendly or an unfriendly
China. That determination lies largely within
our own hands. When the sleeper wakes
shall he find that he has been aroused by
friends. benefcently, for his good, or by
enemies. Indignantly. for his spoliation and for
their sordid gain?