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New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington Jan. % (SpeciaD.-Adjutant General
and Mrs Corbin entertained tonight in their series
of Friday evening dinners. when their guests were
the Secretary Of Agriculture and Miss Wilson,
General and Mrs. Sternberg. Senator and MIS-
Hansbrough Mr.. and Mrs. Metcaf Representative
and Miss Cannon. Mr.. and Mrs Curtis. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Hull and Representative and
Mrs. Huff.
Colonel and Mrs. Robert I. Fleming gave din
ner tonight In honor of the Bishop OF Washington
and Mrs Satterlee. Invited to meet them were
Associate Justice and MRS. Brewer. Senator and
Mrs. Burrows, Judge and Mrs. Anderson a1d the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs Teunis s. Hamlin-
Mrs. John Daze gave a luncheon this afternoon
in honor of Miss Carolyn HUFF the debutante
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Huff. Invited
to meet her were Miss Gwendone Ffoulke Miss
Anna Cockrell. daughter of the Missouri Senator;
Miss Eliza Bates. daughter of the Paymaster Cen
eral Of the Army: Miss Pansy Bloomer. Miss Flor
ence Field, daughter of Mrs Thomas Nelson Page;
Miss Frances Sands, Miss Elizabeth Young, laugh
ter of General S. B. NJ. Young; Miss Enrol Brown,
Miss Margery Cotton, Miss Elsie Seymour. Miss
Gould of California: Miss Anna McCauley, Miss
Irene Moore, of Greensboro; Miss Peirce A. An
derson Miss Bennett, Miss Miller and Miss Nc
Coy of Pittsburg
Mrs Pinchot of New-York who Is presiding
this winter the handsome home Of her son,
Clifford Pinchot gave a luncheon Yesterday III
compliment Mrs. George 3. Mcclellan. widow
of General Mcclellan.
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Arsp11ork Daily Gribatrs
SATURDAY, JANUARI "a. 1903.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CoNGRESs-Senate: The day was spent in
debate on the Statehood bill. - House: The
Alaskan Delegate bill and 235 private pension
bills were passed.
ing the German feet, in Venezuelan waters, re-
ported that Fort San Carlos on January Ia at
tackled Unexpectedly the cruiser Panther, anu
for that reason was bombarded and oestroyea
on January 21; the German Foreign minister
made a statement in the Reichstag defending
C>ermany's course in dealing with Venezuela;
Tv-ai--e men and five women charcoal burners
on the islands of Los Roques off the venezuelan
coast, perished Of starvation as result OF Ihe
blockade - Colonel Arthur Lynch was con-
1-icted in London Of high treason in fighting Tor
the Beers and sentenced 10 death; 1t is expected
that his sentence will be cormuted 20 sho[t
term Of Imprisonment. - Charles NJ SChNdp
returned in his Yacht to Palermo. whence he ex-
poets 10 sail for New-York on January 20 ne
is annoyed at reports OF his III health
DOMESTIC-The Panama Canal treaty pro pro
vides for the rlavrnent 10 Colombia Of Slo,oeUooO
and an annuity of S2J0eg1 TO begin IN nine
years and leases strip SIX miles wide across the
Isthrnus Of Panama 20 the United states prac-
r3caflv in rerpe1uity. - The Venezuelan stu
alton was considered by the Cabinet, and while
the bornbardnlent of Fort San Carlos by German
warships was thought 10 be unwarranted, this
government will take official cogllzance OF
IL Further action by the Appellate Dlyls-
ion OF the Supreme Court at Albany on the
Franchise Tax law was taken at the request OF
Attorney General Cunneen and the attorney lof
the contesting corporations; II VIII result ia
fastening final decision by the Court OF APP
peals.
CITY-Stocks were lower. = Three women
were killed and thirteen persons, some of whom
were expected die, injured, in a fire panic
in which employees Of a cigar factory struck
and tramped women. and were themselves
pumnelled by police and civilians - The
rector of ST Veronca's Roman Catholic Church
dropped dead in his rectory after calling for
his mother; he had just returned from visit
20 the foundations of a church for which
he was working. - It was believed tnat
one of batch of indictments presented by the
grand jury against Richard Garfield for
running a gambling house in East Forty-thlro-
st. - Sigrlor Marconi said his transatlantic
wireless service would be ready for commerce
and the press in about three months.
THE wEATHER-Indications for to-day;
Snow with rising temperature The tempera-
1ure Yesterday: Highest. 80 degrees; lowest 2O.
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has changed There are now no tortuies anu
savage mutilatiofs But treason i'll the tweh-
tieth century is no less grave an offence thah IT
was in the fourteenth. 1t was theh as 1t mas
been for centuries and for millenniums, capi-
tai crime and it is so to-day i'll Great Britain as
in the United States With his guilt SO clearly
proved there was no escape for Arthur Lyhcn-
Justice required his conviction and his con-
demnation TO a feon's death upon the sca1oid'
The execution of the sentence is another mat,
fer II may be that-as in the case or the hll
witted youth who snapped pistol at queen
Victoria-it will be thought he is too puny anu
contemplate an object for the State 10 exert
upon him the awful force of its death deaLhs
authority. 1t may be that, in line with the sig
nal generosity extended to South Africa anu
with the overtures to an era of good feeilnS III
ireland. it will be thought polite and consistent
TO grant to him some degree of royal cieihehcy'
It NAV be that simply for mercys sake lieIc!
will he shown to him. In such case the Woriu
will be glad and will pay its tribute OF gr"'iii-
cation to the government or to the monarch
that thus exercises such high and graceful pre-
rooative But if there shall be IA pardon OF
communication of sentence it should be Grahteu
nurelv as an act of grace. There should be no
onuulment of the sentence nor denial OF lis JUS
tire The man ought to bear through lie the
brand of a traitor and IL feIon. ana MS cflne
must remain no less odious than If he had pau
the penalty upon the scaffold
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As TO GERMAN "PRESTIGE."

Count Won Buiow has not improved upon him.
self His utterance Of Thursday was not q
worthy sequel 20 his lofty and statesmaniike
speech of the day before. Considered as a de-
fence of or an excuse fer or an explanation of
the extraordinary proceedings of the German
feet in Venezuelan waters. il was calculated
10 make the judicious Grieve and 10 smite the
best friends of Germany with confusion and
dismay: for reduced 70 its last analysis, the
Imperial Chancellor's declaration amounted
substantially to this: That Germany is acting
in Venezuela not only for the satisfaction of her
claims, but also for the preservation Of her pres
1ige But as diplomatic negotiations satistac-
tory 10 Germany, for the full settlement of her
claims. are at this moment under way, the sole
object left to be attained by the waging of
wanton war is what Count Won Bulow calls
1.-The preservation of our prestige" That. We
repeat is a deplorable setting forth of imperial
purposes 1t is an excuse which accuses beyond
the wish Of even hostile critics. 1t places the
German operations in Venezuela in light
which can give pleasure TO none but those who
wish evil 10 Germany.
For what is the prestige which is thus 70 be
preserved by wantonly bombarding inoffensive
forts and helpless villages and slaughtering
peaceful inhabitants? II is not the prestige of a
law-abiding power. II agreed by Germany
some DAYS ago that her dispute with ' eneZueld
should be submitted 10 arbitration. Since
then Venezuela has done nothing save 10 take
every step in her power TO expedite arbitral
proceedings. In such circumstances a law-abid-
ing power should have been moved TO await in
Deaceful patience the result of the adjudication
10 which II had made appeal II is not the pres
tige Of magnanmous power. To send strong
warshipS 10 fire upon helpless fishing villages
savors more of petty spite than Of greatness
II is not the prestige Of q nation which treats
Others as il would itself be treated. For while
Germany expects Venezuela 10 treat her with
all diplomatic courtesy. she lets her naval Of
fcers treat Venezuela. or the people Of NeneZ-
uela as some German colonial administrator
might treat breechclouted cannibals in the
Cameroons Tie only prestige" that is to be
won or TO be preserved by such conduct as that
nj San Carlos is that Of power that ranks
might above right. the prestige Of a strong ma
rion that domineers over weak one, the pres
tige 10 put it buntly, Of bully.
This is 10 be said in all kindness, and with
an earnest hope that in spite of Count Won
Riilow's unfortunate remarks il may yet appear
that the German Government has not sane
Toned any such proceedings those of the
last few days on the Venezuelan coast, but that
il will promptly disayow them and make rep
aration for them, OF that some more satisfac-
tory explanation Of them may appear than any
that has yet been made. From the beginning
OF this unhappy embodiment we have striven
10 give Germany credit for good faith and for
worthy motives. We are not yet prepared 10
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At THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington Jan. - 1SpeciaD.-The president anu
Mrs Roosevelt entertained several hundreu sue'
Mt n musical tonight. when the grand soio leeAi
piano given to the whts House was USED lor tHe
first time The East Room. as on all FORMER oG-a -,
sons was transformed into a concert ROOM
entertainment began at 10 o'clock Albert HoSN
wood pianist, and Mrs. Dora Z. Ho"aru' sOp
furnished the music Earlier in the evening tne
President Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt had as theii
guests at dinner the Ambassador or ltaiy anu
signora Mayor des Planches, Senator Spooner' Gen
eraI Crozler, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas ROBINSON WI
and Mrs. La Fargo. Colonel and MIS- lyiei' &
and Mrs Rlair Lee MIR. and Mrs. Chanlsr, Miss
Rose WalIach Miss Ward. Miss Tyler. Miss TUCK
e man. Miss Field. Miss Glover, Miss Alice " ar9er'
Albert Lockwood, Major Charles l. PIC "a
Edwin Morgan Lieutenant Frank H. MCCOY, ny
tain John K Proctor, jr. and Lieutenant JOIN H.
Poole. ,..,-- a. C,bor
The President will give his first sitting 70 C%nar- %
tran the portrait painter tomorrow. at the cor
norn
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Hmusemcnis.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-a-s:l :lo--The Ninety and Nine
AMERfCAN THEATRE-2-sIs-Secret Service
REl.ASCo THEATRE-2-S-The Darling Of the Gods
RIJoT TaEATRE-2-s:e2-The Rird in the Cage
BROADWAY THEATRE-2-S-The Silver slipper
I-sSINO-o.15-s-TS-A Chinese HONEYMOON.
CRITERION THEATRE-2:lS-s:i5-The Cavalier
DAI.Y-S THEATRE: -2:l5-S-l5-The Millionaire
EDEN NI-SEE-e-s-The World in WAY
EMPIRE THEATRE-2:15-S:ao :aoThe Unforeseen
GARDEN THEATRE :45-T :95--Famlet-
CARRICH THEATRE-2l5-S:15-Aiic and Men
HARLEM OPERA s:l5-The Altar OF
HERALD SQUARE rHEATRE-2:i5-s;I5- Pick
IRVING PLACE ETHEATRE-lO-wilhelm Tell. 2-s:2o-
Eoles Blut
KEITH 's-Continuous Performance.
KNICK KERBOCKER TEEATRE-2-s-Mr. Blue beafo-
MADISON SQUARE GARDENS a m. 20 IL r. M
Automobile Show. .-
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE - AIS 49, $50 o- Gretna
MAJESTIC THEATRE-a-s-The Wizard Of oz.
MANHATTAN THEATRE-2-S-Nary Of Magdala
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUSE-2-La boheIne-e
Les HuFuenoJs
MURRAY fifIsI-e-S-Hearts Afame.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN-lo 10 o-e TO "
NEW sAVoY-215-s. .2o-The Girl with the Green Eyes
RK-2:i5-s:15-when Johnny Comes Marchlns
Home.
PASTOR Performance
PRINCES THEATiE-2:l5-s.3o-The Consul
PRoCTOR,S THEATRE-Haudeyie
VICTORIA s.l5-The Eternal CitN.
waII.AC-K-s TfIEATRE-2:15-s:IS-Th Sultan OF sulu
WEST END fiE>ATRB-2-s-A Prince 81 Tatters.
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believe that the German Emperor Wouiu s"hO
ton the wanton bombardment OF unoHehdlns
ports lust for the sake of showing his po"ei-
But il must he frankly confessed that recent III
cidents. as they are understood mere nave pu.
\ sore strain upon American commence anu
forbearance 1t is quite true that the ireat
of The Hague comedies that the acceptance OF
mediation shall not, in the absence or n speciai
agreement 10 that effect. operate TO Interrupt
warIike measures, so that Germany is not tech-
ni,aIIv rulty of violating an armistice. But
the fundamental principle of the treaty is that
..an agreement to arbtrate implies the obliga-
..tion TO submit in good faith to the decision OF
.the tribunal and the moral corollary TO that
is that the agreement to arbitrate also implies
the obligation to await the decision of the
trb,nal and not to anticipate it or 10 inyalldate
il i'm advance by wantonly beginning or even
continuing war while the arhtral proceedings
are actually pending.
Americans have desire 10 see German
prestige impaired in Venezuela or elsewehere-
If they had they might grimly rejoice In these
commandments as calculated 10 inJure the pest
repute of Germany more than almost anything
else could do. But they would like to see II the
prestige Of a people who, as the greatest Ger
man Of his time declared. fear God and no one
else" and who. therefore. are too just TO be uil-
scrupulous oppressive, too magnanlmous 10
indulge in petty spite. too well disposed toward
all men TO precipitate causeless quarrel or a
needless war. Germany, Great Britain and the
United States have stood close together for
progress and for humanity on more than one
occasion. Germany and Great Britain stood to-
cether AT the beginning of this Venezuelan dis
pute for the satisfaction of just claims. and the
United States did rot oppose them. Now Ger
many through the Incorporate conduct of some
of her not disavowed agents. seems TO be alienat-
ing Great Britain from that alliance, and 1t is
moderate statement TO say that she is arouslng
in the United States sentiments of dsapproval
if not Of actual antagonism which year ago
would have seemed impossible. The harm that
has been done is not irreparable But for the
sake of German prestige as a great and just
and friendly nation it should be promptly re-
paired only Germany herself can repair it.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
VASE FROM FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Gift to the Society of the Cincinnati.

On exhibition in one of Tinany's windows is a
Sevres vase four feet three inches high. that has
been presented 20 the Society of the Cincinnati BY
the French Government. in gratitude for the cour-
tesy shown tc the Rochambeau mission by the
society
The vase is OF a long oviform shape. and has a
roval dark blue finish. The bears the mark
of 1892 and recognized by an expert on its
arrival in this country that has been on the
shelves OF the Museum OF the National Manufac-
tory at Sevres where IL regarded. he says. as
one of the finest specimens that the Sevres fac
tories have turned out
General Brugsre sent jhe following letter 70 Gen.
eraI James NJ vernum. Of the Society Of the Gin
cinnati:
The members of the French mission Of which
touched by the cordial reception extended 10 Shehl
Cincinnati. -. ~
I requested the government Of the French be
public 20 do US the favor of sending TO the OraeF
OF the Cincinnati object OF art as a tSSt!!-
mOuiaI OF our sympathy and profound graz
tude. and I happy 10 be able 20 announce "a
yoa that my request favOrably received. am am
that the Minister OF Foreign Affairs VIII So.
transmit YOU through ambassador a N1Sso Ss
from the National Mandatory at SsNres WhlSts .s
selected by myself. an6 which Deg Ihdt ,SS5
viii have placed among the archives ana Na4.s1 -
possessions of your order q souvenir OF QUIZ ''V
brief scjourn with YOU
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
TALK ON THE SF4.

Transatlantic travellers are asking that every
high class steamship making trips between the
Old World and the New shall be equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus and operators
This is reasonable request. Wireless mes
sages may prove at any time of incalcula Bile
value in of accidents at sea in summoninp
vessels many miles away to the relief of a dis
abled leviathan.
chess match played by rival teams on boats
forty miles apart by means of wireless COM
municatiOn indicates that this notable discovery
may be advantageous in every sort of inter-
change upon the ocean.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
GRAU MAY RECONSIDER.
Rumors About Damroseh and a Drygoods
Concern.

Since the Maurice Grau Opera Company will not
renew its lease on the Metropolitan Opera House
all sorts of have been flying about as 10 the
disposition OF the house The most persistent rurnor
has been that Walter Damrosch will take hold OF
the place. The Grau lease expires in May. and the
Metropolitan Opera House Real Estate Company
admits that negotiations are in progress for the
house but they will not who the parties are
that are negotiating. Another rumor is that a Dig
drygoods concern wants the property.
An inquiry from Mr. Dodd. of the real estate COM
pany yesterday elected the information that whte
some person in the interest OF Mr. Damrosch had
been making overtures for the place. they wers
r,,ral,, tentative He further said that Mr.. Graus
health improved he might go on next year That.
however was entirely concern or MI SraN ;. Who
had to make ARRANGEMENTS with his artists under
contract
Nothing definite has been done yet and as for the
drygoods rurnor Mr.. Dodd hardly thought such a
move could take place for several years
The Metropolitan Opera House people contem-
plate no such radical move present as selling the
property. but il is impossible TO tell what may
happen.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
MUSIC.
"GoetterdaemmeruHg' at the Opera

The last drama Of Wagner's NibeIung tetralogy
had its first performance for this season at the
Metropolitan Opera House last night For the hrst
since the serial representations OF the TRAGEDY
began il seems proper 10 record regret that CIT
curnstances do not permit detailed discussion OF
the performance; for it was incomparably better
than any of its predecessors in the series and had
moments that thrilling as the Hvehest
memories of Wagnerian representations in New
York can recall For the majority OF these perloCs
of exaItation the performance was beholden IN
about equal measure to Nine. Nordica and Mr.
Hertz There were also features which were cred
liable to the stage management, though some Vlo-
Ience done to the principle OF consistency III
the pictures also in the distribution or parts
That Is a matter however which can best be DIS
cussed in a review OF the cycle as a whole
There was new Waltraute in the drama in wnicn
this one Of Wotan's militant daughters rises
to first class musical and dramatic lmpor-
tance; and this was a pity Nine. homer
made her first essay in the part. The pubic
heard it's music far the admirable voice
of the singers filed out the harronies of the
profoundly beautiful and pathetic scene in which
Waltrauts brings Valhallas message TO Brunn-
hfIde:-but the message had no poettcal purport:
Nine Schumann-Heink was away-concertlzns
presumably The scene of the Nornir. which opens
the prologue was omitted. which was a musical.
though not dramatic. loss Wagners unities were
preserved so far the impersonation OF Brunn-
hide by Nine. Nordica, Siegfried by Mr.. Antilles
ard AIber1ch by Mr.. Bispham were concerned. and
the patrons of earlier seasons were privileged 70
revive their memories OF Nine. Reuss-Belce as
Gutrune. 1Ir. Edouard de ReszEe as Hagtn, and Mr..
Mdhlmann.
So much for the record. which would have 70
suffice we're IT not a duty. imperative as IL IS
pleasing, to tell Of the achievement of Nine. Nor
dica far and away the freshest. most vivid most
poetcal, most thrilling, most beautiful nnuslcally
and dramatically that she has placed 10 her
credit this season. The tenderness of the woman.
the fierce resentment Of the outraged wife. the
sublimity and grandeur of the tragic heroine al
had eloquent proclamation in her song and ac-
tinn. She has never been admirable.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
THE CABINET.

Washington. Jan. % (speciaD-The Secretary OF
the Treasury and Mrs Shaw gave dinner TINS
evening in honor of the Japanese Minister anu
Nine Takahira Invited to meet them were sen
ator and Mrs Dryden, Senator and Mrs. AigeT
Senator and Mrs. KeaEns Rear Admiral and Mfs
Rixey Mr. and Mrs. John B. Henderson, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Showalter. Miss kean ara gen.
atOr Dillingham; The decorations were Wnlte ana
green. x.-.
Secretary Moody has not fully recovered from
the effects Of his recent accident and at the sug
gestion of the President he will take few DAYS
rest. He will go TO Old Point Comfort Tomorrow
and may be absent week. He VIII not oe aoie 20
accompany the President on his trip TO attend tns
Roosevelt and his party will start for Canton on
Monday night, returning 10 Washington on "ednes-
day afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
TWENTIETH CENTURY TRAITOR.

Treason is still odious in Great Britain. That
is the purport of the trial of Arthur Lynch.
which was ended Yesterday with conviction and
imposition of capital sentence. With the JUS
ice of that result it is impossible TO quarrel.
save on grounds of unreasoning sentiment.
Lynch was proved to have been q traitor. IN
both letter and spirit. In fact, he made no serl-
Gus denial of the fact. Practically the only
plea in his behalf was that he had become
naturaIized citizen of the Transvaal. and that
was simply puerile. Had il been possible for an
alien 10 acquire citizenship with such prompt
ness there would never have been any war be-
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal. Lynch
was admittedly British citizen when he went
TO South Africa There is no record nor claim
of any formal remuneration OF that citizenship,
nor of any formal naturalization In the Trans
vaal The moment the war was over he again
professed 10 bc n British citizen and eligible TO
seat in Parliament. Allegiance is not a mat
ter of lightning changes such as those, and the
British court was right in ignoring that pre-
posterous plea
From first 10 last there have been comments
upon the antique flavor of the procedure 1t
was the first treason trial in sixty years we
were told and the Lord Chief Justice reminded
the court of the fact that the prisoner was be-
ing tried under law more than five centuries
old But in those circumstances we can discern
no ground for regarding the with less seri-
ousness or less severity. but rather the con-
trary Punishment has not become obsolete,
and will not until crime has first become a
thing Of the past. The form Of punishment
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington. Jan. 20 (SpeciaD.-The Charge d Al
flares of the French Embassy and Nine DE Mar
gere gave a dinner tonight for Mr. and MIS-
George w. Vanderbilt, who are guests OF captain
and Mrs William Sheffield Coves The other
guests were the First Secretary OF the German En-
bassy and Countess Quadt. Mr.. and Mrs Ward
Thoron Captain and Mrs. Cowles Miss Edlth
Wetmore and the Spanish Minister Mr. and Mrs
Vanderbilt will be the guests OF honor to-morro"
night at a dinner given by Mrs Tuckerman
Yesterday NJ and Nine. Margerie gave luncheon
In honor of NJ Chartran. the French artist wno
has TO Washington TO paint the Fres1deht :
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
HUBBARD T. SMITHS ILLNESS.

Rome. Jan. Zj.-Hubbard T. Smith, the vice and
deputy consul general Of the United States az
Cairo is seriously i'll. suffering from dropsy %
the kidneys On his arrival at Genoa recently
from Cairo the American Consul met Mr. Smith
and took MIN Immediately to the Protestant Hos
pitaI His condition is growing worse.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24

Czech orators have been making almost end
less speeches in the Reichsrath, in Vienna, in
the Czech language, which few Of their hearers
understand, with the fell purpose OF stirring up
trouble in regard to the relations between
Hungary and Austria Evidently these Czech
geysers of eloquence not wholly free from
moving forces drawn from the ever ebullient
fountains of THE Congressional Record" in
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24

Do you wish to follow Emerson's advice and
hitch your wagon to q star? Then visit the
auto show in Madison Square Garden, and from
the resplendent array of chariots or many types
and classes choose which will not look out
of place as 1t moves swiftly onward in the great
procession.