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New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
AT The WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Buresu-l


Washington Nov. I.-President Roosevelt "eii'
for a long walk In the country after MS 'ou
work was done to-day. His companions o-i ~
taunt were Trueman Newberry, Assistant
tary of the Navy; Clifford Pinchot chiet OF 'h7
Bureau of Forestry, and James H. darne'e' I'm
missioner of Corporations
William Moses and David Gilmore oeiesa'e'
from the British Trades Union Congress 10 'Ho
American Federation of Labor. were preseh'eu a.
the White House to-day. Accompanying tiIeli
we're James Wilson, general president OF 'hs az
tern Makers League OF North America; Oscer >"
Thonet A. member of the New-1 ork ssseniOiS
from Kings County. and t, l. Cost1sah anu ri'
erick c. Berwick all of whom are on thelr way
70 the convention of the federation at PlltsouIs
The President shook hands this afternoon Win
one hundred and fifty delegates to the conVeI'loii
of the American Association of Farmers lsu-
tutes which is in session here.
Among the other callers in the course OF the
day were the officers Of the American Civic AS
sociation-J H. Mcfarland. of Harrisburg, presi-
dent: Clinton r. Woodruff, OF Philadelphia VICE
president and William B. Rowland. of New-f orK
treasurer-who called urge the President 20 take
some action looking the rescue of Niagara ans
from the hands of the business concerns wnlch
would exploit its power at the expense or lts
beauty.
Representative Overstreet, of Indiana, INTRODUCED
Alfred Deber, Of Indianapolis, who presented a
memorial from fifty-one breweries protesting
against the prohibition clause in the Oklahoma
Indian Territory Statehood bill; and Booker L.
Washington, of Tuskegee, invited the Presloshe
to attend board meeting of a colored school ~
be held in Washington next February.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
NEW RULES IN THE FORETGN. SERTICE.

NEW RULES IN THE FOREIGN SERFTCE.
When Elihu Root accepted the Secretaryship
Of State we expressed the belief that one of the
most important labors of his administration
would be the creation OF new standards of eff
cheney in the diplomatic and consular service.
AS Secretary of War Mr.. Root accomplished
administrative reforms of the 6rst order He
ireorganized the army and pat it on thoroughly
modern basis He ignored the old tradition
of rust and sloth. reritaized both the line and
the staff and breathed a new spirit into the
military establishment His acceptance of the
portfolio of State seemed. therefore, to carry
with it the assurance that he would revise
with equal thoroughness the long obsolete meth
DDS which have initiated against progress and
efficiency IN the foreign service.
IT is no surprise TO find that steps are now
being taken to lift the level Of the quaIifica-
tions demanded of our diplomatic and consular
representatives and to apply more strictly In
each corps the merit system of appointment and
advancement. Until within a comparatively re-
cent period the consular and diplomatic service
has been looked upon as something of q spoils
preserve maintained for the benefit of patron
spe hunters Too little stress was laid in select
ing nominees on personal qualifications at
tainments and the Importance OF the work 10
be done abroad by our consuls and minor diplo-
mats was either inadequately realized or bluntly
was the signal for clean sweep" in consular
appointments and capacity TO represent the
nation creditably or TO promote American COM
mercial interests was often the least conspfcu-
Gus Recommendation of a successful applicant
In tf,e last decade We have made some progress.
r-nser Mr. Clevelands second administration
The Hon. Josiah Quincy looted" the consular
service with fine discrimination and dexterlty.
But shortly before the end OF that administra-
xVh
duced into the service rudimentary form OF
appointment for merit. 1t was decreed that
consulates not above the $500 class nor be-
low the 81 600 class should be filled under
certain restrictions as TO qualification, previous
service for instance. or, in default OF that,
eome test in the way OF non-competftive exam
nation Under this order examinations have
heen more or less nominal, and instances OF
failure were almost unbeard of. Yet the de-
partr1re was commendable, even if it led TO no
very practical results; for It recognized that
the old basis OF selection was an irrational one,
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES.

Washington Nov. 11.-Sehor Don 1gnacio Cal
sa-o, tho Minister from Bolivia. has bought a
residence at No. 1,623 16th-st., at the corner o'
R-st. and will take possession at once
syvino Gurge do Amaral the first secretary OIL
the Brazilian Legation, and Sonora do Amara "no
xere at the Portland since their arrival in WASH
ineton q few weeks ago. have taken No 1873 New
Hampshire-ave- for the season
The engagement is announced OF MISS Lynne
Juliet ShuItz to Senior Don Nicolas Neioz, secre-
tary of the Nicaraguan Legation and the son oL
se6or H veoz Goticoa the charge d'affaires OF
the Venezuelan Legation Miss Shultz is the daugh-
ter of the late Judge Shultz, of Ohio. VINO served
as Assistant Attorney General in Clevelanos S al
ministration The marriage will not take place for
aho
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
NATIONAL QUARANTINE.

One of the most important questions to con-
sider which the Chattanooga conference was
called related to the expediency of federal con-
troll Of quarantine in the South. The wide
difference of opinion which was known to
exist between the Governors of Louisiana and
Mississippi made It doubtful whether anything
like unanimity would be exhibited regarding
the proposition TO ask Congress to act in the
matter Even after the conference opened
Governor Vardaman emphasized his loyalty to
the state rights doctrine so emphatically as to
increase the uncertainty. Nevertheless, COM
promise was reached which seems to have been
satisfactory to the official whose opposition
had apparently been the most formidable OBJ
stacle to the policy under consideration
Hence, while there was one dissenting vote at
the last moment-that Of Senator Mallory, of
Elorida-an agreement was reached which
should have great influence next winter at
Washington
The programme finally adopted was to ask
the national government TO take exclusive con-
troll of the coast stations and TO provide for CO.
operation with the state authorities in regl-
lating travel and traffic between states That
plan would put the first line of defence under
federal supervision. whereas under the law as
1t now stands the President can do nothing to
protect New-Orieans, or any other city against
this might come. as it certainly did this year,
when compliance would be difficult Manifest
ly, safeguards against an invasion of the
United States by disease from other countries
are so closely allied to the regulation Of immi.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

grafton and the purity OF imported 1000 Una
there is great propriety in having the fespohst
bility for adopting them all imposed on the
same authority. The chief objection to Trans
ferring the function from the state TO the 1eo-
eraI government is the sentiment 10 which
Governor Vardaman gave utterance before the
conference and which, though rarely expressed
nowadays is still cherished to some extent in
the South To the chief magistrate of Missis-
sippi. however. an application of the new sys-
tenn of control TO the points at which the
plague would first effect entrance to the
country seems TO be less offensive than med
ding with interstate commerce. Th1s doubt
less explains his concession-a really gracious
concession it is, too-and in time 1t may pave
the way to further extension of the principle
With the national government in charge of the
quarantine stations at the mouth of the Mssis-
sippi and other points on the Gulf and South
Atlantic coasts. there would be little danger
of any serious outbreak; but If the occasion
arose the states adjoining the first afflicted
might be inspired to initiate the example sup
piled this year by Louisiana and solicit federal
help.
Among the resolutions adopted at Chatta-
nooga was one which requests the legislatures
to attempt to secure greater uniformity tnan
now exists in the quarantine systems or lne
various states. Harmony in this matter is ex-
tremely desirable. There should be no such
clash of authority occurred last summer on
the marine boundary between Mississippi and
Louisiana. Moreover. people who wished to
pass from one side of line dividing two COM
nonweaths to the other, to ship merchan-
disc across it, should be spared the vexation
of encountering q regime unlike that at home
In promoting the adoption of regulations that
will be practically identical Governor Varda-
man can accomplish much good. 1t is to be
hoped that he will perceive the opportunity
which is open to him and employ his influence
10 bring about the desired result, not only in
his own jurisdiction but throughout the South.
May not the country find in so conspicuous
champion of state rights he is equally
ardent advocate of state responsibility? Inas-
much as the federal regulations represent the
most recent advances I'm scientific knowledge
about yellow fever, it would be fortunate If
these could be closely initiated by the states;
but in any the states themselves should
get together" in their own interest
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES AT THE CAPITAL.
[From The Tribune Bureau.I

From The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington Nov 11.--Mrs. t. y. Letter reached
her Washington home yesterday afternoon late
accompanied by Miss Margaret Prettyman 1t Is
expected that Mrs. Letter will spend the entire
winter here, unless the weather should again drFe
her to Florida and Southern Georgia as 1t did iast
year.
Lady Susan Townley, who with her husband IS
the guest for a week IN New-York of Mr.. and MIS-
John r. Drexe1 is the author of a little book My
Notes on China" written from observations "hiie
her husband, Walter Beaupre Townley, was sec'e-
tary of the British Embassy there He was 1ouF
years in Pekng.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
EDITORS REGRETS.

Ny deep compassion marks the
In matters which concern the
OF monthly mag or weekly sheet;
To one sad tune-regrets regrets.
Uneasily. with guilty eyes.
/ seek the breakfast room each day;
TO let my wistful glarces play
On long buff envelopes that wait
Supnely by my placid plate.
For oh! feel that again
I've caused son some e., worthy n chief ff distress.
BY plying him with rhymes for which
The laws of space refuse a niche.
How II must hurt him to refuse
When being favored by the Muse.
I forward the result in sheaves.
With what dir dim Eyes eyes and trembling lips
Instead of coin sweet thank. I'd earn
Let fountain pen dry,
But. there new leaves hard to turn.
Should have to check my myself elf in time.
Lest I adorned it with rhyme.
Perhaps. when life no longer frats.
Where in a world without regrets,
To sit accepting all write-(Puneh
Spain has developed novelty dueIling 1t
may be described the duel awheel. and is fought
on BICYCLES Two young men of Grenada named
Percy and Marcus. have originated the idea We
are not told the OF quarrel. but the dispu-
tants. who ardent cyclists. agreed 10 fight It
out with knives navagas. their machines
In the first encounter Percy drove his knife through
his adversarys arm, but in the third set-to Marcus
avenged himself by plunging his blade into Percy's
right lung Death took place shortly afterward
4 Bad Fire.-A provincial contemporary In re-
porting fire yesterday. concluded its description
Mr. p suffered considerable damage from
Gazefte Gfs iiis- ~ - - O'i V AH MAI
A modern widows mite is reported at q church
at Blackpool, England. At harvest decoration
n, the church poor woman. unable to afford fruit
or vegetables filled a bottle with water and la
belI,ng f. THANK God for the rain," sent It to
the church The vicar. appreciating her good In
,sntions placed it among the gifts on the altar
We are pleased TO be able to state, from ex-
cI,,sive information that tailor made clothes are
r. he the fashion for well for women
in the coming season--(Punch.
ereengrocers boy hailed a vessel in dock at
f.ar5ir The surly mate responded and zrufly
axkad him what he wanted. I've got some vege-
,sh1as for the ship" was the reply. "A1I right
,,o,, nee1n't come aboard: throw 'em up ons at
,,r,a" said the mate. he stood in readiness to
rscetvs the expected vegetables. "Ahoy. there
,ook outr' shouted the lad. be threw single
green pea toward the mate. iva got sack OF
'em for the captain.
Money in It-Knicker-Strenge they didn't nafne
the la by after its rich uncle.
'iiR iiBRocser-No; he looked at It. and said he'd give
them uoooo not to.-IHarpers n.As
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Speaking of the Giants next year, Secretary
Knowles says of pitcher that it is re-
ported hes got anything from spitbalr to
sneeze" Readers who glance only occasionally
at the sporting pages Of newspapers are i'm
pressed with the fact that the English language
is growing way from them. What the sporting
writer's use to be English words but they
present meaning, nor even suggest one-un-
less It be Bloomingdale.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Despite the fact that Northern England is
stronghold of temperance, If prohibition
temperance lecturers sometimes go there and en-
courage the faithful One such speaking in Keene
n. H., reminded his hearers of the story of Dives
and Lazarus The lecturer pointed out how when
Dives was in hades he did not ask for beer or
wine liquor. but for drop of water
Now, my friends" said the lecturer what does
that show us?'
voice from the back of the hall instantly re-
piled: 1T shows US where you temperance people
to-
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mr.. Brand Whitlock. Toledos author Mayor,
has not yet decided what his programme
Mayor will he, but in order to reassure the timid
he promises not to burn down the city. blow up
the City Hall or make the river with blood.
Presumably. among the first things he will do
will be to get a new edition of municipal
department heads, limited to one copy each.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

THE two combined fleets in New York
harbor. says Prince Louis of Battenberg. could
'T think, reduce New-York to atoms in the time
"it takes my cook to fry omelette.' Doubtless
they could, anchored they now are, but any
fleet intent upon such business would first have
a chance of being made into an omeette itself
before it entered the North River
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Owing to circumstances that occurred last
Tuesday. Mayor Mcclellan proba bly, no longer
has any objection to promising to the
let him.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Rumor says that Mayor Mcclellan will make
many changes in department heads at the be-
ginning of the year. Another runor credits
Mr.. Hearst with the intention of making a
change in the Mayors chair.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
Business Notices.

OCTOBER LEADS
Ten Months Past
and The Trbune's
Gain in Advertising Increases.
Abundant Evidence of Popular Advertising
Medium.
In the ten months ending October
81 1866, The New-ycfk Daily and
Sunday Tribune printed
SS1 4G7 Lines of Advertising
excluding Tribune advertiser1entsl
more during the period Of lpoa
In other words shis a gain in ten months OF
Over 2,S0S Columns
f5Is lines a column)
An average gain of over 9 COLUMNS a DAh-
Circulation Books Open.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Cuyier. Morgan g. Co. His partner Juuiu. "
gan. is a nephew Of J. Pierpont Morgan Mr. O.,
Ter Is nephew Of Mrs Morris K. Jesup Hs o.,
Princeton graduate.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mrs May Nicon Lord, widow OF James Brown
Lord. has announced her engagement to Cornelius
c. cuyer Her husband. who died few years
ago. was the architect OF the Appellate Court
Building in Madison Square and also OF DslmoD-
istA Ma ouyaAr bslsnsS = the Saa1anG asn st
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

William s. Wyckoff. who has been abroad since
early last spring, will remain in Europe for ths
winter. passing the time between the Riviera and
Italy.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., and her sister. Mrs
Ogden Gcelet who are still abroad, have arranged
TO sail for New-York next Saturday Mrs. Van
derbilts house is being entirely redecorated. and
it Is still In the hands of the workmer, she will
go some hotel until 1t is ready for har occU-
pancy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-02-18

ITO thy chamber window rowing. love
hath led my feet"
Tie Lord sent mamma to the children
of Israel In the wilderness. Harklcss
had been five years In Plattville. and a
woman's voice singing Schubert's Ser.
enade'' came to him at last as he stood
by the pasture bars Of Jones' field and
listened and rested his dazZled eyes
on the big white face Of the moon.
How long had 1t been since he had
heard a song or any discourse of music
other than that furnished by the Platt-
vile band? Not that he had no taste
for a brass band. But music that he
loved always gave him an ache or de-
light and the twingc of "reminiscences
Of old gay days gone forever. Tonight
his memory leapcd to the last day of
a June gone seven years to II morn.
ing when the little estuary waves
twinklcd in the bright sun about the
boat i'm which he sat. the trim launcl,
that brought a CHEEKY party ashore
from their schooner to the casino land
ing at. Winter llarbor, far up on the
Maine coast.
Tonight he saw the picture as plainly
as if it were yesterday. No reminis.
cenccs had risen so kcenly before his
eyes for years. Pretty Mrs. Van Skuyt
sitting beside him-pretty Mrs. Van
Skuyt and her roses - what had be-
come of her? He saw the crowd of
friends waiting on the pier for their ar.
rival. the dozen or so emblaZoned class.
mates Git was in the time of brilliant
flannols, who sent up a vOlley of col.
lcge cheers in his honor. How plainly
the dear old. young faces rose up before
him tonight. the men from whose lives
he had slipped! Dearest and jollicst of
the faces was that of Tom Meredith.
clubmate, classmate. his closest friend.
the thin. redheaded third baseman. He
could see Toms mouth opened ut least
a yard. ii seemed, such was his frantic
righteousness. Again and again the
cheers rang out. HAIRLESS! Hank
less!' on the end of them. In those
days everybody, particularly his class
mates. thought he would be minister
to England in n few years. and the or
chestra on the casino porch was play
ing ''The C%onquering Hero Comes" in
his honor and ut the behest of Tom
Mevdith, he knew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-02-18

cooler out here came the voice OF the
singer clearly through the quiet. "What
a night"
John vaulted the bars and started to
cross the road. They saw him fron
the vcranda. and Miss Briscoe called
to him In welcome. AS his tail figure
stood out plainly In the bright light
against the white dust n streak Of fire
leapcd from the elder blossoms. and
there rams out the sharp report of a
rifle. There were two screams from
the verandn One white figure ran into
the house. The other. a little one with
a gauzy wrap streaming behind, came
flying out into the moonlight straight
to Harklcss. There was n second re-
port. The rifle shot was answered by
a revolver. william Todd had risen
up. apparently from nowhere, and,
kneeling by the pasture bars, fred Mt
the flash of A,~ ,,nc.
"Jump fer the shadder. Mr.. Hark-
less!" he shouted. Hes In them cl-
dcrs. Fer Gods sake, come back!"
Empty handed MS he was, the editor
dashed for the trcachcrOus elder bush
as fast MS his long legs could carry
him, but before he had taken six
strides n hand clutched his sleeve and
a girls voice quavcrcd from close be-
hind him: Don't run like that, Mr..
Harklcss! I cant keep up"
He wheeled about and confronted n
vision, IL dainty little figure about five
feet high. n flushed and lovely face,
hair and drapcrics disnrrangcd and
flying. He stamped his foot with rage.
sect back in the house," he cried.
you mustn't go!" she painted. ITS
the only way To stop you"
eco back to the housed" he shouted
%savagely.
"Will you Gomez"
"Fcr Gods sake" cried william
Todd, "comc back! Keep out OF the
road" He was cmptying his revolver
mt the clump of bushes, the uproar of
his firing blasting the night. Some one
screamed from the house:
"%IIelcn, ~llcien!"
John seized the girls wrists. Her
gray eyes flashed into his %dcfantly.
"Will you go?" he roarcd.
mol"
He dropped her wrists, caught her up
In his arms rs If she had been n kit
ten and lcapcd into the shadow of the
trees that leaned over the road from
the yard. The rifle rang out again.
and the little ball whistled venomous-
ly overhead. Harkless ran along the
fence and turned in at the gate. A
loose strand OF the girls hair blew
across his cheek, and in the moor her
head shonc with gold. She had light
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-02-18

Ffsbee's items were written I'm ink.
There was a blank space beneath the
last. At the bottom Of the page some.
thing had been scrubbed In pencil.
Harkless vainly tried to decipher 1t;
but the twilight had fallen too deep.
n the writing was too faint. so he
struck Il match and held 1t close to the
paper. The action betOkened only a
languid interest. But when he caught
sight of the first of the four subscrib-
ed lines he sat up straight in his chair,
with a sharp ejaculation. At the bot.
tom Of Fisbee's page was written in
a dainty feminine hand of a type he
had not seen for years:
The time has come the walrus said,
T talk Of H. ny things
Of shoes and ships and scaling wax
And cabbages and kings"
He put the pa per i'm his pocket and
set of rapidly down the village street.
AT his departure William Todd looked
ND quickly. Then he got upon his feet,
with Il yawn, and quietly followed the
editor. In the dusk a tattered little
iGurc rose up from the weeds across
the way and stole noiseloSsly after
william. lie was i'm his shirt sleeves.
bis wdistcoat unbuttoncd and loose. ON
the nearest corner Mr.. Todd encounter.
I'd q fellow townsman who had been
pacing up and down in front Of a cot
tage grooming to II protcstive baby held
In his arms. He had paused in his vigil
10 stare after Harklcss.
where's he bound fer. William?'
inquired the man with the baby.
"Briscocs'." answered William, pur-
tning his way.
II rcckoned he would be-" observed
the other. turning to his wife. who sat
on the doorstep. II reckOned so when
! sec that lady at the lecture last
night"
The woman rose to her feet. Eli,
Bill Todd!' she said. what We got
on to the back of yer vcst?" william
paused, put his hand behind him and
encountered Il paper pinned to the dan
Cling strap of his waistcoat. The WON
an ran to him and unpinned the paper.
1t bore a writing. They took 1t to where
the yellow amplight shonc out through
tn open door and read:
der Sir-FoLer harkls al 20 pies ar
GARD him yOR best venagens is closteR
harkls not Got 3 das to live we come In
wife.
"What &c think. William" asked
the man with the baby a~nxiously. But
the woman gave the youth n sharp
push with her hand. ''Thcy never dast
to do it, she cried: never in the
world! You hurry, Bill Todd. Don't
leave him out of your sight one sec.
ond."