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New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
vR. CH4HBERLAIN

IT.. -,oSt shtqrestinS ana significant feature
of British poftics at this time is unquestionaniy
rho ncrsopaI leadership Of Mr.. Chamberlain
Before HIS recent visit to South Africa he WIS
tho most conspicuous figure 1T Westminster
He WAS not Prime Minister. He was the loFai
subordinate Of his chief. But whenever there
WAS n big Parliamentary battle on ne WIS
looked 70 rs the champion Of the government.
In every department Of administrative anu
legislative action his influence was percelVeo'
or suspected. When he went to South ALflea
his presence was soreiy missed at NestmihStei'
and matters there fell IN some degree into un-
certainty and disorder so that his return was
anxfouklr awaited. IN South Africa he met
with one OF the most marked personal triumphs
ever known by any political leader, and ne
showed himself worthy of 1t. He was halleo
by Boer and Briton alike as peScemaKer, ana
he did play that part with extraordinary eflE
cheney On his return to England he has h"o
IN almost ROYAL greeting. his passage along the
city streets resembling a royal progress or
sovereign's Jubilee and there is q universal
feeling that the government is now in fighting
trim again.
Yet this is the same Mr Chamberlain Of
whom. little more than three years ago. cor
RESPONDENT wrote to The Tribune that 1.-The
britain with bated breath. II spoken at ALL
..nnd his unhappy sovereign Will not admit him
..ta her presence" That was, of course. pre-
poeterously untrue in both its statements
There were, however many In this country
and rossiblv some in England, who believed
# TO be true, and who thought that in the Boer
war Mfr Chamberl8in's political sun had set
forever It is worth while to recall such an
utteraRee. not only for the sake of the smile
which it provoked. but also as warning
against basing cocksure judgments upon misin-
formation and buttressing them with prejudice
and passion Mr.. Chamberlain did not thus
forfeit his popularity and the confidence OF his
/ sovereign There was never moment when
he was forbidden to enter her presence. That
is demonstrated by the doings Of the present
moment Had he fallen 90 low In 1900 he
could not have risen so high IN 1908.
The fact seems to be that Mr.. Chamberlain
presents notable example Of success attained
through persisteDcy, consistency and aggressive
nese STRENGTHENED. Of course, with copious in
formation and high intellectual power. He has
not hesitated. He has not wavered. He has
not drifted. He has not turned aside from his
aim He has not been content passively to wait
for something to turn up. but has gone ahead
to turn It up himself. He has invariably been
a positive force. never n negative one. In 80
strenuous a career he may have erred ct times.
1t might have been better, now and then, had
ne exercised more patience and less zeal. But
on the whole hts course has been singulsrly
successful and has we'll entitled him TO the con-
hdence and enthusiastic support which his
countrymen now 80 freely give him.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24

sv.nv. ,u.,es from the fails, has not yet Seen
accommodated; and tne distance oe1"een
Wilkesbarre and New-York Is twice as sIe't
4 fnird factor in the problem fs the voltase, or
nrossnre used. Owing to the Dry air IN Colo-
- 1gontaua and California it has been leas-
,h,o n employ 10000 and even $1,000 In tn0ee
S+.t.s Tbe voltage on the Niagara-b'n"'o
tine was raised from 1900 to 220OO TWO years
ago. but owing to the dampness OF the a1hloH-
,bsrp in the East it is questionable whether II
wtII over he safe to do much better than 'lns
hare Now, it takes more copper TO fonduce
c,ven amount of energy at low voltage thah
a. q high one. Hence the service cannot De per
formed 40 economically near the Atlantic sea
hoard rs in and beyond the Rocky Mountains
II must be remembered, too. that unique eoin-
rnercIal conditions prevail out on the Faeinc
sIone Coal is scarce and expensive there. In
spife of the cost Of line construction anu 'ne
heavv losses of power in transmission thele-
Fore electricity can be sent $50 or 200 miles ny
rrire snd even then compete successfully with
IFS rival Mr. stfIlwell comedies that. He
limits his reasoning to those localities "here
tba country is level and transportation IS oese'
With little difficulty. II so sagacious ana eA-
rer,enced an authority cannot see any money IN
the enterprise the outlook is indeed discourag-
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
ETpEHSTrE ErECTRrCTTT.

Several times within the last eight or ten
years-Eince the great success OF the experiment
OF ''harnessing Niagara" became apparent
some one has proposed to generate electricity In
the coal regions of Pennsylvania and to trans
nit 1t to New-York by wire. Just now the mat
ter lie receiving fresh attention, and our esteemed
contemporary, The New-York Herald" prints
three interviews in regard to it. Charles R.
Huntley, vfce-preSident of the corporation
which distributes in Buffalo current derived
from the falls, views the scheme with favor;
L. B. Stillwell, one OF the leading electrical en-
gineerB of the country, fails to discover any
economy In It: and the editor Of a technical
periodical devoted to electrical interests also
points out a minor drawback Mr.. Huntley is
an executive oficiaI of rare capacity, and is the
right man in the right place. He Is not an au-
thorfty in science, though: and it is not dis
courteous to attach less Importance to his views
than to the other ones just referred 10.
Coal Is used In New-York City and vicinity
for three purposes: To warm houses, to gener-
develop electricity for light and power. Ex-
perts agree that the first OF these kinds OF
service cannot be performed by electricity
cheaply Even on trolley cars, where current
is available, the operation IS a wasteful one.
No one disputes the fact; and no electrical engi-
neeF would think of recommending the appIi-
cation of that system to the wsrning of dwell
tngS OF ofices Coal stores, oil stoves and gas
stoves are much more economical. long time
will probably elapse before the manufacturers
who do not now employ electricity to drive Their
machinery will Introduce that exceedingly use
fui agent. Suppose. for d moment, that they
had already done go, though, and that they
were on the same footing as the electric light
and electric railway companies. Then the
problem to he solved would be this: Would the
electricity cost less If produced at the mines
and sent here by overhead wires than IL the
coal were hauled to New-Yogk and burned at
this end of the line? Mr.. StiIlwell declares that
he can see no advantage in the former plan
over the latter; and his judgment WILL give the
project a bad black eye.
Any one who has Inaetered the elements OF
long Distance transmission knows that there
are three iRpoFtAht considerations to be In
cIuded IN estimating the wisdom of employing
It One ID the cost Of copper wire, and another
is the loss Of energy By leakage and resistance
Both Of these hare q fixed ratio to distance.
Hence short line would pay when q long one
would not. Years ago there was much talk
about supplying Syracuse. Albany and even
New-YOFk with electricity from Niagara. No
one hears 1t now. Even Rochester. only seven
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
Nrp1lork Dailp Ciribn1EE
TUESDAY. MARCH "A, 1908.
TIE NEWS THIS HORSTSG.

roEElGH.-Revolutionist captured the t.S cnS
tf san Domingo after sharp nentins;, go
serious loss on both sides: Fofelgn M Gttes
Sanchez sought refuge in the Chiteo 3Hnio-
Consulate; President FeSquez is IN the h'el ~, iU
~ fhe republic. - revofutfon pIVAe . %
yesterday IN Managus. the capital OF ne So
a rtoh attacked the government op1ldlhse Ia
Fort Of spain Trinidad, and we're nrea on ps
+hs rof.ce several being killed; force VI
Ertttsh hIuetackets wak landed to preserve OF
&c - the ROYAL GeoSra phiCal Society ceie-
hrat4d IN London the 30hh Anniversary OF t'I I.lT
6eath of Queen Eliza beth. - ConsIIs e.
SSsstsrhSy to Q(J4 the lowest price toueheo IN
fhirtv-seVen years 49, DfsturbiYfE pnenoIlt Ie.o
believed to be due to the So1HIer1 rnat 1od;a6 ISL
"a. -" T.sdronrs have captured town IN
NfndsnAo p l.. killing consta eHsry Hss ef
and others: the situation among 'ne ,,ote ~ the
%1Hs,dSnS 1Uao ofscer the upper house Of the New
foundana Legislature passed the Dlh Feile F.,.
the Treaty shore nioous ,sn srsnUt Rstirsv is re-
ported to have ordsred twenty IoceT,ot!Te Shsra
oerrany. Student riots In Toinski oioeiii~ osiico
were suppressed in drastic fasnion % 'Ne PON0
there. s b,,
noHEsTIc-It was ofactally snnouneeo ny
secretary Root that the charges mace nS es Es,es
G. Rathbone against 1eheral Sorna changes
were made in the itinerary Of Presoeht s-
velf's Western trip. " 4 Dill proFiolhs @ Ioi
q commission of Ave appointed by the Mayor
- sriect q site and prepare plans for the con-
etruction of q new courthouse IN TINS clly We ar
fnfrodueed at Albany. - Mrs. susan NJ
e3SEsrt the daughter Of Arioch Wentworth,
who died leaving an estate valued ct $!,oOOOOo'
S-iN contest q viii which leaves the outk OF tne
property 10 charity. - mrs. Burolch WIoo"
Of the murdered man, wAs the CHIEF WiSnesa az
fns lnoues4 into the death of Edwin L. Buroic&,
,-hicb vas resumed in Buffalo, she told OF the
relations between her and Arthur r Pennell-
CrTT-stocks we're dull and heavy. -
Mayor Lew, in his reply TO the liquor dealers,
quoted from the testimony of saioonkssper
who admitted in court that hts association paid
bIscknaiI; the Mayor also cent a letter to the
German-American League of Brooklyn, saying
that ne approved the pending bill increasing the
cost Of LIQUOR licenses. - A decision was
announced which gives Mrs Louis Herzog, who
married against the wishes of her father, about
$4GD0OO0 of the fathers estate. - DR.. q. A.
Soper expert for the State Depa rtment OF
Health said there was possible danger from
Ithaca TYPHOID convalescents who had left that
city - A woman In Succasunna died after
6 trance Of 100 hours: she predicted her death
g. The Rev. DR.. Eutchine, OF Brooklyn, cele-
brated the hftfeth anniversary Of his wedding
TO his third wife. - Assistant District At
torney Lord had dispute With the counsel Of
inspector Cross over women held As witnesses.
THE WEATHER ~Indications for to-day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest. 80
degrees; icS1est, 43
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AnsasemeKis.

AcAcgzY OF NUEIc-s;I5-ThA saSarefa-
SSTTHf(aE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u she OeEst1
kFt-1SSn TGEATRE-S-Ihe herifnR OF the 0oda
$TTflFT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6FUNTn.
SSSsSpH- AZ yfsaTEE-9f8 f8-PrtnrG Of p4lsen.
@1ScTTsTE F'YI-fTyN- p :n.-EhnendeFf Lecture
sszSss9-9.fS.-E chthess HeeeSGsooa.
SFRTslR fF3EAfRR-.ast NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
gsff9TRhSE TEEATkE@s:IS-fhe Jewel CT Alta
srSf1fst ffIEIfRE-t:iS-Tht sstFeneife.
ETeRf hsIEeEE-S-S-Tne WeTte % Wax.
EsfBfRE TEE EATkE-e:9o-The enfCFeeetHh .....
|dftRfEEHfH STREET THEAfRE-&-Ro,A L1ea'
IA ARr19y T19EATRE--rf Were xtnk s:&-hAmet
R1FRSCR fTEATRF-6sfS-Mfce ard Eeh.
%1Ef-SH oFfsRA RntfSE-SliS-Tht Comedy 81 kSrorH
fFS1IID SQUIRE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PeEgy.,
fTTfTeS PT~1CsE THEATR[S:fS-Das SueSse Naecei.
NTTTE ES-CantsnuoHs Pefforreanee
KEiKERpoCKER THBATkE-.S-Nt; Blue SsATS Tsu.r
1xfJtelN Sns'HKY THEATRE-S-Cyrtria
WAJ5RTIc TFESTRE-&-The WissT9 u o1
EIEEkf4kN ~HEATEE-ss snThs Earl Il PawtSsssEes Pay, Sss
TfiRKGY Hill, THEATRE-a-S-sorrOWe Of satan
NYW aAvoT-S.Ik-The Giri With the Green Eyes
REw-YOEK-e:ib-iA n4hcuIeS.
PASTOR R-CrTtSauesls Fe-formEaes ,~-.oo
PRINCES THEATPE-S3n-Ths Frisky Art' S"n''FS"'
PROCTORe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
VICTORIA THF -e:ts-Fs surrectton. .S
WAIEaACRF THEkfRE-S:f6-The suitan OF sViu'
WET END fHEATRE-s-The Christian.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington. March e tSpeciaD-Fernaha Gu
Martnerav the new Minister from Switzerland was
+he guest Of honor tonight A dinner and receP-
ton given by the Swiss colony of this city. H.
gantoz Charles Hof, l.. Cbacelatn j. IL SiorrIh
and A. KeptIer were IN charge Of the anair' Thlcn
vss ono ~ the most elaborate IN the history or the
.oc,s,y The hall and banquet room at Raus"her :
was decorated with flags of the United States anu
Switzerland and the receiving party ncluhed
number Of women prominent In the Swiss colony,
Speeches Of welcome were made by MI HlSe' anu
hv ex-Consul General Hitz OF New-YorK
TIE T7ussian Minister to Corea and his bride VINO
have been spending part Of their honeymoon al a1s
Russian Embassy. where their marTase toTk TTg gl
some weeks ago, will leave Washington on w NedLs7-
day on their way to NJ. Pavlows post ,.. L,.
The Belgian Minister spent SUNDAY WITH M, nIs
children in Baltimore. The Baroness Is ElslIInH Msr
sister, Mrs Jones. at West FolnII' "HeIe H'l ii'
hand Cartain Jones is stationed
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
THEATRICAL lNCIDEN D

=, r-u.aa,,b,. last night Mrs Tangtry pFoau'T0
Nr paul Kester's play OF Mile Mars. TOT tne "'7
,Ir,s in America 1t has been acted In LONDON
Mr.. Stuart Robson cordially "eic0rrei -
night at the Harlem opera House. "h-re "
n4arad In Shakespeare's farcical "ComeoS VI -
rors :, g. plav with which his name has long 'eeA
honorably associated. 1900. a..
Mr.. J. H stoddart (stIn incorrectly N. -,
stoddard) will appear at the West Ena
March 30 In The Bonnie Brier BUSH 4
1,ondarfui performance Of Scottish character a'
ona tbat everybody ought TO who cares t'F H'''
acting. -. ,, tna
Miss Annie Russell reappeared last nish, "' an
Garrick Theatre having recovered from ne "1.
ness Mice and Men is one OF the mos
able Of the few real successes Of the season
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington. March 23 (SpcciaD--Mss Eleanor
Roosevelt who is the guest Of Captain ana NrS
CowIeg will remain in Washington until a1ter the
Easter holidays
Nine de Marserie wife Of the first secretary OF
the french Embassy, will be of the players IN
W, D. How4lrs The Sleeping Car, which Is TO De
given shortly after Easter for the benefit OF nt
Iohrs Orpbanage The entertainment will take
,1ace IN the ballroom Of Mr. and Mrs J. ". Board
nan There will he two performances, the first On
April 10 ii, :. .ro
fashionable affair of Thursday will be the
paw Dr stanord's lecture at the Lafayette opera
House In the interest Or the "orh ol D"o'
cburcbas The noxhoders include the Mexican
ItsIian Austrian and French ambassadors. the
Secretary of Commerce. the Argentine Nlih7lei , I,
Nine Buonaparte and number OF other men 6iiA
women prouinent in official and social HE
The marriage Of Miss Anne French. eldest dauSH-
tor os DIR and Mrs. W. B. French. to waiter
Mics Eush OF New-York. will take place on April
% ct the home Of Miss French parents on Capitoi
Hill. -, T.
lanes G. Blaine has Joined Mrs Blaine. who IS
visiting her parents Rear Admiral and MIS- FicH
born - . I'LL
sail for Europe in April TO spend the summer
Mrs Adelbert H. Babcock of Buffalo. is visiting
her son-in-!av and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs j. w.
The Chevy Chase hunters had a run on sat
urdav at Kensfngton, Md. The threatening "eatn-
or was responsible for the smallest field OF the
XIII &&TIm ror: Miss NewIands, Red Gauntlet ana
The swedish Minister. on Billy; - ~ ~,
Mrs George B. Mcclellan Will spend the Suiii'ii'l
IaIes J. Barclay. Of NewYork s at the RaHisn Ti1a
The Assistant Secretary Of War Colonet ;i+ -
Cary Sanger has returned from snort 'IsiO -
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24

,-a than commonly asinine and vapid.-RlNn tns
r,aragar: George Anne Bellamv, and ST haFL1S
LI.pb,,rv persons who. in the records "t tHeiE 7A
t.-ce aaorn to have been at least intelligent out
uybo become in this farraS0, something Hl''7
bot+ar than bUthering idiots. The players. H'l''-
1ass 40 their hest: The shouting was az TIMES
tremendous: but the play Is one long Tissue '-
Incidents that are generally improaA'.- "l'Tl
ir,nossble and always silly. and these are StTNa9
., a thread Of yacuous chatter. in which a0S'-
rutaIv rhe only good line is a qE"iatl'n l'''.I
shakespeareand that is hackn'r"d- Good P'7y-.S
coId do nothing with such piece and stlch iEi.'S
,nadiocritv omnIpresent in Miss George ana LTE
cornnany IS swamped in such a bog 0I I'dN''
Hours Of precious time wasted IN SaE."a '-i-
q vonoan to whom a man had made VOWS OF i''7
and PROMISES Of marriage. presently 6iS''FTiS''
that he had been treating another female 10 l-0
same entertainment. Fifteen minutes would sl'l-e.
at anv time to tell this tale and point the moral
It An actress must be exceptionally fas'ina'lhE "
hold an audience az the central figure IN thlS ~
treueIy trite tanRle Miss George - ''-7N'
bustlIng peppery little performer. suggestive sum
times Of Lolita and sometimes OF Henrietta t'S-
man and while she blithe she Is aETeearIe' '--
she soon becomes monotonOus. and In meme,
Of passion she Is merely vehement, petlianL Fo,'
erous and shrin Nature never intended TINS - -
ing for serious art IN any realm OF feeling l"o
most interesting actor OF the night apTe3Tea '-I
once and never spoke: but he was genul''- 20
name OF him IS Burro. and his ears are ml-Lll'
lii.ie VI ''-' " W W
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
4 corRrH0rsE PROJECT.

The committee appointed by the Bar Associh-
ton 20 consider the question Of suitable accom-
modatIons for the coErts has prepared q letter,
which we print this morning. by way Of intro
ducinG TO public attention bill Of which We
also prfnt the substance. The committees ac-
ton IL based on Tire belief that the present
County Courthouse is unit for the purposes to
which II is devoted. and on that subject there
is no room for controversy. The building is in
convenient and unsGnitarT. 1t tmpedes the
transaction Of legal business and threatens the
health of judges, lawyers. suitors. witnesses.
1urics and attendants. Indeed, there is good
reason 70 believe that 1t has directly caused the
loss Of several particularly valuable lives. A
year or two ago committee of Judges proposed
alterations and additions which would not
have made II what Il ought to be. but would
have involved an expenditure Of about $1,000
00o, according TO G loose estimate which was
never presented in detail. We opposed that
been dropped.
This latest scheme contemplates the construc-
tion Of Ga adequate courthouse on q site south
Of Franklin-et. from which We conclude that
DIR. Austen G. Fox's recent suggestion OF an up
toEn courthouse has gained no more favor than
e deserved. II ie now proposed TO put up the
building either OH d site 10 be acquired by the
city or In the City Hall Park. as a special COM
mission may determine with the approval Of
the Board Of Estimate and Apportlonment; but
the park can be used for the purpose only on
condition that the present broWngtone building
and the engine house shall be removed; that
The pFesent courthouse shall be either removed
or made part of the new structure, and that
the space employed shall not exceed that ccc1-
pied by the courthouse, the brownstone build
fra the engine house and the Registers ONCE.
4ust demolished ~EAaze Il nothing to indicate
directly that the committee prefers the City
Hall site. but the impression Is strongly con-
Tsved fInst il does. and that impression is not
wholly welcome IL the park should be chosen
20 clear space would be lost as compared with
the paet-iRdeed a little might be gained; but
the reappronriation of space occupied by old
buildings would be pernlat lent, and the Agree-
snle possibilities suggested by the removal of
the Registers officA would be destroyed. Since
that Wrekcnee little e4incc came down whoever
kss hooked across its debris to the HaIA-SS Rec
Seds beynnd must havs had mental glimpse
Of the advantages which would follow the re"
novaI Of adjacent buildings 10 tie park and the
cenversion Of their sites into sfcenswnrd.
This consideration leads us to question the
e6stsahilitY Of putting SO large measure OF
discretion even IN the hands designated IN tbe
AzH Tne City Haa is now protected b. Aw' 10
essdssncs to popular demand which became
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
CHANGES.

Mr. Thonass neat. Ingenious, and niauant l..
cal play Of The Earl Of Pawturket ms
prozperously transferred from the Madison S''.
Theatre to the Manhattan. and the o1i'''V
touchInx play Of The Bishops Move h3"
carried from the Manhattan to Mrs ''-'-.'' >
PLAYHOUSE Both these plays possess L"
merit. OF a somewhat exceptional kind am
merit the attention OF sane persons VITO. PEI ..'
are weary OF the fatuous rubbish VII" W.
- az ,,-an,iors the stage is encUm3"-ed
Nj Henry Miller will appear at tire New $50 So.
Theatre. next Monday night. in a play c'''u
Tanning Of Helen" HIr Charles HaWtreS W.
the same evening. appear at the Criterion M
In "A Message from Mars while MIS- Nl-
~ IN, aa = .ta Garden Theatre, in ''F.veryr1ah-
and Mt James T. Powers will emerge at hal' = III
.tTba JJpht oH Asia"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
s1nw aoHERHMEYT BUILDING.

At the present rate of progress New-1ork n,nS
possibly have new custom mousse III ten
then. again, it may not. Contractors vi s1
buildings are usually as slow as the Sii'PS o,uo
...,,oI, oorvsruc+ vessels for the United States
Navy. ,,-
Meanwhile England and France. Germany ana
Russ,a 90 on rapidly with the raising OF gov
eminent structures and the launching OF ne"
,nen-of-vrar. In emergencies Americans can
WORT as fast as anybody else, but the YANKEE
nor,ono1 government is sometimes too slo" ana
easy going.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-24
roo nANY\DoGs.

Some radical reformers advocate the impo-
sition OF a heavy tax upon dogs kept in the
thickiy settled quarters Of great cities. There
is still room enough in the upper part of Man
haitian Island, in an extensive area OF The
Bronx, in outlying districts Of Brooklyn. in
broad territories Of Queens end Of Richmond,
for the wanderings Of the faithful friends of
mankind.
But there are too many canine tramps and
neer-do wells in those regions of this borough
in which the population Is congested. These
four-foOted hoboes should be thinned out