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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
NATIONAL BOARD OFTRADE
f0nama Canal. Reciprocity and
arbitration FaUored.

washington. Jan. A-Ths National Board az
e' at us morning session. adopted an amend
tiieht 70 us bylaws reducing the dues to be paid
oy constituent bodies TO $50 by associations Of one
hundred members or less and s. for each fftv
members IN excess Of one hundred the maximum
dues TO be $500
resolutions We're adopted declaring that .'tbe
1ihioer ana stone act the Desert Land act and the
coinIhutauon clause of the Homestead act should
DC forthwith repealed, and in future all agricult-
UraI ana irrlgable land reserved exclusively for
actual settlers under the Homestead act and that
III future the government should reserve the title
10 forest lands. selling only the stunpage of ma
tureo lumber and also that the forestry work of
Eeau OF Forestry of the Department O., Agriculture.
tlat 'he great Irrigation works necessary to save
from waste and utilize for irrigation the waters of
our large western rivers should be built as rpdIy
as 'le lands VIII be taken and utilized bv farmers
Al farms OF 100 acres or less in area and the entire
cost OF construction repaid to the government
''iiOusn charge imposed on the lands reclaimed
"A resolution was adopted urging Congress to PRO
Vlde some other method than is proposed in the
DlIs now pending before Congress for the propar
protecIon or this country from undesirable irnmt-
The postal committee in its report. which was
parcels post system ~ anu
me committee on reciprocity reported resolu-
r tou, wnlch was unanimously adopted, favoring
ieSiproclIy. especially with Canada.
resolution was adopted favorine International
arbltration. and also one favortng ratifcation Of
the Panama Canal treaty.. -
Inc meeting adjourned until next year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
LIKELY TO REFUSE GIFT.
action Of Civil Engineers ON
Carnegie Building a Surprise.

Frooaollitles now point to the refusal of the
Amerlcan society of Civil Engineers to join with
the 'hree other national engineering societies in
the acceptance Of Andrew Carnegie's offer Of
Si'"V'"o Tor union engineering building The op-
position which developed at Wednesdays animal
meeting when it was decided that a letter ballot
snoulo De issued to be canvassed at the society's
meeting on March 2. came little short of a
revocation. not only to members of the other So
cleues interested. but to many OF the civil engi-
neers themselves. These had supposed that the
resolution and the letter ballot were only formal
route made necessary by the bylaws of the society
to the Endorsement of the project 1t was under
stood that the society had already indicated Its
favorable attitude toward the scheme. that any
friction that may have existed between the civil
engineers and one other society had disappeared
and that everything in trim for a general ac-
ceptance.
Even should the majority Of the votes cast by
the civil engineers be favorable, the board, by
Wednesdays resolution. is only authorized to pro-
coed further provided the exemption from taxation
of the proposed building is assured and the So
ciety's interests otherwise fully safeguarded. The
taxation question IS still pending. its solution
may exert no inconsiderable influence the So
ciety's future action
One Of the principal objections to the project in
the eyes OF many members is that TO share in il
that the socety viii be epSe of the e2oGsS
Goopol OF the properly II occupies as regards It's
yestment 1t is also declared that beyond a certain
limit the project makes no provision for growth
reimbursement
one OF the principal arguments in favor OF the
scheme, however, is the fact that the present
building IS inadequate FOR the requirements OF the
annual meeting-that there is proper accom-
mediation for giving a luncheon this occasion
unless the business meeting IS held elsewhere.
Against this. however. are urged the location and
structure of the present building, and that if more
space is required more stories can be added ad-
1acent property, which could be readily acquired
II is likewise contended that to be housed in the
same building with other societies in which or
ganizations would be shortly termed Civil" Me-
chanical. Electrical and Mining engineers
would tend 10 restrict the proper meaning of the
society IN the popular estimation and ''detract
from its dignity and destroy its individuality"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
Hoz4sese,f'Oes Exc6onGe.

written at the top OF each. In these columns I
write every that receive from the bank and
the checks that 1 draw. On the fourth page begin
my expenditures taking two pages for each month.
AT the top of each column IS written kind OF
are rent food fuel gas. wages ana labor furnish
ing personal expenses of each member Of the
any one but myself. only that they take so much
from the general income). presents and charities.
doctor, dentist pew rent amusements, travels. eX-
cursions and drives and sundres. Under the last
under any of the other heads.
At the end OF each week add up each column
far as it has gone. write the total in that col
umn and copy all these totals into common. cheap
G0py no0R KGp pnV eeVed and s 1S b
amount spent. writing the date. so that can refer
cannot be accounted for, | write it in my account
book under the head Of Deficit" DO not expect
only for my satisfaction 10 give me a general
At the end Of each month I add up the total
receipts and the total expenses for the mo month
other. write down the remainder in the page of
f 6e op Of fP the 'n next mont months
At the end of every quarter. add up the last
pages as rst Second or third quarter that
At the end of the whole year I take one page and
mark IT Summary" on this page write all the
TESn H y co i0 copyboo add all NV S%
ogether for the he year For instance add
together. and write the total in my account book
In III this Way take up each item of expense so
that I know Mt the end of the yeer Just how
This knowledge have found invauabie at times
when Il became necessary to diminish expenses.
could always tell just what absolute necessities
would cost and where economy could be practised.
wish TO add that it is almost a necessity to
write down all expenses each day. The day after
is pretty TO leave many additions the
"Deicit' column which is another name for For
COTS
penditure page must he taken to give a whole
column to an item which win need many entries.
Only such items as rent, fuel, pew tax. doctors.
etc. which paid in one bill only in any
a column. HOUSEKEEPER
After using the usual memorandum book, have
for the last four years used large pad the size
of ordinary fooscap. and have found it the easiest
and quickest way to refer back to. If necessary.
One five-cent pad lasts n year keep pencil tied
to it, and when the year is tie the pad between
two pieces of pasteboard. and il is always ready
back of each leaf record any household event
or expense that needs particularly be remeul-
bered.
If any bill is paid. such a weekly account
put a certain mark before the item. A. NJ. r.
Stratford. Conn.
I'm the sample page that "A NJ. B" sends sepa-
rate columns devoted TO baker. meat grocer
fuel. carfares oil. sundries and income the page
the household expenditures for one
week Each column is added up and the total
placed under IL. Under "Sundries'' placed such
items the Sunday school contribution the post
onfce box rent. new shoes, rubbers. rent tin
ware and towelsl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
SYRACUSE ALUMNI PREPARE TO DINE.
Recent Requests Made to the University by
Trustees

At recent meeting OF several active members
OF the New-York Alumni Association OF Syracuse
University committees appointed to arrange
for the approaching thirteenth annual alumni din
ner. which will be held at the Hotel Manhattan.
Madison-ave. and FOrty-second-st on Thursday
evening. February 4. Chancellor James p Day,
John D. Archbold president of the board of trus-
tees. and members Of the faculty will be present,
Members of the Pi Chapter OF Psi Epsilon ira
ternity at the university who live in this cry
will have an informal dinner this evening ar the
Hotel de Logerot- Through the death OF John
Lyman one Of the trustees. the university receives
under his Will half OF his residuary estate OF which
the university's share 10 estimated at more than
100000 The beQuest IS to stand as a menorial
or two deceased daughters OF Mr.. Lyman
In regard TO the sequest by James T. Belden, for
many years a trustee IL Is said that the Syracuse
College OF Medicine. OF which mention was NADIA
has no existence. but that Syracuse University
comprises all OF the five colleges Of the fnsttls-
ton, and that any gift made any one OF thu
colleges is given 10 the university. Mr. Belde-s
gave Sl0OOvO to Syracuse University and DESIGNATED
10000 for the medical college. leaving II for tho
trustees 10 indicate how the money would be used.
Inc Hotel Manhattan OF this city built and
Messrs Hawk and Weatherbee. who will provide
the dinner for the approaching gathering Febru-
airy 4. also furnished the first New-York alumni
dinner OF the university given thirteen years ago.
when they We're proprietOrS of the old Windsor
Hotel, f1rth-ave- and Forty-SiXth-St
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS.

My plan is to have a little book for each month
These books be purchased at the book stores
or made at home by fastening together sheets of
writing paper. the needs OF the household reguIat-
ing the number of pages required. There should
always be "A number Of unheaded pages for the
sundries, which to be unexpected and
for possible simplihcations of original headings
decide TO put down only the simpler purchases and
reserve pages for those things which are bought In
larger quantities, like butter. potatoes flour etc
Other headings for the housekeeper's account
book suggest themselves at once-"Meats" Fish"
wages, Plumbing, Furniture" and so on
1t Is only by making note OF every expenditure
every day that q housekeeper expect success
and satisfaction in keeping household accounts.
AS rehglousy and as faithfully some of
Observation-Disclosures kept their Journals never let
ting day pass without sort OF an entry,
so must the housekeeper adhere to the habit OF
recording every expenditure every day This will
soon grow 70 be a very easy thing to do, and one
Will be SUI. rised to find how quickly the memory
will respond to this regular and systematic demand
upon il.
When the responsibility of making household pur-
chaSes is shared with the houskeeper by others in
the family there is. indeed. difficulty, by
requiring a report a bill of such purchases each
day that need not interfere with the daily record.
Poughkeepse. c. NJ B.
Ny account book measures 10 by inches. opening
so that the pages broader than they are long
This is important for my method. The first three
pages headed Receipts" with the date of the
year. The pages are ruled downward, making four
divisions on each page. with the name of a month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
TOLD TO KILL PRESIDENT,
II Baker Says Secret Organization
Ordered Him to Do So.

E A. Erler. baker of No. 200 East One-hun-
dred-and- seventeenth-st., committed TO Belle
vue Hospital, in YOrkville police court. yesterday
for examination TO his sanity. Erler said that
mystic influences were at work on him through
the agency of the stomach. bidding him 10 kill the
President.
ErIer was arrested Wednesday. Detectives
had gone to the house where he lived. in response
TO a long, rambling letter which he had written 10
Police Commissioner McAdoo. telling of the intu-
ences that were at work on him
They are after bad now" he told the de-
tectives that they me to kill the President.
1 have a wonderful will power and have stood them
off so far but they going at me through my
stomach and 1 do not know what will happen.
The letter to Mr.. McAdoo said in part:
Some secret organization not plainly visible TO
me is irving TO force TO commit suicide TneY
use unseen rays and ways. and the way they use II
is so harmful Three years ago II started and
they have kept il up on me ever since; Ihey keep
me awake at night for weeks and wake me when
inst starting to sleep by shocks, which Is OFTEN
Tepeated ten or twenty times. They make lie as
weary as possible. causing general weakness nam
n,erine on the body and sounds in the stomach,
imDosing on my breathing and digestion, disturb
in o the peace by all kinds of noiSerul SOUNDS
thousand times passed strong current through
my body ana often / thought would cause death
In these three years l did not do a step without q
of falling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
TEMPERANCE IN GERMANY

An interesting communication concerning the
growth OF temperance sentiment in Germany from,
united states Consul Diedrich at Bremen to Mrs
Mary H. Hunt. of Boston. has just been forwarded
to the latter by the State Department at Washing
ton The article. in reviewing complete tibl-
oSraphy OF recent German literature on the drink
question. lately issued, says:
Considering the newness OF the propaganda in
There is a total of ST books printed in the Ger
man language dealing with the temperance cues
cay all published since the year 1885, the greater
portion OF them since 1890.
Besides this. there are now thirty-saven neUs-
papers magazines and ANIMALS published in Ger
ii an devoted devoted TO the temperance question.
su o a recent oeginning and the supposed German
Tepusnance TO total abstinence is well grounded
1t is really difficult to comprehend the full meaning
or TINS vast array OF literature in the German
The evidence is clear that the people of Germany
have taken up the alcohol question with an energy
earth. Good Templar lodges are multiplying every
year The Blue Cross has spread all over the
The Imperial Health Office at Berlin is sending
e beyarnee te[a{Hfe Ssanst the use OF alcohol
OF the Emperor. is one OF the foremost temperance
Journal Of the Imperial Parliament has contained
pages Of his arguments against drink. Leading
nghts IN German universities are also leaders in
Plans even being matured for German
stiOn.
The kindly personal interest taken IN the scien-
the temperance propaganda Of Mrs. Hunt by the
German Empress shows how the anxiety about
drink has reached the upper strata OF German soc1
of the late Bremen Congress. when fifteen hundred
people sat for four days to discuss the drink peril
What deep unrest It must be that causes nearly
n thousand different books TO be dumped into
Te nd GR ho c snse S yhe
Germany has passed the first stage OF the reform
oral cry and with decided squirt toward legisla-
tion, both remedial and preventive At the present
swift rate. the reform may have complete prohibI-
ton Tor its watchword IN ten moro years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
PLEA FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: May I. through your paper. earnestly urge
all wish help In healing the sick and suffer
Ing poor and children OF this city 10 be-
Interested in the work done by the New-York
Inlrmary for Women and Children. No. Liv-
ingstou Place? learn that 1t Is In sad need of sup
port. and. from personal observation. 1 believe
II be unusual and much needed hospital
I would especially appeal TO all OF those who
feel the Importance of Offering to poor women and
children the opportunity OF consulting women ply
sicians for the institution founded, fifty years
ago by a woman. and its STAFF to-day consists OF
women physicians
As n visitor to the chIldren's ward 1 would
like to testify TO the good and food received
by the children and TO speak Of their happy con-
valescence and OF the long weeks during which
they are kept and tended back to health. instead
OF being sent. half cured, to the wretched homes
from which many of them come.
have personally known more than one woman
who has been cared for in this hospital. and who
speaks in praise OF the Inhrmary
The infrmary. being smaller. is more homeke
than the great wards of our larger and richer hos
pitals and the patients can. and believe do.
ccve more personal attention and happier there
than in some larger institution Are the good
people OF New-York willing to a hospital
which fills great need perish for lack OF
funds? Z. a. r.
New-York. Jan. Is. 1904.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
SEVERAL REQUESTS.

| would like some hints on decorating two rooms
opening together by folding DOORS the smaller hav-
Ing one north and two west windows, the other
having two windows the north. in an alcove
the other under porch. leaving the room rather
dark. wish to make the larger room lighter and
10 increase the apparent height. 1t Is rather
for its size, and TO have the rooms harmonize;
also to give the right warmth OF coloring for a
northern exposure
What kind of paper should be used. and where
should the moulding be placed? This is an old
fashioned country house. aud rich furnishings
would be out of place. well out of reach
financially.
Can some one suggest way of covering a dining
room floor which is too rough to be left uncov-
cred 50 that rug can be used. instead of carpet
ing the whole floor.
Can any one give information concerning re-
ceptacles for flour in the kitchen? Where can the
tin with sieve in bottom be obtained? NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
CONTRIBUTIONS

'hree large boxes OF fine clothing for men
80 Women sent by Mrs A. B. Nicon. of Manhat-
IAN VIII be the means of supplying comfort ~
go go members who are totally unable to provide
sent by Mrs. K. Z B. will lust fl a sa1asu-or,ar
/" d department store who is the main support Of a
miuowed mother. Warm stockings and pair of
me shoes came from o. T. GIBSON Of Washington
-, d ooX or woods, without a name: three boxes
..-r, rom Mrs. Phillips, of Idaho; copy of
The Plant World" which will he ..nasse5 o., -
INC massachusetts, member who is interested in the
Two rolls of reading matter illustrative and
viii % OF olIeFent kinds OF fancy work These
raa71soo ~ any OF the members who do fancy
Neeuie"ork' and who make a request for the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
RESPONSES

Miss Milburn of Haverstraw V +akas ,,o.u
re III passing on" an excellent overcoat which
ei own little boy has outgrown to meet the re-
quest made for poor East Side boy in Manhattan
eisn' years Old who has to school every cold
49, t'is winter with only thin jacket for an
ou'sioe garment. This gift will be forwarded ar
once' and one likes to think how happy the little
,eiio" VIII be to get such fine. warm coat VIII
Hrs' o. N B.. of White Plains who also offered a
coat IN response TO the request. please send hers
- l"e general office as all articles. for children
especially. be readily placed where tber, orc
needed? PeU ""eie tney are
the poem entitled Boys Rights which was asked
IoT NH the member who made the request please
99o-linunlcate with the office? Mrs Therred Of
yIVania, has responded one of the REQUESTS
inaoe by a Sodus On. W invalid member
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
Il SANITARY PIGGERY.
Latest addition to Stony Void
SanatOrium.

Stony Void has up model sanitary piggery
OF its AT the annual meeting yesterday Of
Auxiliary No. Cthe Washington Square auxiliary.
at the house OF Mrs. John @. Carlisle, No. Ora
mercy Park Mrs. James Edward Newcomb, the
president. told the all about il; how during
last winter, when there two hundred persons
working in and the buildings. there
way TO dispose Of the garbage except to dump
il on the frozen ground. how similar institutions
found to have established piggeries, which
consumed their garbage, at the same time pro-
viding the pork for the household. and how II
decided that Stony Void should do the
Stony Wolds piEgery. in which there are now
seventeen eighteen porkers is a fine concrete
hoored building. with ample hose attachments
which keep il clean and odorless.
LAS the pigs be fed the leavings Of
persons infected with tuberculosis" said Mrs
Newcomb 1T became a question how to render
the food safe for The hogs Now it is first
boiled for long. then mixed with given pro-
portion OF cOrn-WelL cant tell you exactly how
II is done, because ! am not a sanitary engineer.
but the food IS all scientifically prepared, that
We know the pork viii be wholesome
Auxiliary No. has received S205l during the year,
and paid to the s6naLOrtum Sl,64S in support
OF the two rooms TO which IL is pledged The fol-
lowing ofhcerS-pro ctcaly the entire roster, with
the exception OF Miss Blanche Potter, resigned
was elected Chairman Mrs. John q. Carlisle;
vice-chairmen, Miss Leary, Mrs Butler Duncan,
Sitherbee treasurer. Mrs. John Alvin Young; sec
rotary, Mrs. James NJ. Van Woert, jr.; executive
committee, Miss Mary r. Cross and Mrs. c. D.
Fuller.
DR.. Joseph Decatur Bryant talked pleasantly in
ar informal way about the history OF the crusade
against tuberculosis n this city, and urged the
backed IN their mini tons. since they too were
the victims Of the tubercular faint.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-22
SPECIAL CHEER.

A friend in Hartford. Conn. in sending her check
for SO writes in reference to the appeal TOT inc
Maine widow as follows: II cannot sit oy wa III
fire with a good shelter over my head ana no rear
of a landlord dispossessing me without a oese 70
beln one in such need this poor woman AS N'oo
hos blessed me so I would help those more neeuy
than myself" H. P contributes $; Mr. }. FarAed'
of New-Jersey 81; Mrs. Dutton. of Manhattan ~
and Conn 81 for the member More money
has already received for this wdow t Tb hal
20 raouirei to meet her arrears Of rent Inc pIt
ence viii provide extra comforts during the coiu
weather.
Crowe OF Brooklyn So for relief OF nee zee Mont
Snrinp the cold weather; Edward BroWn OF M9 ?
Tarnon $40 las a substantial offering TO be given st
70 branch president to aid her in s1nshlhfe aiS ~
trth1tons IN A. OF Manhattan, g. "h 81 ~ ~
VIII do the most good; Martha w Griffin % LOT
the coal fund F. A Crosby. of New-Jersey. a. am,
Mrs x +, b 81 for the same purpose. MIS-. ANA
N King Of staten Island & as s S B GaGS No
II 3 for branch dues for 1909 and six cents Ior