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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-07

SUPREME COURT or THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA. HOLDlNG A PROBATE COURT
No. ICGl Administration
This is o. give notice that the subscriber Of
the District % Columbia, has obtained from the
Probate Court OF the District 81 Columbia ltt-
tors Of administration on the estate q Elizabeth
Armstrou.. I4Je OF the District Of Columbia, de
ceased All porsous having caIEs against the
deceased are hereby warned 90 exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof, legally aGthgrtieated
TO the subscriber on OF before the 10Th DAY or
FEBRU AIRY. 4. ID. 1888 Otherwise they may by
law be excluded iIom al benefit q laid estate.
Given under my hand this goth day Of Feb
suary 1902. MASON =. LOWERl.
1902 18th ST. NV
J.. o. PoSEY and Go. +. COLLINS, Attorneys.
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New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
CERA'S CTRIOTS COAST.

Geologists are continually telling the world
that large land areas islands as well CONT
nents, have undergone a good many changes Of
level in the remote past This truth is strikingly
illustrated by an article contributed by T..
Wayland Vaughan and Arthur c. Spencer to the
latest Bulletin OF the American Geographical
Society,"
One of the most characteristic features of the
coast Of the Queen Of the Antilles is abundance
of rock terraces there. Frequently several can
be detected rising one above another At Ha-
yana there are four. and at MatanZas at least
six. These range in elevation above the sea
from four to four hundred feet, and they usual
ly contain vast reefs of coral. which must have
been formed beneath the waves. The coral is
now found considerably above the position it
once occupied. Each terrace in a series repre-
sents a different upift and has a story of its
own TO tell to the initiated
The same article discusses a peculiarity Of
Cuban harbors that was long ago recognized
Havana, Santiago and other bays that indent
the island pouch shaped. The entrance is
narrow, but the shores recede from each other
for a mile or so as one goes further inland No
doubt this strange conformation is due to in
equalities in the hardness of different rock
strata near the shore. Softer ones were first
encountered by the rivers which here find their
way into the ocean, and the material was worn
away into basins of some breadth. Harder
layers faced the ocean, and only narrow open
ngs could be cut therein. After this work was
performed the basins rivers and outlets were
submerged, the experts say. Since the same
state of things can be found at several points 1t
is possible that the subsistence here indicated
was general However that ay be- Cuba GER
tainly had her up and down even before man
set foot upon her soil.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
THE DRAMA.

MRS. FISKE REVIyES a DOLLS HOUSE"
At a special matinee at the Manhattan Theatre
yesterday Mrs. Fiske revived Henrik lbsens three
act drama "A Dolls House before a large audi
ence which included several men and women OF
wide literary regulations. The play presented by
Mrs. Fske is perhaps, in this country the most
familiar of the Norwegian dramatists outputs; GER
tainy Il has been given most frequently here ana
by actors and actresses. However. Ibsen
afternoons come so infrequenty that the cult as
sembled prepared to enjoy themselves, and they
seemed succeed.
To Mrs FTske as Nora Helmer due small
share in holding attention of the less enthusi-
astIc Her portrayal of the character its growth
from girlishness to doubt (Which is lbsen for ma
turity of mind). consistent and emotionaIly
appealing In the first act childish. light hearted,
quite looking the girl, she seemed stage embodl-
ment of our English Dora. Yet when the curtain
fell on her doubt. her doubt of her fitness to
go TO her children. and she sat silent the sofa
looking straight ahead. there entered note of
sadness "A note which might have prepared one for
a beautiful even tragic story TO come. 1t was
accomplished by the art OF seemingly absolute
repose
OF course neither beauty nor tragedy came. un-
less it the tragedy of a wasted beginning
The nervous tenseness of the second act was ef-
fectively transmitted. and the revelation Of her
husbands character in the last act while she again
sat in repose on the sofa. made moment of dra-
matte power. But not Mrs. Fiske after some
years of growth and though lbsen in English has
become and more familiar could make the
final preachments anything but that If she had.
well, the miracle.
Max Figman played Torwald Helmer. and
at least thoroughly unlikable. His revelation OF
his sensual fondness for Nora effectively but
not overdone. Much OF the time. however. he
hgeted all about the stage. Eleanor Moretti as
Mrs. Linden played with sympathy and intelli-
gence creating real personality in her lesser
part
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
TIE pRICE 0F COAL.

The salient fact of the coal strike SO far as
the general public is concerned, is the great IN
crease OF the cost of coal TO consumers. The
actual grounds of the strike are still involved
in some obscurity. though some light has at
last been permitted to fall upon them. SO rar
as can thus be perceived the grounds are in
ADEQUATE Upon the one side there seem to
have been few reasonable demands and more
unreasonable ones and above all a purpose TO
strike or to threaten a strike, on account OF
the exigencies Of what we may call crganiza-
ton politics On the other side there was
resolute unwillingness TO discuss the matter
and a fixed determination to make no conces-
sions The general public conviction, which time
strengthens. is that one party wanted strike
for the strikes sake. and the other had no OBJ
jections whatever to strike. because OF the
profits and other advantages which it would
bring. In such circumstances strike was in
evitable. The public cares, however, not so
much for these things as it does for the fact
that il now has TO pay 20 per cent more for coal
than it did a fortnight ago.
The raising of the price of coal has been de-
scribed as a grab. The consumer is naturally in
clined TO visit his resentment upon the retail
dealer who now charges him SO 35 for the very
same coal which fortnight ago he was eager to
sell him for IS 25. Obviously that means an extra
profit of 81 10 ton, in addition TO the former
ample profit. Upon the face Of it that seems
Ike extOrtion. Yet It is probably not just TO
hold the retail dealer guilty of extOrtion. His
supply is limited. For considerable time past
the railroad and mining companies have kept
him upon hand TO mouth rations. When his
present small stock is exhausted he will have
TO pay high prices for more, If he can get any
at all He may have TO close his yard for
time, 10 his immediate loss and perhaps to the
lasting impairment of his business 1t is not
unnatural, therefore, that he should put up
prices. Whether the increase has been unwar-
rantably great and whether II is legitimate for
such an increase to be orde, ed and compelled
by organized action, are questions for careful
consideration. The primary fact is that in the
presence or under the immediate menace of
scarcity prices go up. That is common law
of trade 10 which the coal business can be ex-
pected TO offer no exception.
II will be of interest TO learn whether at the
coal pockets and elsewhere there is such a
scarcity as some have declared. If so the
case is unique for the usual condition of
the coal market at this time of year IA
vors the surplus theory. though, of course, it
may not be the correct one. If there is no
actual scarcity, but the operators are simply
clearing off accumulated supplies at an in
creased profit, the men In going on strike have
played into the hands of the operators in e
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
Netp91ork Dsilp Gribn,rs
THURSDAY, MAY 22. 1902.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-Senare: Senators Wellington
and Bacon spoke against the Phlllpllte C!NLL
sGovernment bill; a resolution congratulatlhS
the Cuban Republic was adopted, and the Omnl-
bus Public Building bill. carrying about 81 81
100000, passed. - House: ConslderaIlon1 q
of bill to restrict immigration was begun. aha
three election contests were decided in favor OF
i1he sitting members.
FOREIGN-A fresh outbreak of Mont Peee
razed what was left OF the ruins of St Pierre
Martinique and created panic among the peo,
pie of Fort de France, many OF whom embarked
vessels for other Islands; the GhlIeu & @ ola'es
relief ship Dixie arrived at Fort de France a
new eruption Of the Soufriere volcano on 81
Vincent spread renewed terror on that island on
Sunday night. - A bullhght took place at
Madrid which attended by King AlIonso
The Queen Mother and members OF the dlplo-
matte corps and the special ENJOYS. - The
Boe- delegates chosen at the Vereeniging confer
ence arrived at Pretoria on May 10 ana are
lodged next TO the house Of General hitchener'
Lord Milner has also arrived at Pretoria
DOMFSTIC.-Great Britain and Germany
have formally denied the sovereignty OF the
United States over the Sulu Archipelago whch
Is firmly maintained by the government at
WASHINGTON. 60 President Roosevelt unveiled
q monument in memory Of those who fell IN the
Spanish-Amercan War erected In Arlneton1
Cemetery by the National Society of COLONIAL
Danes. ~ The loss of life al the tennessee
coal mine disaster was estimated at 20: only
dead bodies have been recovered the victims
having evidently been overcome by gas. -
The French battleship Gaulois. with the mem
hers of the Rochambeau Commission aboard. ar
rived at Annapolis, and the Presidents commis-
sioners received the visitors.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. -
Charges were presented TO the Mayor against
four city marshals. - Twenty-six members
of the Tammany executive committee In caucus
decided TO place the direction of the organza-
ton in a committee of three, and to abolish the
finance committee. - The Presbyterian gen
eral committee devoted the day to foreign mis-
sione 49, Fire destroyed the piano factory
at Raymond and Wiloughby sts., Brooklyn
- Four persons were severely injured, one
rerhaps fatally when the engines of the ferry
boat Jersey City refused to work. and the vessel
crashed into her slip.
THE wEATHER-Forecast for to-day: Part
ly cloudy; probably showers to-night. The tenn
perature yesterday: Highest, 60 degrees; low
est 53 degrees: average, 80 degrees.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington. May p (SpecaD.-The President re-
turned from New-York this morning ana was
busily engaged in the forenoon, receiving an I'M
usual number of visitors Among the callers were
Senators Quay Spooner Beveridge. Clapp, Fair
banks. Proctor Pettus. Nelson. Foraker, Burton.
Stewart and Taliaferro. and Representatives
Grosvenor. Marshall. McCleary. Littauer. Hamil-
ton, Coney, Butler Mudd. Bartholdt and Joy.
Representative Littauer called in reference to the
vacant judgeshp OF the Court OF Claims. Senator
Platt, of New-York. who also called on the Presi-
dent this morning. thinks that the place will be
given to Representative Ray. John c. Thompson,
of the assistant attorneys general OF the De-
partment OF Justice, TO have the best chance
for the office. although it will probably be several
days before the President announces the appoint
ment.
Horace Washington, United States Consul at
Geneva, called the President. and presented TO
him souvenir from General Alexander Low, C. B.,
colonel of the 4th Queens Own Hussars, who is
survivor of the charge at Baaklava.
Senators Penrose and Quay and Representative
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, talked with the President
about Statehood for New-Mexico.
Senator Proctor saw the President with a OF
Captain Eltng. U. s. A, retired. TO ask that the
Commander Walker. of Lincoln Post, Grand
Army OF the Republic. accompanied by General S.
S. Burdett, W. w. Dudley Major r. S. Lacey
Captain w S. Odell and Frank Campbell. Assistant
urge him to nominate w. P. Pierce, of Georgia,
consul to Cienfuegos Cuba. Mr. Pierce is a
Union veteran OF the Civil War. and has had nine
years of consular experience. He served five years
President Garfield the day before he was shot by
Guiteau. Mr.; Pierce next served four years as
President Harrison. The President did not say
what he would do as TO the Ctenfuegos office.
Society Of Civil Engineers, In session here. were
received by the President in the East Room to-day.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
A REIGN OF TERROR.

The occasional renewal OF activity by Pelee
and Soufrere since the destructive outbreaks
of fortnight ago has added little to the total
amount of damage then wrought. st. Pierre,
having been completely depopulated and
wrecked, cannot suffer any more than she has
already. The sailors who went ashore there
last Tuesday from the Potomac and the Inde-
fatigable were vigilant we'll brave, and
escaped without harm, though in imminent
peril. Much solicitude felt concerning the
village of Carbet that day, but it survived the
ordeal. In the mean time Fort de France had
a triple visitation. Earthquakes shook her
foundations hail of rocks fell upon her. and
a tidal wave washed her waterfront. Yet the
dispatches reveal no loss Of life and no destruc-
ton of property beyond the ruin of a few build
ings ST. Vincent seems to have Jared equally
well. The deposit of ashes on the island has
increased in depth, and SOufriere made an
heroic attempt to lombard Kingston, but the
projectiles fell short of the target To the cata-
logue of material injury only triiing additions
have apparently been made.
These later demonstrations have not been
without lamentn5le effects, however. They
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

Yachting promises to be extremely popular this
season. Never has the demand for boats beei.
so great A large number of people have been
obliged to charter foreign yachts for the summer
owing to the inability of American shipyards to
supply the demand By the second weak OF June
every seaworthy American yacht and perfect feet
Of foreign built pleasure craft will be in COM
mission and cruising up and down the Sound and
the coast up as far as Newport and Bar Harbor.
Commodore L. Cass Ledyard's Corona is fitting out
at New-London and goes into commission on June
TO- Cornelius Vanderbilts 7O-footer Rainbow will
her owner and his wife propose to spend much
Valiant with William K Vanderbit r ON Board w
ee the great part OF The season at Newport and in
ranged to spend as much time as possible ahoat
this year.
The New-York Yacht Club squadron will not
cross the Sound 10 Greenport this season, as in
former years. but will instead sail directly New
port. Two days will thus be saved for the visit
TO Marblehcad.
Members Of the New-York Yacht Club who may
be in England this year will enjoy the honorary
membership OF the Royal London Yacht club.
sfS Ss 70 Ycb ha5 eG5 & seen received
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones have been in
Newport the last few days inspecting Friedheirn
the Havemeyer place in Bellevue-ave.. which
made the trip on board the Narada their party i
Guiding Elisha Dyer jr, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Childs.
Robert L. Gerry drove the Pioneer ont to Ards
4,y ley yeT5eTday e h., The coach had Reen by
Mr. and Mrs. F. Livingston Ludlow have arrived
at Newport and opened their cottage there for
the season.
Mrs. W. Storrs Wells and her daughter Natalie
have left town for Newport. but have not yet
moved into Pansy cottage. which has been To
great extent rebuilt
Mr. and Mrs. Oakleish Thorne leave town for
Thorndale. their country place az MiIbrook n Y
at the end of next week
Mrs Elisha Dyer. jr.. and her daughter Miss
Swan. sailed Yesterday from Europe and on their
arrival here viii so at once TO Newport
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Livermore and Mr.. and Mrs
H. NJ. Brooks have left town for Newport and are
established at Rockhurst. the Brooks villa for the
season. "
Mrs. Vanderbilt and her daughter GLADYS are
staying for few days with Mr.. and Mrs Alfred
O. Vanderbilt at Ardsiey-on- the Hudson They go
10 Newport next week for the season
Mr.. and Mrs, r. T Wilson. Jr. decided TO remain
In town until the racing season at Morris Park IS
oyer S Thgy Ny will so9n go 70 Newport to stay with
the racing season at Saratoga.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Watson Stokes have re-
tu4 W tuNH on tHe tolnllrIlOn or their honey
moon. and are staying with Mrs Walter G Stokes
at her house. in East Fifty -eighth-st They will
spend the greater part Of the summer with her at
her country place at COoperstown. N Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Russell Solely and Miss May
SOley go to Tuxedo next week
A very successful concert was given yesterday
afternoon at Mrs. Dyer Tiffany's place. westches-
terave. and One-hundred-a sixty-seventh-st. in
aid OF the Peabody Home for the Aged. at West
Farms. Among the patronesses of the entertain
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
Personal NOTES

The Brooklyn Eagle" corrects some pansrz
which said that the late Rev. DR.. Henry ] Van
Dyke, the father Of the Rev. DR.. Henry van DYKE
was an opponent OF revision. He was" saws "1'hs
Eagle. "one Of the stoutest proponents Of ra
vision that ever lived. He deliberately favored
for the Presbyterian Church the accsptanea and
auopuon OF the system Of higher criticism. for
which DR. Briggs was afterward put on trial
Henry j. Van Dyke was put on trial for his
views because he died before Presbyteriauisrn was
stirred up by them. The la1A DR. Ia,
Dyke persistently. passionately and almost pathst
or revision or the Westminster Confession and 10
TtSP tSP PTeaG3i1s from the pulpit that which for the
nisI i VIII the result as he maintained thar
cause Of this Dr. Van Dyke was elected pro-
fessor in the linton Theological Seminary. where
Of the ministry had MS life been spared
The quiet country suburb Of La Sale five miles
eastward from the cataract of Niagara is to honor
the memory OF ChevaIier de lie Sale on May q by
the unveiling OF A monument bearing suitable
LII SSTis' ~ Vas on thls site IN May. l6lS that La
saHe ouilt the first boat known 20 have sailed the
upper Great Lakes.
Mr.. Iwan-MulIer5 IN The Fortnightlv Review -
says that Cecil Rhodes spent very little money for
himself. adding con this last point I had
an amusing fllusJ' alton when I returned from
South Africa AT the close Of the year 1900
Mr.. Rhodes's taiIors and my own are one
and the same. Snd for the same rea-
SON They had been our tailors when We were
undergraduates. and We have been their customers
ever since Needing to repleuish nv own wardrobe
went TO the shop. and seeing an autograph letter
Of Mr.. Rhodess on the wall 7 remarked ineiden-
tally that had left him only three weeks ago
Then said the manager. YOU can perhaps feII
me what clothes ne wants. for We have lust re-
Setved order for six suits of clothes without anv
Instructions as to material. whether they are
for summer or winter wear. Well / replied YOU
mad better send him dress suit j iuae.ine
he wants one. and as for the rest I should iiYids
them as equally as possible between winter and
summer. for thew have only two Seasons he is
an unsatisfactory customer said the manacer
FOR even when he ts in England. he won't allow ms
10 try on his clothes The only exception he n1ads
was when he had a f-Ock coat built, because he
was about 10 pay visit TO the Queen. and then he
would only give us hve minutes, and was aWfuIy
cross the whole time
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
SHORT TRIPS on LITTLE BOATS.

In London there is an earnest demand lor
plenty of cheap, clean, well managed S'e"ii
boats on the Thames. In the seventies severai
boats with pleasant accommodations and run
ming swiftly made trips from Peck Sip, on the
east side of Manhattan Island, to piers in the
Harlem River Those little vessels carried
many passengers and were exceedingly POPULAR
especially in hot weather. They were taken OH
when the elevated railroads were extended 10
Harlem Is it certain that there might not be
reasonable profit in starting number OF steam
boat lines with boats of moderate size OF fair
speed. with low fares and smartly handled
which might ply in the North and East rivers,
in the Sound and in all parts of New-York Bay
and neighboring waters?
1t is true there are many steam craft seen at
our piers and moving to and fro in the vicinity
every day in the week. But have the oppor-
tunities for short trips on deck at low fares IN
the summer months been developed so far with
true metropolitan thorOughness and enterprise?
Might not some of our capitalists expect fair
returns of profit from well managed water lines
of the type suggested here?
Little journeys on the Seine in and about
Paris are dear TO hosts of men, women and chill
dren. Excursion trips to COney Island, Glen
Island. Rockaway South Beach and dozens of
other beaches are numerous in July and August,
but halfdme voyages on little hulls might pos
sibly add much to the aleviatlOns of summer
life in Gotham.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
Amusemenis.

scSDFMY or N11s1c~s-ouo Vadis
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-s:15-The Two Orphans
BIgOC-s-A Modern Magdalen ,bA
Beast
CRITERION THEATRE-s-pu Barry.
IoALY's THEATRE-s:l5 liking Dodo. ~.
EDEN MCsEE-Day and Eyening-Norld N Ns~ pa,r,
EMPIRE THEATRES .30-The Importance Ol 0e''e
Earnest
cARRIcK THEATRE-s .l5-The Lady Of lyons, =. Eliza
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE-Sl5- on Aeco1It "a ~'iN0
JsrRsTD SoT-ARF THEATRE-s :l5-Doly warden
lSEITdS-l2.sO Continuous PerfoIIIlaiIice
hNrCK E,RFOCKER THEATRE-S:i5-Ihe Mllq nose'
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-S:3 S:3o--Ihe Dlpl0nItaaLt
MANHATTAN THEATRES :20-Tess OF the u Cfpef-
viIies
MURRAY HILL. THEATRE-2-s-F'orget Ne Not
SrsW SAVOY EIEATRF-s :I5-Soldiers Of Fortune.
NEW-EORR THEATRE-S-Hall OF Fahe'
ASTOR'S-continuous Performance
rFocToR's FIFTH AVENUE-l:S0 TO io:S0-Lord
Chumley and Varieties.
TRocnORS TWENTY-THIRD SIREEf-l'oo 10 io-"V-
pRocToR's l25rH STREETS 30 to 1o:so-carmen and
Varieties.
PROcTOR'S FIFTY EIGHTH STREET-l;So TO lo'S9--
TIE Descons Daughter and Varieties
VICTORIA THEATRE-Sl5--Kelar.
wALLACF6'S THEATRE-1-Testimonial 10 the WIDOW OF
Lester Wallack-S:i5-The Show Girl.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
PRODUCTION OF "CYRANO" ENJOINED.

SAMUEL. E. GROSS SUCCEEDS IN SUIT BASED ON
PLAGIARISM BY RosTAND.
Chicago May 21.-Judge c. c. Kohlsaat in the
United States District Court, to-day issued per-
petual injunction against the production in the
United States OF Edmond Rostands play "Cyrano
de Bergerac." in the suit brought against Richard
Mansfield and A. NJ. Palmer by Samuel EberIy
Gross. of Chicago. The court in its order ruled
that Mr.. Gross also entitled to an accounting
of the profits from the play. but Mr. Gross waived
this right and accepted 81 satisfaction.
Mr.. Gross is the author of drama entitled '"rhe
Merchant Prince of Cornve." the leading char
acter of which was distinguished by the big nose
that made Cyrano famous. This drama, Mr. Gross
maintained, was printed for private circulation
some time before the appearance of the celebrated
frencn play, and, according TO expert testimony,
was the basis of Rostands work In court nu-
merous PARALLELS both of action and language were
SHOWN The most important of the siInilarites in
ihe TWO dramas was the wooing by proxy OF the
ieadlng Characters in balcony scene-made nota-
BILE In ''Cyrano" by Mr.. Mansfeld's production