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New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
TEE MEANING OF A TREATY.

The resolution prorosed by Representative
aones Of Washington, concerning the Alaska
boundary treaty may not be altogether com
rnendable but there can be no question that lts
preamble sets forth the exact truth when IL
saws that there was no uncertainty as 10 the
meaning Of the Anglo-Russfan treaty OF lS2o
when il was made, and that the Interpretation
then given TO it was accepted and acknowi-
edged nv Great Britain for more than fifty
years That is the indisputaoie truth OF MS
.orv. for confirmation OF which one has only
10 turn TO the record. The negotiations which
eliminated in that treaty were conducted In
she so,r wears 1925 between Count Nessel-
rode and NJ de Poletica. on the one side. and
Nr- Charles Bagot and, after him, Mr.. STRAIT
ford Canning Qord Stratford de Redclfe),
m the other. From the beginning 10 the end
of them Russia steadfastly insisted upon re
tanning possession of an unbroken strip Of main
land down 10 the Portland Canal, sweeping
around the heads Of Lynn Canal and otner
sords. and absolutely excluding the British
frou1 the sea north Of the hfty-sixth parallel
while the British strove either 10 break through
that STRIP as the Canadians now aim 10 DO, or
30 shorten il at the southern end The result
was that Russia carried her point Inc treaty
o,ntirnea her in her title to and possession Of
shat ,lnilroken strip Of coast ana eXcluoeo the
Rritish from access 10 the sea-from Lynn
canal SIS much as from the open Pacihc-north
of Portland Canal That result OF the treaty
Was fuIIy understood and acknowledged py
Great Britain at the time and was repeatedly
confirmed by her during fifty years or more
AS Mr. Jones says. IL was not seriously ques-
1ioned. even by Canada, until after the discoV-
cry Of gold in the Klondike
We may say even more than that we may
say advisedly that in trying to acquire posses
sion Of q part of that strip OF coast or to break
through ii at some point the British In lS22- 20
realized that they had no right thereto and had
no considerable hope or expectation Of success
They had another object in yiew-namely, 10
compel Russia TO abandon her pretension OF ex-
clnsive ownership of Behring Sea. Russia had
in 1921 set UP that claim over that sea. III was
IN that account ehat England FASTENED to enter
unon those negotiations in ls22, the very next
xesr She wanted TO get possession OF the
coast as far north possible so as TO strengthen
her rights in Behring Sea- More particularly
She thought it good policy, as it was TO make
. vigorous though quite unfounded claim to the
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
THE LATEST REAR END COLLISION.

The uncertainty of human life and the special
peril of railway travel were freshly illustrated
on Tuesday evening over in New-Jersey scarce
ly more than a year after similar tragedy
was enacted at the Grand Central terminal in
this city A larger mortality has attended the
more recent of the two disasters, but they were
practically identical in character, both being
rear end collisions, and both being attended
with the notwithstanding consequences which
follow the burning of wrecked cars. Moreover,
the Westfeld accident, like that at the mouth
of the New-York Central tunnel, occurred on a
road which has high reputation for good dis
cipline and good equipment If such a thing
could happen on the Jersey Central, hundreds
Of thousands of commuters and their friends
will ask, why can it not happen on any other
lire and almost any day? 1t is this phase of
the matter which is the most serious.
Although there were differences In the minor
causes which contributed to the final result in
the two cases, the essential feature in both
chains of circumstance that the second
train ran past danger signal. Here, as in
many other instances that might be cited,
there seems TO have been lack of vigilance or
nerve on the part of the engineer. AS yet hui
man fallibility has not been entirely elimi-
mated. and the best mechanical devices adopted
fail to insure protection. This, perhaps, is the
weakest point in the operation of passenger
trains.
The situation is by no means hopeless how
ever. There are definite signs of promise. A
number of inventors have proposed methods Of
stopping trains automatically when the engi-
neer disregards warning. On several Swiss
roads within the last few months one Of these
has been applied experimentally. Between the
rails opposite block signals stout arm is so
arranged that IL Will rise TO an erect position
whenever the adjacent signal is set at danger.
The locomotive is then provided with lever,
hanging beneath, where it will encounter the
arm when the engine passes over IL. The
lever automatically shuts off steam, puts on
the air brakes and lights a red lamp In the
cab 1t is asserted that these several objects
are accomplished without damage to the ap-
paratus or shock TO the passengers. In Ger
many practically the same thing was publicly
done by electrical means last November and
q good account of the mechanism was sent
from Berlin TO the State Department at Wash
ington by Consul General Mason. Americans
have also wrestled with the same problem with
greater or less success IT is too soon, possibly,
to say which OF these systems is the best, or to
affirm that any one of them is perfect. Some
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

Washington, JAN 2s (speciaD.-The Chief of En-
gineers and Mrs. Gillespie gave dinner tonight
in honor OF the British Ambassador and Lady Her
bert Invited to meet them were the Bishop OF
Washington, and Mrs. Satteriee. the Assistant
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Sanger. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Spencer OF New-York; Senator and Mrs
Fairbanks Major General and Mrs. Merritt. Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Hague, and Mr.. and Mrs Charles
A Spaldng.
Senator and Mrs. Burrows gave dinner this
evening when their guests Senator and Mrs
Hanna Senator and Mrs. Scott. Senator and MISS
Kean, Representative and Mrs. Daze. ex-Speaker
and Mrs John B. Henderson and Mr. and Mrs
Bennett.
Colonel and Mrs Clarence r. Edwards gave
dinner tonight the guests going afterward TO the
Bachelors Cotillon The guests were Miss Alice
Roosevelt. Miss Glover. Miss Rose Douglas wal
ZACH, Miss Isabel May, Miss Josephine Boardman,
Miss O'Reilly, daughter OF the Surgeon General;
Miss Mary Sheridan, Mrs. Westcott, Sehor Oteda,
the Spanish Minister; Senior Riano. the first secre-
tary Of the Spanish Legation: H. G. Norman. OF the
British Embassy; Horace Westcott. Edwin " Nor
gan and Gist Blair.
Miss Ruth Hanna gave dinner for young people
tonight at the Arlington before the Bachelors
Cotillon. The guests were Miss De Peyster, Miss
de Smirnoff, Miss Eliza Bates Miss Marian Gallau-
det Miss Mary Hopkins, Miss Nina Hopkins. Miss
MacVeagh Miss Merriam. Mics Foraker, Miss
Thaw Miss Anita Poor Miss Louise Jones. Miss
Gould Miss Hyde. Miss Hagner, Miss Phelps. r.
W. Williams, Mr.. Clark Murray Cobb. Dr. Bryan
DR.. Clayton. John x. Stauffer. Rutherford McCor-
mick, Mr.. Mcpherson. Mr.. Siebert. Mr. Peter. Mr.
Faust Mr.. Rousseau. Paymaster Hicks. Harry
Thaw. John Wilkins. Medill Mccormick and MI
Gillett.
The ba ohelors Of Y ashington society gave the
second of their annual series of cotilons tonight
at the old National Rifles Armory, which was
embowered in foliage and fragrant with moral
favors. Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles. sister or
the President, received the guests and the cotiion
was led by Major Montgomery Macomb. Inc mem
bers of the committee in charge of the affair were
P. Lee Philips, Lieutenant Davis. Major Mont
eornery Macomb, Richard Merrick. Van Ness
Philip George Howard and Charles L. McCaWley
Before the coton they were entertained az dinner
by Jesse Brown. The last dance of the series VIII
Is ~ On EPhrlarY Is
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
Amnsemeufs.

ASADEMY OF MTSIcSslo-Florodore-
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-S:I5-For Home snd Honor
EhleASSC THEATRE-S-The Darling Gods.
<s1JS THEATRES: :2e-The Rire in the Cage
lSfNOADNAf THEATRE-S-The SILVER Slipper
CASlNo-Ss75-A Chinese HONEYMOON
CRITERION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cavalier.
ItAIN' s THEATRS-S:is-The Millionaire.
LEN " lsk,t--e-s-The World in Wax.
EMPIRE THEATRES .2o-The Unforeseen
FOURTEENTH STREET HEATRE-e-s-Jim Bludso.
SAtSht-N gtiEATFSi5--sff We're King.
SAkRlCk ThEATRE-S.15-Nic and Men.
HARLEM OPERA HoUsE-s:l5-Rogers Bros. in Har-
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s:15-Mr Pickwick.
LIVING PLACE THEATRE-Ss2o-EdlesB Blut and Der
Geigenmacher Cremona.
S-Contnuous
kNICKERROCKER TEEATRF-2-S-Nr. Blue Beard.
MADISON SQUARE THEA -Gretns Green
MA3ESTIr 1'HEATRE-s-Nizard of or
MANHATTAN THEATRE Mary OF NsEdas.
MRS oSBoRNs PLAYHOUSE . :Se-s sae-Romeo and
juliet.
III RRAY E1LLs-2-S-fis Wife's Father.
NtW SANCT-S-2o-The w Green Eyes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Johnny Marching Home.
tsASIOR' S-ContinucuS Performance.
PRINCESS TEEATRf-2.3a--S:Sn :Sn-The Consul
tteGSIpR,S e NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ST NICHOLAS SKATING RTNE-Championship hockey
match.
RICTcRIA-si5--The Eternal CITY.
WAiIeACk'S THEATRE-S.1S-The Sultan Of Sulu.
WEST END THEATRE-s-The Price Of Honor
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

=, tho,o +bouph have been subjected to con-
tinued and thorough practical tests, and nave
favorabIy impressed at least few experts.
One msy safely conclude, therefore, that 1t soon
will be feasible to put check upon engineers
who run past signals and to reduce mortality
from that cause. American railroad managers
cannot too soon look into this possibility.
The need of still another reform was exempt
fed at WestHeld. The brakeman OF the Easton
local who went with red lantern to stop the
Reading express is said to have rejolned MS
own train before it began to move. or at least
while it was moving so slowly that 1t couid
easily be overtaken. He appears to have oeeh
too far away from the express to do any good
Suburban trains on all the roads which bring
commuters to the metropolis daily are constant
Iv stopping for good and sufficient reasons, and
there is reason to believe that they are often
left unprotected for a moment in precisely the
same wsy The brakeman who Is sent back
with flag or lantern frequently fails to go as
far as the law requires, and he is apt to show
more anxiety to avoid being left behind than to
give az effective warning to approaching trains
The practice is so general that one is justified
in saying that the fault is one OF the manage
mept and not of the men, At any rate, 1t
ought to be corrected. Some ingenious inventor
may devise a self-propelled signal-a torch, tor
pedo or lantern-that could be launched from
the rear of a train, that would ride one rah
securely and that would travel swiftly Here
is a suggestion whose development might make
it needless to continue the present system 80
long as the latter is retained however, 1t should
be so administered as to render the full service
for which it is ostensfbly designed
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
PROTECT THE PARKS.

President Cantor's suggestion that Bryant
Park or any part of it should be given up py
the city to the federal government for pranch
postoffice uptown is interesting, but does not
promise to be seriously considered If II seemed
likely to be, far more opposition would be heard
from the great number of judicious citizens who
believe that New-York cannot afford to sacr-
flee an inch of its altogether insufficient park
area for new public buildings Of any kind. IL
was a great mistake to surrender Governor
Island to the Washington authorities. 1t was
a still greater error to give up the lower part
OF City Hall Park for the erection or the ugly
botch of building which now encumbers 1t.
The United States is rich enough to buy iand
from private owners for federal uses OF any ana
every kind, and ought not to encroach upon the
too scanty park spaces of this city. Our parks
should remain inviolate; and 1T Is appropriate
to remark that the plan to set up huge bulid-
ing over the lower reservoir in Central Park
has nothing to commend it. Citizens who ad-
vocate that scheme hardly appreciate the posi-
biities of injury in such a revolutionary cbange
in the entire design of Central Park 1t is as
Objectionable as the effort made many years
ago to ruin that recreation ground by speed
way which would soon have become trotthg
track OF the worst kind.
Don't spoil Central Park. The reservoirs are
all right now; don't meddle with them. The
beauty, the symmetry. the harmony and fascl-
nation of Central Park would be destroyed by
raising a huge exposition monstrosity over
either reservoir When the agitation for q
worlds fair in this metropolis was active In
the later SOS some of the advocates OF that
enterprise were exceedingly anxious to grab
Central Park for the projected exhibition. The
fair went to Chicago, but even if 1t had been
held here the most charming pleasure ground In
the metropolis would have been saved from
ruin No worlds fairs other fairs or I'M
mense exhibitions of any sort should ever be
held in that park, and no gigantic buildings
should ever be constructed there. Central Park
was not laid out for any such purposes.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
MEMORIAL EXERCISES FOR ma. REED.

Augusta, Me-. Jan. 2s.-Exercses In memory ot
the late Thomas B. Reed took place at a conysn-
ton cf both branches OF the legislature to-day
Governor Hill presided and made q brief address,
in which he paid a tribute TO the memory OK the
dead statesman. Senator Randall. OF Cumberland.
presented resolutions which were unanimously
adopted The speakers besides Senator Randall
were Senators Wing. OF Androscoggin; Goodwin, OF
Somerset and Stetson, Of Psnobscot, and Repre-
sentatives SewaIl, Of Bath; Davis. Of Watervilss
Smith, OF Hartland; Perkins. Of Wilton: Smith ot
Pressure Isle and SWEET, OF Portland.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
C. r plpeIN SUCCEEDS MR. wApLIN.

Boston. JAM &.-Charles Francis Pidgin. stats
tcian and writer, to-day nominated by Gov
erHer Yates to chief OF the Bureau of Statistics
OF Labor, to succeed Horace G. Wadlin, who re-
signed the office to become librarian OF the Boston
Public Library Mr. Pidgin for the last thirty years
has beer in the service of the Bureau OF Statistics.
serving first as secretary and later chief clerk
He Is lecturer statistics at the MassechuseetS
Institute of Technology.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
Mr.. LONGS HEALTH IMPROVING.

Boston Jan. 8.-John ID Long former Secretary
of the Navy was reported to be comfortable a.
St. Margaret's Hospital to-day. Ali indications Of
pneumonia had disappeared. and IL was said that
ar no time had the symptoms indicated the slightest
danger The patient who IS being treated at the
hospital for kidney trouble is said to be showing
favorable progress as far that ailnsnt Is con
cerned.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

The Prince of Monaco has decided to disband
his enormous standing army Of two hundred
men. Is it possible that he breads the success
of some of the many so-called systems"
for breaking the bank at Monte Carlo" and.
warned in time, has decided policy Of econ
on1y and retrenchment?
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

Some Of the universities and colleges which
gained a share of the honors of the furious bat
ties of football last autumn grading
teams Of basketball players of the cruder, ruder
and harsher sex. Why not leave basketball to
the fair sisters Of the halls Of learning7 They
play 1t gracefully and well. Our college boys
might, perhaps. becomingly retire from that
sort Of amusement in favor of the girls Is 1t
not rather a gently feminine than a roughly
masculine pastfme?
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who arrived last night on
the steamer BIuecher from Hamburg. Bouogns
and Southampton were:
J. ". Benton. George Knapp
G K G. Billings W z Shepherd
Professor Hugo Hermann Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
George II. Hayes Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
HUBBARD T. SMITH DYING.

Genoa. Italy. Jan. 8-Hubbard 7. Smith. the
Vice and Deputy Consul General OF the United
States at Cairo. who is lying in a hospital here
suffering from cancer OF the kidneys. and whose
condition was last night reported to be Desperate
IS now unconscious.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

Hackensack. y. J., Jan. q (5peciaD-Migs Katie
rine Carman Temple. daughter OF James FL TEN
pie. and Caleb Van Housen whitbeck Editor Of
The Evening Record OF this place. were married
this afternoon at the BRIDES home. In Summit ave-
by the Rev. Dr. Holley, Of Christ Episcopal Church
attended by Miss Mollie B. Temple. her sister, al
maid OF honor. Brainerd II. whitbeck was best
man. The bride is cousin OF the late William
Campbell. who made a fortune in the msnufacturs
OF wall paper In New-York. The bridegroom had his
early newspaper training In Rochester, ~. Z. He
started the first American In Porto Rico after
the Spanish war. known as The San Juan NsxA"
He is captain of the Hackensack Golf Club.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

An unintirnidated member of the Kansas Leg
islature has introduced a bill subjecting all able
bodied bachelors and spinsters to an annual tax
OF S25. few years ago such a measure would
have had an excellent chance. for Kansas
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
About People and Social Incidents.
EDDINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. sstssrles and Mr. and
Mrs. e. II. Hartman
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Elbrldge T. Gerry. ball at her house in
sixty-hrst-st. tonight heads the programme OF a
long list OF entertainments which are scheduled
for to-day 1t includes the meeting OF the Thurs
day Evening Club at Mrs. Charles T. Barney
Park-ave house the last of the Cinderella cotfions
at Sherry's, dinner by Mrs. Richard Mortimer at
sherry's, and one by James Henry Smith at his
house in West Fifty-second-st.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

Miss Nellie Fairfield and Lieutenant Graham
u. s. ~, were married yesterday afternoon at m,
home Of the brides mother. Mrs. CorneIia J. Fair
field. No. 2 Second Place, Brooklyn. A reception
followed In the evening
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Troy Times the last Of the papers pub
Iished in important cities to cling to the old ban
ket sheet, out on Monday afternoon in the
size and general style of its contemporaries. 1t
will prove convenient to it's many readers,
and will doubtless continue enjoy the popularity
which 1t has long had.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

The adviser of 500 per cent" Miller has gone
into bankruptcy. His accounts ought to be in
restigated with unsparing theroughness. That
Miller swindle, for which the chief culprit was
sent to Sing Sing, one of the most irnpudent
and outrage ever known in New-York.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29


the disposition to remodel the universe has oeen
less marked out there, and should not be
surprised IL this taxation scheme fell through
No doubt it will be denounced impertinent
and unjust. and some may even go so far as TO
declare that 1t violates the constitutional pro-
vision against cruel and unusual punishmehes'
But may not the honorable member VINO pro-
poses 1t plausibly contend that 1t is rather COM
plimentary than censorious. inasmuch as 1t I'M
plies that every bachelor might be husband IL
he wanted to be- and that every spinster has
chosen to remain unmarried? II that line OF ar
gument is promptly adopted and sallantly main
tanned, the author of the bill may at least escape
premature badness. even II he fails to augment
the revenues Of the State.
Because of the higher prices for fuel and food
many hotels are raising rates. and numbers Of
owners of real estate intend to demand higher
rents ere long. These are logical and inevi-
table consequences OF existing conditions.
Senator Hoar seems to be desrous Of in
formation as to the sort of government which
now exists in remote and solitary Guam. AT
one time, under the Spanish flag, 1t was comic
opera rulership, somewhat resembling the meth
DDS Of sancho Panza in the island OF Baratarfa; :
but probably there has been a marked change
for the better.
The appeals In certain quarters for subscrip-
tions to test in the courts the practical disfran-
chisement Of negro citizens in Virginia show
that the black men themselves and their
friends do not intend to submit tamely to efface-
ment in elections. There are troubled waters
ahead.
France was the cradle and the nursery OF the
automobile and the manufacture and improve
ment Of the seif-motor went on with giant
strides In the great European republic. In no
other country was so swift progress achieved in
the construction and improvement Of these ma
chimes. Yet other nation is more severe In
the penalties inflicted upon violators of the
ordinances against excessive speed. Even
Rothschild has been sentenced In Paris to i'm
prisonment for few days. and for a first Of
fence at that.
The adviser of $50 per cent" Miller has gone
into bankruptcy. His accounts ought to he in
restigated with unsparing theroughness. That
Miller swindIe. for which the chief culprit
sent to Sing Sing, of the most impudent
and outra geous ever known in New-York.
gained share of the honors of the furious bat
ties of football last autumn now grading
teams Of basketball players of the cruder, ruder
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

The engagement is announced of Joseph n
Choate. jr., of the United States Ambassador
in London to Miss Cora Oliver. daughter OF Cen
eral and Mrs Robert Shaw Oliver. OF Albany. Miss
divers mother was Miss Rathbone, daughter of
the late General F. Rathbone. OF Albany. Mr..
Choate is a lawyer, and is graduate of Harvard,
class OF 81. His engagement to Miss Oliver was
rumored a couple of years ago. but denied at
the time.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

Because of the higher prices for fuel and food
many hotels are raising rates. and numbers Of
owners of real estate intend to demand higher
rents ere long These are logical and inevi-
table consequences OF existing conditions.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29

| Mrs Vanderbilt Cross whose husband died about
year ago. is dangerously i'll with typhoid fever a.
| her house in West Fifty-sixth-st.