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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-29
Grin car Aeeident Il chicago.

Chicago Get - Through the fail
ure Of eripman to drop The lever
while passing a cable vault a North
Clark street grip car and trailer crash
ed together, practically telescoping the
latter. Six persons We're injured seri-
ously, Of whom one viii die, while a
score Of others We're cut, bruised and
shocked hy the accident
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-29

Little Falls, N. T., Oct, 2s.-Thieves
entered the house Of Guy Muller the
son Of Warner Miller at Herkimer and
took 81 800 worth Of silverware.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-29

william L. EILfns' Condition Grave.
Philadelphia, Oct IS The condition
Of William L. Eikins, the tinancier, e
reported as being grave. He spent
restless night and as result i said TO
be considerably exhausted Ills ply
slciams say there II but little hope Of
his recovery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
Nrw;21ork DaiI,, Gribn,ts
WEDNESDAY. JUNE q, 1903.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

E0RF1CN.-The Ministers Of Great Britain,
HOLLAND and Turkey left Belgrade, IN acC"i
-.-b tho instructions of their governments hllls
b. -,Cili roach the Servian capital this norn-
ing - Nationalist landlords ara the COY ei
rnent have agreed upon compromise ,, Us
-be Irish land bill and the measure i M
- he e,raediIy Dassed - A detachment or
Turkish frontier guards which crossed me bui-
earian border was repused with Il iosS OF Nv IN,
~ men - The United States European
Sou9 dron arrived at Kiel; visits were ekchahst9
between the commanders OF the American . ot
Toxic that the ManchuTlan convention ne'
Russia and China signed on June ~
DOMESTIC-The President ordered the pros
ecution of Edward T. insolvency. eN-Assls 'sIil
Commissioner of immigration at New-hor on
q charge of embezzlinG offclaI reCo' o. t ~ az
papers == The first arrest was mace lot liLe
Delaware lynching, and others are eApecteo'
but public opinion uphods the ~ az
and there is little hope of a conviction. though
conservative men deplore the mob's act -
Special counsel were engaged TO ASSIST IA II. .te
1on The new Springfield rifle was
formally adopted for the army navy maIll i
corps and militia -, P Tshie r, fi iUTite
Sir Thomas Upton to luncheon at the Nhite
House - Plans for policing the in
White House. = Plans for policing the IN
1ernational yacht course nv the revenue
cutter forces were announced - tIeHeL az "a
Lee Christmas second in command on the StdI
Of President Bonilla. Of Honduras, SAID IN Ne"
Orleans that Bonila had eN-PresloshI A.Ias
aid the members Of his Cabinet ana sI IS
,.hai-ea TO the floor in the panlteftlarE a. le
r-r1ciralraa - A boot and shoe firm in Boston
0-ir7 liza bilities exceeding StFotso. Is reported
i,5 trouble = The heavy ralnstorm inter
fares with outdoor work Of the 9TH Regiment at
TeeksJziu -= Commencement exercises We're
held i'm several colleges, Yale University giving
the day to the alumni
CITY-Stocks were dull and higher -
Men exposures of old Dock Department meth-
ods were brought out at the inquiry begun py
the District Attorney. ~ The organization
&C the fusion forces was completed by the elec-
ron of r Fulton Cutting chairman; hNe ne"
orga nizations joined the movement. - Inc
Tedistricting Of the city was completed py me
Bureau of Elections: the city now mas looo
election districts There was bear panic
in cotton: price records for the last twenty
,-ears were broken The bloodhound put
on the trail Of the murderer of Ahearn. the New
Rochelle Waterman. failed TO detect the GRIM
inal -= Several persons We're huIl III d -, -
lieion Of elevated trains in Brooklyn - the
stewards Of the Jockey Club announced that II
will request all associations racing under the
jurisdiction Of the club. to refuse the entries OF
George z. Smith, who is known as Pittsburg
Phil
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain The temperature yesterday: Highest %
degrees; lowest. o3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
rODJ WET JUNE.

THAT portion of the country over wh1ch
showers have fallen almost daily for two weeks
and A half is now disposed to cry Enough!
So far rs wis possible these belated rains
have offset the effects of the prolonged drouth
which preceded them. The forest fires nave
been put out mill streams are flll again 'he
parks and private lawns are as fresh as hearI
could wish and the Eastern crops are saFeu
from utter ruin Nowhere either in city or
country. has any serious harm yet resulted
from this abundant precipitation; but good
MANY people are beginning to ask whether
after ALL it is not possible to have too much
Of good thing.
Most of the inconvenience which has resulted
from continued wetness has been experienced
in town. The sidewalks have been in an eX-
ceedingly disagreeable condition the carrying
of umbrellas day after day is nuisance and
a few colds have resulted from wet feet ana
thin clothing In combination with the alb
normally low temperatures. the rain mas
checked the sale of negligee shirts and straw
hats, but it has promoted that OF umbrellas ana
overshoes. discouraging influence has been
exerted upon the patronage of summer hotels
and excursion steamers: but what weather this
is for sleepingt What a setback, too. has been
given to the occurrence of sunstroke and the
development of mosquitoes, moths and certain
other chronological pests which trouble the
housekeeper! So evenly balanced are draw
backs and blessings that it is hard to say
whether continuance Of present conditions is
desirable or not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24

liberation of abuses the price OF their sup
mort of ministries. We do not want that SORT
of thing in Porto Rico. 1t should he governed
without regard TO our domestic political differ
ences, and no party does patriotic act when
tries TO make Porto Ricans partisans.
The present parties in the island. called Ike
pubIican and Federalist. are in no way related
10 the parties in the United States, but are di-
yided on local issues. They should remain SO.
The American officials who go there should be
simply Americans. representative of the admin
istration in the United States. whether Repuhh-
can or Democrat and without local partisan
affiliations any more than British governors
have in the colonies where they carry out the
national policy. whatever it is. in cooperation
with the local officers, whatever their domestic
political complexion may happen TO be- mus
only can the national and local interests receive
due attention. Otherwise one or both VIII De
sacrificed 10 political intrigue. Let Porto hlco
continue to give attention 10 its own problems'
and let the United States treat Porto Rlco as
an estate in trust. and not sacrifice II TO the
play of our party passions by making 1t
pawn in our political games
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
STOP!

More hippodrOming of shrines Is threatened
The venerable Liberty Bell from independence
Hall has recently. for the third or fourth time
been carried around the country as raree show,
at imminent peril of disaster which would in
fiict irreparabe loss upon the nation. The in
congruty and improperly of the performance
should have been obvious 10 all. and we have
hoped every day for an authoritative declara-
ton that such doincs should be stopped short
and never again undertaken That hope has
however thus far been in vain. The Liberty
Bell has been restored to its proper place. but
there is no intimatiou that it will be kept there
on the contrary. the notion seems to be widely
prevalent that it may be taken ont again when
ever it is asked for Nor is that all The craze
for making relics peripatetic is extending.
Some one has suggested that Plymouth Rock he
placed upon a flatcar and trundled about the
country and we are told that movement to
that end has actually been organized. with
promise-or rather menace-of success.
WHAT next? The Bunker Hill Monument
would make a stunning exhibit at county fairs
commanding much of the attention which is
now Iavshed upon bearded ladies" and two
headed calves. Big it is. we fancy it would
not be IN impossible task TO transport it hither
and thither If it could not he moved in one
piece why not take it apart and give each
county fair one stone? Then there is Mount
Vernon How would it do 10 pull down the old
home of Washington cart il to st. Louis and
rebuild it upon the fair grounds? 1t would COM
mand much attention, and would be seen there
by myriads who will never go to the shores of
the Potomac TO see it The tomb of Washing
ton, too. might be dug up and placed upon
huge float for transportation from Maine to
California. Really, there is no end to the pros
pect Of wandering shrnes and relics. No monu-
ment is secure, grave is sacred, no memorial
tree is exempt from being dug up and replanted
elsewhere.
1t is high time to stop such work, at once and
forever. The whole business is perious and in
decent Ii is degradation of the venerable
relics thus exploited. In Independence Hall the
ola Liberty Bell is an impressive and sacred
thing before which the thoughtful patriot may
well uncover and bow in reverence. Carried
about the country on freight car it is no more
than any chunk of old metal in iunkyard
So Plymouth Rock, one Of the most precious of
all American landmarks, anywhere else than
on the stern and rockbound coast where
AZURE placed il would he of no more account
than any one of ten million powders scattered
all over the land Let us restore all our relies
10 the places in which they belong and keep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
POREIRI0 DI4Z.

The agreement OF all political parties in Mex
leo to re-elect President Diaz next year calls
renewed attention TO one of the most remark
able careers in rulership of which the world
history makes record. For President DlaZ Is
now serving his sixth quadrenn1al term, ana
tho new term TO which he is to be unanimously
elected will be his seventh. Monarchs have
,11Ied for longer time than he has been Presl-
dent and Francia was Dictator Of Paraguay
for little longer. But for the president OF
republic thus to be reelected again and again
is unprecedented. There are those who say the
election is a mere farce and that the President
dictates his own reelection regardless OF the
will of the people That is not true In various
particulars President Diaz is autocratic and
dictatorial. no doubt. But if there were any
considerable opposition to his reelection it
would make itself manifest in the press or In
the nominating conventions if not in the ballot
box In the absence of any such opposition we
must conclude that the Mexican people, realiz-
ing the beneficence of President Diazs admin
istration, desire his reelection again and again
In that they are quite right. In this country
the anti-third term tradition is potent unWrlt-
ten law, practically combining presidential ca
reer to two terms. Mexico has no such tradl-
ton and there is thus neither law nor senti-
ment against repeated reflections. In the
present case there is little doubt that the prac-
tee has resulted in great good for the republic.
1t may be that other men might have filled the
office as we'll as Porfirio Diaz. 1t IS scarcely
conceivable that any could have filled it better.
In addition. there has been an unbrOken con-
tinuity Of policy for all these years of simply
inestimable advantage to a country in Its for
native and growing stage. Before the aces
sion of Porfiro Daz the history of Mexico was
a history of revolutions. The verb ito Mexican
ize." meaning to plunge into political chaos.
gained recognized place in the worlds vocabu-
lary Since his accession the Mexican Govern
ment has been stable as any in the world.
Nor is its length the only or the chief distinc-
ton of President DiaZ's administration. Seldom
has it been the lot of any chief of State to lead
his country into such ways of prosperity and
high achievement. It would be far within the
truth to say that during his administration
Mexico has made more progress, socially, intel
lectually. industrially and in all the arts of
civilization, than it had made in all the years
before since Cortez. In public works in public
education, in manufacturing and commerce, in
Jurisprudence in all the elements and features
of high civilization Mexico to-day ranks among
the most enlightened nations of the globe. That
status 1t owes largely to the broad, farseeing
and masterful craftsmanship of Porfirio Diaz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
RIVAL CANAL SCHEMES.

Several good arguments are advanced in the
latest statement of the Canal Improvement
State Committee in regard TO the proposed ship
canal from Lake Ontario TO the Hudson. The
most important of them, perhaps, relates to the
work on many harbors further west which
would be needed in order TO adapt them to the
requirements of seagoing vessels. If grain or
other freight from the Far West is TO be shipped
to Europe without eaking bulk at Buffalo and
New-York it must go in craft that can compete
with those which now cross the Atlantic. Even
though the former do not quite equal the latter
in size and draught. costly excavation would be
required to enable these ships TO enter and
leave lake ports freely. Hence the national
government would be called upon to expend
more than the sum needed for the construction
of the canal alone. OF course such waterway
would otherwise fail to realize the expecta tons
which have been created in regard to it. 1t
would be hard enough to persuade Congress
that the canal was needed at all The outlook
for adequate appropriations would be rendered
still more hopeless by the knowledge that huge
extras would likewise be demanded
As an alternative TO the plan for conducting
transportation with ocean steamships, it has
been suggested that the present type of canal
boat might be lowed eastward along Lake On
tario TO the head of the ship canal. Attention
is now called to the fact that rough water in
spring and fall renders that procedure so peril
Gus that insurance would be ruinously high. 4
larger boat than that in service would be
necessary, and this would prove more expen-
sive. However if the idea of employing steam
ships is abandoned, the ship canal scheme NAV
as well be dropped, too. If transportation is
TO be conducted by barges which are to be
towed. waterway that begins near Buffalo
would be safer than one beginning near Oswego
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
The National Art Theatre Society Calls in
the Women, Who Read Reports.

The movement for the foundation of a national
art theatre, called. took a huge stride forward
last night, when the Women's Auxiliary Branch
of the National Art Theatre Society OF New-York
Gt is better TO get this off at the beginning)
held a public meeting in College Hall. in East
Fifty-eighth-st, and listened to the reading OF
232 reports. less. and address by Miss
Blanche Walsh. There also music.
portrait of Beethoven-it appeared to be
Beethoven-looked down the gathering. which
completely filed the hall. He did not in the
least disturbed in the entire evening. possibly be-
cause the music was not bad. and the rest of the
programme did not interest him Beethoven did not
find many kindred souls in the audience. for the
ma jority listened with eagerness to the discussion
as it wandered far aied from the subject supposed
to be hand. and applauded all reference 70 Art
Morality and Ideals. pronounced with capitals by
the spea kers Beethoven. however. had few sup
porters who listened to Miss Walsh's remarks with
interest, and hoped for discussion of those re-
marks. Even Miss Walsh however. refused to
keep 10 the point.
1t was late when the star of .'Resurrection' was
called on. owing the fact that the committee
education. the committee finance. the COM
mittee summer propaganda by entertainments
the committee publication. the committee on
this that and the other, had to present their re-
ports through their respective chairwomen. Miss
Walsh began by defending herself from the
charge she said had been made against her in 1895.
when she backed the National Liberal Theatre
movement. She not acting in her behalf
ested Iaymen. whose names she would have liked
to mention, but could not. After this Illuminating
confession. she that national theatre. to
be success. must have the co1opeEatio 11o Of the
theatrical profession, and that the theatrical pro-
fesson must shelve its cOnceit and Substituting
before 1t could make adequate this cooperation.
"A reform of the drama is needed, she said:
but actors must first reform ourselves before
a national theatre can be a success. The present
star system vicious and pernicious and no Amer
lean playwright can do great work till tt is done
away with The actors, II they will put aside their
personal varties and self-seekings and work for
art. make the theatre striving for a
success. If they will not do this. its future is a
matter for grave doubt"
Discussion then invited by the chair oman,
and three minutes set a time limit each
speaker. An actor at once popped up and talked
twenty. although he said no Endorsed Miss walshs
sentiments. Then an intrusive seeptic asked Miss
Walsh IL she would tell the meeting whether she
thought actors and actresses could be induced to
change their spots and work the overthrow of the
present starring system. Miss Walsh said she
sure they ought TO- and that a direct
answer she would give. and near a discussion
OF points that were vitality connected With the eS-
Establishment OF national theatre the meeting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24

II * wifi, REGRET that we read in The New
York World' of an organized movement on
the part of the Democratic National Commit
Tee 10 form a branch of the party in Porto
Rico Mr. u. NJ. Field. of Guayama, is re-
ported 10 be carrying the enterprise, enroll
Ing members in Democratic clubs and prepar-
ing the way 10 the admission of Porto Rican
delegates TO the next Democratic National Con
vention and for an agitation in behalf of State
hood in the interests of Democracy. 1t is also
said that the present management of Porto
Rico viii be made issue in the next cam
paign.
Now. if the Democrats want to attack the
administration Of Porto Rico under Repuhli-
can President. that is their undoubted privilege
If they want TO send agents 10 Porto Rico 10
discover mistakes of Governor Hunt and use
them TO show the incompetence of the party in
power by all means let them do so. That is
legitimate political strategy. so long as facts
are dealt with honestly and misrepresentation
avoided But the enrolment of Porto Ricans
in the domestic political parties of the United
States is an entirely different matter That
means giving the Porto Ricans a voice in de-
termining our home policies. in which they can
have no legitimate interest and no intelligent
judgment. II also means putting the local
questions of Porto Rico which should be de-
cided. so far as they are decided in the United
States solely on their merits at the mercy of
political juggling and intrigue here
Porto Rico is not part Of the United States
under the Constitution. 1t is a domain pertain
ing 10 the United States. Its people have no
voice in choosing q President or shaping policies
here They do not live under the same laws
as we do If they take part in our political
contests il Is merely TO support the party or
faction which will best serve their purposes at
home. without regard 10 the wisdom of that
party's or factions policy for this country On
the other hand if one of our political parties
establishes branch in Porto Rico its course on
Porto Rican affairs in Congress viii be guided
not by an unprejudiced judgment Of what is
good for the whole island in its relations with
The United States. but by the particular desires.
generally narrow and often intensely selfish, of
the group of its own adherents.
Such a complication inevitably tends toward
bad government for the island and for the
whole country. France has had an unfortu-
nate experience with this method in Martinique
which is allowed 10 take its part in French do
nestle politics. The Martinique Deputies have
generally lonn al the beck and call OF the dema-
sogues having real interest i'm the French
questions before them. while instead of promot-
ing good government in Martinique they have
commonly prevented reforms there and exacted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
MRS. ROOSEVELT AT OYSTER BAY.
Arrangements Announced for Greeting OF
the President on His Arrival.

Oyster Bay Long Island. June 23.-Mrs. Rooss-
Welt reached here go O'Clock tonight by train
She accompanied by maid There were rev
at the station when the wife OF the President ar
rived. she had been expected TO come by water
and land at the pier. Before all the passengers
were of the train the Roosevelt carriage was berg
driven a lively pace out toward the Cove 10
Sycamore Hill.
Frank c. Travis interpretations Of the Board @
Trade Of Oyster Bay and chairman OF the commit
OF arrangements for the reception 10 President
Roosevelt on his Homecoming Saturday. an
nounced tonight that the plans for welcoming
the President had been completed The most I'M
portant features will be the unwilling OF the civil
War trophy gun by the President and the parade OK
the school children Each child will have small
American flag and just before the gun is unveiled
they will sing national hymn. God Save the
President" No escort will meet the President az
Long Island City. II has been thought best TO
confine all the celebration to Oyster Bay.
A brief address OF welcome will be made by +.
Morgan Griffen president OF the Board OF Trade.
and then the President will be escorted to the
Town Clerks office in front OF which will unveil
dren OF the Cove School the school which the Presi-
dents children attended
The Rev Alexander C. Russell who planned the
celebration In honor OF the 2th anniversary Of the
town OF Oyster Bay. which was 90 have occurred
that the celebration had been postponed for the
present. but that he hoped u would be taken up
ton IN tho larry Dali