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For each date Of debate specified in the central
column the work of preparation is distributed as
follows.
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ond column and side by each in first column.
Place Of debate is provided by each school in sec
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in charge Of debating IN each school of third col
umn. and one judge and a chairman by the one in
charge in each school Of the fourth column.
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MIR. CoNRIED MAY GET NINE. MELBA.
Negotiations Going On Between Opera House
Directors and c. &. Ellis.

Nine MeIba, who has nearly finished her concert
tour in this country under the management Of c.
A Ellis. of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is
being sought by Mr.. Conried to join the staff Of
singers at the Opera House. A conference was
held yesterday between Mr.. Ellis and the directors
OF the Conried company, and last night Mr.. Ellis
and MI Conried held a further conference. It has
not yet been decided, but there is, it is said. a
strong possibility that Nine. Melba viii sing here
in in
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Should be Rad DAILY by AL Interested. changes
nay az
Foreign mails for week ending December 1903,
WI! close promptly al
nee follows: Mails
man closing time shown below Parcels-POst Mails for
Germany close at 2. N. Monday Kaiser VII
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PASSENGERS ON THE LucANIA.

Liverpool. Dec I2-The cunsrd Lane steamer
-ucsria- which sailed from here to-day for New
YORK. took among her passengers Lady Dursnc.
VIE OF Ambassador Durand- and Miss Durand
enc Henry White. secretary Of the United States
Embassy in London, who is going home on two
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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND MONDAY.

FORECAST Fur AO-DA4 AM NiO4NL<AA
For New-Eugland rain. changing to-day with
e cold wave western portion; Monday fair. with a
cold wave: high south shifting 70 northwest winds
For Eastern New-Iork. Eastern Pennsylvania and
Neyy-Tersey rain to-day changing and much
colder, Monday fair. with cold wave. high south
shifting % northwest winds
For Delaware and District OF Columbia.
day changing snow. much colder. and a cold
wave at night; Monday fair and cold high south shift
ing nor kwesI winds,
For western Pennsylvania and Western New York.
snow with cold to-day high northwest winds.
Monday fair and cold. with snow nurriss the
lakes.
The following ocial record from the Weather Bureau
shows the change Ia temperature the twenty
four hours In comparison with the corresponding
last year.
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ex-mAYoR GRACE OUT OF DANGER.

both Of ex-Mayor W. r. Graees physicians DIS.
Ktyes and DeIaheld. agreed last evening In saying
that their patient "out OF danger" DR.. Reyes
said that Mr.. Grace had eaten three meals yester-
day and improving rapidly. although his
weakness prevents him from leaving his bed YET
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SECRETARY HAY IMPROVING.

Washington. Dec. 2-Secretary Hay continues To
improve satisfactorily. He Is resting comfortably
and transacting necessary business at his home.
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Highest temperature yesterday. 43 degrees; lowest "a
average corresponding date last year s
aeae for corresponding date twenty-five years. 81
Local forecast-tiatn to-day. cnaisius 70 s4S AID
colder Monday fair with cold wave, hiSh south,
ellftlng U noEtARest, NlnaA,
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ARBEY-VISSMAN-O Saturday. December II 1909
by the Rev Frederick Campbell pastor OF the West
PRESBYTERIAN Brooklyn. N Y. Grass
Schuyler Vissrnan John Couch Abbey
TALMAGE-DITMAs-On Tuesday, December g 1903
At the Church the Holy Trinity. Brooklyn. y. Y
by the Rev summerheld E. snvely. OF Philadelphia
Louise Thorne Dtnas daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs John
Ditmas John Frelnghuysen Talmage.
TERHUNE-BARTIETT-At St Johns Episcopal
Church Passaic n J.. December 10. by thu Rev L.
W sryker Bessie Gibson Bartlett to Dr. Percy HaniI
Terhune.
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New-York tribune., 1903-01-13
NEW-YoRK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Astor's yearly dance has become quite as
much an annual institution OF New-York society
as tho Assembly Ball. 1t took place last night IN
her own house and that OF her son. Colonel Astor.
which adjoins 1t. being usual called into reauis
tion for the entertainment. which will remain
record as one of the most notable balls of the
son Of 1902-'03 Many OF the guests went to the
opera and Il was fully II o'clock before they began
arriving. They were greeted with a wealth OF
flowers which began practically in the vestIbuIe
and filed every available space in the corridor.
drawing rooms and dining rooms OF both houses
After laying aside their wraps the second floor
Mrs Astor's guests passed into the main drawing
room where they were received by her. stopping
TO admire the effective ARRANGEMENT OF American
Beauty roses palms and vines in the main COR
the famous portrait OF herself by Carolus Duran
was dressed In emerald green velvet trimmed
with sable and made with elbow sleeves Of
beautiful old lace. deep tinted. She wore
her stomacher OF diamonds. several diamond
brooches on her bodice. several of her beautiful
diamond necklaces and collar and also a tiara
of these gems. From the drawing room. which
was decorated with American Beauty roses and
orchids In the mantel. tables and cabinets.
the guests made their way to the picture gallery.
which serves on such occasions as a ballroom
There informal dancing until shortly after
midnight. when supper served at small tables
scattered about the dining OF both houses.
and also IN the halls and drawing rooms of Colonel
Astor's residence. The dining decorated
by Hodsson. with req and white roses. and foliage
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NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

y,,asbi,e+on Ian 70 (SpecaD-afiss Alice Roose-
Welt was entertained at dinner last night by Mrs
3. H. Warder. The other guests were MISS Jean
Reid and Miss Martha McCook. of New-York who
are visitors at the White House; Miss Sargent Of
Boston: Mr.. and Mrs Plunkett Stuart OF Balti-
more; Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Thoron. Miss Josephine
Boardnlan the Misses Warder, Count Quadt and
Baron Won Ritter, of the German Embassy: Sehor
Riano. of the Spanish legation; Count Gheradesca,
of the italian Embassy; Mr.. Norman of the British
Embassy: Edwin V Morgan and Walter Berry
Miss Foraker daughter of the Senator from
Ohio, gave dinner for young people this evening.
The guests were Miss Mabel McKenna. daughter
of Associate Justice McKenna; Miss Louise Van
DYKE Jones, Miss Fairbanks. daughter of Senator
and Mrs Fairbanks; Miss PosIlethwaite. Miss De
Smirnoff, who is spending the winter with her
aunt Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth. of New-York;
Miss Carolin HUFF Miss Mcklibbin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Grosvenor. Lieutenant Commander Gibbons.
U S N: Lieutenant Robert Sterling Clark U. s.
A. stepson of Bishop Potter, of New-York; H a
Reauseau Reginald Huidekoper. DR.. Church. James
Crswford. Arthur Keith and Clement Wainwright,
of Philadelphia
Miss Helen Gould is coming to Washington next
week to attend the jubilee celebration of the Young
Mems Christian Association Several entertain
u,Ants have been planned for her. On Monday even
ing she will hear the after-dinner speaking at the
Jubilee dinner be given by the international
mittee and the Washington Association Tuesday
morning with Mrs McAlpine, of New-York. prssi-
dent of the womap's auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A..
she will attend a meeting TO be held at the house
OF the ex-Secretary Of State and Mrs. John W.
Foster in the interest of the auxiliary. Mrs Fos-
ter will afterward entertain Miss Gould at luncheon
The sans evening she will be the guest Of honor
at a dinner for which ex-senator and Mrs Hender-
son have issued invitations. Wednesday morning
Mrs Roosevelt viii receive Miss Gould. and Mrs.
NacFarland, wife of the District Commissioner
will entertain her at luncheon later in the day.
Senator and Miss Kean entertained tonight at a
dinner Of twenty-five covers. Tomorrow they will
give dance for Miss Christine Roosevelt.
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ent style of treatment. little study mlght De
necessary to adapt existing resources thereto.
OF course individual householders cannot wen
bring about these improvements alone Manu-
facturers and dealers must take the initiative
But ii does not seem unreasonable TO expect the
latter 10 undertake the reform. especially as IL
might become source of profit TO them
4 local question of some Importance is raised
by the Fire Department. Mr. Purroy complains
of tbe refusal of the Manhattan Elevated Rali-
way Company TO shut off the current from its
third rail in Second-avc. when he requested IL
10 do so. Failure TO comply put his men ID
danger when they wanted TO work from Tue
elevated railway structure, y good deal can
he said in defence of maintaining uaInc "ltn
ont interruption. But Fire Chief PurroE aiso
has good case. In serious emergencies oo'h
the railway company and the travelling puo'ic
NAV properly be incommoded. However, ii
NAV be feasible to get around the dinlcuity i'll
a manner that would be satisfactory to the L Ire
Department and the railroad company IL the
third rail were so mounted that snow could NOT
get AZ it the activity of irenen would not pe
restricted nor would il be necessary to stop full
ming trains
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WHY SENTIMENT HAS CHANGED.

Long before the coal strike commission began
IFS Investigation one thing seemed to have been
so well ascertained that 1t was extremely dill
cult for anybody competent to estimate fhe
value of evidence to doubt it, namely, that
multifarious acts of lawlessness had been de-
liberately and ingeniously committed against
men anxious to work for the wages which they
could obtain During the progress OF the IN
vestigation the proofs relating to TINS point
have become complete, and there are strong IN
dications that Mr. Mitchell and his followers
have now lost a considerable part of the public
sympathy which they still retained when work
in the mines was resumed. But in our opinion
this change of feeling is due not so much to the
formal submission of testimony, already abun-
dant and generally credited, to the fact OF con-
tinued violence as to another cause.
While the strike was and troops were III
the field endeavoring to prevent the crimes
which the press daily reported Afr. Mitchell
frequently declared that violence of every KIND
was discountenanced by the union leaders, and
that it occasionally broke out only because it
was Impossible to control every member of so
large body of idle men. great many per-
sons. putting faith in that statement, allowed
that it had much force, and the case OF an army
was sometimes cited in support of the excuse
Every army, it was said, contains not few
scoundrelS, whom it is impossible for the com
mander to restrain with all the advantages
which the military system gives him. How
unreasonable, therefore, is it TO expect union
leaders with only small measure of authority
to maintain absolute discipline over their huge
army of folIowerst While the facts remained
obscure this argument seemed to have a good
deal of weight, and doubtless Influenced public
sentiment But the investigation has almost
completely destroyed its effect by showing that
the leaders made no earnest effort to prevent
lawIessness and never punished it in any way.
That is the fact which has deprived them to
great extent of the good will which they en-
loved and exposed the union as whole to con
demnation What would be generally thought
of military commander, and how long would
he escape being retired in disgrace, if he took
no steps TO punish offending subordinates, but
left them free to demoralize the service?
If Mitchell and the district leaders had ez-
erted themselves to secure the expulsion of law
breakers from the union and to turn them over
to the civil authorities there would have been
comparatively few crimes in the mining region
during the strike, and a fair allowance would
have been made for the difficulty of keeping
perfect order. 1t is because they trifed with
the situation then, and have N"en making
evasve excuses ever since, that ley now find
the current of public opinion has set against
them
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TINE FOR HONOR AND INTEREST.

II is binted that the last lingering, dog-ln-the-
manger opposition 70 reciprocity with Cuoa If
IN he manifested by indirection III delaying
action unon the treaty The rumor would seem
incredible were it not for the experience OF
year ago. At the present time, 1t Is salu' hieh
who would not venture 20 oppose the treaty
openly are seeking TO take advantage OF tne
congested state of the Senate calendar 1neS
strive on the one hand. 10 keep the treaty from
being ratified by bringing forward othef meas
,,res and. on the other hand, they create the
ir,nression that some measures which some
Senator's dislike cannot be acted upon before
the treaty, and so if the treaty is indefinitely
DELAYED these other measures will be Kept out
of the way.
If any such ways that are dark are really
being pursued il is Ia be hoped. and lnoeed pe
Ieved that they will also prove 10 be trlcks
that are vain" Logrolling is an art not uil-
known in Congress in both houses, but it Is not
conceivable that it will be effectively practlsed
in This case to the defeat of this treaty, to the
dishonor of the nation and TO the impairment
of IFS interests The matter of Cuban reci-
procitv stands alone 1t affects no other I'M
portant measure before Congress, and is al
fected by none 1t has in point OF time ana
in,nortance precedence over all 1t deserves to
he acted upon by itself independently of all
others. on the simple and single ground OF It's
own individual merits. 1t is not in the way
of any other urgent measure, and it cannot
block the way against any that any one may
wish to delay All such notions concerning II
are idle. There is involved in ii no other ques-
ttop than this: Shall or shall not the United
States perform an act which Is imperauVelF
demanded by its honor and by its material in
terests?
That is the question which now awaits an
answer at the hands of the Senate. That body
is a busy one 1t has much work to do be-
tween the present and the time set for ad-
ioIrnment But it has plenty of time to do
this act of Justice to Cuba and TO the United
States There is always time in which to do
the right thing the just thing, which in this
case happens also TO be the expedient thing
and the profitable thing. Of course, if these
rumored schemes for delay should materiaiize
and should succeed. the indirection and the
secrecy would avail nothing. Responsibility for
the defeat of the treaty would be easy to fix,
and it would inexorably be fixed. But we are
not prepared TO believe that any such schemes
are seriously afoot. II is inconceivable that
Senators of the United States would thus juggle
with the honor and assail the interests and vel
fare of the nation.