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New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
GENERAL GREENE AND CAPTAIN L4NTRY.~

GENERAL GREENE AND CAPTAIN L4NTRY.
While General Greene is perfectly right III
saying that Captain Lantry should have con-
suited his superior. and that his men might
have been shot or have provoked violence III
invading private houses. yet it is to be hoped
that he Will treat the captain as leniently as
possible for he has furnished valuable Object
lesson to the public by demonstrating the care
lessness of householders. The captain deserves
credit for the originality of his methods. and 1t
is TO be hoped that householderS will take the
lesson to heart Householders must see that it
is they themselves rather than the police who
are to blame il their houses are robbed. They
have been inviting thieves to enter their prem
ises. There is no excuse for the street doors
of private residences being for one moment un-
locked and unguarded- There are always ser
wants III them to answer calls, whether by
tradesmen or others. 1t is perfectly easy FOR
those who have a right to enter unnoticed TO
have latchkeys Every house is equipped with
spring locks so that when door is shut it can
not be opened from the outside and ii is simple
insanity for anybody in great city like this TO
leave street doors with locks so fixed that en-
trance may be gained by simply turning knob
The police are not TO blame if such houses
are entered They cannot stand in front of
every house Even if they do, they cannot stop
every person whom they see walking UP TO
door and opening il as if he had a right. 4
clever thief might have key 10 rattle at a door
as if unlocking it before entering, and carry on
his operations under a policeman's eyes. He
could put stolen jewels in his pocket, and in
due time walk out again if he owned the
place Then the householder would complain OF
the inefficiency CT the police; but it would not
be because Of their inefficiency at all, but be-
cause of his own in the management Of his
own property.
A few years ago there was considerable talk
about the carelessness Of women in carrying
purses and watches in such fashion as to put
premium on robbery. Though the police did
their best, it was impossible to prevent watches
being stolen in a CROWD. when it was as easy as
picking blackberries. So now, if treasures are
spread out on tables and free access is given to
every man on the street, they will naturally be
taken. The pushcart man knows enough not to
leave his peanuts unguarded from the passing
small boy. but the wealthy householder seems
TO think that if is the city's business to guard
his pictures and bronzes when he will not take
much pains for their safety the street
vender does for his nuts. If the angry citizens
are wise they will not seek TO punish Captain
Lantry, even though he has 0verstepped his au-
thority. but will take the hint he has given
them and keep their doors locked.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

at a hundred miles an hour nor to ainass ior'-
unes of hundreds of millions. No. but IL Is to
raise the general standard of human hfe' mat
means to prolong life. TO lessen the dangers
of disease and disaster TO overcome as faT as
possible the ills that flesh is heir to. ana 10
endow all with sound minds in sound bodies
and to protect them in the safe ana comiort-
able enjoyment thereof From the most pfac
teal. we might say the most sordid and selfish,
point of view it would pay to seek these higher
aims The money that railroads pay in indem,s
nities to sufferers from accidents would prob
ably have been far more than WAS necessary
for preyenting those accidents altogetheT. The
money spent fo~ asylums and hospitals, and
the potentiality wholly lost in untimely deaths
or through inefficient minds and crippled bodies,
If applied in advance, would have secured Il
veritable revoutioniZing of the race. Surely II
is time that we realized the practical and un-
speakably beneficent application of that most
trite of all injunctions, 1.-The proper study OF
mankind is man.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
TWO IN THE CAB.

The Plainfield horror and other railroad dis
neers in the cab of every mile-a-minute ex-
press. Two pilots stand in the warehouses of
our ferryboa If one Of them is overcome
suddenly by Illness the other is at his side
ready to relieve him. AS a mere matter of
economy the railroads would save money by
the meteors on the rails. The accident in the
tunnel last year has resulted in such heavy
verdicts against the New-York Central that the
corporation will be compelled to pay hundreds
of thousands OF dollars of damages and the
award of more than 100000 has been affirmed
appeal in q single case already.
The verdicts against the New-Jersey Central
for the Plainfield massacre will reach an enor-
nous total. Judges and juries are not partial
or lenient in these days in passing upon claims
against corporations; and the companies them
selves Will act prudenty if they do not try to
initiate Mrs. Partington, who worked vaiantly
when she toiled with her broom to beat back
the onset of the Atlantic Ocean There's tidal
wave of public opinion here and now which
comes rolling in to oyerWhelm unwise dlSre-
gard of the public welfare in transportation
policies and methods Who can stand against
tidal wave? Two engineers in the cabs of
fast passenger trains are as necessary as two
pilots in the warehouses on the ferries watch
ing for possible dangers Railroads which re-
fuse to meet reasonable demand will not
long enjoy public confidence
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
As TO LYNN CANAL.

The Alaska boundary dispute centres largely
about the great arm OF the North Pacific Ocean
called Lynn Canal The United States cOnten-
ton is that it is of the sea, that its
shore is part of the coast, and that the boun-
dairy line is to be measured thirty knots in
land theretrom The Canadian contention is
that it is not an arm of the sea, but bit of
territorial water; that the coast line runs
straight across its entrance from headland to
headland: that the boundary lies thirty knots
inland from those headands, and that our
towns Of Dyea and Skagway should therefore
be surrendered to her.
Now, the Canadian contention is directly con-
trary TO the letter and spirit of the treaty Of
1895, and contrary to the expressed intent and
understanding of those who made that treaty
But let for moment suppose it to be true
which ii isn't-and to be granted-which it
never will be- Then Canada would own the
upper part Of Lynn Canal and the ports at its
head; but should own the lower part and
so Canada would still be shut off from the sea-
For, by her own contention, the lower thirty
knots of Lynn Canal would be our territorial
waters, and her half of it would be practically
an inland wate-, access to and egress from
which could be had only by traversing our
water. by permission, which might or might
not be granted.
So if Canada were to have her claim granted
she would still be debarred from her goal. and
would be in that respect little if any, better off
than she is now. But her claim will not be
granted, for the reason that it has no basis in
either reason or right The treaty Of 1926 is
against it. The record of more than half
century since that treaty is against 1t. Lynn
Canal was regarded by both Nesselrode and
Canning as an arm of the sea, and their under
standing Of it stands valid and inviolable to-
day. and will continue thus to stand
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
THE WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.

That is magnificent sum which Mr.. Rocke-
felier has promised TO place at the disposal Of
the University of Chicago for the study of con-
tagious diseases, especially tuberculosis 1t is
nearly six times large as Mr. Phipps's recent
gift to Philadelphia, and exactly seven times as
great as the amount dedicated by Sir Ernest
Cassel to similar kind of research in England
over year ago. The scope of the work to be
undertaken in Chicago is broad enough to en-
brace cancer, smallpox and a number of other
disorders, but liz view of the fact that tuber-
culosis finds the most victims to-day it is prob
able that it will receive the largest degree of
attention in the immediate future.
1t is eXcusahle to wish that this latest endow-
ment might prove as much more fruitful than
the other two, it is financially stronger
Possibly this is too much to expect Success
depends largely upon the professional talent
the brains and eXperience-devoted to such in
quiries. Too little is known in the East about
the equipment of Rush College in this particu-
lar TO make a comparison practicable, and the
attempt would be indelcate, perhaps. The COM
mission appointed by King Edward last year
to execute the Cassel trust was exceptionally
able, being national, not local. in character; and
it has had time to make start already. In
any case, though, great good may be expected
from Mr.. Rockefeer's generosity. The corps
of investigators that has been enlisted for years
In this fight on both sides of the Atlantic. as
well as the much larger army Of victims of con-
sumption. is to be congratulated on the assur-
ance of fresh and powerful reinforcements.
One of the specific objects Of the Chicago en-.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

dowment is hunt for an antl-tupercuio"'
serum. The lack of some such directly reiheuia'
agent Is keenly felt at times, and II gives rise
occasionally to pessimistic notions ike 'hose
uttered by DR.. Robin in Paris TWO OF 'hiee
weeks ago. Physicians wish that tiey iuu do
satisfactory a specific for tuberculosis as beh-
rings antitoxin is for dlphthefa. ohth tnis
or something better is discovered the proles-
sion must rely on fresh air, hearty 1eeding' the
disinfection of tenements muhiclpai regulation
of the splitting habit, the Isolation OF tuoefcu-
Ions cases from others in hospitals and adj
dit;ona1 resources whose value has been demon
strated. These are already numerous, and it
is only simple justice to say that their develop
ment is largely attributable TO specialists and
general practitioners in this very city of New
York.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
lem.a1ork DaiIp Grihn,rs.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY i, 1905
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

ooScREss-Both houses held ceremonies
.ooertinr statues of Charles Carroll and John
Hanson as gift from the state OF Mar idii1 ~, ~
he Raced in the Capitol -- SENATE ti-e
A-,,.v General STAFF bill was passed win d re-
-iren1ent provision added as an amehulienL. l ~,
= House: Thirty-two private claim p,iIs
were passed and debate on the = ostolNe 1p
rropriation bill was continued
FoRFIGN-The strike of railroad employees
N Holland WAS considered TO be al an enu' Ine
Netherlands Company agreeing to oeihallua; o;
- Tho San Domingo Government has agreed
"a submit the improvement company cislihs ~
arbitration and TO purchase the FRANCHISES, ~ =
The French Chamber OF Depu.les P1sSE% fSx,en en-
first section of the army budget - -1 En- n
sjve foods and serious damage were caused 10y
melting SHOWS in Scotland. - IT Nds Ss "a
ported that the Crown Prince OF SaAohy Mounu ~
Te1,o1,nce his succession TO the throne. - An
other atfenrt TO secure the release OF Mrs fior-
ence Maybrick failed
DONESTIC-A conference was held al lhe
white House between the President secretary
r5ev and Senator Cullom regarding the status
of the Panama Canal treaty, about Whlch con-
siderable anxiety is expressed - dInrsrsi nS
TSoUren continues hopeful Of success in the ven
ezuelan negotiations despite the re1ecuoh oL
his proposition by the allies. - Saroh oPeSh
Won SteTnburg the German sPecial envoy 10 te t,le
United States, presented his credentials 10 Iiie
President - A severe snoWstorn. with lail-
ing temperature is sweeping over the Aolron-
dacks - A force of two hundred men mas
dug away the landslide which held UP trains on
the New-York Central all day - fhy slcialS I
renort that John d. Long, ex-Secretary OF the
Navy. is resting easy, nut ms ldliliiS - o'in
his bedside Damages aggregatlng SlV,-
np0 600 have been filed against four Boston gas
comma nies At a negro mass meeting IN
Richmond. Va the sword and torch speech oI
LANES II HAYES was repudiated. and a confer
ence was called to take action showing the
peaceful spirit Of the negroes of Richmond
CITY-Stocks dull at snaIl lilai
changes - The sale of the Marquand Col
lection Of art works, bric-a-brac, furniture
rugs tapestries. etc. ended, the total recelpts
being S1o6,019 tile days sale broughI SS-ssto
Esa IN a Persian rug alone bringing S3S,ooo.
Captain Lantry rebuked by Pollce
Commissioner Greene for sending his detectives
into the homes Of wealthy families; District At
royr1ev Jerome said Captain Lantrys plan was
a good ene Policemen and hre1nen Vleo
with one another in making brave rescueS at a
fire in q boarding house. - Jean jules JUS
serand. the successor of Jules Cambon as
French Ambassador arrived here on La Lor-
raine.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 3S degrees; lowest % degrees.
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sod ;,S r,ost thoughtful friends The latter
have clearly understood that loyalty to its late
president and peculiar knowledge or DIS au-
tboritv as connoisseur would as matter of
course rive it a warrant for participation in
the auction. But they have also realized the
circumstances surrounding the responsibility
of the museum as buyer at this or any other
sale.
Mr. Marquand himself would have been the
first to deprecate the sacrifice OF judgment 10
sentiment in the administration of the institu-
ton upon whose affairs he exerted for so many
wears an influence essentially conservative. To
him and to his colleagues the museum was ever
n public trust. and the history of their labors is
q record of measures and expenditures con-
troiled by a due sense of the reasonable and
even cautious conduct Indispensable In any
public enterprise. In the present Instance,
moreover, there was an imperative reason for
restraint In addition to the fine collection or
paintings he gave to the museum, Mr.. Mar
auand made divers contributions of Importance
In many other departments placing them in a
position wnere purchases for them became un-
necessary. Obviously, nothing should be bought
for the museum that is duplicate of an OBJ
ject it already possesses or no finer in quality.
The bids of the museum were therefore deter
mined throughout by the general principle we
have indicated, a principle of extreme caution,
looking to the purchase of new treasures only
when they are desirable from every point of
view, and then at more than sound mar
ket price Thus, in purchasing the small land
scape by Rousseau for $4,000 to add to the
Wolfe collection, and in securing some of the
Tanagra figurines and the medallion by Andrea
della Robbia, all at moderate prices, the trus-
tees not only acted wisely for the institution
ample than they would If they had sought to
better the bid of $4,000 Hoppner's Mrs.
Gwyn,' or that of $4,000 Oh the Limosin
altar screen. These iudicious bids have added
substantially to the distinction of the museum,
and they give earnest of exactly the policy
which it is to be hoped will be maintained in
the future
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
About People and Social Incidents.

red velvet, erected at one end Of the large
restaurant The performers included Miss Natalie
Ingraham. who. having been wholly educated In
France. speaks French a ParIsenne: Miss Eel
Gurnee, Francis ]. Otis. Joseph Hunt. Howard
Cram. Evert Jansen Wendell and Louis Meetta.
The theatreals, which began at about TO- were
followed by supper served at small tables.
Two farewell bachelor dinners took place last
night-that Of Harry Horton Bernhard the hancs
of Miss Bertha Bartlett. at Delmonico's and that
of Thomas McLane who is TO marry Miss Mary
Greer at the University Club. In each case the
party numbered about twenty. and included the
ushers and few other friends.
Mrs Astor gave large dinner last night at her
house in Fifth-ave., her guests including Mr.. and
Mrs. Elisha Dyer. jr.. Mr.. and Mrs W. Starr
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. r t. Wilson, D. o. Mills.
Lady Cunard. Mr.. and Mrs. ". Orme Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs Benjamin WeIIes. Mrs Richard Gambril.
Mrs. AdoIph Ladenburg. Mrs. Charles Baldwin.
Mrs. Charles RI. Marshall. Mrs Arthur Paset Mr.
and Mrs. j. Norman de r. whiteh0use. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank s. witherbee. Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Oakley Rhineander. Lloyd Warren. Frederick and
Bradley Martin, jr-. Prince del Drago and Louis
H. Belts
Dinners were also given last evening by Mrs e.
Rollins Morse at her house. in Fifth-ave- by Mrs
George F. Scott at her house, No. g West Fifty
seventh-st., and ~ Mrs Hermann Oerichs. at ner
house in East Fffty-seventh-st- Mrs Charles H.
Steinway likewise gave small dance last night az
her house in East Thirty-eghth-st-
February 10 has been set the date of the next
meeting of the Neighborhood Club, which will take
place at the house OF Mrs. Auerbach. In west
Tenth-st-
The Countess de Laugfer-villars is booked to sail
for Europe on February p.
Miss May Bird is in town. staying with 'ir and
Mrs. Sydney Dillon Ripley
Mrs William Fl. Osgood has issued invitations
for a bridge whist party on Tuesday afternoon
February 10. at Sherry's-
The Countess de CastelIdne mas gone with her
children TO Palm Beach. accompanied by Mr. ana
Mrs Orson Cary Hoyt the latter, as Miss Rlchard-
son. having been one Of Nine de CastehaHe
bridesmaids
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
The CARlNE E1.

Washington Jan. 81 (speciaD.-The President anu
Cabinet were entertained at state ui,ine ~
- - J,r,ui.ro n Moody Secretary of the Navy
II uas the hosts first formal entertainment since s
arrival in Washington, and his house oelng too
small. the dinner given at the New Wi'atu' 'i
In addition to the President and MIS- hoosevei''
the guests the Admiral OF the NdsS ano :. ,ta
Dare, the Secretary of State the Secretary or the
Treasury and Mrs Shaw. the Attorney Generai anu
Mrs Knox the Postmaster Generai ana ni
pavne Miss Wilson, Senator and Mrs Hale, 2en- zen
to- and Mrs Uoar Senator and Mrs. Lodge JUS
tice and Mrs Holmes. General ana Mrs; DlaPie1'
Mrs J. West Roosevelt. Miss hean; MISS Mss. bo'e7'
MIR Foss and Mr. Gillett, OF Massachusetts
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
AMERICAN ARTISTS ABROAD.

Berlin, Jan SI.-Arthur Johnson. OF Cincinnati, the
landscape painter is making special exhibit mere
The art critics praise his work Paul Warnci<e IN
the ''Flreuz-Zeitung' says: HE shows IN simple.
clear strokes the greatest mastery OF detail ana
every stroke reveals the hand Of great artist
H N Matzen the sculptor, OF Detroit is sendlns
a model Of a statue of the late President Mckinney
for PhiIadeIpnia's international competition a
number OF German scuIptors are also preparing 10
sen models to Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington Jan 81 (SpecfaD.-Mrs. Roosevelt IN
ited q fax nersonai friends this afternoon to near
Nine Roger aIiclos. the French pianist "rS.
Roosevelt will have musicals on the evening VI
February 49, the afternoon of February % ana tne
evening of February "a.
D. E. Thompson. of Nebraska, recently appoin'. =.
rr,.ad ct,tae Minister 10 Brazil was presented TO
The. President to-day by Senators Dietrich ana
Niard Minister Thompson viii sail for MS post
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington JAN 81 (SpecaD.-Baron and Baron
ess speck Won Sternburg have arrived at the Ger
Embassy.
The charge daffaires of the French EMBASSY anu
Mime. de Margerie gave a dinner to-nient.
Nine Merou wife of the Argentine Minister as
sisted Mrs ShowaIter, wife of Representative
Showalter of Pennsylvania, az her last at nome
AFT
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

The possibilities of mighty cataracts in fur-
nishine motive power appear to be almost Him.
itable. But out in Chicago inventors are reach-
ing I'D to the imponderable ether In COOK
County ambition is not kept in check py tue
boundaries of our earthly atmosphere.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Tho anneal of the trustees of the Syrian
Protestant College at Beirut, an account of
which is given in another column is one which
deserves the attention of all persons interested
in missionary endeavor. No Christian work IS
more worthy than that which concerns itself
with helping fellow Christians who have been
oppressed through ages like those of Western
Asia. who have preserved their faith though
borne down by the tide of Mahometanism. This
college. which was established by Americans In
1866 has ACCOMPLISHED wonders with small re-
sources It's endowments are entirely 1nsufn-
ciant for the work it IS now called upon 10 oo'
It wants S5OOOOO, and it ought to have It, for II
will use 1t to good purpose
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
GEN. MILES TO BE THE KINGS GUEST.

London, Jan. 3i.-Henry White. the United states
Charge d'Anaires and Mrs, White went TO Wtnc-
sor to-day TO spend the week end with King I'd
ward Lieutenant General Niles win go 10 Windsor
Tomorrow and will dine and sleep the castle by
the Kings special desire
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
The German residents of Caracas seem to like
the blockade as little as other people there.

This legislature at Albany is not likely TO
slake the thirst Of the dry throated Wanderer Oh
metropolitan Sunday. The blue RIBBON total
abstainers in the Senate and the Assembly nave
no intention of letting down the bars. Our ever
active District Attorney has few friends in the
State capital for his policy of Sunday irrigation
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

London fogs settling down upon New
York and our ferryboats may soon heeo ""e-
less telegraph apparatus ana Operators
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Two notable weddings. number of dances and
musicals, besides a long list of dinners theatre
parties, uncheons and afternoon receptions. figure
on the programme OF society for the week which
opens to-day. with dinner given this evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Storrs Wells at their house In
East Fffty-seventh-st., and receptions this after
noon by Mrs Astor and many others of the fash
ionable set
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. James Butler.
Mrs. Otis Bigelow-
Miss Bigelow-
Mr.. aid Mrs. l. A Carter
Captain A. b. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Field.
Mr. and Mrs Harvey W.
Hall
Mr.. and Mrs. William
Christie Heron.
Or. and Mrs. Deag Murphy
Miss Serena Deas Murphy
Mrs. adele c. Ogden
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

On the Etruria, which sailed yesterday for LiF-
erpool. were:
II IT prixav Captain .. Pattisou
e. nis1, Ciav Captain c. NJ. stephen.
J. Arnitage Drake Professor Sutiis'FoFth
Captain A. Akin Higgins g. MaFconI
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

;:
Mr.. and Mrs. FredeTicA W.
Moss.
Miss Ethel Moss.
Miss Alice Moss
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel q Oay.
Mrs Robert Shaw Oliver
Miss Elizabeth Shaw OliVe-.
Mt. and Mrs Charles i
Townsend
John W. Talma6g@.
The Misses TalmadEs.
Dr. and Mrs. Luciea Z
Warner.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

On the steamer La Lorraine. which arrived here
yesterday from Havre, were:
Crawford. Ramon Garcia.
(. Dawson. NJ JuSSeTana- r Teflch 81
Mr.. Mrs. Dickinson bassadOr to the Lntte1
W. s. Finlay. States
Robert Fleury. Mime JusseranG
+. E. GuachaeIa, Bolivian Baron de Nsufize
Minister the United J. Odn-
A. Sltdsl.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Mrs. William II. Osgood has issued invitations
for bridge whist party Tuesday afternoon
February 10. at Sherrys.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Miss May Bird is in town. staying with MI and
Mrs. Sydney Dillon Ripley.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Three amusing French act comedies. name
ly -.L'AutoGraphe'' by Meiihac; Les Espe-
RANGES by Belhaud and 'L' Anglas tel qu'on lie
parle" by Tristan Bernard constituted the feature
of the theatrical entertainment given last night
by Judge and Mrs. Ingraham in the of the
@~S-~anolttaa c9u5. temporary saxA hnA< u--.a
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

The Countess de CastelIdne mas gone with her
children TO Palm Beach, accompanied by MT ana
Mrs Orson Cary Hoyt. the latter, as Miss Hlcharu
con baviDs, been one of Nine de Castellaue' )
brid
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Some of those booked to sail tomorrow for Italy
on the steamer Lain are:
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

The Countess de Laugier-villars is booked to sail
for Europe on February q.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

February 10 has been set the date OF the next
meeting Of the Neighborhood Club, which will take
place at the house Of Mrs. Auerbach. in West