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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
TIE POSTAL INVESTIGATION.

Tq,era gre nersops who would like TO make
il appear that the administration mas peeh
unwilling and dilatory in prosecuting the ln'eS-
tigation Of postoffice scandals, but they will not
succeed It is true that the Postmaster zen
eral who was not In Washington when lhe
first serious charges were made. did not 1mme-
distely upon his return concece that gross
offences had been committed. He was EVIL
IDENTIFY inclined TO believe as well as hope thal
irregularities had been exaggerated into crimes
and that only few instances of wrongdoing
instead OF somewhat extensive mal1easance
would be disclosed Nor, on the face of things.
was that discreditable attitude. Mr. Payne
would have been badly discredited If inact1on
had accompanied his conservative statements,
and bopeIessly disgraced II he had endeavored
10 battle the inquiry: but while perhaps failing
to comprehend as quickly as others the gravity
of the situation, he has done nothing TO impede
the pursuit of wrongdoers. On the contrary, he
has acted promptly and vigorously as soon as
the evidence has appeared TO him conclusive.
To have attempted any other course would
have been futile. as everybody knows, with
President Roosevelt at the head OF AFFAIRS ana
in control Of his Owl administration. The Presl-
dent is not man TO be hoodwinked. or misled
into taking what some might call the line OF
least resistance where the honor Of the gov
eminent is concerned. From the beginning OF
the investigation he has been at the other side
Of the continent and crowded with engage
ments but he has not permitted the exactions
of travel entertainment and speechmaking to
cloud his sense of responsibility for what is
going on at Washington He has caused him
self TO be kept fully informed as TO the postal
developments, and has doubtless impaired
share Of his own energy 10 the investigation.
It is now said. apparently the authority OF
the Postmaste General that Machen's alleged
acceptance of SD 600 in commissions on sup
plies furnished 10 the department will look
trivial in comparison with things yet 10 be dis
closed We must hope while we can that the
event will not verify that gloomy prediction,
but the country already has the satisfaction Of
knowing that there will be no concealment of
frauds or tenderness for the guilty. When Mr..
Payne declares that everything shall be sifted
to the bottom his promise has all the weight
Of Theodore Roosevelt's character and temper
behind It
Meanwhile II is we'll TO remember that under
such circumstances scandal is prone to fly far
afeld and light on innocent men. The admins
tration is entitled to high credit for its resolute
but careful investigation. The vast ma jority Of
postal employees. who are still serving the coun-
try win perfect fidelity. are likewise entitled
TO demand that irresponsible gossip shall smirch
no honorable name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
LENoX NOTES.

LBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Pittsheld. Mass May % (SpecIaD.-SIr. and Mrs
John E Alexander. OF New-Yorlz arrived at their
cottage this evening.
Dr. Charles McBurney performed operation
on John Sloane yesterday The operation was not
of a serious nature and Mr. Sloane IS recovering
Mr. and Mrs William A Read. Of New-York.
have arrived Lenox open their summer cottage
on the stockridge road
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Griswold OF New-Tork.
came up Lenox this evening
Mrs Walter Webb, OF Scarborough-on-the -Hud-
SON. is guest OF her sister. Mrs. Joseph ". Bur
den
The funeral Of the late Joseph W Burden VIII be
held from Trinity Church Sunday afternoon at
2:90 o'clock The Rev. Harold Arrowsmith viii read
the Office. Burial will be in Lenox-
Mr. and Mrs Giraud Foster. OF New-york. will
open their country place. Dellefountain. IN Lenox
tomorrow
Mr. and Mrs J D Keith and the Misses Keith
who are on a driving trip through the Berkshires
arrived at the Curtis Hotel to-day Mr. and Mrs
J. E Morley OF Cleveland: Mr.. and Mrs. William
sheaf DR.. and Mrs. W a Billiard and Mr. ana
Mrs Francis e Bowaoin. OF Boston. are az the
Curtis Hotel
Mrs 4 Il wellington Miss Wellington and Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Parsons, OF New-Tcrk, came up
: othe Red Lion Inn, at Stockbridge. tonight.
At the Hotel Aspnwau Mr.. and Mrs. ". c.
and family. Arthur G. Graves and Rufus r. Graves.
oP New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
FOR 4 NEW COURTHOUSE.

The act passed by the last legislature provid-
Eng for the appointment by the Mayor Of
commission 10 put up new county courthouse
was made operative yesterday when the Board
OF Estimate and Apporrionment condemned the
present building. That prescribed preliminary
condition having been complied with, il is prob
able that the commission viii soon be appointed
and begin its labors. It's first task will be the
selection Of q site, and according 70 the terms
OF the act any site south Of FranAn-st- may
be chosen.
When the bill was first introduced the fact
that Il permitted a site N City Hall Park 70
be selected under certain conditions relating TO
the removal OF other buildings there. and limit
ing the park space which new courthouse
might occupy. led 70 q general impression that
the committee in temporary charge Of the prof.
ect favored the park site. The supposition was
not unnatural. but it was declared on good au-
thor5ty 10 be erroneous; the explanation being
that such provision was expected 10 operate
advanra geously 10 the city IN negotiations with
owners OF private property That being the
case. probably no harm was done, but IT is
doubtful II any good was done either; for we
believe nothing is more certain than that public
sozlinion demands the removal Of the shabby
little buildings now standing in the park and
would not permit the space so cleared 10 be re-
occupied. There is small likelihood therefore
that private owners VIII be influenced in fixing
the price OF their property by a legal posi-
bilitv which is practically impossible.
Doubtless the commission viii give respect
ful consideration to Mayor Lows proposal that
g combined railroad terminal and municipal
building shonld be erected on the several small
-riangIes contained within Ce1tre-st, Duane-st
and Park Row; but it is virtually certain TO
conclude that. whatever the general merits of
that plan may be, courtrooms over railroad
station would not be satisfactory. The COM
mission viii disappoint public expectation If it
does not weigh with the utmost care the adj
vantages of the Chambers-st site just north
OF the City Hall Park, bearing constantly n
mind the broader scheme for appropriating 10
municipal uses the whole block between the
new Hall OF Records and Broadway. Doubtless
that would be a costly acquisition. though the
MAYORS estimate has been called in question:
bur, as we have said repeatedly, 1t seems GER
tain. when the city's growth. its assured popu-
Iartop in the comparatively near future and its
requirements for the transaction Of its business
in wears 10 come are considered, that IL must
eventually possess the Chambers-st property.
whatever SIS present value, II viii inevitably
cost more hereafter, and II would be the part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
LANGUAGES N TIE SCHOOLS.

The Board of Education appears to nave dls-
posed iudiciously of the recently much ulspu'eu
nuestion of instruction in foreign languages LII
the 7,lbIic schools 1t will be recalled that there
has been sharp rivalry between the advocates
rasnectivelv Of French and of German, ana
many public appeals have been made III DenalI
of each of those languages. The Board ~ 6uu-
cation has avoided any attempt TO oecloe DC
tween them. It treats them as equals ana puts
them both, on even terms, on the eIecIlFe ISL
together with Latin and stenograpny. linus no
pupils Will be required TO study either Oh lnoS0
languages, but any pupil may DO SO II ne or sue
or his or her parents shall SO erect 10 I. 10
orranpemeD+ it is not easy TO imagine any valid
objection.
In discussing the matter a short time ago we
-o-,,a -l,ad IN those columns that 1t would be
gratifying TO see more attention paid 10 the
s+ndv and the teaching of the English language
in the schools Hereafter, we are now assured
that will be done In rearranging the currlcu-
INN according TO q member Of the board
.ss+ress has been laid on the instruction ID Eng
Jisb which is the cornerstone OF the course.
That is exactly right The English language Is
4hA national language of this country anu the
cooner IFS use is made universal the better IL
will be- NO language as Superintendent Max
we'll rightly says should be taught TO perpet-
..uate the use of foreign language in this coun-
..try." There are thousands Of citizens OF New
York who do now use foreign languages Some
of them would perhaps like, on senumenta
grounds to have their children study tnoss IAN
oTages. But If they want their children TO De-
come American citizens of the best type they
borId desire them before that and first Of all, to
learn the English language thoroughly and &C
curateIy However worthy and noble any Ior-
a;gn tongue may be in its own land, in Amer
lea It is a. declining and dying tongue. The only
living and growing tongue here is the English.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
THE ARMENIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Some Tina NAV elapse before the exact
,,ro7,or+ions Of the disaster in Armenia last
month will be known. The destruction OF
town having a populatio of two thousand does
not always mean that that number Oh people
has been killed. 4 little more than year ago
several cities in Guatemala, having an average
OF five thousand inhabitants each, were badly
shaken When corrected returns came IN, the
deaths were put at 335- Early in November
1901 Erzeroum, in Asia Minor was reported
+o he DESTROYED" Partial Justification for the
statement was found in the fact that one thou
sand dwellings were ruined, fifteen hundred
more were damaged less seriously, and at least
fifteen hundred people we're temporarily home
less. The population Of the city has been
variousIy estimated at between sixty thousand
and one hundred thousand, but the word "sev-
eral" served to indicate the number of lives
actually lost. To be sure, the first accounts Of
the Andijan earthquake Just before last Christ
mas greatly understated the mortality. This
eventually turned out to be between forty-fve
hundred and five thousand However, the condi-
tons there were very different Turkestan is
in a higher latitude and has a colder climate
than Armenia. The buildings in Andijan were
more substantial than those Of MelaZgherd and
the neighboring villages In most cases the
latter were scarcely more than mud huts, whose
sudden collapse could hardly infict fatal in
juries. Perhaps the effect has been exaggerated
To the region just afflicted such visitations are
of common occurrence ErZeroum, to which
reference has just been made, is scarcely eighty
miles TO the northwestward In other directions
also the country is famous for earthquakes.
Rarely does the world hear from that quarter,
indeed, except when there has been either an
unusually severe disturbance Of this class or a
massacre Of Christians by the Turks. Hardly
a year passes without a formidable shock in the
vicinity of Tifis just over the border on Rus
sian soil. Even distant Jerusalem, southwest OF
Armenia was shaken percephbly few months
ago The mountainous character of most OF
Asia Minor, If not direct cause, seems 10 be
symptom Of the suspected cause OF seismic
phenomena, and the country does its best to re-
alize the expectations of the geologist in this
respect.
The chronological distribution OF earthquakes
is almost as irregular as the typographical
Nothing like periodicity. as in the case of sun
spots. has been distinctly manifest AS vet il
seems TO be impossible to predict seasons of
maximum and minimum abundance The faint
er tremors exhibit a comparative uniformity ,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
astn1lork DsaiIn G1ibrrlls
SATURDAY. NAY 20. 1903.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures advices showed that
4he Panama Canal treaty was doomed 70 de-
feat in the Colombian congress- me SoloIt 4i1s
hope by oeferring action for two years 70 90,
tain the sum allotted 70 the Panama Canai
COMPANY - Mont Pelee was reported 10 be
again active. and the General Ccunch mas
.,reed the evacuation of the entire northern part
Of Martinique - The president OF Ihe DeLlo-
cratic Labor Union al Manila was arrested on
charges CT furnishing aid 10 rebels; the natives
Gre excited over the governments acJon- -
Many buildings At Mothe-wen. twenty miles
from Glasgow, have been badly damaged by the
earth sinking; mines beneath the town are De
lieved 10 be the cause Of the accident - The
opposition parties in Japan combined 10 deteaI
the government on question OF reSpollslp4llly
sor official scandals The bicentenarv OF
the foundation Of St Petersburg was celebrated
by a procession 70 the Cathedral of St isaac
the Car and CzaTina were present at the ceFe-
monies - The druggists al Havana con
tauued their fight against the taxes py closing
their stores; the other uleChants decided 70 wait
for legislative action before taking active part
IN the contest.
DOMESTIC-The defence Of a ". Nachen
former general superintendent Of free delivery
IN the Postofflce Department against the charge
Of taking brides. II is said, viii be that he was a
silent partner in the firm OF contractors; POST
master Merritt Of Washington replied 70 = w
Tulloch, making serious countercharges aealnst
the ex-cashier. - President Roosevelt ao-
dressed q great audience il the Tabernacle at
Salt Lake. - The Naval General Beard mas
completed an important and elaborate scheme
for the defence Of the coasts in case OF war
cITY-Stocks were dull and heavy. -
The police worked on the hat clew N the Ards-
ley murder mystery. - The Board OF ksll-
mate under the new Marshall law finally de
ciced on improvements TO cost S1u.U0o,OOo,
among them being the Flatbush-eve- extension
and the Juuel Mansion park - It was said
that Park Commissioner WILCOX was likely 70
be chosen president Of the Republican County
Committee. - Governor Odel reserved de-
cisfon after hearing the arguments Of counsel
fer and against the e1tradition TO MASSACHUSETTS
Of Moody Merrill. - Engines and battalion
chief chased a burning car, from which pas
senFers had 20 lump. the motoraan refusing to
STOP. Bruce Price the architect died IN
Paris France - Two men were killed ana
three injured in & railroad collision in Newark;
Il was necessary TO anlputa1e the arm OF one OF
the injured TO rescue him - A boy VINO had
ridden al the way from Boston on the steps OF
8 fast express train jumped off at Mount
Vernon: later he escaped from a hospital, where
his injuries were being treated
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Partly cloudy; probably showers The tenn
perature yesterday: Highest, 70 degrees; low
est g.
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MRS. ROOSEVELT AT eRoToN

Groton Mass. May 29-Nrs- Theodors Roosevelt
and her sister Mrs. ". 3 CowIes. arrived AZ
G-oton school shortly Before noon to-day. having
come from Washington attend the annual yriz.
day exercises of the school. and TO spend a few
days in visiting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt
who are pupils here The visitors left the train AZ
aver Junction and we're driven TO the school
Mrs Roosevelt and her sister we're received az
the house Of Endicott PEABODY. the principal ard
after they Joined the large number % guests
Of the school IN the exercises % the day.
From the Hundred House the MOTT famous q
the school buildings the pupils and their friends
ard instructors. together with Senator Henry Ca5o,
Lodge Jacob RHs. OF New-T8rk. and former Gov
ernor George 5 Boutwell,. oS Grotcn. The speakers
of the day. marched to the gymnasium. where ths
exercises took place.
The programme included addresses By Senator
Lodge and Mr.. Riis. while former GovernOr Bout
well gave out the prizes. The awards werz aoou-
twenty in number. and were given Tor general
efficiency.
The exercises were concluded shortly after
o'clock and the assembly proceeded back % re
Hundred House. where refTsshmsnts were served
The afternoon passed as a festival By tns
pupils and their guests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington. May tsPeci2D.-Ine PERUVIAN
,.,nt~+a- rho is now In New-York. will make in
oI,tries while away regarding suitable summer
home for the legation. II is understood that
number Of diplomats who have been accustomed 70
snending the summer the New-England codS'
are planning to establish summer colony % -.
-, .o-,eyvbera On Long Island within convenient
distance Of New-York If senor CalderoH succeeds
in finding locality to suit him ana can secure
several cottages he will be Joined By the ATgen'hs
Minister and sehora Merou and the GuateHaIan
1st,ts4.r se6or Arriasa These three diplomats
naess5 isst SUMMER at Gloucester. Mass Inc
lace most likely to be selected lie Babylon Leag
1sqsoA There IL some probe bility that senior
oisda the Spanish Minister. who has oeen coh-
sfdering New.York City for his summer hesdqus'-
fers NAV also Join the colony on the SOUND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
- xopr- NIFTY TBTRuNE SATURDAY, MAY 80. 1908.

Milne says that these number not far from
thirty thousand every year If attention Is coz
fined to the severer shocks. though, 1t QUICKLY
appears that these are more numerous at one
time than another. Again. the authority just
quoted has observed that after "typlcaI
Notwithstanding earthquake" dixie that IN Cen
trail Japan in October 1901 remarkaoie
series of minor shocks in the same nelghoor-
hood is almost sure TO follow Earthquakes are
supposed to occur when strains in the crust OF
the globe have accumulated to such degree
that readjustment is necessary. The first one OF
a group does not give all the relief needed. ap-
parently, and the supplementary shaking is re-
uuired to restore the equilibrium fully. IL.
therefore, the district in which Melazgherd is
situated has been as terribly shaken as the first
dispatches would indicate, it is likely to have
further trouble during the next few weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
SCIENTISTS TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

Professor Charles s Sargent. OF the Arnold Ar
boretun Of Harvard University. and his son. A
? Sargent sailed on the steamer Celtic yesterday
fer a tour through Europe and Northern Asia. IN
connection with Professor Sargenr's work n ths
arForeturn Professor John II ir. the naturalist.
8ccopapauied them. The three VIII go 70 s. Peters
burg and Moscow and thence over the Lracs-Sl-
berfan Railroad 70 Picking Java viii be visited ard
they will return home BY way OF san Francisco.
The botanical specimens collected viii Be shipped
70 this courtry from time time. as opportunity
permits.
Others who sailed On the Cel-lc were 4 = AIas1.
urasidArr OF the New-York Commercial Company.
who will make an extended tour Of Europe Joseph
Sticknev OF Stickney. Conyngham & Co, coa4 o.
orators az No. ! Broadway, whose healJn oFoks
down under the strain OF the coal strike. and Nj
and Mrs Robert Hunter. who are on their o-lcal
tour. Mr. Hunter IS The head worker 81 l1e IL
versity Settlement Mrs Hunter IS the daSgater
Of Arsor Phelps Stokes They were Eargled az
the country home OF Mr. Stokes. at DazIen, Conn.
r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30

I-;.o5 Lrsnrdo,n's commerce with the outer
r-orld is far more important than that with the
colonies and that its food supply comes chleny
from alien lands. Yes. and no Great BTU
aims import trade with the outer world is lar
greater than with her empire. and is growing
more rapidly. But while her export trade 10
her colonies is still considerably less than to
the rest of the world, it is growing far more
ranidlv. Here are the recent figures: Imports
from the empire were f97, 100000 in 1892. and
only E105, 1000 in 1901, while those from the
rest of the world in the same years were re-
snectiyeIv f326OO0O00 and f416, 100000. But
exnorts to the empire were 100000 in 1872,
and rose 10 f1O4 100000 in 1901, while those TO
the rest Of the world in the same years were
f152 100000 and Els, 200, 900 respectively. FROM
1890 To 1901. therefore, British exports to the
empire increased by more than 40 per cent
while those to the rest Of the world lncreaseu
BY less than Is per cent; and the actual amount
of the former increase was more than 81 per
cent greater than that Of the latter AS 10
Great Britain's dependence on the outer World
for food it is to be observed that her imports
of wheat from Canada were only 2,So0ooo hun
dredweight in 1894. but rose TO 95Ooeoo nun
dredweight in 1902. Her imports OF wheat
from the whole empire also rose from 1z'oto'VVo
b1ndredweight in 1894 to %, 100000 hundred
Dorts of -four from the United States actually
declined from 100000 hundredweight IN
1899 TO 1860 600 hundredweignt in 1902.
Without at this time going further into de-
tails therefore it is evident that Mr. CHAM
herIain will be able to support his proposals
with significant facts and figures certainly
his place in British politics is at this time, De-
cause of these very proposals, supremacy IN
+eresting one. Only the other day his critics
were ieering at him for what they called the
homeless allure of his scheme. His protection
ist vacaries, they said, had been repud1ated py
Mr.. BaIfour and vetoed by the Chancellor OF
the Fxcbeouer, and had fallen absolutely nat
Vet now. with the ink scarcely dry on those
words of scorn. they are compelled to acknoWl-
edge that he has carried the Cabinet with MIN
ond made his influence dominant, above even
that of the Prime Minister himself. However
that may be- there is no question that ne mas
nrecipitated upon the United Kingdom the most
momentous controversy since Mr.. Gladstone
Home Rule proposals, If not, indeed since Ine
abolition of the Corn laws. what the result
will he it would be rash to predict But 1t VIII
l,e we'll 70 bear in mind that Mr. Chamberlain
is as Mr.. Kipnng says Of FuzZy-Wuzzy. Ifsl
rate fighting man. besides being statesman OIL
exceptionally high ability, and that he IS sure
of the IovaI and enthusiastic support OF a large
mart of the British nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30

of wisdom to acquire It now. Moreover, as MI
5rout has shown, the investment would prob
ably take care Of itself. through the saving OF
rentals now paid for city offices there and else
where, until the city should feel able TO bulio-
That the Courthouse Commission Will be IN
fuenced by these considerations n discharglns
its own particular functions is scarcely 10 De
doubted. especially in view Of the fact tha1 us
action in choosing a site and adopting plans
viii be subject to the approval of the boaro
OF Estimate and Apportionment
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WEDDINGS.

Princeton. y J. Nay 2.-Phllip r Walden
Smith. Of Pittsburg. and Miss Isabella W Mao
Laren. OF Princeton. were married yesterday after
noon in the First Presbyterian Church By Donald
MacLaren chaplain. z. 3 y, retired. father Re
bride The bride given away BY Fer orol1s-.
Donald NacIaren OF New-Tork The maid -
honor was Miss Elizabeth Robinson. % Lawrencs-
Vile and the best was Lloyd WaddeLl Smith.
Of Nsw-York. brother Of the bridegroom The 1sh-
ers were Charles Hodge. OF Baltimore Eraccss
Stuart Viele and Henry Damon Snutel q PirlsoIrg.
webster and George Cass Hutch1nson, o. New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-30
MAYOR LOW ACCEPTS INVITATION

Huntington Long Island. May Zs-Mayor Low
has accepted an invitation 20 be present and make
an address al the Goth anniversary celebration q
this town on July A letter has been received b.
the committee in charge Of the celebration i11orn-
ing IL OF the Mayors accept&ncs OF the lnvltatc1
President Roosevelt had previously promised % a.
tend the ceIebrasioh and rake z brief spssch