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New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
ROTH WASTED AND STOLEN.

In .'Tha Merchants Association Bulletin
terse impeachment of the water admnistra-
ton Of this city is made in these terms: "Ihe
city's water is not wasted-t is stolen" The
charge is we'll meant and is based upon care
full investigation and full information. We hesl-
tate therefore, TO disagree with it, and II we
do so it is only in part. The negative part of
the indictment is open to question. and some
thing more The positive or affirmative part
which is after all, what the association has at
present most in mind is the one which appeals
to conviction and which demands practical con-
sideration.
Ample proof Of wholesale waste of the cityS
water has already been adduced by the Mer-
chants Association itself Leaky faucets, leaky
pipes, broken mains, underground rivers, are
the details of wanton squandering. But now
a still more serious matter is revealed. waste,
il is said is to he discouraged by the use OF
meters Yes, but how if the meters be tam
pered with and made to record fraudE Ihat
is the condition which has been detected IN
some cases. How widely it prevails is ques-
ton which makes imagination plume itself for
mighty flight Mr. Dougherty. the Commits
sioner of Water Supply, has found some water
meters which, because of the deft and studied
application of a file, have been made to regis
ter, and have actually been registering. only
one-tenth of the water that passes through
them That means theft of ninetenths OF the
water And there are $1,000 meters in use! No
wonder men are saying the water revenues of
this city are S2.OOOOO0 or $3,OOO,OO0 a year less
than they should be.
The Merchants Association sets forth five
specific ways in which such frauds upon the
city are perpetrated. follows:
By suppresslng metered premises from the
meter class and falsely entering them In the
rate class
BY mechanically falsifying meters. so that
they will register less than the true quantity
of water consumed.
BY false reports by inspectors Of the actual
quantities registered by meters.
BY false entries of quantities upon the books
of the Water Register
BY secret service pipes. or by-passes. which
divert a large portion of the water actually
used. that it does not pass through the
meters.
1t seems to ne a Of "quis ipSOs custOdes
custodietT' The question IS however, one that
It should be possible to answer satisfactorily.
The meter system was established fraudulently,
for purposes Of fraud, by William NJ Tweed.
1t has been tainted ever since with traces of
that original fraud. 1t needs 10 be thoroughly
renovated all the way through. Then the guards
will keep true watch. We shall no longer be
setting thieves to stop waste. And in time we
shall thus be enabled to put an end to both the
waste and the theft of the city's water-the
water which is now both wasted and stolen.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14

project their verdict will practically determine
the great issue which divides the State.
There can he no doubt that there is a serious
division of opinion. and that it has grown wider
in recent years. 1t is no longer true that virtu-
ally all the citizens of New-YOrk whose judg-
ment commands respect regard the canal sys-
TEN as indispensable to the welfare of the State.
and merely differ as to the wisdom Of special
appropriations at particular times. That it will
be admitted, was formerly the wellnigh uni
versal feeling. but there are not few men OF
superior intelligence and undoubted devotion to
the public interests who, like Mr.. Hewitt, have
come to believe or at least TO surmise, that
canals are nearing the limit of their utility and
are doomed to gradual extinction as railroad
facilities spread and multiply. How prevalent
that opinion is it will be impossible to estimate
with an approach to accuracy until the votes
have been counted after an active campaign for
and against some such large measure as is now
proposed. and the test might well come this
year. If the people should not be ready for it
next November they probably never would be.
The subject has been IabOriOusly investigated
by competent and honorable commissions over
and over again. and their reports have been dis
cussed in the legislature, in the press and by
commercial bodies with zeal and intelligence.
If there were reason to suppose that the resent
ment and disgust provoked by scandalOus mis-
management of the work done under the notori-
Gus S90000OO appropriation were still strong
enough to exercise an illegltimate influence. we
should think that the time had not yet come to
ask for popular verdict another still more
extensive scheme of Improvement. But we do
not apprehend that prejudces due to that un-
fortunate investment could be so far revived as
to bias public judgment unfairly.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
THE TTRKTSH ARRESTS.

The numerous arrests and CondemnatiOns OF
prominent men in Turkey are startling but not
inexplicable. There are two most obvious eX-
plantations of them, and the only question Is
Which OF them IS the right one? There are
those who say the Turkish Government is
suffering from an attack of unreasonlng fear
and in consequence Is suspecting, accusing and
condemnng indiscriminately, right and left and
thus creating n counter reign Of terror That
may be so. If 1T is we may expect the fit pres
emily to pass and matters to be restored to
the status quo ante, save for the irremediable
taking off of a certain number of more or less
eminent Turks. The other theory is that vast
conspiracy has been formed, and has been de-
tected, aiming at some reasonable end, and
that the men who are being arrested are con-
cerned in it. That, too, may be So If it is, the
conspiracy is the most formidable with which
Turkey has had TO deal for many a year.
In either case. we may take these current incl
dents as omnous OF serious work In the not
far future. The subsistence Of a reign of terror
cannot leave n country in just the same state as
before. There will he not only scars, but
ranking wounds. The suppression of formi-
dable conspiracy cannot, in such a country
mean the ending of all attempts at revolution
The fact is that the Turkish Government in
Europe is anachronism which must soon
pass away, through either reformation or eX-
tnction Every day brings greater pressure upon
1t and greater attrition against it from outside
and also An increase of the reformatory or disn-
tegrating forces within And there is no renew
ing vitality there 10 recover from the effect OF
whatever blows may he inflicted upon IT, The
end may not be Immediately at hand. but 1t can
scarcely be far away, and these arrests make It
seem near and may bring it nearer
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
CANDIDATES FOR NOBEL PRIZES,

Since the endowment of the Nobel prizes first
became generally known on this side of the
Atlantic the American Minister at Stockholm
has received many letters from his fellow coun-
trymen asking that their names be presented
as competitors for one OF these honors. In
asmuch as Mr.. Thomas Is not permitted to
comply with a request of this nature. directly
or indirectly. he is placed in a somewhat en-
barrassing position. Partly on his own ac-
count therefore but also for the sake Of those
who may be disposed to write to him in the
future for the same purpose, he asks the State
Department to make a suitable public an
nouncement on the subject The rules adopted
by the trustees of the Nobel fund, two or three
years ago, declare that only persons whom 1t
indicates shall be privileged to make nomina-
tions to the judges These must be members
of the Royal Academy OF Stockholm, professors
of natural philosophy chemistry in a few
specified universities past recipients of prizes,
the judges themselves or learned men of other
countries who have been formally invited to
act in that capacity. 1t is absolutely useless
for any one else to offer a suggestion.
Just how many channels exist through which
American achievements in science, literature
and the promotion of international concord may
be brought TO the attention of the Nobel judges
1t is difficult to say 1t would be strange IL the
head Of the Smithsonian Institution had not
been requested to oficiate in this manner. One
can readily think of others who would make
almost equally representative spokesmen for
the United States. The names of those who
have actually been invited TO serve. however,
are kept secret. 1t is part OF the policy OF
the Nobel trustees to discourage direct appl-
cation for prize. Their theory is that IL any
one has been enough of benefactor of his
race to deserve such recognition he ought to be
Well known 10 leading scientists in his own
country. The trustees want the honor to seek
the man. and not the man the honor. An ad-
ditional and perhaps more forcible reason for
not disclosing the identity OF the Americans
who have been asked to cooperate is that they
would be pestered to death by 'cranks" IL the
public knew who they
Though this plan is open to some objections,
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
THE STATE CANALS.

After period OF seeming inaction at Albany.
during which the impression gained ground that
there would be no important canal legislation
this year, the prospect has rather suddenly
chsnged, and it is now predicted that bin sub
mtting TO the people next November the ques-
tlon of spending about 100000 on the Erie
and Champlain canals will be passed by e sub
stantial majority. The proposition embodied IN
the Assembly bill for a further expenditure of
s5,O00,00o on the Oswego Canal, which has been
thought in some quarters 10 owe a part of it's
support 70 the belief that it might be used as
q means to defeat the whole plan of canal i'm
provement is not likely to be accepted by the
Senate, whatever it's fate in the Assembly may
be. Ii is considered possible that some votes
will be lost for the main scheme If the claim
in behalf Of the Oswego Canal is rejected, but
there will not be enough of them TO affect the
result. The Governors influence is, OF course,
an important factor in the case, and If the peo-
pie are called on TO express their wishes next
fall IL will be chiefly because of bis earnest ad-
vocacy of canal development last year and this
There seems to be sufficient reason for
longer postpOning a settlement OF the question
whether the State Of New-YOrk shall adopt the
policy of making it's canals progressively more
serviceable, and by degrees raising them to the
highest practicable standard of efficiency or
merely maintain them in a manner and on a
scale tending toward their ultimate abandon
ment. II is true that according TO the repre-
sentations Of some persons that question would
not be settled by the adoption of the present
plan TO deepen the cut and enlarge the locks.
Their argument is that IL would be waste OF
money 20 do less than is required for the CONVEX
sion of the artificial waterways into barge
canals pursuant TO the report of the able
mission which urged an expenditure Of some
s6o,0oo,o00 for that purpose. But IT has been
made clear, we think, that the smaller opera
ton now contemplated would not merely be use
full in itself. but would facilitate. almost 10 the
extent of the sum it cost, such further develop
lnent as the most ambitious scheme embraces.
IT appears TO that If the people are enabled
10 vote next, November on this So2.0O0,Ooo
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

Washington. March 13 (S7eciaD.-Mrs. Otis Bige-
low gave a beautifully appointed luncheon to-day
at her home in Eighteenth-st- The table flowers
were jonquis. Among the guests were Mrs. John
c. Spooner Mrs David Jayne HILL Mrs Anson
Mills. Mrs. George Westinghouse. Mrs. John Taylor
Armes. Mrs ]. r. Thayer. Mrs Wilcox Mrs.
Armes Of New-York. and Miss Bigelow.
Senator Kean and the Misses Kean entertained
a company at dinner this evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth gave dinner
this evening
Mr.. and Mrs William Schan gave small dance
this evening at their home in Massachusetts-ave.
II had the novelty of a chidreu's party for grown
people. the guests appearing in the dress OF chill
dren under twelve years old. No particular period
of fashion marked the costumes and the wide lati-
tude gave variety ranging from the quaint and
provincial to the up to date extreme OF fashion.
There twenty couples In the eotillon. and IL
was a merry party the dancers IN Juvenile attire
creating much amusement for themselves and
everybody else. Among the guests the Min
lister Of Belgium and Baroness Moncheur, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chatfeld-Taylor. Countess Cassini, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Padelford. the counsellor OF the
French Embassy and Nine. de Margerie. Mr.. and
Howard, Woodbury. Blair. Mr. and Mrs. Dayrell
f. NJ Crackanthorpe. Alexander Zelenoy and
Plerre togestVensky, OF the Russian Embassy;
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Wallach and Mr. Van Ritter.
The surgeon general of the army and Mrs Stern
berg gave delightful reception last evening ia
honor of President Gilman. OF the Carnegie In
sttution. The members OF the Washington
on Saturday evening the Washington Society Of
Artists viii give a reception at the Corcoran Art
Gallery The patronesses are Mrs. Harriet Lane
q; G-s Neswi3nds Mrs Miles; wife Of General Miles:
Entertainment for the blind consisting OF read
Ing or music Is given everv day at the Congress
given by Senator Mason's chiIdren MISS Mss6S %aS
sang, accompanied by her sister on the piano and
their two younger brothers played the violin and
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
A QUIET LENTEN WEDDING.
MISS SUSIE SMITH. OF THIS CITY. AMI
TER wHETsTONE. OF PHILADE1-
PHIA UNITED

The marriage OF Miss Susie Smith tha 5o,,.A.. .
OF De Witt Smith, of this city the well 80.
inancier and railroad president 10 Waller w..
stone. Of Philadelphia. took place at the eountrv
home of Mr.. Smith at Lake Mahopac on yVs5-a
day The ceremony was performed byr the p
DR. c. ". Millard the Presiding Elder OF the Ne
York Methodist Episcopal Conference asss,aa b.
the Rev L. G. Warren, pastor of the Lake Mabono
Methodist Episcopal Church The bride was a.,
tended only by her father. who gave her axav
Samuel B. milestone. brother OF the brideEroom
was best man
The house was decorated with American Baautv
and Bride roses and a profuson Of white and
green. The wedding took place noon IN IN.
Louis XVI ballroom. and was followed BY a seated
breakfast. served by Delmonco. In the dining room
TO the members OF the families and were taken
from New-York to Lake Mahopac and return IN
Mr.. Smiths private car.
The brides gown was Of creme duehesse satin
trimmed with point applique. She carried a showers
bouquet OF white orchids. Her ornament was A
string of pearls. the gift Of the bridegroom Tn,
bride is brunette of tall and graceful figure shs
is fond Of athletics and Is a fine whip She is a
graduate of Smith College
Mr.. milestone is a successful young business
man OF Philadelphia. He has large interests in
Cuba. and the wedding journey Will include a visit
or pennsylvania, a Psi CpSllOn man and at college
was a member OF the crew and Elee club
Many beautiful presents were received That
from the brides father a check for a largo
terday for extended tour 10 the West Indies
On their return they will live in Philadelphia
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
NEW-YOBK IAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY MARCH A. 1902

a cripple for the time. and has been Withdrawn
from the race.
Mr.. William C. Whitney paid large sum for
the American colt Nasturtium. and sent him
over the Atlantic with the expectation of capt
uring the Derby. The colt became invalid
after he was landed and the outlook for his
success at EPSON is unconfortably uncer-
tain. The owner of Nasturtium also bought
that almost invincible American flly Endur-
ance-by-Right at a high figure, and she seemed
to be worth every dollar given for her. The
filly at the point of death this week from
pneumonia. Happily she is recovering. and
many a victory may fall to her lot hereafter.
The greatest champions among the thorough
breds evidently high strung and so deli
cate that the best of them frequently collapse
at the most critical moments. and fail when
there is reason TO look for their most dazzling
achievements
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
A Reform MOVEMENT IN CHTCAGO,

Like other great American cities Chicago
has had frequent reason to blush for her rep
resentatives in the State legislature With a
view to securing the nomination of better can
didates for the General Assembly so far as the
Cook County districts are concerned the Legis
lative Voters League has just been organized
It's founders are not visionary enthusiasts. for
the men most prominent in the new movement
have had experience in the practical work Of
purging the City Council, through the influence
Of the Municipal Voters League. of which Mr.
George f. Cole, president OF the new reform
organiza ton, the head. 1t Is announced
that the league will ignore all partisan tests
insisting only upon character and intelligence
in the nominees of the existing parties and that
1t will throw its influence to the best candidate
in given district. The question of the support to
be accorded to aspirants for United States Sen
atorships is not troubling the league, which
declares that no candidate for the legislature
expect its aid on any other ground than
personal fitness.
The record of the leaguers inspires confidence
in the future of ire movement, and their ex-
pressed determination not to dictate but to
ratify nominations (if decent men are chosen)
is an earnest of their sincerity and unselfsh-
ness OF purpose-qualities too often lacking In
so-called reform organizations
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14

It is. on the whole, judicious and commend
able Plenty of precedents for its adoption can
be found in methods pursued in the bestowal
of degrees by universities. National pride will
naturally impel the privileged few to press the
claims of America upon the committees who
make the awards. 1t does not appear, more
over that there is any limit TO the number or
names which they may present, although there
are only five prizes year. Finally. dtscoverers
and inventors in this country have already
been so extensively honored of late years by
medals from foreign societies that q reasonable
appreciation of American excellence by the No
bel judges may be confidently hoped for IN
spite of the seeming inaccessbilfty of the
latter
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
4mnsemcnis.

ACADEMY OF MJsIC-s:l5-trnder Two Flags
AMERICAN THEATRE: :15-Reaping the WniriVln"
BIJoU THEATRE-S:20-Ths Climbers. ,.A.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-The Sleeping Beauty ana t1e
Beast.
CASINOS .3O-Niss Simplicity.
CRITERION THEATRE-s-Du Barry.
DALH'S TEEATRE-s:3 :3l-Notre Dame
EDEN &CsEE-Day and Eveuing-World IN WIZ
EMPIRE TI5EATRE-S:20-The Twin Sister. -...
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE-S-Foxy IrahuPo'
GARDEN DECENTRALIZATION Marian
0ARRICK THEATRE-S:30-A Message from MaIs'
HARLEM OPERA HOUSIS-S:15-The Old hornesteeo-
HERALD SQUARE THBATRE-s: :l5-Doly Naroeil,
1HYISG PLACE -S:20-Iphtgenie OF 1an'ia-
KEITHS-l0 lO:3G-Continuous Performance
kNlCKERBOCKER THEATRE-S:l :l5-The IoIeaaor-
LfCEUM THEATRE-S30-The Girl and the Judge'
MADISON SQUARE TFIEATRE-S:3 :30-On the Quiet.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lO a. M TO il p H.
Sporfsmen'B Show.
MANHATTAN THEATRE-s :2o-TIer Lord ana Master
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-S-The Christian -,
NEW SAVOY THEATRE -S30-The Way OF the world
NEW-YORK TIEATRE-S-TIall Of Fame
PASTOR S-Continuous Performance.
PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVE1NUE-l3O TO 1o3o-The Royal
Box and Varieties 100
PRocToR's TWENTY-THIRD sTREDT-i:so to 1870
Varieties.
PRocroR's 125TH sTRBTr-1:3o 10 lo:S0-Mistekes
VIII Happen and Varieties. =. 100
PROCTOR'S FIFTY-EIGHTH STREEr--l:3O 10 lo'So-
REPUBLIC-S:16-As You Like It.
AlCToflA-S: :l5-Minstrels
WALL4AcK's TFTEATRE-s:2o-A Gentleman OF France
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
PERSONAL NOTES.

The Rev, DR. George Dana Boardman fingers n
gradually failing health In ST Augustine Fla
He can no longer walk. but is able 10 be carried
ssndursnce ana unseIish thoughtfuiness for others
ized by serene and deepening faith.
The will Of Sarah A. Edgecomb. of North Bath.
Me. contains the following bequests: Cobb Divinity
School, Bates College. $4,000; Bangor Theological
Seminary. 5000: Good VIII Home for Boys. 500;
M0ma5S Woman ,D Christian Association. lewiston $50
Sity OF Bath 0or fuel for the needy POOR, 500:
Hill $4,000; Central Maine General HOSPITAL Lew
9n. lst9n. SSUG The Tuskegee school is made the
many years.
When General Fitzhugh Lee was in Cleveland the
other day he received can from a young man who
gave his name as Lieutenant Ira G. Farley, and
who prefaced his business by pressing two-doIar
Dill into the generals hand. What's this for7"
gasped General Lee in blank amazement. Then the
visitor vi explained that he had served under Mace
an aa1tHr year. being sick and out Of funds he had
eral had assisted him and offered to lend him
money, but he would accept only s.. This. Lieu
he had had Of meeting his s benefaetSr ss and he
hastened TO repay the loan.
Twenty-nine sculptors have signi1ed their inten-
uon 10 submit designs for the statue OF General
This is believed 10 he the largest number ever
entered in such a competition.
Professor Tourney. of Yale has collected a large
representation and shrubs gathered for the
most part in Arizona during a period of eight years
Mhlch Will he appropriately displayed BY the Yale
Forestry School
With the consent Of Secretary Hay the trustees
or the John Hay Normal and Industrial School
tcolored), OF Alexandria. Va have changed its
name to the William Mckinley Normal and In
dustrlal School. Macnus L. Robinson the new
president or the school. is making a record as a
good executive, and the school promises 10 be one
people in the South.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
H. NJ. STEVENS TO LEAVE CORNELL
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSEI

Ithaca, N Y, March IS.-Annouucenent was
made tonight Of the resignation of Professor Il.
Morse Stephens from the chair OF modern Euro
pean history in Cornell University, to take effect
at the beginning of the next college year. Pro
fessor Stephens has accepted a similar position in
the University Of California. OF whose president
Benjamin -Ide Wheeler, formerly professor OF
Greek in Cornell, he is a warm personal friend.
Professor stephens is a graduate Of BaIioI CoI-
lege, Oxford. and after graduation spent sOms
years In journalistic work in England. He is az
present an editor OF the American Historical Re-
view His lecture courses at Cornell on English
history. modern European history and the history
of the British Empire have been popular.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
PASSENGERS FOR RERNurDA

Some OF those who sailed for Bermuda On the
steamer Trinidad yesterday were Adam Barker
A Y. Comstock, r. J. Cortis. H. D. Dickson Mrs
Dickinson. Miss Myra Emmons Mrs Faithoru
Mrs. Theodosia Garrison. ". D. CoodaIe. Weston
Haver. Miss Annie Johnson Mr.. and Mrs Milton
Knight. Miss kniSht, Mrs. Moncrieffe Kenneth
MX,ygatt' X,s Mt and Mrs, II, G. McKesver. H G. Ne,
Nickar, T.. l.. Park, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Rowland
Russell Mrs. r. l.. Scott Henry NJ Sregman Mrs
n. a, upper. Miss Allene p. Upper and Mr. and
Mrs. ". r. Vansant and family.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
SOME FALLEN IDOLS

The chances in the buying and running of
noted racehorses are often hard TO seek Am
bush. the champion jumper Of the world, owned
by King Edward. was looked on as the almost
certain winner of the Grand National Steeple-
chase at Aintree, the most coveted prize in the
cross-country contests of the world. But by
wholly unexpected mischance he has split a:
pastern In his training this week, has become