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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
THE CAPTURE or METHUEN.

There is another grave in the South African
graveyard of military regulations, and the mon
ument above it bears the distinguished name
Of Methuen Only the other day Lord Methuen
was spoken of as the one conspicuous British
officer who had remained in South Africa since
the early part of the war. Butler, Warren and
others had disappeared from the scene. But
Methuen. with his variegated career behind
him. was still at the front, and was doing
much to atone for the great blunders of which
he was guilty before Lord Roberts appeared
upon the scene. Now Methuen disappears. as
Boer prisoner in British disaster which. IL
not the greatest in numbers and effect. will
probably prove the most exasperating of all in
this tedious war In some respects it is pity.
Lord Methuen comes of a family distinguished
in many generations for high ability in war and
peace. He himself had for years a fine record
as a commander and administrator. His first
work in this war was brilliant. He met with
disastrous eclipse at MagersfOnten and there
were those who thought his mind had given
way This was denied, and the denial was
strengthened by the competence he has since
shown in various bits of work. But beyond
the disaster reported this morning his reputa-
ton as a successful soldier cannot endure.
This astonishing bit of news from the Orange
River Colony seems to indicate one of two
tnlnSS. Eltner me war Is not as near its END
optimistic Engishmen have declared or
there is n particularly big screw loose some
where in the British army organization. When
n British force of twelve hundred men. com
manded by a major general. can be attacked by
n body OF Beers and all but annihilated, the
general being captured with a large number Of
his men and all his baggage. and the rest being
put 10 helpless flight II is mOckery TO talk
about mere "sniping" and guerilla warfare.
The Beers under De La Rey could not have
been stragglers and bushwhackers. They must
have been numerous and we'll organized body
So long as such bodies are in the field there is
an outlook for serious work ahead. Either this
we have said, or there IS something wrong with
the British army management. 1t may be that
both suppostlons are true With all allow
ance for circumstances, it seems scarcely posi-
bic to explain such a catastrophe as that which
has befalleu Lord Methuen save on the ground
Of ineXcusable laundering. carelessness or in
competency on the part of somebody
If this could happen In a region which is de-
scribed on British maps (see the map which we
reprinted yesterday from The London Timesy
as partially cleared" one wonders what might
not happen in the area OF main resistance"
| The catastrophe will not, of course affect the
ultimate outcome Of the war. 1t may not great
ly affect its progress. But it will certainly give
more than one n bad quarter Of an hour in Lon
don' and should cause pretty systematic heart
searching among those at the front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington March 10 CSpeciaD.-Chairman Payne
and Representative Grosvenor. OF the Ways and
Means Committee. talked with the President TO-
day about the Cuban situation. Both Of them ex-
pressed increased confidence OF ultimate success IN
lowering the tariff on sugar
President Roosevelt had conferences with Sena-
tors Deliver and Allison. of Iowa, and Senator
Hale. of Maine.
Attorney General Knox talked with the President
regarding the two marshalships of virginia out
no decision was reached. A. c. Walter, member
of the Virginia Constitutional Convention was at
the White House to the nomina ton OF General
Rosser marshal OF the Western District In place
of Brown Allen The Virginia Republican organiza-
ton headed by Park Agnew and George Bow
den has made recommendations. but is not pressing
the President Attorney General Knox Neither
Mr.. Bowden nor Mr.. Agnew has visited the White
House for several months.
Secretary CortelyOu resumed active charge OF his
duties to-day. He absent for short time on
account of an attack of the grip.
Senator Proctor, Senator Cockrell and NUMBER
of other callers presented friends TO the President
who kept busy all day
President Roosevelt gave dinner party at the
White House this evening in honor of Governor
CdeH. 1t attended by Governor Oden. the
Secretary of War the Attorney General the Post
master General Senator Hanna, Senator Lodge
Representative WadswOrth. Representative Sher-
man and Graeme Stewart. The dinner was a SO
cia affair and the Presidents guests eft me
dined with the President last night and had con-
ference with him afterward He left Washington
for New York midnight.
Theodore Roosevelt jr., is not recovering as rap
idly as was expected and DIR. RiXey has called IN
other physicians for consultation. At the Wnlte
House it Is said that the boys condition Is by no
means serious, but that members or the 1amlly are
disappointed about his Improvement.
The President and Mrs; Roosevelt went out TOT
a long horseback ride about 4 o'clock. returning
after o'clock this evening.
In the absence of Miss Roosevelt who left WASH
ngton last evening for Havana by way OF Tampa.
there will be little entertaining for young people az
the White House. She will return, according to
present arrangements, before Easter, when society
for young people at the White House and uptown
Will assume more brightness Mrs. Roosevelt, as
already announced. will give musical entertain
ment next Wednesday evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
SECRETARY LONGS RETIREMENT.

The formal announcement that Secretary
Long is to retire from the Cabinet not later
than May / will cause surprise. his in
tention having been well understood for con-
siderable time. 1t does, however. afford a suit
able opportunity for cordial recognition of the
ability and fathfulness with which he admin
istered the Navy Department during an event
full period and of the unseltsh regard for the
public welfare which has led him to retain an
quish sooner 1t IS gratifying to know that Mr.
Long is not constrained by failing health to
sever the official relations which he speaks Of
as happy and delightful but expects to resume
the active practice of the law. and may reason
ably count on enhancing the enviable reputation
which he gained at the bar IN years gone by.
His fellow citizens Will mark with special pleas
ure the impressive tribute of his former subordi-
nate and present chief contained in the Presl-
dents reply TO his letter OF resignation: 1T
has never been my good fortune to be asso-
"ciated with any public man more single minded
''in his devotion to the public interest"
The news Of Secretary Longs impending re
tirement is accompanied by the authentic an
nouncement that Representative Moody of
Massachusetts, has been selected to take his
place after a spirited competition for the honor
highly esteemed by his colleagues as a man
of executive talents and excellent sense, and
there is no reason to doubt that he will direct
the practical management Of naval affairs with
skill and sagacity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11

"dumb-belT" scheme however modified and
Brooklyn builders and tenants ought to adapt
themselves to it. At the suggestion of mem
however. sought a compromise. and offers 70
acQuiesCe in an amendment permitting courts
with minimum dimensions of 8 by IA in three
story double tenement houses When these
houses are placed side by side the interior
courts thus become 16 by II feet. Commits
sioner De Forest has had a specimen plan
drawn for such a tenement house, showing that
substantially the same accommodations can be
provided as with the smaller courts proposed
by the Ash bill The rooms are as many ana
OF almost the same area, and much better
lighted and ventilated. 1t is merely question
of arrangement and surely Brooklyn builders
are not stupidity bound to follow an old bad
plan Mr. De Forest still believes the present
law sets up a proper minimum standard In
Offering to accept this compromise for three
story houses, while declining to accept it for
four story houses because Of the poorer light
and air in the higher buildings and also the
greater danger from fire. to which such build
ings having stores on the first floor are pecul-
iarly liable, he certainly goes to the limit OF
! proper concession. If the Brooklyn builders
are not content with the privilege thus Of
fered them to build twenty-five foot tenement
houses with two apartments on floor. each
! fronting the street, which is what they say
they want they should be left to obey the law
as it stands The tenement house population
would not suffer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington March 10 (speciaD.-Mss Margaret
Edes gave a beautiful dinner this evening at her
home in K-st. The guests of honor were Senator
and Mrs. Depew, and the company asked TO meet
them included the Attorney General and Mrs Knox
the Minister OF Belgium and Baroness Moncheur.
Senator Kean. Miss Kean. Mrs. James Wadsworth,
ex-Secretary Herbert. Representative Morrell. Miss
Pauncefote. Nine. Bonaparte, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. Glover. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert WadswOrth, John
r. Mclean and Thomas r. Ferguson.
Senator and Mrs Hale gave dinner this even
ing. Senator Hanna entertained informally at
dinner last evening his niece. Miss Phelps. presd-
ing in the absence Of Mrs. Hanna, who has gone
South for a few weeks. The guests were the Post
master General and Mrs. Payne Senator and Mrs.
Adrtch. Mrs. George 2. Wetmore, Mrs; John ward
Miss Louisa Jones and jerome b. Zerby, of Cleve-
land.
Ensign Walter Il. Tardy. Of the navy. and Miss
Florence W. Nelson. daughter OF Commander Mel
son. of the navy, are 10 be married on March =
There is much interest in the wedding on ACCOUNT
Of the young officers experience in China. Ensign
Tardy the first American naval officer to enter
Picking after the siege. going in escort TO Mrs
Myers, wife Of Captain Myers. who commanded the
marines guarding the legation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis King Wainwright, the lat
ter the daughter OF Senator Foraker have returned
from their wedding Journey, which extended TO
California. and will spend the week with Senator
and Mrs. Foraker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
A WEDDING.

The marriage Of Miss Clara Louise vindmtller
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Windmuller. to
Julius Heynen. took place Saturday afternoon at
the home Of the brides parents. WoCdside Long
Island. II attended by many guests from
New-York- The Rev DR.. Samuel Cox. dean OF the
Garden City Cathedral. performed the ceremony.
The bride the veil which served her mother
in 1883. The bridal party walked to the altar to a
march composed for the occasion by Bruno Oscar
Klein. Among the invited guests were Carl SchIrz.
the Misses Schurz Mayor and Mrs Low. Mr. and
Mrs Oscar S. Straus Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ridder. Mr.. and Mrs Charles
S Fairchild Mr. and Mrs. John De Witt Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Briesen. Mr.. and Mrs
George Skal. Everett 2. Wheeler and Edward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
SEEKING THE CAUSE OF CANCER

\ movement has been started in England FOR
the raising Of fund by popular subscription TO
promote inquiry into the causes Of cancer An
appeal has been made to the public through the
press, with that object in view, and suggestions
concerning the best places for finding cases for
scrutiny are occasionally made I'm the same
manner. The sum of 100000 is named as tbe
least that would adequately endOw the scheme
and, inasmuch as the work would probably not
be conducted under the auspices of anv single
existing institution. it is proposed to have an
advisory committee Of medical men and laymen
to superintend it.
The general plan has much to commend II IN
favor. Although the mortality from cancer IL
not nearly so great that from some other
diseases, it has increased at an alarming and
exceptional rate in the last few years. both in
Europe and America. Surgery and R0ntgen
rays afford relief in many cases but In a still
greater number neither resource is effective
Few disorders of the human body so COMPLETELY
defy the best professional skill as this The
discovery Of its causes might not serve as a
guide in future treatment, did finding the
organisms which are responsible for tubercu-
losis, diphthera and tetanus but It Is reason
able to hope for such n consequence. That
possibility, indeed. has inspired a good many
investigators already to hunt for cancer germs
More than one reputable baCtcriOlOgiSt too has
fancied that he had succeeded. Thus far how
ever, none Of these efforts have convinced the
profession as a whole. There is unquestiOnablv
therefore. distinct need for further research
Nevertheless, it is not clear that the precise
line of procedure here indicated would prove
altogether satisfactory On the other hand
there is ROOM for suspicion that it would not he
Financial encouragement is desirable but il IS
not the only requisite to success in such an en-
/ terprise. Were the investigation to be endowed
by one person it would probably be easy to
satisfy him on that point. The average sub
scriber, and perhaps the average committee
man, in great popular movement would be
more impatient 10 secure results. They might
feel as if they were defrauded if they had moth
ing to show for their investment within a pre-
scribed time. Now, in this and in other RESPECTS
the largest latitude ought TO be allowed. The
whole history of chemical, astronomical electri-
cal and medical research shows that progress IS
not effected at uniform pace The great
strides which are made now and then are often
followed by pauses whose length no one can
foresee. Sometimes discoveries are made al
most without effort-indeed, they are not jnfre-
quently accidental-and again they call for
years of unremitting observation and exneri-
ment. Such was the case with Faraday's hunt
for the principle that underlies the modern
dynamo. When a man investigates under the
auspices OF some single institution, where his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
AmnGements.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s: 15-I-nder Two Flags. .,
AMERICAN TEDA TRE-2-s .l5--ReapinR the Whlrl"iho
BIJOU THEATRE-s:20-The Climbers.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-The Sleeping Beauty ana
tho Beast.
CASINOS .30-Miss Simplicity.
CRITERION THEATRE S-I1U Barry.
pALY'S THEATRE 0-Notre Dame.
EDEN AUSEE-Day and EveninE-World in Wax
EMPIRE THEATRE .20-The Twin Sister
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE-S-Foxy Grandpa
GARDEN THEATRE-s:1b-Naid Marian
SARETCK THEATRE-S:30-A Message from Mars
HARLEM OPERA HOUSr>-s:15-The OLD Homestead
HERALD SQUARE THEATRES :l5-Dolly warden .
IRVING PLACE THEATRE 20-Im Neissen koess J.
KElTHS-10 TO IO.30-Contlnuous Performance
SNlcKERBOCKBR THEATRE :15-1he Tore5dor-
LfCEUM THEATRES 3o-The Girl and the Judge.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE 3o-On the quiet
MADISON SQUARE GARDDN-10 a. m. TO II p. m
Sporfsmen's Show.
MANHATTAN THEATRES :2D-TIer Lord and Master
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-S-The Christian .
NEW SAVOY THEATRE .3O-The Way Of the World.
NETWORK THDATRE-s-H 81 Fame
PFoCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE 30 10 1O:3o-The Royal
PTeocTORG TWENTY-THIRD STREET-i:3o TO 1890
Varieties
PRocToRs 125TH sTRBET-I:3o TO 1o:3o-Mistskes
VIII Happen and Varieties
PFoCroR'S FIFTY EIGHTH sTREET-l:3o 70 1910
~ the White Horse Tavern and Varieties.
1f,IBLIc-s:1S-As You Like
KICTORIA-s:IB-Miustre
wALLAcRs THEATRES :2o-A Gentleman Of France.
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tenure is secure and the largest possible free
dom is accorded him, he works under the most
favorable conditions.
Not the least of the advantages of such
connection is that he enjoys comparative prl-
vacy The public has only the most general
idea OF the objects of his labor, and entertains
no expectations regarding it. Attention is drawn
TO him only when he has something 10 an
nounce To be sure. the world is sometimes
taken into his confidence prematurely. The
man may be too sanguine. Yet if he has sufh-
cient sef-control to keep quiet and employs the
proper checks upon his methods, he can develop
his discoveries more completely than II he were
compelled to report to outsiders at stated in
tervalS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
PERSONAL NOTES

DR. John Ingls. of Colorado Springs Col who
was in charge of the Presbyterian Hospital at
Picking at the time of the siege. has been asked
is 10 he built there.
Speaking Of the late DR. Samuel Rowson Gardiner.
student OF Toynbee Hall says; His patience and
his tolerance were ineXhaustihle mis- temper OF
the midest He had. however. a pleasant vein "
satire For instance. he would say Of FrOuda.
whose brilIiauCy he greatly admired b,,t yvbosA
unsoundness he characterized as deDlora ble:
Whenever INA myself particularly perplexed on
any point, ! look 10 zee what Froude has to say
about IT, always ind his help Invaluable for /
can trust implicitly his unfailing instinct for ar
irving at false conclusions; and the more positive
caly opposite view"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
About People and Social Incidents.

Schroeder will take place on Thursday afternoon.
April TO- in Grace Church. will have only one ar
tendant. Miss Corinne P. Dickinson Mr.. Schroe-
GERS best man will De his brother j. Iangdon
P; Parrott Charles H Stout E. Wyatt BisncbsT511
henry HTTy Alfred Schroeder; Henry c. Carpenter and
will be performed by the brides brother. the Rev
held In the arr4 % o small fb EseePon wiz Be
Philip Nissan. No. 100 East seventeenth-st
number of well known people have gone Z,
Boston TO attend the wedding there OF Miss Marion
Steedman Mason. daughter Of DIR. and Mrs A
Lawrence Mason. to Richard T. Wilson IT. which
Will take place in Emmanuel Church this after
noon Among those who will be present will b.
the brides uncle and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rollins
Morse: Mr.. Wilson's father and mother Mr. and
Mrs. Richard T. Wilson; his sister. Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt; his sister-in-law; Mrs, N: Orme VIII
Mackay and Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund l. Bayres. Ths
the bride Will Ofciate Miss Mason win have no no
attendants Orme Wilson will be his brothers
Baldwin Baldwin R. Livingston Beeck T Robert Goeiet
city; Haskett Derby Lawrence stockton and Laws
renee Haughton, OF Boston. cousins OF the bride
house Of DT and Ms Mason No 3 cTe at the
st Mr. Wilson and his bride will probably spent
Carolina. and later in the season will sail FOR
Europe.
1t will be welcome news to the many friends n,
Miss Lamont TO hear that she Is not only i'm
proving, Dut mat ner physician considers her
couple of weeks at the home Of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel s. Lamont No. West Fifty
third-st.
On Wednesday evening Henry K. Hadlev will
give song recital in MendeIssohn Hall under the
patronage of Mrs. F. X. Pendleton. Mrs Stanford
White. Mrs; Henry W Poor. Mrs. Carroll Beck
with Mrs. J. West Roosevelt. Mrs. ". T. Bull ana
Miss Breese.
At the song recital which Charles J. Dyer will
Ternina will sing.
The original society Of Colonial Danes OF Am,r-
lea is forming a chapter in Paris. the members Of
which will include titled women who Ameri-
cans by birth 1t will be known Chapter No.
4. Its president will be the Countess De Laugier
villars who was Miss Garcia Livingston before her
vice-president. Some Of its members will be
Baroness Won Hoffman, Mrs; Walter Gay. Mrs
sevre. Msrq;iise de Tailyrand Perigord Baronns
ae la @ 6Sniss Gget Mrs Job1 To Gs
Gardner, president Of the NewYork Chapter, who
is spending the winter in Paris is taking an active
Miss Marie Hanon will give musical evening
at the Waldorf Astoria On March IS, and will havs
the assistance of several artists Her patronesses
ginia Potter Mrs r r. Roosevelt. Mrs Frederic
Nelson. Mrs. Oliver Hartman and the Princess
Colonna.
Mrs Henry W Poor will give a musical this
evening at her home in Lexington-ave. An inter
esting programme made up Of selections from Louis
Emil Paurs orchestra.
Among the fellow passengers Of Prince Henry
OF Prussia on the Deutschland. which sails to-
IA Alexander stii Miss j. AIexander Miss n G. Alex.
ander and Mrs. W. r. Travers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
j. P. MORGAN GOING SOUTH.

J. Pierpont Morgan left the city yesterday after
noon on a brief vacation which he will spend at
Jekyl Island. This is the winter vacation season
and many prominent local 1uauCieTs are out OF
town. among them William Rockefeller and James
Stilman. who in Florida: e H. Hartman
who is on a tour OF the Union Pacific system. and
will visit Mexico: and Thomas F Ryan, whose
Journey TO the Pacific Coast was interrupted on
Friday by a disastrous railroad wreck from which
he ESCAPED uninjured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11

The State Prison Commission has condemned
in the strongest terms the women's prison In
Brooklyn which is connected with the Raymond
Street Jail. The Tribune and other New-fork
papers have exposed repeatedly the shortcom-
ings of this place of confinement. which is n
blot on the good name of the city. The commits
sion urges that prompt arrangements be made
for new jail for women. and that a part OF
the women's prison in the Kings County Peni-
Tertiary be occupied until new building can be
constructed This is a matter OF pressing mo-
ment. and no delays should be tolerated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11

II is two years and upward since Russia
gulped down Finland and began the process or
it's benevolent assimilation. which is evidently
not yet completed. the anniversary OF the de-
naturalization OF that patriotic and interesting
country is still celebrated with riots from one
end to the other, which the Russian police vain
ly try to put down. In taking over the country
of the Firms. the Muscovite bear finds that in
its guest for honey It has swallowed a beehive
but 1t is much too tough animal to be dis
concerted by little thing like that Student
riots in Russia reach a magnitude and intensity
unknown elsewhere, and serve to show how
deeply the government is hated by its young
scholars as we'll a good many Of its older
ones. At Moscow recently five hundred of the
former hung out from their windows the red
flag of revolution and anarchy and armed with
bludgeons and iron bars. prepared TO defend IT,
and though the police and the military united
put them down and locked most of them up in
prison, it is not likely that they have in any
measure subdued the insurreCtiOnary spirit
which animated them. Russias foes of her own
household are of more peril to her than those
outside. though even under the influence of
her most cutting east winds the latter not
TO be sneezed at.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
SUCCESSOR TO BISHOP sPALD1NG.

Denver. Col. March lO-The matter OF success
sion to the late Bishop SpadinE. OF the Episcopal
diocese Of Colorado. who died Sunday at Erie.
Penn, is settled BY the rules Of the Church. the
Rev. Charles 5. Olmsted having been elected coad-
tutor last January The affairs OF the diocese will
be administered by the standing committees OF the
Church until MAY l. when Mr.. Olmsted will De
cOnsecrated Bishop. He is at present rector OF
St Asaph's Church. at Bala. Penn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
COUNT Won BUELow ILL.

Berlin March 1O.-The Imperial Chancellor, Count
Won Bulow is suffering from influenza
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11

Nixon returns from his Florida visit TO a cat
and dog household, with parrot thrown in. and
the air full of hair, fur and feathers. The claw
ing and caterwauling district factions wish him
to save them from themselves and each other.
but that is easier said than done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
COUNTEsS OF WARWICK HURT.

London. March 1O-The Countess Of Warwick was
thrown from her horse while hunting near Har-
witch to-day, and was badly bruised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-11
CECIL RHODES.S HEALTH

Cape Town. March 1O.-CecT Rhodes passed
good night. but the condition Of his health is still
causing anxiety.