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New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
GAS YOU LIKE IT. ON SOUTH FIELD.
Open Air Performance To Be Given for
University Settlement kindergarten.

An open air performances Of AS You Like tt viii
be given Thursday. May IA. at $50 p. on South
Field, Columbia University. One-hundred-anc-six-
teenth-st and Amsterdam-ave. The play viii be
given benefit for the Kindergarten OF the
University Settlement Among the patronesses Will
be Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Mrs. Lloyd 5 Bryce.
Mrs. George Croker. Mrs. Elisha Dyer. tr-. Mrs
Ogden GoeIet. Mrs Frederic GaIlatin. Mrs Edwin
Gould. Mrs A D. JuiIllard. Mrs Philip Rhine
lander. Mrs West Roosevelt. Mrs William Jay
Schienelin Mrs. John Sloane. Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander Mrs Edmund L. Baylies. Mrs. l. Townsend
Burden. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Mrs. William Post.
Mrs. George l. RIves, Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs.
William Douglas Sloane. Mrs Elliott 2. Shepard.
Mrs. William RhineIander Stewart. Mrs H Mex.
Twombly. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Fred
eric W. Vanderbilt.
The benefit is to be under the management OF
Mrs James H. Speyer. Charles Frohman has taken
deep interest in it. The performance will be under
the personal direction OF Ben Greet. OF London
Mr. Greet has gone over South Field and is par
ticulariy impressed with ths natural scenery and
it's adaptabiIity The part OF Rosalind will be played
by Miss Matthison- az present appearing in Every
man. The price OF tickets Will be IS. A few boxes
will be built. Tickets will be placed on sale at al
OF the hotels and the regular ticket Offices In the
event OF rain the performance Will be postponed
until the following day.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09

committed suicide in his prison cel-or' nio'e
nrohably, was murdered by some OF MS reno"
conspirators. Thereupon General PelhenX' VINO
may have been an honest but deluded man all
through what had occurred wrote his letter
of resignation to NJ Cavaignac. day or
two later NJ Cavaignac himself resigned his
place as Minister of War. Three weeks later
the Supreme Court began TO investigate the
matter. with the result that the CLOSED case
was reopened. and the next year Dreyfus was
brought back from Devils Isle
There is little doubt that even yet Drey1uS
is suffering from much injustice, and that JUS
tice will not be fully done until he is completely
rehabilitated. Every new detail that comes 10
light corroborates the belief that he was lnho-
cent and that the whole case against hilh'
from beginning TO end, was fabricated by
gang of traitors. forgers and blackmaliers' 10
cover I'D their own unspeakable Flilih!.
Whether there will be any further judicial re-
opeDing of the case is not yet certain But
whether there is or not, every incident such as
that of Tuesday adds to the assurance OF DreS-
fuss innocence and TO the infamy of his perse-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
THE LYNCH HIM" FOLLY.

Every time a small boy gets rln over by q
trolley car in this city some fool sets up the cry
'.Ivnch him. and the police have to be called
70 nrotect the motorman from hysterical people
wanting to work off their feelings, and rowdles
ready TO take any excuse for making disorder.
Week after week the newspapers report scenes
substantially similar TO that which occurred III
Lexington-ave. yesterday
II is indeed frightful thing that children
should be killed by the cars as they are MOTOR
men should be held TO the strictest accountant
itv for the way they run in the streets and we
believe that when accidents happen they are
invariably arrested and careful Investigations
are made to fix the blame. AS matter of fact,
they are blameless more often than not 1t IS
perhaps unreasonable to expect thoughtess chll-
dren, overfowing with animal spirits and con-
fined TO the streets for play, TO be careful of
their own safety. We can only pity them when
they fall victims to their rashness. But we can
not Justly blame the motormen because the chill
dren are rash. They must run cars and make
reasonable speed. They cannot stop and ask
every boy they see If he is going to cross the
track. 1t is a common thing for children in play
and from the spirit of bravado to stand de-
rnurely by a track, plainly seeing car and ap-
parently waiting for 1t to pass, and then at Ine
last moment to dart across and jeer the motor
man for his frantic efforts to put on brakes IL
one of them makes a slip he goes under Ihe
wheels, and sympathetic passengers call the mo-
torman a sbrlte' and murderer and say
he was going too fast when they would ordi-
narily be the first to complain II he dragged
along and put on the brake every ten feet
Even If a motorman is to blame for an acci-
dent the law provides a way to deal with him.
The cry Lynch himP is too common and too
quietly tolerated here. Happily nothing has yet
come Of it, but It indicates a bad spirit which
should be sternly repressed. The police ought
to make a point of arresting people who
threaten Iynching. whether they rowdies or
good people in Mysteries. few lessons Of that
kind would teach order to one class and be bet
ter than drugs for the nerves Of the other.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09

ing matter In ''red rains" in Europe as having
an African origin. Until positive evidence 10
the contrary is afforded. that is the safest ny
pothesis.
The most remarkable thing about the latest
dust shower is the extent of the area III Whch
it was noticed. In Southern Europe there are
enough precedents to prevent regarding thls
event as unique. To reach England, thouSh'
sand from the northern border of Sahara must
have been carried from 200 to 1,5O0 miles Ihe
distance between Austria and the Azores Is
even greater. The deposit was not uniform III
the whole intervening region. Possibly II was
imperceptible, except in the localities aireaoy
heard from. Even so, the density of the maze
reported from the Azores is noteworthy ana
exceptional What makes its presence there
more of a mystery is the fact that outside Oh
the tropics the upper air currents are supposed
to flow eastward instead of northwestward. Ut
if the dust was carried by surface winds from
Sahara, why did they not drop their burden
sooner?
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
POSTAGE FOR THE PEOPLE.

The day of one-cent letter postage throughout
the United States is sure to come before many
years have passed, because the mail receipts
and profits in the principal cities and towns
are steadily increasing and mounting to amaz-
ing figures Even the generous extension OF
free deliveries over long routes in the country
districts as we'll as in towns and villages, IN
addition to cities will not for generation stand
In the way of cutting the cost of letter stamps
IN two.
Meanwhile, the great department In Wash
ington ought not 20 be excessively 'hntcky
in refusing to carry envelopes bearing stamps
somewhat ragged or loopholed or defaceo-
The intent is the real thing to consider III
these matters If there is good reason to sus-
pect a purpose of defrauding the mails, then
let the great axe fall. But no mfssive bearing
a single two-cept stamp should be held back
for investigation and inquiry, or rejected and
returned, on account Of some minor defect ID
the two-cent postage stamp. Every sensible
citizen believes that our postal service should
ALWAYS and everywhere be managed on spa
cious and generous lines.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
A WIDESPREAD DUST STORM.

Reporfs Of a fall Of dust in Europe and over
the eastern portion Of the Atlantic on or Just
before Washngtons Birthday have been slowly
accommodating during the last few weeks. Inc
first to attain a wide circulation came from
England. Later it appeared that portions OF
Austria had had a similar experience. bunch
of stories from naval and merchant vessels, just
promulgated by the United States Hydrograph1c
Office. extends the catalogue and enlarges the
area visited so as to include the vicinity of the
Azores and regions further south.
In the matter Of color the descriptions Of this
phencmenon are not in perfect agreement. one
observer says that the dust was yellow another
calls # reddish brown" and a third red"
while q fourth asserts that the sun was partially
ohscured by lilac tinted veil" If all Of the
observations had not been confined to the same
neriod February 1929 it would look as if
more than one cause had been at work. Still,
the discrepancy is not serious; the men who
made these apparently conflicting statements
NAV not have been blessed with an equally
keen color perception. If the actual hue was
q mixture instead of of the primary col
ors. different people would probably describe it
differently. Moreover. one ships officer declares
that the dust was yellow when dry and brown
when wet No violent stretch of the imagina-
ton is necessary to reach the conviction that
the various accounts relate to single sub
stance.
Ry some of the mariners who noticed the de-
post It was suspected that the latter had a
volcanic origin. In support OF that theory they
could urge the fact that dust from krakatoa
was carried entirely around the globe In 1883.
The exclamation is not satisfactory though, for
two reasons: the phenomenon does not appear
TO have Immediately followed any exceptionally
violent outbreak Of Vesuvius or Strombolf; and
volcanic dust is gray, not yellow The brilliant
sunsets which were produced by the krakatoa
eruption were a result of refraction, and not of
direct coloring. Yellow particles, hastily pro-
nounced to be sulphur, have fallen In the
United States repeatedly in the last few years.
but If examined under the microscope they al
most invariably turned out to be the pollen or
pine or other trees, imported from short dis
tance. Dust falls OF this kind are local, too,
whereas that which occurred in February last
was so widespread as TO preclude any such ex-
planation. 1t is much more likely that the
stuff was fine sand from the desert OF Sahara.
Biologists have repeatedly Identified the color
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
lrtpnnrk Dailp Wibn,rs
THURSDAY. APRIL Q, 1903.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FoREIGN-Ninety per cent of the striking
railway men in Holland returned to work: the
workmen's committee offered 10 call on the
strike if the anti-strike bills were abandoned
In Rome an offer of arbitration was
Savorably received by the leader of the striking
typesetters. and the general strike tnere VIII
proba bly, be ended there was some riotlng IN
the streets. and troops fired on a mob, wound
ing several persons. == John Redmond IN d
speech at Dublin. praised the LsnQ = VI LII a.
bill and said the King would be hospltaDiy re-
ceived in Ireland - King Edward arrived at
Gibraltar and was enthusiastically received by
the people and garrison; he announced that ne
had made Sir George :. White. the governor OF
the port a field marshal - Descendants OF
famous Frenchmen who fought the Ameri-
can side in the Revolution viii present to the
people Of the United States a bust Of Washing
ton.
DoMEsTIC.-President Roosevelt entered
the Yellowstone Park, where he expects to spend
the next sixteen days in rest and recreation.
The names of officers selected for duty
on the Army General Staff Were announced at
providing some measure Of city c ltrol over
subway construction was reported In the Sen
ate - The National Mule Spinners Asso-
citation at the conference at Boston voted TO
indorse the strike Lowell - Windstorms
IN Alabama and Arkansas killed more than
score Of persons and wrought much danage 10
property. - Senator Clark. OF Montana,
wants a franchise to build eighty-two miles of
street railways in Los Angeles; he offers
Kansas elections show that the State went
stronger than ever for prohibition.
CTTY.-Stocks were dull and firm. - The
steamer Allegheny was grounded to save her
from sinking after collision with the Merry
weather: a barge sunk near the stranded
Allegheny and four men We're drowned -
Charges Of favoring Tammany Hall were pre-
Serred at a meeting of the Greater New-fork
Democracy against Perez NJ. Stewart - A
policeman utilized q to chase and capture
g dri ger whose wagon had killed woman and
who fed from a threatening crowd - ID. LIE
Roy Dresser surprised his creditors by aTrang-
ing 10 pay Dresser & Co. debts in full; friends
advanced SS50.00e for the purpose. - Tam
many Hall, It was learned, cannot elect a sue
cessor 10 the late John McQuede. a treasurer,
1lntiI the Devery Injunction is withdrawn; a
consequence Murphy has made overtures to the
big chief to stop the fight.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 90
degrees: lowest, A
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington. April (speciaD.-The Chinese Min
lister expects to take possession of the new lssa-
ton building in Nneteenth-st. within ten days ano
therefore, will not unpack the furnishings ne
brought with him while in his present leeatoh
quarters The building is not finished IN de-
tail and the minister and his suite may nave 10
content themselves at first with the second hoor'
The minister's wife died two years ago. leaving
seven children. Four of them were left IN Chiha
with the minister's mother. and the three otners'
two young boys and daughter Of sixteen make
up the household here. None OF them speak Eng
lish but this disadvantage will be rectlned ~
American teachers.
Mrs Herbert W. Bowen. wife OF the minister 10
Venezuela who has been i'll in hospital IN New
York is improving rapidly that II is hoped she
will soon be able to Join her husband here
DR. Won Holeben will not be obliged to return 10
the United states to present his letters OF reCah-
Secretary Hay has been informed by Baron Won
Sternburg the present minister. that the Amoas-
sador has been retired by the German Government
and that Emperor William, as A mark or speclai
favor has bestowed him the order of the Red
Eagle.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09

the only open question turns on the assessment
by the State officers. If that is upheld the whoie
law probably stands. If it is not, the subsidiary
question of the possibility of local officials levy!
ing the tax remains. The Court of Appeals IS
composed of clearheaded men, who are not 10
be confused by Mr.. Hills stump speaking. Inc!
have already upheld excise taxation by STATE
officers when part of the proceeds go TO locah-
ties and the drawing of jurors here by state
officer though historically the jury as much as
the tax system is a matter of local administra-
ton Whatever they decide on this new point
they will decide on considerations OF law, ana
Mr. Hill only exhibits himself for the petti-
fogger we all know him TO be when he goes be-
fore them TO indulge in vulgar abuse OF the
President of the United States
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
UNION TYRANNY.
cutors.

orranized labor in New-York was probably
Jealous of the prominence given to the news
from italy and Holland where strikes have
crippIed business and it has been found neces-
sarv TO call out armed troops to prevent rlot
and bIoodshed The time for the general strike
which has been threatened by the professional
labor agitator has not yet arrived, but llttle
practice strike one which would call out only
eight thousand or ten thousand carpenters "oulu
do no harm, the leaders thought, except tnaC IL
might tie UP a lot of building and deprive lot
of men of needed money. But who cared Tor
that?
There was no misunderstanding between the
unions and the employers of men, no quesCon
as to hours" or "pay." The men were recelV-
ing what they considered ample pay. and the
time which was looked upon as "a day was
satisfactory TO aIl. But pay" and hours anu
right are not the only things for which the
union man must fight. He must be monopollSl
and brook no labor organization except MS
own and If a rival exists it must be an
nexed or absorbed or there will be trouble, not
for the unions but for the public To-day the
building industry of the metropolis is crippled
and work for the completion of which the busl-
ness world is waiting is suspended because it
pleases one labor organization to worry or 10
crush another This performance, by which
thousands of men are thrown out of employ
ment. shows that the unions have no regard Tor
the public 1t is also a melancholy demonstra-
ton of the absolute domination OF the union
workman by the professional labor leader, VINO
forces the man, although he has no grievance
TO strike and to sacrifice his pay. 1t shows the
existence of despotism in the upper walks OF
organized labor which is dangerous alike TO the
workingman and the public.
When the carpenters have forced the rival
organization to unite with the "Only orlg1-
nal" work will probably be resumed on the va
rious buildings, but how long will it be before
plasterers. brickIayers, housesmiths or other or
ganizations discover that members OF rival
unions are taking the bread from the mouths or
real union men? Whenever such discoveries
are made we may look for strikes similar to the
one from which the building industry is suffer
inc today The condition is a triumph for the
labor leader and q demonstration of his autoc-
racy. Who cares for the public?
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
4nusements.

ACADEMY OF MuSIC-s:15-The Suburban
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-s:fS-Ny Partner
BEr,ASCO THEATRE-s-The Darling OF the COOS
EIJOT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Brown
BROADWAY TEEATRE-S-Prince 81 Pilsen
CASINO-s:I5-A Chinese Honeymoon.
CIRCLE TdEATRE-e:15 :15-s :l5-NauceTile
CRITERION THEATRE-s:eo-A Message from Mafs-
DAIY's THEATRES l5-The Jewel of Asia
gpF-N NIJSEE@2-s-The World in Wax
EMPIRE THEATR E-s.oo-The Unforeseen
GARDEN TF9EATRFc-s:So-
and Men
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-S:Io-A Country Giri
HERALD SQUARE -S:lo-Pretty Pesey
IRVING PLACE THEaTRF-s:2o-Das Suess. Macdel.
KEITH S-Cortinuous Performance.
lNICK CKFRBoCKER TEEATRE-s-Mr- Blue Bearo-
NspTSON SQUARE CsARDEN-2-SBarnuru a. Bailey
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-2:lS-S: :So--tynthia
4 THE Wizard OF
MANHATTAN THEATRE s.oe-The Earl Of Pawtucket:
MURRAY Hill, TEFATRE-e-S-Au the Comforts OF
Home.
NEW SAyNy-s .Sn--he Tanning cf Helen.
PAsTOR's-Cortnuous Performance.
PRINCESS THEATRE .30-S:20-Tbe Fr1sky Hrs
PRoCTOR's THEATRES-Comedy and Vaudeville
VICTORIA THEATRE E-s-i5-R Resurrection
wAII-ACK-S TEIFATRE-s:15-Sut OF S0lu
WEST END THEATRE-s-The Fatal Wedding
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
KING EDWARD AT GIBRALTAR.
Welcomed by the People, Ships and Garrison
of the Rock.

Gibraltar April s.-King Edward arrived here to-
day from Lisbon on board the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert The ships dressed manned sides and
saIuted The King and his suite landed later In the
dav His majesty received BY the Governor
and bv the naval and military STATS, while royal
sa lutes were fired. A procession was formed, and
the King drove through the streets. which were
lined with soldiers ard demonstrating crowds, TO
the neutral ground. and returning went 70
Government House
The town and rock Illuminated tonight
The King was present at a state banquet given by
Sir George Stuart White. the Governor OF Gibral-
tar and the defender Of Ladysnith in the lats
South African war. During the banquet the King
announced that he had promoted Sir George White
the rank of field marshal
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
fay rELEsRApH TO THE TRTBUxsI


Newport r L. April S.-Mrs. Frederic Nelson
has arrived from New-York to superintend the
ranzements for the marriage OF her daughter Miss
CathIeen Gebhard Nelson. and Reginald Claypool
Vanderbilt. which will take place at Arleigh. IN
BeIlevue-ave. next Tuesday. The upholsterers and
interior decorators have nearly completed their
work The most striking feature Of the decorations
will be the tiny Gothic chapel of Easter lilies and
white roses which will be erected in the main hall
way and in which the young couple viii stand dur
ing the marriage ceremony. which will be per-
formed by the Rev william r. Meenan. rector os
st. Marys Church
On Saturday evening Mrs Vanderbilt will give a
large dinner party at The Breakers. and another
on Monday evening when the bridesmaids and ush-
ers will be present ard many ot the wedding
guests Preparations will be made for hun
dred and fifty guests at the wedding breakfast on
the following morning
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
KING CHRISTIANS BIRTHDAY.

brated his eghty-fth birthday in the best OF health
and was the recipient of many congratulations and
gifts The members of the diplomatic corps were
among those who called at the palace TO oer their
felicitatons United States Minister SwensOn,
doyen Of the corns warmly congratulated the king
in behalf of his colleagues and subsequently ex-
tended his majesty the good wishes OF President
Roosevelt and the American people Mr. Sweusoh
referred the birthday festivities OF the Danes IN
America as evidence OF the love they bore their
former King and rootberland The King expressed
keen qualification and asked that his greetings be
conveyed to President Roosevelt
The King was received with enthusiasm on his
every appearance. made a speech from the balcony
Of the palace to thousands Of people assembled
New-York tribune., 1903-04-09
SHE LOOKS LIKE A FAST BOAT

Il
In pretty good all round test of their sail
ing qualities. with q wind which was true
enough 10 put neither boat at a serious disad-
vantage except for few minutes, Shamrock
III beat Shamrock | handsomely yesterday lt
is pointed out that the new boat made a con-
siderably better showing in this instructive
trial against the first of her name than was
made on the average in 1901 by Shamrock H.
1t is to be considered, furthermore, that she
has scarcely more than begun the tuning up
process and especially that her sails are prob
ably susceptible of improvement, though 1t was
remarked on her first appearance that the can
vas in use fitted uncommonly well. Altogether,
the reports are exactly adapted TO cause repe-
tition in this country of the apprehensive. if not
positfveIv doIefuI predictions which the early
career of nearly every challenger for the Amer
icas Gun has evoked. An exuberant confidence
in their ability to beat all creation in every Held
Of activity is supposed TO he characteristic OF
our peopIe: but if that is their customary tenn
ner II has not been strikingly illustrated in the
course Of preparations for the international
yacht races.
The Reliance is still an unknown quantity,
but long and cheerful experience JustifleS the
expectation that it will be great pleasure to
make her acquaintance in the near future 10
say the least. there is a strong presumption tndt
she will prove good enough to defehd the Cup
And if not what then? Well. to tell the honest
truth, our opinion is that the American people
would not be utterly miserable. If that he
treason make the most Of 1t.