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New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
NO RACING IN PARKS.

The prompt and emphatic refusal of the Park
Board to permit the misuse Of Riverside Drive
for bicycle racing was. are glad to believe.
inevitable. No other treatment of that amaZ-
ing application was possible. Nevertheless. ii is
highly gratifying Other authorities. here and
elsewhere, have not always been so readily re-
gardfu of duty and public rights. And while.
we have said, any other decision would, or
, at least should. have been impossible there
have been public functionaries who have done
the impossible in the betrayal of public trusts
1t is reassuring to know that in this important
and increasingly important respect our present
Park Board can be relied upon to do the right
thing.
The impropriety Of such a proposal that
which the Park Board has negatived should
be obvious to all. The parks and parkways of
this city are for the use Of the whole public.
Every man. woman and child has a right TO en-
JOY them, subject only TO common rules OF behav-
Tor To give up one of the roads, for even limit
ed time, 10 furious racing would be either to put
the rest of the public that might be using it in
serious peril, or to exclude from it those who
have a right to use IL. Either of these things
would be an intolerable wrong. Such a wrong
Is being perpetrated at the present time. and
long has been in the use of a couple of miles
Of the great Ocean Parkway a speedway or
amateur rdCetracK. One OF lneSe udNS lHeIe
Will be a serious and perhaps a tragic mishap
there, and then people viii realize the danger
and the wrong of such use of public highway.
There is in this city special speedway, re-
served exclusively for the informal racing and
display of fast horses. Either public or pri-
yate munifcence-preferably the latter-should
provide such a road wherever there are enough
owners and drivers Of fast horses to make it
desirable. AS for automobiles, which have more
than any other class Of vehicles OF late sought
to use the public highways as racetracks, the
great wealth behind them should surely be able
to afford all the private speedways that are
needed. And the great number of bicycle riders
in all parts OF the country should also be
able to command for their racing and other
tests and contests courses that will not imperil
nor rob the general public. At any rate, our
parks must be kept as parks and not be turned
into racetracks.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
ICE BREAKERS ON THE HUDSON.

The old idea of keeping the Hudson open in
winter with ice breaking tugs has again been
under discussion of late. An article in the Illus
trated Supplement of last Sundays Tribune has
served TO increase popular interest in the sub
iect question over which some difference
of opinion may arise is whether the work If
undertaken at all, should be conducted under
State or national auspices. For all important
river and harbor Improvements II is customary
to look to Washington. not to Albany. for as
sistance Whatever may be deemed the wisest
policy in this particular though, there can be
no doubt as TO the feasibility of the scheme.
Ports on the Great Lakes of America and rivers
in Russia have been kept in a navigable condi-
tion in midwinter for many years by means Of
suitably constructed steam craft.
A good deal can be said too, about the de-
STABILITY Of the project When the canals are
closed, of course, less traffic on the Hudson is
possible than at other times. Yet water trans
portatiOn along the river alone should be main
tanned AS long as practicable. to supplement the
overtaxed railroads either shore Still
greater, perhaps, is the necessity for safe and
speedy freight transfers in New-York Harbor
The magnitude of this one interest makes the
presence Of floating ice a formidable embarrass-
ment to commerce. Climatologists suspect
moreover that the series of comparatively mild
ten or dozen years past will not last forever,
and that worse blockades may be anticipated
in the future than in the recent past
The arguments are not all on one side, how
ever If the river were kept open the ice in
dustry would be ruined. According TO The
Catskill Examiner" thousands OF men are en-
gagged in this business every winter. and mill
ions Of tons are harvested. In good year the
crop is valued at $50OO0O0O. Besides, a large
proportion of the cut is consumed in the metrop-
oils. There are other sources of supply, TO be
sure but the total elimination of the Hudson
River product from the market could scarcely
fail TO affect prices unfavorably, even in these
days Of artificial ice and mechanical refrigera
ton. These are considerations which cannot be
ignored.
In view of the conflict of interests thus re-
vealed' our Catskill contemporary suggests a
compromise. 1t would permit the use of ice
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
About People and Social Incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington. March Is (SpeciaD.-It was COM
paratively busy day at the White House. President
Roosevelt number Of callers, and 1t was an
nounced that the changes in the federal immigra-
ton service would be made in accordance with the
Washington dispatch to The Tribune last evening.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at a
snail dinner party tonight their guests being
Nevada y Stranahan, State Senator of NewYork;
the German Ambassador. Captain McCauley, Mr..
Reeves Miss HaEper and Miss Tuckerman. After
dinner the President and Senator Stranahan went
into the White House library for a long conference,
and Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by the German
Ambassador, Captain McCauley. Mr.. Reeves, MISS
Hagner and Miss Tuckerman went to the Lafayette
Theatre - hear the French opera company in la
GiocOnda 80 which has attracted large audiences OF
fashionable people for the last three nights While
Mrs. Roosevelt and her guests were at the opera
the President conferred with Senator Stranahan
Secretary Root and Representative 5. E. Payne.
Secretary Root returned TO Washington at $50
this evening with Secretary Hay, both Of whom
Rave been trip down the Potomac on the Sylph
for two days past. II was supposed that the Sec
retary OF War had gone 10 the White House to say
something to President Roosevelt about the future
of Rrigadier General Funston. but this was denied
and the impression given that his visit at 10
o'clock this evening had special significance
beyond his desire to confer about affairs of the
last forty-e'ght hours. As the Cuban reciprocity
II is thought likely that Mr.. Payne had anything
He probably wanted 10 get postofice com
missions signed
Senator Stranahan said tonight that there was a
mistake somewhere in regard 10 tnv rumor about
Collector BidwelPs remaining in Office He expects
TO be nominated soon ard to assume charge of the
duties OF Collector of the Port Of New-York on
April l. He also said that he had talked O,er New
York matters at some length with the President
VI. Cambon, the French Ambassador. presented
Leopold Mabilleau. member Of the Institute of
France, to President Roosevelt TO-DAY.
\ committee of representatives, OF printing crafts
talked with the President to-day and handed ~ him
memorial requesting that the ruling OF the Pos
office Department barring from the mails certain
publications issued annually, se7ri-9GuuaI!v and
quarterly be set aside. Those composing the com
mittee were Joseph J. Little, J. clyde oswald and
William Green, OF New-York CITY. Tney told The
President that they represented one thousand firms,
employing one hundred thousand persons. and thar
the ruling was great hardship. The President
took the matter under Amusement.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

ordinate but an associated" policy. 1t is to
be applied "as TO open our markets on
favorable terms for what do NOT produce"
Well, we do not produce enough sugar TO supply
our needs. wherefore reciprocity is TO let in
Cuban sugar on favorable terms. in return for
free Cuban markets for our products. That is
the unmistakable purport of the platform of
1900 their adherence to which the beet sugar
advocates so vehemently reafflrm. Truly, the
record is one from which the friends of reci-
procity need not shrink II abundantly vindi-
Gates the consistency and good faith of the pol
icy which is now being pursued by the admin
istration and the mass of the Republican party
in the name of national honor and of national
interest.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

breakers along the lower part of the river
from Newburg southward-and leave the ice
men in undisturbed possession above that point.
Such an arrangement might not be satisfac-
tory to the steamboat lines which want TO run
all the way TO Albany, but it would still leave
a considerable portion Of the water route open
and the freedom Of freight ferriage in New
York Harbor would be promoted. Half a loaf
is not equal to a whole one. but it is better
than no bread at all. If, therefore, the plan
for having ice breakers on the Hudson is sub
mitted to Congress or the legislature. it may be
we'll to have a distinct understanding in ad
vance concerning the limits within which they
may operate.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
REPRESENTATION AT ST. LOUIS.


It is to be hoped that the legislature will see
its way to make a liberal appropriation for the
proper representation OF this State at the St
Louis Fair Fifty thousand dollars, the amount
originally proposed. is inadequate. and 1t is now
believed that at least double that sum can be
secured Favored as 1t has been by Congress
and backed by energetic Western business men,
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition seems likely
10 rival if not to surpass. the Worlds Fair Of
1888 New-York was represented at the latter
by building which filled every visitor from
the Empire State with pride in his home COM
monweath. The appropriation which made
this result possible was S600,O00 The request
of the Merchants Association is more modest
this year. calling for 100000.
Other States are showing their interest in the
fair and their appreciation of the benefits de
rived from representation there by appropria-
tions which make the sum originally contem-
plated by the New-York Legislature seem a
niggardly allowance Kansas has pledged
$4,000, Colorado, $4,000 and Arkansas 100000,
and it is understood that these appropriations
priation is $25O,OO0; Texas is not allowed by its
constitution to make a legislative appropria-
tion but $3.50 900 is to be raised by private sub
scription; Wisconsin has appropriated S25 900;
Mississippi, $4,000, and South Dakota, S33, 900.
If it be good policy we believe it is, for this
State to neglect no notable opportunity of sig
naiZing its proud position among sister States,
the legislature will make no mistake in grant
ing the sum the Merchants Association asks
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
"TOO NUCHA ORG 4NDA MONK
POLICE FINALLY COME TO THE RESCUE
OF THE MUSIC BORED DIR. SMITH.

The police have at last come to the aid OF pr
c. buckingham Smith. OF No IS East Twenty
eighth St. who has for many weeks suffered from
too mucha da org al. da monk The physician
AYERS that East Twenty -eighth-st. has been the
principal stamping ground for musicians OF the
n achine made school. and that from morning
bright to dewy eve there has been a continuous
performance in front of his house. No sooner
would She Am My Ragtme Cal move along than
Il Want Nah Lulu would come within earshot
Next on the programme would he When Reuben
Comes 20 Town. which. in turn. would he sue
ceeded by II Want Nah Chicken Back or The
Moon Shines Bright Along the Wabash" Then
would come son Of sunny Italy with a harrelflI
of real oldttmers. such Just Before the Battle
Mother" or II Am Growing Older, Darling" or
yet again. Ever of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming
The arrival would let loose the dogs of u,Dsi,
in the classical form of the "Cavalleria Rustcaua'
intermeZzo the NIiscrere from III Trovatora
and his successor would be imbued with religious
fire and zeal to the extent of Jerusalem 'The
Holy City" THE Palms and The Lost Chord
Il tell you what" said DR.. Smith 1T got TO be
fierce"
Last evening policeman from the West Thr
tieth-st. police station was sent 10 the doctors
house. and at 7:90 O'Clock along came iovous Ber-
tolomo Cavanna, of No. 16 BaXter-st cartinr an
organ equipped with sufficient nerve shattring ap-
paratus TO entitle its owner the undsputed nos
session OF the title The One Man Band" He
deposited his torture box in front Of DR. Smiths
house and opened up tunefuly with
"I yo, NAH honey, deed I do"
That's right" said the policeman as he Iai4
hands the musician. Il do. for a fact Come
right along"
Cavanna had license good only for the ,aar
lS" HE Will he arraigned In the jefferson Marker
police court to-day. charged with playing a hand
organ after o'clock p M, as well as with on
Grating without a license. W
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
SENATOR HCMPHPEY Ill.
A COLD DEVELOPED INTO PNEUMONIA-H1s
WIFE AND SON CALLED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE ]

lBY -EI EGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE
Albany. March 15.-Senator Lester Hayden
Humphrey who represents the XLVIth Senats
District. is dangerously i'll from pneumonia in
this city. The seriousness Of his illness was noe
recognized until yesterday when his wife and
son were hastily summoned Mrs. Humphrey
arrived to-day and is in constant attendance
at the bedside of her husband. The son is ex-
pected tomorrow morning.
senator Humphreys home in this city during
the legislative sessions is at No. Elk-SJ, when
IS commonly known as The House Of Lords.
The Senator took a cold last Tuesday. COM
phcatiOn of kidney trouble set in soon afterward
ana Dr. Albert Nanderveer was called on Thurs
day. His condition grew worse. until it was
said last night that his left lung 50 seri-
ouSly conGeSted that a crisis in his illness mlShr
be expected within fOrty-eiSht hours.
Senator Humphreys home is in Warsaw,
wyoming County, where he is the president
of the Warsaw National Bank He is in
terested in many lines of business. and until
lS99 held a large number Of shares in the
National Salt Company, of New-York City. he
was first elected to the Senate in 1895. and tor
the last six years has held the position of chair
man of the Senate Committee on Banks. He -
hfty-twO years old
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Line upon line. precept upon precept, must
he used unsparingly TO overcome abuses and to
bring about changes for the better. It was
necessary TO print great many articles. ap-
peals and arguments before the cruel shooting
OF trapped pigeons in this State suppressed.
So it will be concerning policy thefts and pool
rooms. and leaks and waste and frauds In the
water supply. One stroke of the hammer on the
anvil avails little. 1t is the constant repetition
of the strokes, the pounding away persistently.
that really tells and brings about practical
results.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
"P4T" KEEyAN'S GLORIOUS BIRTHD4Y'

The birthday Of ex-City Chamberlain Patrick
Keenan, was observed AT the jefferson Club, at No.
.i7 Seventh-st., last night over thousand friends
OF the veteran Tammany leader OF the with AS
pledge his health in oft repeated toasts All par
tsan political lines were isregarded for evening
and Democrats and Republicans alike joined in the
celebration. Among those present were sX-Mayor
Van Wyck. Lewis Nixon ex-Conrrolier Coer,
Judge NewburSer. Justices Blanchard and Gle
gerlch Recorder Con, Senators Ahearn and GRADY.
ex-senator Goffey. "ADe' Gruber, Elections Com,
missioner Charles B. Page. Captains Titus ana
McCluskey and Isaac Fromme. and six hogsheadS
OF champagne
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
ADMIRAL RIxEY GOING TO CANTON.

Washington, March 1a-Admiral ?. NJ Rixey.
surgeon general of the navy left Washington TO-
night for Canton, Ohio, join Secretary CoTJeyou
in short visit the guest of Mrs Mckinley IN
view of the significance which might attach TO Or.
Rxey's visit, ; he has always been regarded az
Mrs. McKinley's attending physician. IL saHs
aUthoritatively that there had been no change
Mrs McKinley's condition. and that the visit
purely social
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Lord Macaulay told in song the story Of
Horatius. who kept the bridge over the Tiber
in the brave days of old. What new Macaulay
will celebrate in verse the valor of the doughty
warriors who keep the bridge over the East
River in the bold new days of Brooklyn?
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
PASSENGERS on THE LUCAN1A.

Some OF the passengers the Lucania, which
sailed for Liverpool yesterday Mrs Devereux-
Clapp. Mr.. and Mrs. John Dick Charles T. Garland.
Miss Alice Harley Mrs. Hartman Kuhn. M and
Mrs. r ". Kemp, ir.. William MdCkenSie. the
Narquise de Talleyrand-PsTigOrd. Miss Alice Reed
and II. z. Wanamaker.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

ST Petersburg is putting out AZ per cent
loan Of 100000 rubles. 10 be spent in various
city improvements, including two bridges and
a dam across the Neva, a reconstruction Of the
telephone service. the building Of a hospital for
children. rapid transit. fire brigades, canals.
schools and municipal abattoirs. As Tammany
methods of expenditure are not unknown in the
Russian service local or general. the sum pro-
vided may not do as much as is expected of It,
but unless the Muscovite HOrgans and Slatterys
who have the contract work TO do are unex-
pectedly rapacious it will do something. and
that is urgently needed.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Colonel John Jacob Astor has departed for F'or-
ida. Mrs. Astor remains in town, and the an
nouncement that they have leased villa of their
own at Newport for the season is regarded "a in
dicatng that they expect TO entertain more eX-
tensivey this summer than in previous years
Hitherto. when at Newport. they have made heir
headquarters at the house OF Colonel Astor'S
mother. and whatever entertaining they did took
place on board their yacht. the NourmahaL This
summer they will dispense hospitality not only on
sea. but also on land while the extensive altera-
ticns in progress at BeeChwoOd including the en-
largement OF the ballroom, indicate that their
mother. Mrs. William Astor, is also looking for
ward entertaining on a more extensive scale
than heretofore at Newport.
Alfred @. Vanderbilt may he said to have Inau-
gurated the coaching season by a trip TO Bayshore
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

In a few weeks the pitchers and catchers, the
basemen and batters will be busy the dia
nonds But the clouds which are lowering over
the so-ca!led national game still murky.
The warning factions not yet out Of the
courts. and spite and malice and wrath have
not given place TO gentle peace. There are too
many foul balls.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Having dined with President and shaken
hands and conversed with a royal Prince, Booker
T. Washington testifes to his race what dill
gence and merit may achieve for them in the
way OF recognition everywhere except among
old slave drivers and those begotten Of them. of
whom Tillman may pose as Of the best sur
vtving types, unless mis- nephew contest the palm
with him.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

To-day Is Passion Sunday and the churches will
all be crowded. There Will be special exercises in
many Of them, and in some. such as, for instance
St Patricks Cathedral. there viii he note
worthy music. Divine service will be followed BY
long list OF luncheon parties. the most notable
being given by Mrs Frederick Tams, while In
the evening there will be round of dinner parties
and musical given by Mrs Cowdin.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Uneasy in these days and nights lies the head
that wears a turban. particularly the sutan's
turban. the most disquieting article of headgear
in current use anywhere the world around.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mrs. Dallas 3 Pratt r-s issued invitations for !
dinner party on Thursday next at her house No
q West FOrty-eigh th-St.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mr. and Mrs. John II Drexel have returned "a
town from Boston and arc AT their house in Fifth
ave They have abandoned for the present thei,
intention Of going abroad.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

The Badmuton Clue. OF which :. J oaxley
Rhineander ard Amory :. Carhart are officers,
held its regular weekly meeting yesterday after
noon in the Tennis Building on West Forty-drst-st
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mrs. William P. Douglas. who is staying az Jsszyr
Island with DT. and Mrs James Narkoe Miss Nor.
gan and q party Of friends. returns town at ina
end OF the week ~
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

NJ and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt return "a
town tomorrow week from BiTtmore sailing for
Europe on the following day.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and her daughter. Mas
Gladys Vanderbilt. are at Lakewood
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mr- and Mrs. ]. L. Van Allen have left town s,r
Tuxedo for a short stay. Mr.. and Mrs Levi
norton are IkeV ise spending the weeks end a.
tuxedo. Ns
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Among the principal entertainments OF n.
which opens to-day viii he the musical ziva, -
Mr.. and Mrs Henry ". Poor on Tuesday 49,.
at thelr house at Gramercy Park and Iexfnv+ss-
ave Ihe programme. which Will be mada - ssSn-
LOUIS Won Gaertners compositions will bA = p.r u
qered oy full orchestra under the dfractio. -.
LmlI Paur with Charles GregOrOwitch as vioIjr,v.s
~ hale huntington as soprano and Hamilton y 1r,
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

ThN Duke OF Newcastle remains IN town .z,,..
Hsned 1 at the Savoy. until he sails for England -,
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

The touring season of the Automobfs cIr.
america is also about to open and the programs.
or the runs and tours OF the club has irs, Is
issued Inc hrst will take place on March "a S-Sen
meet Tor these runs will be at Fifty-eghth-s. ne
FlItn-aXe-, and the first will take in saad
oneck. White Plains and Ardsley Where r,,eanar-
VIII be served at the clubhouse. 'NHcheo1
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Mr. and Mrs. George T. Bonner and Miss Mabel
Bonner who have been wintering in Egypt. are
on their way home, and will errive in town early
rext month for a stay at their house, in East
Twenty-hrst-st.. before proceeding 10 spend the
summer at their place at Murray Bay.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Among those who sailed yesterday for F,,,.-
were the Marquise de Tslleyrand Perigord NJ ~
Mrs. Devereaux CIapp Mr. and Mrs Eichs a., = AID
SGher, Mrs Hartman Kuhn Mrs A r mex Oersek-
"a Mr, ana Mrs o. B. Judsen and Mr.. and Mrs n 81
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Inc Meadow Brook hunt season was o.,,.n-
opened yesterday. and the houses In the N.s-y
Brook district are rapidly filing UP. 7Aoow
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

The Easter holidays commence very shortly, and
numerous entertainments are being organized for
the boys and girls who Will be home for their vaca-
tions The Ciroton boys, however, will be deprived
OF their usual Easter holiday owing fact tha,
they have only recently returned 10 thei- studies
after The enforced vacation due to the outbreak OF
TO which Young Theodore Roosevelt 50
nearly suCcumbed.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

The marriage Of Mrs. J. H. Alexandra - D.,
russell F'1-er, which was announced in thi. 80
umh som" ten days ago as soon 70 be will -
p.aCe on N"rl at St BartholoreVis ftb1SAne SaAe
MIHlSpE-','- and Forty-fourth-st at 4 ocIocE a.