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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-21
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
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Washington. June 20.-Miss Carol Simpson, daugh-
ter OF Colonel William A. Simpson. U. S. A, and
Valentine ChappeII of New-London. Conn. were
married at to-day at the home of Mrs. Will
lam Fitzhugh Lee. maternal grandmother of the
bride. The Rev. Father Buckley, assistant pastor
Of ST. Matthew's Church oficiated. in the presence
OF a small company. the bride Directing to an
elaborate wedding, owing TO the absence OF her
father IN the Philippines. Lieutenant William
Fitzhugh Lee Simpson who has just been grad
uated from West Point. gave his sister away The
wedding gown was Of white chiffon cloth and
duchesse lace, and a coronet Of orange blossoms
held the tue veil in place. Miss Elizabeth Good
win. daughter OF Captain Goodwin. Of the navy.
was the maid OF honor and only attendant Of the
bride. George Chappell. Of NezT-Yorx. his
brothers best man. Among the out OF town rela-
tives present were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Worrall.
Of New-York: Miss Edith ChappeIl.. of New-Iondon.
and several of the bridegroom's classmates at
Yale; others present at the ceremony and break
fast that followed were Secretary Taft. Mr.. and
Mrs. John E. Reyburn. General Crozier. General
Wilson. General and Mrs. Weston. Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Rae. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Westcott, the
Misses Weston and Mrs. Candee. Later in the day
Mr.. and Mrs. ChappeH left here for the North.
They will live IN New-London. Mrs. Henry
Churchill Candee entertained the bridal party last
night at supper at her home in Rhode Isand-ave..
in honor of the bridegroom. who has been her guest
during his stay in Washington
Tho Misses Ripley of NeN~-York. who have been
in Portsmouth. n. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reyburn. who came from
their summer home in New-London TO attend the
Chappell- Simpson wedding. will return 10 Con-
necticut this week
Mrs. Postethwafte. whose recent accident n
New-YOrk has forced her TO forego her trip to Eu-
rope. which she had planned for herself and
daughter. Miss Carolyn Postethwaite, has re-
turned to her Washington home
Nine. Bonaparte will spend the summer at Ma
hant, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Tiffany have gone 20 Fort
Smelling. Mimi. spend the rest of the month
with their son. Lieutenant George s. Tiffany. u s
A, now stationed there.
General and Mrs. A E. Bates at Lenox for
q short visit before going TO their summer home
Windsor Mountain. in the Berkshires~
John Siebert. who is spending the summer at hts
country place. Llangolan. IN Virginia, 70
Washington after learning Of the General Slocum
disaster and spent several days here interesting
hts friends in his plan 10 send money TO help 70
bury the children who lost their lives IN the acct
dent.
Mrs. Pierre la Montague and her sister. Miss
Patterson. have returned after an absence OF
eighteen months spent in foreign travel They viii
leave here for Newport this week and come back
IN the autumn TO reopen their home in Vermont
ave.
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SKRYDLOFPS RAID

russia Eas cause TO regret, and Japan to be
PROFOUNDLY thankful, that Admiral Skrydlofr was
not In command at Port Arthur at the outbreak
OF the war. If he had been, that circumstance
would probably have meant much money many
men ana some ships saved TO Russia. 1t might
nave meant heavy losses to Japan. Indeed il
Is not too much to say that it might have meant
n turning Of the scales of war. lex Dede
Herculem," says the old proverb, and in this
case we have something more than one foot
from which TO judge this Slavic Hercules For
last weeks exploit was not his only one Many
weeks ago, 1t will be recalled he swept along
the japanese coast and threatened the Tsugaru
Strait with invasion. and later he went down
the Corean coast and struck blow at Won-San
which materially disturbed the japanese.
Ills RAID OF last week however. was the great
est OF ALL and we must account ii as one Of the
most noteworthy performances, thus far in this
war; and as one entitled TO honorable rank In
the annals OF all wars. This is what he did:
He set out from Yladivostok with his three
cruisers, upon a sea of which the numerous and
powerful japanese fleet was supposed TO have
full control He traversed the Sea OF Japan.
He passed through either Broughton or Krusen-
stern Strait less than fifty miles wide almost
under the guns Of japanese fortres SEES on either
side, and with Japanese warships supposed TO
be lurking near. lie went on down the East
OHlIb sea, 10 the Llu-hiu Islands full thou
sand miles from his base. Then he turned and
steamed back again over the same long and
perllous course. destroying on his way some
japanese transports and thousand Japanese
lives, again menacing Tsugaru Strait, and final
~, 1t IS to be assumed, getting into Vladlvostok
Harbor safe and sound after voyage Of about
two thousand five hundred miles. At any rate
we are told that Admiral Kamimura has aban-
dOned pursuit OF him.
1t was a remarkable performance worthy
OF high praise. 1t shows Admiral Skrydlor TO
be man Of energy and courage and resource
and 1t suggests unutterable possibilities of dis
aster to the japanese II he had been in COM
mand Of all the Russian ships in those waters
when the war began. Not at so little cost
would the japanese have been able TO send their
myriads across the narrow seas into Corea and
Manchuria. Indeed, situated as he Is away up
at Vladivostok, he makes the Sea now seem a
place OF peril 10 every troopship that has not
the enormous value OF such vessels rs those
which compose his little squadron. Cruisers OF
1000 tons. heavily armored. carrying S-inch
guns. making 90 knots an hour and able TO
keep the sea for 1900 knots without recoaHng,
are formidable engines Of war. Under the COM
mand Of such a man as Skrydloff, they repre-
sent one Of the highest types Of naval efficiency.
There are several important naval lessons TO DO
learned from this war. and not the least OF
them is TO be derived from Admiral Skrydloff's
cruise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-21
"INCIDENTALGn

Bridge Commissioner Best is evidently O per-
son who Will bear watching. man who
makes his estimates 100 per cent too large Just
so as TO have plenty of money to carry out
schemes which he may develop In the future IS
scarcely the pattern Of business administrator
Mr.. Best has prepared an elaborate project for
another makeshift bridge terminal. 1t is appar-
emily the worst OF the many which have been
inflicted upon a long suffering public in the last
half dozen years. 1t contemplates the invasion
Of the City Hall Park and general overhaul
ing OF things 10 accomplish what would be Mt
best trihing improvement. The bridge would
not be any larger its capacity is already limited
by the requirement Of safe Roadway between
trains. Only about SO many cars can be run
over the structure IN an hour no matter what
the length OF trains and the arrangement of the
switches. About all that new terminal such as
is planned could do would be TO relieve slightly
the present congestion in loading and in turn
invite more people to crowd an already over
crowded structure. AS this new terminal would
not be permanent, but mere makeshift, to be
superseded as soon as possible by connection
between the two bridges, the wisdom Of tear
Ing things up and inevitably making the cross
ing worse instead OF better during the progress
or the work was seriously open 10 question.
even If the plan were good and the cost reason
able. But, besides offering bad plan, the Com
1HisslOnef Atu the assurance 10 ask for S0OO,OO0
TO carry ii QUIT
That was more than even the Board of EST.
mate could take offhand. Competent engineers
suggested that 100000 would be ample for
such terminal as Mr.. Best intended to build
and the wonder grew whether he wanted to
oyerlay the structure with gold leaf or have the
pavement inlaid with silver dollars, after an
artistic example dear to the Tammany heart
Half million dollars for lot of temporary
platforms. which in a few years would be
thrown away, and which would not be much
good meanwhile, called for an explanation
Mr.. Best has at last offered II. He writes TO
the Board OF Estimate TO say that the actual
cost OF construction VIII indeed be only $500
600; but he wants some "incidentas" What
is life 10 a Tammany politician without Incl
dentals'? What is to become of the boys In
the districts IL there no ''incidentals'? So
Mr.. Best included 100000 in his requisiton for
'incidentals." That was q good. liberal margin
/ at 20 per cent FOE Leakage 1t was enopxh to
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ION file for that purpose" Quinn and his
geants-at-arms-most of them thugs" from Chi
cago-dominated the convention But one roll
call was allowed-that on instructing the dele
gates TO St Louis. Instructions were given
seen in the makeup of the delegation. Three of
the four delegates-atlarge- Hopkins himself,
the Hon. Ben T. Cable and the Hon. James II.
Eckels-were Palmer Buckner men in 1896. and
all of them are now supposed TO favor the
nomination of Mr. Cleveland.
The Springfield convention did the Will of one
man. 1t executed the wishes Of small minor
ity Of the Democratic voters in Illinois 1t was
captured by political piracy and held by brute
force. 1t is not to be wondered at that two or
lie leading candidates for Governor withdrew,
each declaring that he would not accept nomf
nation from such a convention. 1.-The people,
cried one of these candidates, viii not ,ndoTse
"a choice that is simply knocked out by a chalr-
mans gaVel." 1t seems a curious contradlc-
ton in politics that a party based on concep-
tons of popular rule, of popular rights anu the
freest and most untrammeled expression OF the
peoples will should in practice cling 10 the
crudest forms Of suppression and chicanery.
Rule by holdoyer committees, gaYei rule, the
unit rule, the tWo-thirds rule-these are all out
groupings of a spirit which distrusts and de-
spises the individual voter. Popular rule Is
misnomer under Democratic party machinery;
and il will remain so just as long as the Demo
cratic party lends itself to devices Of bossism-
devices equally in conflict with common sense
and with the ideas of political equality preached
by jefferson.
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provide collars TO go with all the railroad ties
and shine the shoes of all the electrical trans
nitters No doubt If he received 1t, Mr. Best
would find "incidentals' enough to use it up.
At least he did not plan to have any of 1t left
over for TO carry out little nest egg scheme
Of his he tackled another 100000 on his esti-
mate
That was not TO be spent 1t had nothing TO
do with the temporary terminal. The terminal
was just pretext by which Mr.. Best hoped 10
get the S200,000 into his hands so that he could
conveniently use it for other purposes He
thought that when the work was done and he
had the 100000 left-if, indeed he had been
able 10 keep that from going for "incidentals''-
the Board of Estimate would have in COM
mon politeness TO say, Keep the change" and
let him go on with other plans which it might
scrutiniZe more carefully If it had to raise the
money for them.
If this is the sort of Bridge Commissioner
which Mayor Mcclellan has, he would do well
to make change. That sort Of jugglery is
not what is wanted. The city of New-York
Goes not need TO be tric1ed into spending money
Neither does it want TO pay 80 per cent pre-
MUM on the reasonable cost of every enter
prise for "incidentals." We have right TO ex-
pect public officers to tell the people I'm honest
ana straightforward fashion what they want
money for. and how much they actually need
Ior specihed work estimated in detail Incl
dentals is only another name for waste. and
nest egg Tor future work, acquired under cover
or present plans, Is only money secured nv
false pretences
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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Washington, June 2o.-After spending Sunday at
Valley Forge Penn. the guests OF Attorney
General and Mrs. Knox. President and Mrs. Roose-
Welt returned to Washington at n:S2 o'clock this
morning The trip without special incident A
small crowd gathered outside the gates at the sta
ton here and the, President and Mrs. Roosevelt
walked rapidly past them and were driven at once
TO the White House. The returning party. save for
the addition Of ex-Attorney General Wayne Mac
Veagh who boarded the special car at Phiiadel-
phia was the that left here with the Presi-
dent on Friday night.
The Presidents visitors to-day included Count
Cassini the Russian Ambassador. who called at
o'clock to pay his respects before leaving town
later in the afternoon FOR Bar Harbor. where the
embassy will have summer headquarters
The French Ambassador and Mime. Jusserand.
who the eve of their departure for Europe.
were the guests OF the President and Mrs Roose-
welt at luncheon to-day.
The President. at 2:So o'clock. shook hands with
a hundred members of the 2Sd Regiment Veterans
Association. of Brooklyn. who are visiting Wash
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METCALF TO SUCCEED CoRTELYOU.
California Representative To Be Secretary
of Commerce and labor.

Washington. June Cot can be stated def
nitely that Representative Victor H. Metcaf.
OF the lid California District. will succeed Sec
rotary George B. COrtelyou as the head Of the
Department OF Commerce and Labor. 1t has
been assumed for ten days that Mr.. Metcaf
probably would be invited 10 accept the port
folio The President holds him IN high esteem,
and for long time he has been in closer touch
with Mr.. Roosevelt than almost any other MEM
Der Of the House OF Representatives. No change
VIII be made in the department until the close
or the present fiscal year. on June 80 -Lr. Cor
telyou will complete the work OF the year as
several matters OF Importance which he has
initiated are pending. 1t is the desire also OF
the President that Mr.. Cortelyou should finish
this work before he finally turns over the de-
partment to his successor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-21
THE PELEE OBFLISK.

For more than q year the biologists have
been specializing about the origin Of the enor-
nous column which rose above the crater OF
Mont Pelee early IN 1908. and which had al
most entirely disappeared by August. At no
time did IL reach an elevation of more than
thousand feet above the summit OF the vol
cano proper, but when allowance is made for
crumbling IL is believed that thrice as much
material was forced upward altogether as was
visible on any single day. 1t is not remarkable
that the experts should have been puzzled by
so strange a phenomenon
The latest contribution to tho discussion is
made in the current issue of Science" by Pro-
fessor Grove X Gilbert Of the United States
Geological Survey lie regards the slow ex-
trusion of the mass as true volcanic eruption,
its unique feature being the rate at which the
lava cooled Had this been faster slower
than it was, the effects would have been diff
ferent. AS 1t was, the molten rock was chilled
just fast enough to keep It rigid when 1t rose
out OF the throat Of the Volcano Though 1t
had dark exterior. the column was, in Pro
fessor Gilberts opinion. incandescent within.
This expert further suggests that the loss OF
heat resulted less from contact with the walls
Of the passage through which the lava issued,
or with the air. than from the cooling of the
contained gases by expansion when pressure
on them was relaxed.
Whatever may be thought about the latter
part of this explanation, the former will GER
tainly commend itself to the approval of the
uninitiated. From the escape of steam and the
rapid disintegraton Of the obelisk, 1t seems
probable that it was intensely hot, and there
fore had been manufactured recently-that is
10 say, soon after the outbreak of May, 1902,
began. Professor Heilprin, Of Philadelphia. ex-
pressed the opinion two or three months ago
thar Tarhana the rOlumn a Ming of old lava
which had served as q stopper to tho crater
ever since the eruption of 1851 Perhaps it is
to combat that view that Professor Gilbert now
writes to Science" though he makes no spe-
cific reference to Professor Heprin. Whether
or not IT is now feasible to obtain definite evil
dence on the age OF the column is doubtful.
The Washington geologist suggests that proof
or disproof of his conjectures concerning the
cooling process might result from an inspec-
ton of the remnant, but such an examination,
even If made in tho near future, might not
dispel uncertainty on any other point.
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4 GREATER THAN GOEREL.

The methods which are too often allowed TO
govern IN Democratic politics received q star
Ting Illustration last week in the Democratic
State Convention IN Illinois, That body gave
or rather witnessed-an exhibition os self-rule
OF scrupulOus submission 10 the viii OF the MI
nority, unequalled since William Goebel burg
lar1zed his way TO a nomination for Governor
OF Kentucky. The Goebel OF the Illinois situa-
ton was the Hon. John P. Hopkins, an ex-
Mayor Of Chicago. He had the aid IN the
speakers chair in the convention Of one Frank
J. Quinn, OF Peoria, a worthy rival Of Redwine
the tnimitable parliamentarian from the Ken
lucky mountains who helped Goebel appropri-
ate everything in sight at the memorable five
Gays sitting some years ago IN Louisville. On
the whole, we think Hopkins and Quinn did an
even more finished and workmanlke fob than
Goebel and Redwine
The struggle in Illinois involved not alone q
nomination for Governor but the control for the
next two years OF the party machinery. Ex-
Mayor Hopkins had locked horns with Mayor
carter IL Harrison. Though himself a boiling
democrat In 1896 and leading supporter Of the
Falmer-Buckner ticket, he Joined hands with
the radical faction IN Chicago TO exterminate
Harrison. He was willing TO pledge the vote
Of Illinois in the Democratic National Conven-
non 10 William II. Hearst-and did so pledge
L; but he was determined that neither the
HearstBryan faction nor the Harrison faction
should share with him for at least two years 10
come the responsibilities and opportunities of
party leadership. Mr.. Hopkins's plan OF opera
IONS was Aapoleonic He controlled the hold
over State committee. That committee ut his
bidding edited the convention roll, and edited
II with so much Vigor that when the conven-
uon met some two hundred Harrison delegates
properly accredited from Cook County. had
been displaced by just that many Hopkins con-
testants. But even with this accession 10 his
forces the Illinois Goebel did not care 10 face
contest In the convention. Thew were still
enough distinctly Hearst and Harrison dele
gates 10 outvote him. He therefore named ms
both temporary and permanent chairman his
man Quinn, who, once invested with the gavel.
pledged himself not 10 be browbesten or STAN
peded into surrendering it
MI. Quinn took the chair, and thereafter re-
neyed the convention Of all worry about the
order of business. He submitted a resolution
electing himself permanent chairman, and de-
CARED IL carried. he next declared the State
committees revised roll OF members accented.
ind when the convention demanded n vote ON
protesting minority report from the State COM
fnittee the chairman blandly announced that
The question had been decided This IS pre-
tented as minority report" he said airily.
Under the rules IL is simply advisory and airs
me views OF the minority. II viii hAt placed
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VAR VIEWS OF EXPERTS
Ne1o Interest 4rOuSed an the
NaUal Situation.
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FROM THE TRIBUNE BURnAU.l
Washington, June 20-The report that the
three Russian cruisers have returned safely to
Vladivostok interests American naval officers
greatly 1t shows that the Japanese have failed
In their vigilance. and are IN danger of suffering
substantial losses at the hands Of the willy Rus
sian ships. The American estimate OF the rela-
tive naval efficiency OF the combatants is en-
tirely in favor OF the Japanese. About the only
really serviceable cruisers OF the Vladivostok
fleet are the Rurik. the Rossia and the Gromobi
which one naval constructor described as "a
sort OF enlarged cross between our Columbia
and New-YOrlk classes and resembling the
Spanish armored cruisers.
The Russian ships lack protection. and this
makes them comparatively easy victims of gun
fire. 1t is this defect which probably operates
TO discourage an encounter between the hostile
fleets. 1t is. accordingly. considered good naval
strategy on the part OF Russia TO elude the
Japanese vessels. II they can do this regu-
larly they will seriously cripple the Japanese
sources Of supply, and will weaken the enemy's
naval patrol off Port Arthur by requiring armed
conveys for the Japanese transports. The war
situation Is considered as possessing new in
terest from a naval point OF view. on account
of the activity and the reported mobility OF the
Russian ships.
The military aspects not regarded by
American experts as much changed by the latest
advices from the Far East. 1t is quite evident
10 military observers here that Japan Is not
making the Roadway in the neighborhood of
Port Arthur predicted by enthusiasts, who be-
ieved In the prompt reduction of the Russian
base. and 1t is equally apparent that Russia is
planning, and perhaps by this time carving
out, some important operations In the direction
OF Liao-Yang and further south.
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NEM-YORK SOCIETY.

This promises TO be a busy week for yachtsnen.
as racing IS scheduled for nearly every day. Tho
New-York Yacht Club station at Glen Cove was
opened yesterday for the season with races for
power boats and small boats owned Jy the mem
bers OF tho club. which too small for regstra-
ton To-day's races Will be those for the Glen
Cove cups The Glen Cove races in recent years
have proved popular. and apparently remain so this
summer. on Saturday the Seawanhaka Corinthtan
Yacht Club will hold it's annual regatta. There Will
be races for all classes. and the club at Oyster
Bay will as usual keep open house.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. II. Hartman and Miss Mary
Hartman are booked TO sail for Europe to-mor-
row week on the Oceanic Justice and Mrs
Francis NJ Scott and the Misses Scott sail on
August g. and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson and
their sons July 2, while Harold s. Vanderbilt IS
booked 10 sail to-day from Boston on the SaxOnia.
]. Dunbar Wright has returned to town from
trip around the world, and will leave here for
his camp in the Adrondacks.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Il Mackay are expected
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YALE TREASURER TO RESIGN.
Morris Tyler Announces His Intention-Wil
Finish Five Years Service.

New-Haven. Conn. June Cohorts Tyler. treas
urer OF Yale University announced to-day thar
his resignation would DO presented to the fa'
Corporation at its next meeting. The resisnauo"
win take effect the end of the Yale fiscal year.
which closes July 81 but Mr. Tyler has OF
fered TO stay until next December TO eoHpise'
five years in the position.
The treasurer's withdrawal IS due 20 greatly
increased duties president OF the southern New
England Telephone Company. The adnlinistI$
ton OF MIR, Tyler has been sgnally SUCCESSFUL y.
the matter OF fiscal management. the iEves'su
funds having increased during his tenure or once
Sc O75 sS2. and the income from Investments having
increased from S2o643 to sS56.Os7.
Mr.. Tyler IN his period OF office has given srsa1
attention TO the architectural development or tno
Yale grounds. He also made a complete chalis'
in the old fashioned system OF Yale boOkkeepnis.
His successor has not been chosen