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DEGREE FOR MISS GOULD.
CHANCELLOR MACCRACKEN FOR
EXPANSION.

In announcing the comforting of the degree of
Master of Letters Miss Helen Miller Gould at
the SEVENTEEN commencement of New-York Univer-
sity at the Metropolitan Opera House last night
Dr. George Alexander, vice-president of the
poration, said:
Miss Gould's name is presented for this hon
orary degree because of her personal service the
cause of education She has been connected with
the university for the last ten years and at the
present time is president of the Woman's Advisory
Committee
The same degree was also conferred on four other
women-EniIy Ogden Butler, Anna Palmer Draper.
Catherine Bacon Smith and Martha Buell. Mum
and on Charles Waldo Haskins C. P. A. dean of
the New-York University School of Commerce Ac-
counts and Finance.
The opera house crowded to the doors. and
people had to be turned away account of the
fire laws. The stage was profusely decorated and
brilliantly lighted The eth Regiment Band PLAYED
before the exercises began. and march as the fac
ulty. headed by Chancellor MacCracken, came in.
The faculty was followed by the graduates The ex-
ercises opened with prayer by the Rev Horace
Underwood. of Corea, graduate of the university
In 1882. Chancellor MacCracken then spoke in mart
as follows:
Our commencement programme this week seemed
to me at first expansionist in spirit, if not mpe-
realistic. Among those who participate 1 find one
American scholar who is leader in education in
Corea; second who is head of a governmental
university In China; third who will preside over
a great college IN Syria. and fourth who has es-
Americans care less for America because they take
or themselves the white mans burden in distant
lands?
Yet by as much as America is profoundly Aneri-
can, she must consent to be also a world power
Like Great Britain. she must accept in some meas
the Office OF ruler and of educator of peoples
that are less favored than she is In ike manner
New-York University in the metropolis of America
must by virtue of her position accept the world as
her HELD This week We give degrees to three
hundred and fifty students. To each and all of
them say the field of the scholar is the world
the world that is civilized. and the world that Is
not yet civilized. and wherever In this wide world
you shall be placed we assure you that New-York
life and of light. F ~ Va
The comforting OF honorary degrees followed
Inc uesLees We're conferred by the chancellor All
eyes We're turned on Miss Helen Miller Gould as
she mounted the platform to receive her degree OF
n M OF letters. She the regulation cap
te,aa SoMi, ana Chancellor MacCracken simply
dapraa ieT cap from her head he pronounced the
eetS. Ihere was cheering and capping OF hands
as tno ceremony performed.
lows: e'eeS "oio NO''iei'ou as Ioi-
N0'eof OF pivinity-The Rev. HOWARD BLISS. prest-
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to selfishness and tell the American people that
the plan is now. two years ago. for them u
do right, but not SO right but that they can
skim the cream off the Filipino milk just as well
as If they did not make virtuous pretence OF
giving the Filipinos their own. The Philippine
ouestion has been submitted to the people sew
eraI times. however and, if the Kansas City
platform did not appeal to them at a time When
s'imperialsm' was q fresh bugaboo and Phlilp-
pine problems really troublesome. IL IL
doubtful if they will pay much attention TO
warmed over appeal, seasoned with a dash OIL
concession to selfnterest now that the situa-
ton is rapidly being cleared up
The reaffirmation of one Philippine plank of the
Kansas City platform ia less significant than the
apparent forgetfulness of the other That other
declared: 1--WE hold that the constitution fol-
lows the flag and denounce the doctrine that
san Executive or Congress- deriving their exist
"ence and their powers from the constitution,
1ca0 exercise lawful authority beyond It III
violation of it" AS was pointed out in the
BRYAN campaign that plank was utterly incon-
sistent with the declaration against F1iplnos
as American citizens. If the constitution Iol-
lowed the flag, then the Filipinos were ALREADY
citizens The Indiana Democrats are more
logical. They no longer demand rule OF the
Philippines under the constitution. They frahhly
commit themselves to the establishment OF
protectorate and the carving Of an independent
nation out of United States territory, proceed
ing utterly unknown 10 the constitution, ana
possible only by the exercise of sovereign pow
ers over territory not brought under the rule or
that instrument.
How times change Eighteen months ago that
constitution follows the flag doctrine was one
of the immutable principles of the Democratic
party. 1t was fundamental. Human liberty
depended upon it. The republic would go 10
pieces without it. Now nobody mentions It.
Democrats do not care to discuss it. They ike
to fling epithets like "despotism" and 'tyrant
now and then, but the principle of free hand
in the Philippines, for which Republicans con-
tended, is tacitly accepted as the right one
Essence of imperialism though it be, it is made
the foundation of the prevailing Democratic
plan of dealing with the Philippines on the basis
of future separation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
NEW. YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. JUNE g. 1902

do to rely exclusively on oil and then not have
enough Proper provision for transportation,
though would seem to be n simple matter
Half dozen tank steamships can be built III
a few months after the order has been given
There is nothing new or experimental in the
idea Dozens of such vessels are already In
service on other routes than that between the
West Gulf and the metropolis. The establish
ment Of communication between the Beaumont
oil fields and the consumers of the Northeast is
apparently only question of capital. energy
and business enterprise. While the Belmont
Mcdonald combination mas taken the lead in
the movement 70 encourage the Texas oper-
ators. it is safe to say that its example will be
followed promptly by other transportation COM
panies and by manufacturers who are large
consumers of coal To conclude negotiations
for an oil supply or to expect definite offers at
a specific price is hardly practicable Just now.
perhaps; but if the men who want cheap fuel
will find way TO signify their interest in the
matter they may easily hasten their deliver
ance from present exactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
At THE WHITE HOUSE

Washington June 5.-Rear Admiral heHPH was
presented to the President TO-DAY oy nspi
g. partboIdt The President praised the admiral
fo- refusing to Join in the bcmbardment OF tne
Taku forts soon after the legation Keller expedl-
ton arrived in Chinese waters He informed Au-
miral Kempff that the civilized world hao rem
dered Judgment his action and decided that 'e
right.
The President received a delegation of fifty mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
They were introduced by Edwin c. Madden Inird
Assistant Postmaster General who is member
of the organization. 60
The members of Company @. I'd Regiment, Con-
necticut National Guard. OF waterbury, were re-
made by Senator Hawley. .t..
The delegates to the seventh anauaL co nVsntIon
of the Association OF Surgeons of the Southern
Railway Company called the White House al
noon and were greeted by President Roosevelt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. s Alfred Mitchell. Of the department OF as
tronou1y at Columbia. received word yesterday Of
his election as a fellow Of the Royal Astronomical
her ~ the United States Government expedition
which went to Sumatra last year to observe the
solar eclipse
The CONGREGATIONAL Home Missionary Society
has invited the Rev Dr. A II. Bradford OF Mont
clair N j. Moderator OF the National Council OF
CONGREGATIONAL Churches. to preach the sermon at
it's seventy .ixth annual meeting in Syracuse on
Tuesday evening, June 8, as SUBSTITUTE Tor the
Rev Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, OF Brooklyn, who
has gone to Europe for his health Dr. Bradford
has accepted
The Hon Albert ". Paine. OF Bangor. Me- COM
peted sixty-seven years OF continuous practice Of
the law on Wednesday, he having been admitted
to the Penobscot bar May q. 1895. He IS the
oldest lawyer in point Of continuous practice IN
newfoundland, If not the Oldest in the United
States During his Mr.. Paine has tried cases
since the organization of the State with the ex-
ception OF Judge Paris and one or two recently ap
pointed and also those of the Circuit and District
courts of the United States in Maine he was
born on August Is 1872, entered college IN lsS and
the age OF ninety years. in sound health Of mind
and body. writes all of mis- briefs and letters in
with as much energy and regularity as any mem
Der OF the bar.
Lord Hindip and Mr.. whitehouse. the Au1eri-
can traveller" says The London Chronicle" who
started from leila few months ago on tour
across country to the upper reaches Of the Nile.
have just been heard from at Gildessa, on the
Abyssinian frontier. They had had fair sport. and
contrived TO keep clear OF the fighting tribes now
roaming the country. From Gildessa they wers
to head for the Abysstnian capital on visit 20
Tapta Ha az b os T NaI, r. viii he an
interesting journey when completed Tor the young
Adowa. and make for home by way OF the Sooaf
and khartoum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
THE OPEN CAR QUESTION.

At the hearing yesterday on the proposed
ordinance to prohibit persons from standing De
tween the seats Of open cars an officer OF the
Metropolitan company repeated the famlilar
assertion that many cars are now run during
the rush hours as there is room for very prop
eriy adding that if the ordinance should De
passed the company would honestly endeaVor
TO obey IT An officer of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company made a similar statement as
10 existing conditions. but took occasion 10 de-
clare that such a regulation could not possibly
be enforced. It is probably fact that when
traffic is at its height the intervals between
cars on the Brooklyn Bridge are not too long,
end consequently that if only those who could
get seats were allowed to ride many would
have 70 walk or to wait a tedious time for
commodation The same thing may be true
respecting the principal lines in this borough,
though We have thought there was reason 10
doubt the company's representations on that
Y,oint. But if il be admitted that during the
rusf, hours more cars could not be operated,
dies that settle the question? The transporta-
+fon nonpauies seem 10 think so. Their position
&c that when they have done their best the pub
lie still has an inalienable right to ride, and by
crowding in between the seats to make all their
occuasuts miserable. 1t is our opinion that
from 2 strictly legal point Of view that propo-
sjfion is at least debatable and we know OF
one case in which an eminent lawyer who had
refused. in spite of the conductors orders, TO
LET another man stand in front Of him rather
boped that he might be elected and so get
fair chance TO bring an action against the com
pany.
When transportation managers say that the
nroposed ordinance could not be enforced they
nrobabIy mean that public opinion would not
enr,rove its enforcement snd consequently that
+hev world be obliged to contend not merely
win indignant individuals, but with the com
r,ua;tv in general which would be hopeless
undertaking. Perhaps they are right, though
thew have always been careful TO avoid testing
,beir assumption in a manner injurious TO their
own supposed interests, while at the same iiine
they have constantly proved that the peopie u
New York are remarkably docile and peaceaOie
,,v sutiecting them TO wanton i'll treatment OF
one sort or another We do not for mohlen'
accept Mr. Yreeland's assertion that coh
ductor who should attempt TO exclude paSsen
gers when all the seats were fun wouid raise
q riot and be .mauled half to death. LII may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
AN ERA OF CHEAP FUEL.

The present high price of COAL whether 1t
has rational excuse or not, promises to be a
blessing in disguise. It is rapidly opening peo-
pies eyes TO the possibility Of obtaining much
cheaper fuel and thus introducing a new chap
ter of industrial history. The public is now
realizing as never before the feasibility and
advantages of substituting oil for coal under
steam boilers. So long as the countrys supply
of petroleum was derived chiefly from Penn
sylvania and adjacent States the proposition
was not worth considering. Eastern oil is more
profitable when refined for Illuminating purposes
than when sold for fuel. The Texas article,
which has been produced in astonishing album
dance for more than year, is fit for little else.
This is practically its sole field of usefulness.
Moreover, it has already been employed extern
siyely enough to demonstrate its excellence
1t is used in electric light plants and sugar fac
tories in the South, and also on locomotives
and everywhere gives perfect satisfaction
Texas cannot begin to consume the enormous
output of her wells, though. and is eager TO
find a market elsewhere. Here, then. is the op-
portunity of the North
Professor Denton's tests in this city show that
a trife over four barrels of Beaumont oil are
the equivalent of ton Of No. buckwheat coal.
In view of the economy in labor resulting from
the use OF Hquld Iuei, the traction may pe hes
lected in calculation. 1t may be asserted, then.
that oil costing so or 80 cents a barrel is as
cheap as coal at So or So 80 Crude petroleum
at the wells in Texas brings only few cents
a barrel. The chief factor in its cost in the
metropolis would be transportation. When this
is carried on by means of tank steamships, in
wholesale fashion, it is not incredible that the
Beaumont product can be sold here at a hand
some profit for a good deal less than 81 a barrel
The one great need Of the hour is proper ia
cilities for shipment. In a conversation with a
Tribune reporter last Wednesday an officer OF
the marlborough Rapid Transit Company said
that that organization was favorably disposed
toward the idea of adopting oil for fuel but
il was essential that an absolutely uniform and
unfailing supply be guaranteed That is the
only safe attitude to assume. 1t would never
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
ROCHAMBEAUS IN ST. LOUIS
CHICAGO HAS PREPARED AN ELABO-
RATE PROGRAMME FOR THEIR
ENTERTAINMENT ON SATURDAY.

St Louis. June 5.-President David r Francis
and delegation OF louisiana Purchase EXPO
sition officials called at the Planters Hotel TO-
day and met the Rochambeau-Lafayette party.
which arrived last night. After the exchange OF
greetings the party visited the worlds far sue
and drove over the grounds. At the conclusion
of the drive the Countess de Rochamoeau was
escorted by committee OF women 70 the nome
of Mrs j. L. d. Morrison for luncheon re
ception by the Daughters OF the American rev. ~
luton followed at the home of Mrs George -.
Shields. In the mean time the remainder OF tH7
party proceeded 10 the Country Club.
Chicago June 5.-The Count and Countess ae
Rochambeau. Count de Lafayette. NJ Le
Grave Commissioner General of France 70 inc
ST. Louis Exposition NJ. Guinemin. First seels-
tary of the French Embassy; NJ. de Billy. sec-
ond Secretary of the French Embassy u
BGufve, French Consul and Chancellor OF ms
French Embassy at Washington; Baron %
Rothiakof. commander IN the French nsNS'
vicomte de Chambrun. attache OF the Fren'n
Embassy; NJ. weihofr. secretary. and u. Heii'4
Merou, French Consul In Chicago. honorary
member Of the Illinois Society. Sons OK ~ ~
American Revolution, Will arrive in Chlcas'VS -
Saturday morning from ST. Louis. and VII %
met at the depot by the Common Councll 49,.
mittee, Of which Honore Palmer Is chalIIt,ee
and the Sons and Daughters OK the AIhs -
Revolution, and will be escorted 70 the -t1t
forum Hotel for breakfast Afterward thsS s ~"
be taken to the Chicago University ana , snss
tanned there. They will be entertained al I4-- -
con by the Common Council commlttsss a. ,bag
Chicago Club. at the conclusion OF wiz.
viii be driven through the parks or the St 10
In the evening reception, for wnieh 49, 49,,
vitations have been issued viii be given :. ~
the Sons and Daughters OF the American ie'
luton and the Continental Guard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

OF Syrian Protestant College Beyrout: ths
Rev. JOHN GERARDUS FAGG. pastor OF the Collesafs
Reformed Church New-York City.
Doctor of L.ws-WILIIAM A wHEELOCK. A. ".
president Council OF New-York University HOR-
ACE NJ LANE. NJ D., president OF Mackenzie Colege.
Sac Paula, Brazil; the Rev. JUNIUS 3. REMEN-
SNYDER, D. D.. president OF the Lutheran synod of
New-York and New-Jersey.
Then followed the conferring OF degrees on the
graduates OF the several schools Of the university
Benedction pronounced by the Rev. Mr.. IN
derwood and the exercises closed with the playing
of the Star Spangled Banner by the band
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Devery says he was never a "knocker." But
when he declares that the old crew in Tam
many ought to get out" when he accuses Croker
of playing both ends against the middle" and
adds that the Vantage Boss is trying to run
Tammany by wireless telegraph from England"
he seems to be busy enough in knocking" He
sums up Murphy, of the Tammany triumvirate,
"a nice SPORT second triumvir Mcmahon
as ''two-spot." and a third triunvir. Haffen
as "a joke" Furthermore, he asserts that
Mcmahon and Haffen ought to be above skim
ming milk for Croker" Call you this backing
of your friends?" Devery is the Mont Peee Of
the Fourteenth-st. Martinique.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
HALF A MILLION IN GIFTS.

Newton. Mass. June 5-Eighteen men were grad
uated from Newton Theological Institution to-day
At the trustees dinner for contributors alumni
and invited guests. endowments and requests az
gregating nearly $4,000 for the year were an
nounced, including 100000 raised to secure an
equal sum from John d. Rockefeller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
CAMBRIDGE TO HONOR MR.. REID.

London, June sit was announced to-day that
vhitelaw Reid Special Envoy Of the United States
IN the coronation of King Edward, will have the
honorary degree Of IL D. conferred upon him BY
fan1hrfdee University at the time that this
degree fs given to H. ". Parker professor OF
music at Yale University.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Now and then a parlous fuss is made over
little wanton boys who huddle around cheap
bases and bats in vacant lots Sundays. These
small urchfns accused of playing ball But
if they don't do better than the so-called Giants
they cannot be playing ball, and they ought to
go scot free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
FOR FIREWORKS. s5,OOo-sCHwAB

[RY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-l
Pfttsburg June 5.-President Charles u schwah
of the United States Steel Corporation this morn
ing made 5000 contribution to the Greater Pitts
b,,re Fourth of July fund in the form Of a check
for e n6G The Gift is in behalf Of the great steel
cnrnoration and It's constituent companies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
NETWORK SOCIETY.

In spte of the number of departures from town
that are heralded every day. Fifth-ave is still
thronged with carriages each afternoon Well
known faces are to be seen everywhere The fash
ionable restaurants continue crowded at noon and
ar dinner time and the clubs have not yet begun
to assume that air of desolation that is so char
ecteristic of the summer In fact, the city is far
from beine deserted in a social sense, and the
number of those who still remain in town and in
the suburbs is being constantly augmented by the
number of arrivals from Europe. each liner coming
into port with well filed fashionable lists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

stuyvesant Fish and his daughter Marion hav.
closed their house. in East seventy-eishth-sr and
are established at their place at Garrisons-on-fh
Hudson where they will await the return from Fs
rope OF Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish They will then -
with her to Newport for the season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Mr. and Mrs. George c. Haven close their hous.
in East Thirty-ninth-st, and leave town to-day "a
their country place at Lenox, Mass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

The Beers will come trooping home again. and
the only explosives in South Africa hereafter
will be used in the gold mines for the enrichng
Of the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Poorooms can be carried by storm without
fusillades of bullets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
About People and Social Incidents.

Bar Harbor. Her daughter. Mrs Baker. is nksvt..
at Bar Harbor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon II. Brown leave town nsxt
week and go to Fishers Island for the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Wt4o
at Bar Harbor.
stuyvesant Fish and his daughter Marion hav.
closed their house, in East seventy-eishth-sr ana
are established at their place at Garrisons-on-tbs
Hudson, where they viii await the return from Eu
with her to Newport FOR the season. 50
Mr.. and Mrs George C. Haven close their hous.
in East Thirty-ninth-st. and leave town to-day Tor
their country place at Lenox Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon h Brown Ieavs town ns-,
week and go to Fishers Island for the summer
Mrs Marcus Daily left town yesterday for hs-
country place in Montana for the summer.
Mrs j. Borden Hartman Is at Mount KIseo
n. Y and has her father. F. W. J. Hurst. formerly
treasurer OF the New-York Yacht Club staying
with her on visit
Mr. and Mrs william A. Perry have completed
their trip to Mexico and to the Pacific Coast; and
are at their suburban home at Bay Ridge Long
Mrs Jabez A. Bostwick is still at her house :,
Fifth-ave but sails for England toward the end Of
the month with her daughter Mrs. Hamilton Cary
in order to visit her other daughter. Mrs Albert
Carstairs wife OF Captain Carstairs. Of Wexford
Park Newbury. Berks- Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
Cary are for the present their country place az
Westbury.
Mr.. and Mrs George r. Sheldon and their dauzh-
tiers have gone to Center Island. Long Island. for
the summer.
Miss Katharine c. Minihan. daughter Of Colonel
and Mrs Daniel F. Minlhan. Of Maine and Cleveland
sts Orange " j.. makes her debut as an amateur
actress this afternoon at the Columbus Theatre.
Orange in a dramatic entertainment given by the
dramatic corps of the st. John 7. NJ. c. L T. She
is taking the leading role Of Alice Ansley in Cum
berland. 81.
town from Babylon Long Island where they have
been staying with Mrs Austin Corbin- They will
close their house in East Thirty-efghth-st- next
week and go to their country place at Newport,
N H.. for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs William Ives Washourn and family
have removed to their country home. Cedarcroft.
Greenwich Conn John H. washburn will spend
the summer with them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Mrs Marcus Daily left town yesterday for her
country place in Montana for the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06

Paul Russell Bonner and Mrs Bonner. who was
Mrs. J. Joseph Alexandra, will spend he summer
at Nirvana, her country place at Stamford, Conn.