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New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
THE MLppLEToKN "FLIER."

The most remarkable thing about the acci-
dent to one of the suburban trains of the Erie
Railroad yesterday is that the consequences
were not more serious. The cars are said to
have been running at a speed of from forty to
sixty miles an hour and were thrown down
high embankment after being derailed Most
of the passengers in at least two we'll filed
coaches were hurt more or less, but only one
was killed Immediately, young woman; and 1t
is said that her fate was the result of having
her head out of the window. Had q dozen lives
been lost at the outset, and had the injuries of
another dozen proved fatal within few days,
there would have been no occasion for surprise.
1t seems probable that the velocity of the train
was reduced somewhat before it parted from the
locomotive which had been drawing it, and 1t
may be that the retardation was produced by the
very thing which threw the cars off the track.
Although there is yet some doubt about the
exact cause Of this accident, it is greatly to be
feared that the Middletown "fer and its pa
irons were the victims of somebody's careless
ness. Neither an engineer nor a signalman was
at fault, as usually happens when a rear end
collision occurs, but proper inspection should
have discovered the defect in the rolling stock
which came so near to leading to a terrible dis
aster 1t is believed that brake beam, brake
shoe or some other appliance became loosened
from the tender or the forward car, and. by fall
ing to the track. imperlled the lives of fifty or
hundred people What the public wants to
know is why the trouble was not detected
sooner and promptly remedied. The company
owes it to the thousands who travel on its local
trains every day to find out who was respon-
sible, and TO deal with the offender in such a
way as to discourage similar heedlessness in the
future
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
DaiIn 0;ribn1fe
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY q. 1905.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-Senate: The prosecution in the
Swayne impeachment trial closed its case; the
controversy over the Statehood bill conunueu-
- House: The Naval Appropriation Dill was
passed the provision for two battleships being
retained
FOREIGN-The students, professors and di-
rectors of the University at St Petersburg hS heI1
q meeting. voted to close the institution unlll
fall and passed resolutions demanding cOL-
stituent assembly; revolutionary views were
freely expressed. and portrait OF the emperor
was torn 10 pieces - Martial law has been
declared at Tsarskoe-Selo, many threatening
letters having been received at the palace. -
Many persons are leaving Lodz owing TO reports
that attempt TO mo- billze reserves VIII DC
made on Thursday; the troops in the city nave
been reinforced. - Advices from TOXIC @ salo
that General Kuropatkin was masslhg 4aFBe
forces on the Russian left, indicating a plan 10
turn Kuroki's position; the Russian lombard
rnent has caused little damage. - Ihe thlr9
Pussian Pacific squadron was reported off
Iangeland, escorted by Danish torpedo DoaI
and German ironclad. == Ihe Porto tdcah
Executive Council revoked S3.OOooOo iran
chise granted 10 an American firm for an cleo
fric railway - The transfer or the oeIelceS
at Halifax and Esquimault TO Canada VIII cost
the Dominion, IL is said, SZOOOsOVo aHHudHy'
DONFFsTIC.-The United States Supreme
Court decided the inheritance tax case in favor
Of William K. Vanderbilt - Presloe1t P1
Roosevelt conferred with Commissioner Garheld
and Representative Campbell, Of Kansas, on the
Standard Oil inquiry. =" one huhoIeo anu
seven men are reported dead and over one nun nun
dred intombed in coal mine near BesselIeII
Ala from an explosion OF gas. - FOUR men
are dead and three are seriously injured from
boiler explosion at a coal mine at St Glars
yille Ohio - Missouri Wisconsin and Okla
hona are reported to be about to enter the
4ight against the Standard Oil Company. -
The speaker of the Delaware House bolted from
Addicks at the joint session of the legislature.
CITY-Stocks strong and active :" Bel
,nont interests obtained a controlling interest in
the New-York Westchester and Boston Rall-
road: il was announced that the new road would
connect with the subway. - Three persons
were killed and one hundred injured in the Mid
dletown Flyer" which jumped the track near
Fair Lawn. n. J. = The police arrested IN
Injurious fat a man who they said, committed
the Cornish holdup; the third crime of the kind
in seventy-two hours occurred in The Bronx
- The centennial Of the pubic scnools OF
This cifv was observed in Carnegie Hall. -
George b Cortelyou returned from Europe. -
Four boys were hurt IN a dynamite explosion
THE WEATHER.-Indication for to-day:
Fair: rain in early morning. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 36 degrees; lowest, 2S.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

realize that it would be better for all concerned
TO have Finland in the state it was in ten years
ago than in the condition it is in to-day, ana IL
likely TO remain in indefinitely so long as tne
present Russian policy toward it is malhtaiheu'
Surely they must see that it would nave peeh
far better for Car and empire for the iast cen
tury to have Poland in the state Finland was III
than in the state it actually was III. bettei,
thousand times. to make another Finland tof
ten years ago) out of Poland than 10 ihaAe "H
other Poland out Of Finland
Ii is for Russia that these demands are hiaue
If is Russias welfare that the granting OF tnem
wouId promote Vampire is hideous Woru III
its significance It is Russian word IL Is III
White Russia and the Ukraine that tne lnons
trous legend of the werewolf has ever most pre-
vailed To-day the cry of Russia is Tor respite
and deliverance from the nightly pro"hnso VI
the vampire of Russia's despotic and barparous
mast. that the creature may no more SUCK the
blood of the living youth of the empire ana
cause them to pine and die; that II may no more
steal the hearts Of men from RUSSIAN uosoine
and substitute the hearts of brutes, ana that 1t
may no more gnaw its own long dead and buried
hands and feet and shroud ana thus prlhs upon
IFS own kindred. the Russia of to-day, hope
less wasting and dissolution. 1t was a suicide
through its own evils that dead past of Rus
sia's. The demand of the present is that the
aspen stake shall be driven straight through its
heart at a single blow to stop forever its We're
wolf activities. There is no hand that should
more properly and that could more surely strike
that destroying and redeeming blow than that
of the Gar himself If he would only do It, his
arm would be nerved and strengthened with the
nerve and the strength and the mind and the
heart and the soul of those who are wisest and
best in all his empire.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
AT THE WHILE HOUSE.
fFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.l ]


washington Feb. 2o.-President Roosevelt re-
ceved call this afternoon from Baron specA Won
Sternburg. the German Ambassador, VINO Is 10 ao-
company him to Philadelphia on Wednesday 1no
President is TO make an address to the studehes
of the University of Pennsylvania and VIII receive
a degree from the faculty. The Ambassador soeS
20 accept degree in behalf OF Emperor WlliiaHi'
and will be accompanied by Baroness Won ''--
burg. 49,.
Representative coulden. of New-York. visited the
White House this morning urge the Presiuene
10 appoint Father William A olmsted d cnapIA'l, 80.
at one of the soldiers homes fatheF -,
was a brigader general OF volunteers "a - -.
War and made a brilliant record at GettSsou >
After the ,var he studied medicine. practised hls
profession thirty years and then, wheh an VIN
man. studied for the priesthood ana tooN =.
He wishes a charge now In the eoH'pahiOHP -
his old comrades who wear the uini0'h "
Grand Army Of the Republic
Among the callers at the White House "eie
Senators Beveridge and Hopkins RepreselA'a'I
Hemenway. Curtis and Jones. a deesatioh 80 ~,
senting the Southern Interstate Cotton COHVeN'O,
which met at Orleans last month, whlch urseu
the President appoint commission 10
the cotton markets Of the Orient; Represehta'iEes
Townsend and Esch. the trainers OF the RAM oau %
Rate BILL who talked with the President ABOUT te
outlook for the measures passage throusH ,,.t
Senate; J. P. Goodrich and Henry G starr poli'i-
clans ~ Indiana. and Patrick Egan. formerly Min
lister to Chilli. ~,
It Is understood that Miss Alice Roosevelt WIN
accompany Secretary and Mrs. Taft on their Vlsi'
to the Philippines next July. unless other engage
ments prevent 1t is probable that the trip VIII De
made on the army transport Sumner. ana VIII oc-
cupy about three months, allowing one moh'h each
way and one month in the islands
Ex-Governor Dockery of Missouri. who Is IN
Washington renewing old acquaintanees' paid MS
respects 10 the President to-day. He informed the
President that the people of Missouri. regardless
Of political affiliations. were in sincere accord win
him On the railroad rate question and in his de-
termination that the trusts should respect the laws
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

wall running through a block cuts off the circu-
Iation of air. and many walls would cut the
open space into tiny isolated plots, whereas the
intention of the law is to secure by the concen-
tration of yards In the centre of block large,
continuous area of common beneht. One yard
"a by so is better for the inhabitants OF a
plot than four courts Il by 25 for each indi-
vidual can enjoy the light and air of the
larger space as all his own, while il 1t is cut up
he is relegated to the of single court.
Justice Leventritt holds that the legislature mas
not only expressed its will unmistakably, but
also made rules properly within its province,
which the courts will enforce
This decision, following the recent action of
the Court of Appeals completely sustaining the
lower courts in the school sink cases, tends to
establish our Tenement House law on hrm
ground Governor Odell defeated all attempts
last year to weaken the law, and schemes of
speculative builders which, no doubt, Will be
pushed this year, will, we are sure meet the
same fate if they ever manage to reach Gov
ernor Higgins
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
SECRET OF APHRODITE.
O5Uner Can't Tell History Through
Fear of Greek Government.

Among the throng of admiring visitors yesterday
at the National Arts Club. in West 34th-st. where
the statue of Aphrodite. believed to be executed by
Praxiteles, was on exhibition, Mrs. ]. Pierpont
Morgan. She expressed great admiration for the
beauty of the statue. A special invitation to see
the statue has been sent to ]. Pierpont Morgan,
president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick Linton. the owner of the statue In A
talk with a Tribune reporter yesterday regarding
how IT came into his possession and its possible
origin. said:
The Greek government will not allow a work OF
art to be taken out of the country 1t is prohibited
years when any art objects have been dscoverag Ipg
In Greece, they have been taken to France. Italy
discovered outside Of Athens in various parts OF
Athens. and they must remain in the VILLAGES or
places where they have been found Therefore to
Statue was removed might get many families ntS ht
trouble and possibly result in international com
This statue was discovered years ago hidden
wall which accounts for its bea1tiful preservation. Ii
Dr. Pals. the director of the Naples Museum, after
Club. says the statue must have been hidden away
atmosphere, because the face is the most beauti-
fully preserved part
Many Gonnoisseurs would prefer 10 have the
n, status eieaned which could be done and the
came from the application of oil and beeSTsx
tbose aas eo to '9e e saee fb II Was the custom in
that IT would not be so glaringly In opposition to
the Interior coloring of the temples
A number OF men connected with the art institu-
tions of America have asked me to name a price
for the statue On account of numerous REQUESTS
made TO the management OF the National Arts Club
lhe statue Will remain on exhibition till Saturday
next.
Professor George F. Comfort director OF the
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts. expressed yester-
day his admiration of the beauty OF the statue
Professor Comfort was one OF the original founders
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. OF the first
board OF trustees OF the museum the only surviving
members besides Professor Comfort are Ambas-
sadcr Choate and Rutherford Stuyvesant
Professor Comfort remarked that the statue was
a work of art of great beauty. and he thought its
commercial value which was very great should
not at present be considered. The statue should
be treated first Of all from the archaeological his
torical and artistic side. He thought Il would be
a great pity 10 have such work of art leave this
country. ~
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
ANOTHER TENEMENT LAW r,cuonr

1he tenement House law has won ono+bor
lesaI victory in the decision Of Justice Teven-
IIIl SUSTAINING the requirement of a ward mid
way DetWeen the two streets and extending
GEAR across lot which is more than one bun
ored feet in depth and runs from straa+ 70
street. The object of this provision of tbe s+a+-
ute IS obvious. If the necessity of leaving q
ydIu at the back of each tenement house So "a
~ IoIn with other similar yards an open space
ior the circulation of air in the middle of a
plock could be avoided by carrying a buiIding
straight through from street to street o,o,.
speculative builder, instead of buying lots side
ny slde would buy lots end to end and build
new rabbit warrens with nothing but courts to
give hght and air. All students of our bniId-
ing problem agree that one great evil is the
inadequate width and excessive denth of orr
standard lot Paris with equal economy of
space reaches better conditions by shallower
piocks winch secure larger frontage for
given area. If our streets were only $50 feet
apart, to get the necessary rooms In an anart
ment the builder would be forced to use
wider lot If, on the other hand. we allow
him to use two lots end to end as one. we sim
ply multiply the admitted evil of our street
plan.
The owner of plot fifty feet wide running
from Amsterdamave. TO st. Nicholas-ave. want
ed to erect six story tenement house front
ing ON both avenues and extending through the
DOCK He wished to furnish inside light by
TWO long and narrow open spaces or courts
along the outer line of the lots on both sides
thus reproducing on large scale the old fash
lohed dumbbell tenement house. II he were
allowed TO build this, and his neighbors did the
same the block would be converted into solid
Duiidlng pierced by isolated courts without anv
open space OF sufficient size to secure any sweep
Vi an "hen the tenement House Department
! refused to permit the erection of such y h,,,Id
! ing the property owner sought writ of man.
damus TO compel the approval of his plans. and
mat writ Justice Leventritt has denied
The judge says that the meaning of tbe stat
ute is unmistakable and mandatory. Courts
cannot be substituted for yards The property
owner set up the plea that his proposed courts
| were larger than the yard required This was
denied. but, even if it were true, the Judge de.
| clares that the mere disposition OF the particu-
lar lot is not the only thing to be considered A
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
A CHINESE BABY.

Just what do the San Francisco immigration
authorities expect Miss Carrie Dreibilbies the
missionary, to do with her adopted child Of Chi
nese parentage, whom, according to the dis
patches, they have prevented from landing on
our sacred soil? Is she to throw the baby into
the harbor, intrust her to the tender mercies of
some cabin steward or stoker going back TO the
Orient or herself accept the verdict as a decree
of exclusion from her native land and go back
with her child to China? Miss Dreibibies
adopted this child who is now two years of age,
when she was baby. Her original home Is
one thousand miles up the Yangtse River from
Shanghai. The foster mother has adopted the
little girl in good faith, has given her her own
name, and apparently intends to bring her up
with her in every respect as her own child
If an American citizen, native or naturalized,
even Chinese who happens to be born here
visits China, marries a Chinese wife and has
children, he can bring those children here in
spite Of Chinese exclusion laws. Why should
we refuse to recognize parentage by adoption
at this point when we recognize it everywhere
else! The San Francisco officials with. their
anxiety to execute with special severity the law
to which California is so devoted, may be able
to defend their action on grounds of extreme
technicality. but it would seem as if their Sill
periors at Washington might find a more hu-
name Interpretation of the statute which would
save this woman and child from hardship with
out opening our doors to a procession Of Ameri-
can trampS and adventures with a retinue of
adopted sons ready for the laundry and railroad
work There is no danger Of an inundation of
Chinese two-year-olds to compete with the
babies trade union. Miss Dreibilbies should be
permitted to visit her Pennsylvania home and
take her baby with her. If necessary, let the
chlid come In as student and traveller She is
aouDtless quite as much of both many an
M i1aT1 H. g-4, H.
it in an automobile as empty headed as if bo
had stayed at home
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
AmuSeT1enfS.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s-Sweet Kitty Beliaira
AMERICANS: :15-In Old Kentucky
BELASCO-S-Adrea.
BIJOTJ-sl5-The Music Master
RROADWAY-s:2 :20--Fatinitza-
C5RCIE-2-s-Eaudeviile
CRITERION-S:30-Cous Billy.
TAI,Yss-s-The Duchess Of Dantzic
EDEN MUsEE-World in Wax 40 :, ~. -au,,n
Empires :l0-Jhe Little Minister anu Up v s0 NNNN
GARDEN-S:20-Ihe College Nldow.
CsARRfCK-S:1o-Tou Never Can Iell
fIAKl.FM-s :15--Sunday
IIakfNERsTETN'S VIcrORIA--2--s;lo--N auoeClne
HERALD StQUARE-S-0-The woman IN uie N@S'-
HUDSON-S S.30-Strongheart.
IRVING PLACES :20-.'Er undeseine Schwes.er
KER-s:I5-L>ove ana the man
LEW FIEI DSS-s:I5-It Happened IN AoFo4ah1
I.-BERTY-S:l5-The Education OF Mr. flpp'
LYCEUM--s.30-Nrs. LefhngweAs BOGUS
1,yRIC-S1S-Fantana.
IApIsoN soJ- J-ARE-s .3o-Mrs Temples Telegram ,s
MADISON SQUARE GA1sDbN-o-'1o ~
Sportsmens Show.
tEAJESTfC-S:15-B Brown.
MANHATTAN-S:15-Lea kleschnsc ,.r..,. rue+,-
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOO aNaA41'iA ~
followed by Pagliacci.
r-rW-k -kMSTERDAM-S:15- -Humpty-Dunnp'S-
NFW-YORK-Si5-The Shepherd King
PRINCESS-S:i5-Who Goes There!
:I5-AhIgail-
:20-The Yankee Consu!
WEBER MUSIC HALI-2--s-NauoeNllie-
WEST ENDS: :l5-Busy Icy.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
TRAVEL IN HARD WEATHER

The people living on the western side of
Manhattan Island uptown who are complain.
ing OF the ineffective work of the Street Clean
ing Department are not altogether reasonable
IN their charges. So much snow has fallen this
winter, and there has been such severe freez-
Ing weather since the snowstorms. that it has
been impossible for the contractor to please
everybody. Clearing away the fallen snow and
the thick sheets of ice upon a large region of
the municipality has been wholly impracticabIe
under recent conditions, and Mr. Woodbury. is
not responsible for the perverse weather.
Complaints are made that large heaps o4
frozen snow still remain in important thorough
fares Very true; and they are likely to remain
there for some time to come, unless weather
conditions become more favorable II is conf
IDENTIFY expected that there will be general and
extensive thaw soon, but for some hours yes
terday snow fell profusely, although later
the snow turned to rain But, in spite OF all
obstacles, we have been making progress and
in many thoroughfares the conditions have haan
considerably improved. Faultfnders might
properly investigate the state of things in 1888
They would derive some comfort amid nresept
discomforts by contrasting the condition of the
streets then and now
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
THE CABINET.

TFnoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAu.J
Washington, Feb. 20.-The Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs Morton gave a dinner tonight Tor the
Secretary's son-in-law and daughter MI ana MIS-
William c. Potter. who arrived last week from
Mexico where Mr. Potter is engaged a mining
engineer They will remain in Washington until
after the inauguration. The guests were Colonel
and Mrs Bromwell. Miss Gaff. Miss Schroeder
Miss Hoyt, Miss Mary Switzerland Miss De koVen'
Miss Elkns Miss Pauline Morton. PGymaster
Deering Lieutenant Fortescue Lieutenant Grant
Lieutenant Andrews. Lieutenant Merriam, Murray
Cobb. Roger Wetrnore and James Lounsbery. Mrs
Morton gave tea for Mrs. Potter yesterday after
noon.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY FEBRUARY q. 1905

as insufficient. and they will do that only at
what they themselves and not the irish, deem
the proper time. That is painfully oihereh'
from that Gladstonian Home Rule which was to
he granted in fuu at once. 1t really looks as
though the Irish Nationalist cause had no more
to hope from the one party than from the other.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

The extra jurors" system, which has long
been in most satisfactory use in France and
which The Tribune has hitherto frequently COM
mended seems to be making progress toward
adoption in this State. When it is adopted there
will be fewer mistrials and the administration
of Justice will be materially facilitated and ex-
Dedited.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
RIDER HAeeARo COMING Hers.

London Feb. 20-The White Star Line steamer
Teutonic. which sails from Liverpool for Ns"
York on February %, will have among her passeH
gers Rider HaggaTd who has been appointed
commissioner to inquire into the conditions OF ts
agricultural and Industrial settlements orsani-sN
In America by the Salvation Army
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
About People and SOcfoI Incidents

the Court of Appeals OF the District OF Columbia.
Chief Justice Clabaugh. OF the Supreme Court a,
the District OF Columbia; Solicitor General Hovt
District Attorney Jerome, Of New-YOrl and otnsr.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

Among the British members of Parliament
who have announced their intention of retiring
at the next dissolution is Sir John Leng. NJ p
Tor Dundee, one Of the principal cities of Scot
land. Next April Sir John will be seventy-seven
years old, and, though still active he feels
the need Of relaxation. For over fifty years he
has been editor and proprietor OF "The Dundee
Advertiser" noted for it's stalwart CHAMPIONSHIP
OF Liberal principles He has been in Parliament
sixteen years and has achieved honorable dis
tinction for able advocacy of popular rights
Mr.. Redmond Eliminates against the British
government, renewing the irrevocable Irish de-
mand for Home Rule. There are those who
think, too. that a combination of Irish and Lib
eral votes may presently turn the government
out But the Liberals in their elaborate official
programme dismiss Ireland with a few perfume
tory words. They cannot forget Ireland they
say. and they declare that they will be ready
"at the proper moment to extend the applica-
'tion of the principle Of sef-government in that
country" That is all, and II seems like rather
cold comfort. All that they will do for Ireland
will be 10 give ii the local self government
which ireland has already viewed with disfayor
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

1t is proposed TO erect a statue Of Oliver P Nor
ton War Governor OF Indiana. in the State House
yard in indianapolis. The only other monument
erected by Indiana to one of her citizens is that of
Thomas A. Hendricks.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
WALLACE BUST FOR sTATuARY HALL.

indianapolis. Feb. 3--It is planned here by
friends of General Lew Wallace 10 start a
movement TO have a bust of the author and soldier
placed in the Hall or Statuary In Washington by
the State Of Indiana -
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

The trustees OF the estate OF Cecil Rhodes are
paying the expenses OF the inquiry 20 be made -
Mr.. Haggard, under the auspices or the bri.ssss 80
Colonial once. With the view OF a9sS"~
scheme to South Africa
New-York tribune., 1905-02-21

American sympathy with Russian aspirations
for freedom and progress cannot be suppressed
OF concealed But it is not fitting to make
America the scene of savage exultation over
murder or OF incitenent to further murder.