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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
rPRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

IFRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington Dec S.--NIr and Mrs. Andre" Ndi
reeta entertained the Board OF Trustees OF the
r,ornapie Institution at dinner at the New NHldIu
tonight The guests DR.. and MIS- Dahei -
Gilman Mrs John Hay, Judge and MIS-. w. W
NIorrou, of San Francisco; Secretary ana MISS
EIitcbcocx Mr. and Mrs. Carroll d. wright, eN-
Senator and Mrs William Lindsay. Lyman J. Nas7'
n q Mills. w w Frew, 70 Pittsburg; DIT ChaIleS
= waIcott Dr. John S. Billings, OF New-forA'
Charles L. Hutchinson. of Chicago; Henry L. ms
pinson of Cambridge Mass; DR.. S Weir Nlltcheli
Professor Langley. and Professor AgassH' Oh
Cambridge Mass Dinner was served IN the
Cabinet room and the floral decorations were
cbrvsaut hemuns roses and ferns. Secretary RAY
was unable to be present
Army and navy circles were well represented at
the reception given By Captain and Mrs Logan
this afternoon TO introduce their daughter MISS
Georgina Logan - ,,,.
Mrs Rochester entertained Mrs. John W Mackay
at luncheon.
The Belgian Minister and Baroness Moncheur
gave a dinner tonight, when their guests were the
charge d'affafres othe Italian Embassy ana
Countess Nacchi di Cellere. the first Secretary OF
the German Embassy and Baroness Won Gem
Russche Countess Antonelli, Mrs Keep. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison senior
del Viso and Edwin Morgan
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sEcRErARY SHINES REpnRr

Careful scrutiny Of the report of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended
Jane 30, 1903. emphasizes two facts, already
well known, perhaps but none the less worthy
OF note-the national finances are in good CON
dition and in good hands. In so far as the re-
view Of receipts and expenditures is concerned
there u.s. of course, nothing new. as these re-
turns have been issued from time TO time in the
aggregate, and the annual statement merely
supplies an abundance Of details. The net re-
suit Of liberal surplus is the essential feature
with a generous Increase i'm most departments
over the previous year. Both years were pros
porous beyond all preceding records, and 1t was
natural that receipts should attain exceptionally
large amounts. An increase Of S3OOOO0OO in
customs revenues under the same tariff laws
Indicates the greater purchasing power Of the
people which was largely directed 10 securing
materials for manufacture and the more expen-
Five classes Of Injuries Internal revenues con-
tracted S4l,000,0OO because Of the repeal of war
taxes. and as this was much less than antici-
pated it indicates the expansion of domestic
trade Extension Of every branch Of the ser
vice entai!ed heavier disbursements, except that
small reductions for pensions and interest were
reported. As these two items are chiefly due
10 Tie Civil War, NOW forty years remote IT IS
natural That some contraction should appear
High records Of available cash balance gross
gold holdings, total money in circulation immi-
grafton, national banking facilities, etc. are too
Well known 10 call for discussion. In most
cases the figures given In the Secretary's re-
por1 have been surpassed during the last few
months, and the annual report is chiefly yalua-
bic record Of the situation at the end of
the fiscal year Imports Of gold have lifted tbe
circulation 10 $50 p for each man. woman and
child on estimated population of over 81
100000, which far surpasses all records and
the Treasury vaults contained S672. 264. 623 in
gold coin and bullion on December o which IS
not only much more than the high figure of the
report but far eclipses any record of the civil
lied world. While the Treasury report shows
a surplus Of Sc 1913 297 for the first quarter of
the current fiscal year, recent operations have
been less favorable, and there is now a small
deficit Further redemptions and refunding of
bonds under the Act Of March /, 1900, reduced
the interest bearing debt OF the nation TO about
$500. 100000 on December !, which is consid-
erably below the figures given in the report,
and the operations are still continuing TO cut
down both the total loan and the rate Of inter
est Ii is gratifying 10 learn that foreign hold
incs Of United States bonds have fallen 10 Sl6,-
s66G5O
While all the results OF the fiscal year, as
shown by the Secretarys report are most en-
couraging, the importance Of the document lies
mainly in those paragraphs that deal with the
future especially IN view OF the somewhat IN
settled condition OF business throughout the
country. In MS estimate Of receipts and ex-
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N'etu-1lork DaiIn GHibm1re
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1903.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: There a lively de-
bate on postal frauds between Senators German
and Lodge, the former faVoring and the latter
opposing an investigation by Congress; SeGator
Teller spoke against the Cuban bill and crlt-
CiZed General Wood. -= House A resolution
aut hOriZing the POStOftlCe Committee to can lot
papers bearing on the investigation was adopted;
the judiciary Committee was instructed to look
into the status of the Isle OF Pines
FOREIGN-The Russian reply to the Japan
csc proposals is acceptance Of the terms with
only slight notifications; il provides for Japan S
predominant influence in COrea and Russia s
special position in Manchuria. - W. r.
Davis United States Consul at Alexandretta,
hauled down the cOnsulate's flag and left the
city i'm consequence Of having been assaulted and
insuted by Turkish officials. == Two detach-
1nents of the Dixie's marines left Colon for En-
pire, Panama, where they will go into
camp. -= DR.. Amador and Senior Boyd were
warmly welcomed on the isthmus. -= Further
activity of the warships in Panama waters was
reported. == The Kaiser's yacht is being made
ready 10 sail soon for the Mediterranean. where
she viii await the arrival Of Emperor William.
DOMESTIC Senators Allison and Hale ex-
pressed confidence in the nomination and cleo
lion Of President Roosevelt next year. &C
Governor Oiell reported that all was harmony
in the Brooklyn Republican organization, and
that the party leaders throughout the State
were enthusiastic over the political outlook.
=- General James II. Wilson, testifying be
fore the Senate Committee Military Affairs,
expressed the opinion that Bellairs went to
Cuba TO advance the fortunes of General Wood,
ana that Woods promotion was due to prefer
Jnent, not merit. -= Professor Langley's air
ship was wrecked at a test made on the Po-
tomac River. near Washington. 80 Southern
cotton manufacturers met in Charlotte, y. c.
and adopted plan for a national conference
If cotton mill men in Washington, TO discuss
curtailment Of production.
CTTY.-Stocks were active, closing with re-
dictionary tendency. == The Princeton Club
voted practically unanimously against a plar
of some Of Mayor-elect McClellan's classmates
that the club give 2 dinner for him. == II
was discovered that Tammany had buried
notice for a snap" Port Chester hearing il
The City Record - George w. Perkins
while a witness in the shipbuilding hearing de
MED that J. p. Morgan & Co had any part il
the promotion or organization of the company
= Corporation Counsel Rives fined the step
daughter Of Charles +. Murphy days pay
for remaining away from her duties as stenog
Tapher without leave Of absence.
THE Indications for to-day
Rain or snow; fresh norteast winds. shifting L
h. southeast The temperature yesterday: High.
est. - degrees: lowest, 30.
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PERSONAL NOTES

Bliss Perry. Editor OF 'The Atlantic Monthly
will be the orator at the commencement exercises
OF Bowdoin College On June % next. when that IN
stitution will celebrate the one hundredth anniYsr
sary OF the birth OF Nathaniel Hawthorne. one OF
it's most notable graduates.
s " Parent. Premier or the Provincial Govern
rnent OF Quebec IS about resign from that posi-
ton In order TO accept the chalrmanshp or the
commission to build the government section OK tHS
tTanscOntinental railroad
L. Nj. Prindle has completed the reconnaissance
survey for the United States Geological survey 81
the forty-rne gold placerS and also OF the seventy
mile placer nelds OF Alaska.
Senior Arciniagas, the Colombian diplomat VINO -
now visiting Washington. IS Hnguist OF notabi'
attainment. He has mastered nearly all the Eur0-
pean tongues so far as read them, his object De-
ing 20 study the literature OF the various CouRtriss
but has never learned TO speak any OF them wiz
ease.
The Rev. John j, Glennon. Archbishop or ~
Louis. has started crusade among the Catno4iS
churches OF that city and vicinity against ssea.s
parties AGA Essnyals tss- sAs raising ,ss s2R ~
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THE PESTS OF MEXICO.

The Yaquis have been once more making
serious trouble in Mexico. If there ever were
fends in human form, these Indians appear
10 be close in the confidence Of the ruler Of
the neither world. Our sister republic below
the Rio Grande can scarcely hope for lasting
relief from them except through some uncOm-
monty strenuous measures. Nevertheless, 1t
cannot be forgotten that the soldiers of the
United States after enduring the severest hard
ships and the most frightful experiences Of
Indian warfare, finally succeeded in the con-
Quest of the Apaches, and, ounce for ounce, an
Apache in his prime could wrestle with Yaqui
and be no mean antagonist
Mexico has been afflicted with these Savages
for centuries OF course, II is well known that
they Turk in the recesses of the most rugged Of
mountains until they sally out to ambush, to
make raids to torture and to kill. But they
are not invincible. Well planned campaigns
might succeed in wipins them off the face OF
the earth OK in reducing them II submission.
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THE DEFECTIVE FLUE.

The busy season of the defective fiue' is
here and that prolific instrument of evil ap-
pears to have many engagements as usual
Undoubtedly fires which originate otherwise
are sometimes attributed to defective fiues, be-
cause that is the easiest way to account for
them without 4 troublesome investigation; just
as the drowning of good swimmer is COM
monty explained as "a case of cramps" though
If may have been due to apOplexy or heart dis
ease But the fact remains that the defective
fiue causes an immense aggregate loss or lie
and property 1t almost always tesuneS, more
over to the careleSsnesS or incompetence or
It's builder. Yet how seldom is any attempt
made to fix the responsibility for the
uuences of such slOvenly work! The man runs
little risk of punishment or even Of detection
who is willing to toss handful Of plaster into
a gan in a chimney instead of closing it secure
w. or to do any one Of a dozen things which
may eventually expose cOmbustible materials to
flames or sparks or excessive heat. That such
criminaIly negligent workmen are numerous
is constantly demonstrated, though, unhapplly,
they are hardly ever identified.
The regulations by which builders are sup
posed TO be governed are perhaps strict enough
in most places, but it is exceedingly easy 10
disobey them Only a moment may be required
10 hide the evidence Of a violation, and there
after it may be utterly impracticable for an
honest inspector an owner, purchaser or
tenant TO ascertain the fact. person who has
suffered loss or injury in other ways Is OFTEN
unable to acduit himself wholly of blame. He
is conscious Of contributOry negligence. But
tbe man whose house burns down because some
rascal or fool secretly created and then MO
from view conditions favorable TO nre IS an
innocent victim Calamities Of that sort are OF
shamefully frequent occurrence, but the guilty.
if occasionally they remember and suffer re-
morse which is doubtful never suffer other
wise. Once or twice man has been sent TO
iail for putting up building in such manner
that if simply had to fall down. but we do not
recall that a penalty has ever been imposed on
the maker of a defective tiue
In such a case though it would usually be
difficult, 1t might not be impossible to get evil
dence enough to convict, and we think that
the vigorous prosecution of contractor, when
the circumstances clearly pointed to the origin
of the fire. would have Il salutary effect. Per
haps some day public spirited citizen Will be
willing to incur the necessary trouble and eX-
nense of bringing such an action, in the hope OF
conspfcuously exposing scOundrelly practices
which continually menace human life and ex
acting retributiOn from an individual sinner.
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Aanusenents.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:15-The Best OF Friends.
BILIOUS :SO-What's the Matter with Susan?
BELASCO THEATRE-S-Sweet Kitty Bellairs-
BROADWAY THEATRES :SO-Babette.
CASINO :lb-Sl5-Winsom Winnie.
CIRCLE-2-S-Naudevfile
CRITERION-S:l5-Mss Elizabeths Prisoner.
DALN'S THEATRE-S.l5-A Japanese Nightingale
EDEN MUsEE-The World in Wax
GARDEN THEATRE-S-Three Little Maids
GARRICK THEATRES :2O-Whtewashing Julia.
HARLEM OPERA HOUsE-S:l5-Mice and Men.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRES: lO-The Girl from
HUDSON THEATRE-2:I5-s:SO-Th Marriage of
Kitty.
IRVING PLACE THEATRB-s:20-Der Siren.
KEIrHS-Continuous Performance
KNlCKERBOCkER-S-Ma mselle Napoleon.
MADISON SQUARE-2-S-The Little Princess.
MAJESTIC THEATRE-S-Rabes in Toyland.
MANHATTAN THEATRE-2-S :l5-Captan Barring
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUsE-S-Paglacci pre-
coded by Cavalleria Rusticana-
MURRAY HILL TiEATRE-2-S-A Hot OLD Time
NEW AMSTERDAM Goose
NEW CEUM-S:l5-The Admirable Crichton-
NEW-YORK THEATRE-e-S-3en -Hur. -.
PRINCESS THEATRE .30-Rafies. the Amateur
CracksEnan.
PROCTOR S-Twenty-third Street-Cont nuous Nauoe
Vile Fifty-eighth Street-To Be Buried 49,
Fifth AVenus-The Sword Of the king, rHoI,,
dred and twenty hfth Street-Triloy ana Jan -0''
SAVOY THEATRE-2:l5-S:2 0-fIer own W sS' r,.,nh
NACDENIILE-S;s0 -Charlotte Wiehe anu F'e
Company.
NICTORiA-S:15-The Oflce Boy.
WALLACE' S-2.15-S: 2C-The County ChhililA"-
WEBER & FIELDS-S-Whoop-D Dee l)oo
WEST END-S:fo-Du Barry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09

The proposed local board would be In q per-
petual turmoil. The liquor dealers would be
more active than ever TO get their extreme
wishes. knowing that at election their power
could be used not merely TO secure more or less
precarious license to break law, but TO secure
officials who would be cOmplacent to their
views
Moreover, what an opportunity this privilege
of discriminating arbitrarily between districts
would give dishonest officials to punish their
enemies. help their friends and extort money
from the trade. Does anybody suppose that
under typical Tammany administration favor
able hours would be fixed for the dealers OF
block Assembly district without price?
That price might not be paid TO the Mayor or
his associates but, as they are largely depend
ent upon advice to the particular conditions
of any neighbOrhood, the local politicians hay-
ing influence with them would have TO be
seen" When we recall how ineffective was the
virtuOus sentiment of many a neighbOrhood 10
move the Van Wyck administration to suppress
the most shameful conditions next homes when
the local Tammany boss was the patron of the
evils we appreciate how small would be the in
tluence of district protests to prevent the great
est license TO salOonkeepers when the question
was merely one OF discretion. The protestants
would be pushed aside old fogies and told
that their next door neighbor who wanted to
spend his whole day in n beer garden had the
same rights as a citizen somewhere else. With
a difference between the open hours Of some
and others would come new agitation against
the excise tax. A dealer who was not allowed
to sell at all Sunday, or only for a few hours
would object to paying as much as another who
kept open all of the most profitable day of the
week.
Undoubtedly many good reasons exist In favor
of legalized Sunday sales aside from those per
mitted in the sO-called Raines law hotels
Quiet, straightforward ordinary saloons would
be an Improvement on those hotels, with their
mischievOus adjuncts. The objection to Gen
eral Greenes plan is not that it Is more liberal
than the present law. or that II strives to give
the people of New-YOrk chance to have their
own way but that it involves in operation adj
ministratve difficulties and dangers which
might prove even more serious than anything
we now endure with respect to the liquor
traffic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09
FOR TEACHERS PENSION FUND
Plans for Changing Means Of Raising It
Now Being Considered

Plans for changing the present means OF ralsl1s
the teachers pension fund are being rapidly per
fected by the committee to which the subject Was
referred by the teachers Of the city This evening
the committee. appointed last week by the orgaAl-
cation Of delegates from the teachers associations
will hold second meeting The committee, whose
chairman Is Lyman A. Best. president or mo
Brooklyn Teachers Association. met last Saturday
and roughly arranged the report II the second
meeting Of the delegates will be called and plans
will be prepared for submitting a new pension
system for the consideration Of the Board or Edu-
cation As soon the board learns what manner
of system the teachers desire IL viii take steps
toward placing a bill before the State Legislature
The committee on pensions Of the mteroorough
council which is formed OF delegates from each x
the fOrty-sx school districts. held its first meeting
yesterday afternoon Professor Lyman A. Best IS
chairman of this committee also. and it is probable
that II will bring In about the report as the
committee on pensions from the body which rep
resents the associations. The Best system viii
probably be chiefly favored in both reports.
There is some danger that the interbOrough
council may be d!sbauded. Its second meeting viii
be called soon its committee on pensions
Is ready to report MagnUS Gross is president Or
the council. he elected with no Opposition
by number OF delegates from Manhattan and
The Bronx.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
[rnos, LIE rnInuNE nURrAU.I

IFNON TRIBUNE I'U@1'
washington. Dec s-The President and Sals'
Roosevelt entertained Mr.. and Mrs Andre" N
negie at luncheon to-day. -.
rTbe presidents visitors this morning included
Miss Elise MeI.aren daughter OF Sir Charles NJ
Iaren VI. p. and Miss Margaret Hunter uau -
OF Sir Robert Hunter. VI. 2. These TWO E"4''
women are making tour OF the United o'@'e
Representative Gillet. Of New-York' hao q '''e
talk with the President this morning S,
s w Woodward and Charles F. Weier 'lI
morning invited the President to introduce go
A Riis. OF New-York. who will discuss " asil.ils
toms Conditions and Needs at the annual .,a
Of the Associated Charities of this city on IueSUS
night December Is II the President has time nc
will make the presentation 60
Richard OIney of Massachusetts. formerly seer.
tarv of State paid his respects to the Fresioe"
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THE CABINET.
lrnoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

IRON THE TRIBUNE BLhF.AU-I =
vvasbinqton Dec S-Five members OF the Caoi-
net we're present at the meeting to-day Secre-
taries Hay and Root and Attorney General hhoA
being absent The meeting was brief and II was
said that only department affairs were consloeIe'
postmaster General Payne and the President de-
cded on a number of postofice appointments Wrich
viii be made in the near future Secretary wilson
smoke of the culture OF beet sugar IN Nlchlsdh'
He said the time was approaching when TINS couh-
try would produce all it's own sugar 80 80
- c.cra+arv Root and Assistant Secretary
Toor,is had a brief interview with the President
but nothing concerning it disclosed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
There arrived yesterday on the Kaiser Willie

There arrived yesterday on the Kaiser Wilhelm II:
$ AkatsuSa Paul Grand d'Hautevie
lanes Gordon Bennett J. W. Riddle.
DR. Mrs. W T Bull Baron Speck Won Sternburg
Melville Bull Mr. and Mrs J. rouer
Henry w. Darling Mr., and Mrs. W. II. Trues-
Eugene Feschot. dale
on the Noordam will sail to-day:
Z. Warde BlasdeM and Mrs Alamo ctar,,
and Mrs. r. p. Con Robinson. -
J.
Mr.. and Mrs a van
Poortvlict.
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THE PASSING THROEe

Richard H. Hutton. OF Mexico Citv
ieS'S IN several states Of tas repusg-
IS guest at the Holland -
ADVANTAGES Business tbro1,,no. -, HOUSE,
OF soId Mr. ET,.+o. - 'ie1ico."
MEAICO- ard the legitimate deye1o,-.-4
OF the mineral resource. 40 -
country Is yielding highly satisfactorv - uAs
The greater part OF the mining oDerat.o,. t .-'as
the rehabilitation OF old Spanish vork,,,- i've
value OF which had been demonstrated - 'ns
though, or course. there were some new o-.e ago,
silver Is Stiu the leading mineral r-odfrce ions
leo but greater attention is being ~ Hex
mining OF copper and gold Mexico il 49, 70 ths
soil and the possibilities Of agriculture 49, her
also vast extent Of rich grazing lands s o5s aas
gether the republic affords rare ODDorf,,-l alto
the legitimate investment Of money 49, l0f
coast country Is rich % It's soil ana o Iat tie
producing great crop returns may nor oe Seoe q
securing labor are TWO matters thar are ~ o.
the background The prOverbial tIrbes.stse-pt Ia
renders u impossible 10 keep even fE.-tlness
poems from the higher country On the native
Tested sections Vera Cruz mas been unr.es.stsr r.
empt from the epidemic this wear br- e--.y eN
and the country about Monterey .---@idian
scOurged by the yellow fever AIidera n been
has suffered greatly and. upon the al,sbossttaa.
an army surgeon / give IL that out OF 4 ~,..y o
of 40 soldiers sent % Midera only y asea7e5 ed
their lives Mexico city has been vv1uJa~s VITA
proved IN healthfulness by its new sav-ar4.s m
sanitary system. and IL az free from, 3 AMI
mortality on account OF typhus as othe- 4n,a.sa
cities OF It's population" '-dA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09

The question is raised. Is telephone talk pri-
vate? We answer unhesitatingly that some of
it certainly ought to be; for example, when
man has been vainly trying for five minutes to
make Central" understand that '291 Battery,
which he wants. and wants badly. is not the
same as II. II, Al Thompson-st." When he be-
gins saying Hello" backward a muller of
strict privacy should be dropped over his vocif-
eratiOnS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09

An unpleasant incident appears to have oc-
Cured at Alsxandretta- But it will be well 10
await further and fuller information before get
ting excited over ii. There was that aifalr at
Beirut, that looked much worse, but when
"petered OUT in ridiculous fashion The best
plan is not to get excited until you know the IN
cisputable facts, and then-dOnt get excited!
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About People and Social Incidents

Dapust church. Brooklyn. DIT Henson r...
accepted call TO the fremont Tsr,p1a 10y
Reid Iee1ns or the church to call pastor S3S,
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1t is not to the credit of Mexico that they are
still active and destructive

Chicago bids strongly for the next Republican
National Convention. The theory is that, as
Chicago is the Windy City. it is a good place
for unlimited oratory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09

In the days of the British Commonwealth the
Cavaliers of Virginia-there was no South Caro-
lira then-used to drink the historic toast, God
send this Crumb-Well down.! Some or the
South Carolinians seem inclined to repeat 1t at
this time But this particular Crum does not
seem to go down. for all their objurgations.