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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

For gifts nothing so nearly approaches the ideal
jewelry, watches. silverware and cut glass. The
holiday shopper in search of such gifts will find the
display of jewery, tmepieces and the like made by
A. Frankfeld & Co. of surprising interest In the
new store at No 3S West S4th-st. between Herald
Square and 5th-ave., this firm is now showing
jewelry and precious stones. including rings and
brooches bracelets, necklaces and pins. In watches
for women are dainty designs in hand-worked
cases, some set with gems as well as plain gold
cases Fer men are many models. the most
popular a new thin model thicker than
a silver dollar. The jewelry for men includes the
latest in fobs sleeve links rings, cigar cutters and
scarfpins. HOLIDAY shoppers are welcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-YOrk, Monday Dec. II, 1905
ARRIVED.

steamer Carmania OBJ new, Pritchard Liverpool De-
canber and Queenstown 3, TO the Cunard SIS Co Ltd,
643 steerage passengers. mails and
Tn5sa Arrived at ;23
fGer) Thoen, Rotterdam Novem-
49, 90 ~ Fbp Ruprecht In ballast Arrived
at 1928 49,, -, =,
ana swansea 20 20 James Arkell Co. with mdse Ar
rive at at 6:2O IN!
steamer August Korn Ger. Wlschhausen, Nordenhan
November % via Shields "a 70 Philip Ruprecht IN Dali
Inst Arrived at the 1880 IN.
Steamer Saratoga, Hathaway. Santiago December and
Nassau q TO James & with 10 passengers,
mails ana rndse. Arrived at the Bar al 2 p m
(SeT), Ebert santos November IL. Rio
aneiTo ~ and barbados December .. Punch. Edge *
Co with passengers mails and mdse Arrived at the
BAR 1890 m
steamer Menserrat SPAN. 6aragoza Genoa November
81 Napes a Barcelona Malaga % and Cadiz 3d.
ConpaGnie Trasatantc with ss cabin and al storage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

whatever cost to less important interests of in
dividual sutors.
Austen G. Fox argued that the purity of cleo
lions must be protected by the courts me
mere fact of the adjournment OF the eiecuoH
officers before the theft of an election was dis
covered he held ought not to enable candi-
date to keep an office he had gained by steaItn,
A duty which the election officers should nave
nerformed on election night, had they then dis
covered an error. remained duty, Mr. Fox heid
whenever the error discovered, poVlded IL
was before the certificates of election were de-
llYered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
"No PASSES, NO FRANCHISES"
Slogan of Pittsburg Councilmen Deprived of
Railroad "Deadhead" Privileges.
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

Pittsburg. Dec. I--Because railroad passes were
refused to them, several Pittsbrrg Councilmen
have threatened TO obstruct all railroad legislation
The Pennsylvania Railroad has several bills for
rights Of way. The Baltimore and Ohio is asking
for wharf frontage for a station cost 81 900 900
and the Wabash wants concessions in connection
with contemplated improvements
All these bills will be held up according to the
disgruntled Councilmen. until the corporations
show sign of favoring them. One Council
man said to-day: No passes. franchises"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
Proposals,
poLICB

PROPOSALS FOR PADLoCHs, PoLlC 4.
sztstent T5rcbssng Agent Isthnliau Canal
"a state Street New York. December TN w. eses y
1,roTosais in trtplicate Will received at me
fhe Assistant Purchasing Agent lsthmian NaI24 D
son "a Street, New YORK until 80 srilglss
cember i4th for furnishing aboV~ mentioned 80 81
Blanks and fun Information be Obtained ~ arsst
nce ALFRED ANDERSON. Assistant PurchasihE So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
nRnposALs FOR PLUMBING AID -

SARY CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION ANL -ooss l.
ING.-Fort 5loeum. n y, Dee o. lsoSSe9iss Eiia
IN tripicate for installing plumbing, tosets.. 6.
changes in construction and heating Barracks - un
IS and 40 and Mess Hall here. will be reeelsS,ati5n
IL A. NJ, Dec. 20. 1908, and then opened sFTo-
can ha obtained here Proposals should be uaiAe y
nosais Tor Installing plumbing" addressed =
IONEI9 Capt. and O. NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALTMAN.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
sunrise 714 sunset 434 Moon $3.50 Moons age
HIGH WATER
AM-Sandy Hook 1871 Gov Island 754 Hell Gate 9:47
p M-Saniy Hook 500 Gov. Island 500 Hell Gate 9:5I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

passengers and mdse and 1os cabin 1as
steeaSs passengers Havana Vera Cruz
Arrived at the Bar at a m
steamer Esperanza. Rogers. Vera Cruz Deoembar l.
Progreso and 8. to James = Ward Co. with
IS passengers mails and mdse Arrived at the Bar at
teamer Baker tGer Certel Fort Antonio December g.
with passengers and fruit.
Arrived at Bar at $50
steamer FL Vale. Grant. Galveston December 70 the
Southern Pacific Company, with mcse Fassed IN sandy
fi Sfa M Mamma Hata Charles Baltimore. to
Foster with mdse. Passed Quarantine at 1885 m.
SAILED
Steamers Buenos Ayres Span. FOR Cadiz and Barcelona:
KToonland Antwerp. via Dover; C1enfuegos Cuban,
Havana ana faanzas: Jamestown Norfolk and Newport
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Bristol Dec i1-Arrved steamer Brooklyn City CBr).
creeDoc Dec 10~sailed Earl OF carTick CRr)
Jamson New-York -. -,
Nevr-York: 10TH Calabria (Br). Coverley. New-Yovk
via MaTselles, etc 49,.
(I3T) Henry. New-York-
8ArTtVeds steamer EaeSHsys NLutch)s
Neville Dec I1Arrived steamer Columbia CBr), wads-
worth New-York Glasgow (and proeeededl.
Portland Dec 11-Arrived. steamer Consuelo (Br Wat
son. New-York for Hull.
Boulogne Dec 10. m-Saed. steamer Butcher Ger.
Rcessing (from Hamburg and Dover, New-York.
Mouevtdco 14-Sailed. Condor lBr). Simp-
ltfrom Junin. etc), New-York
Swansea, Dec s-Saiiea steamer Chicago City CBr).
Hunter, New-York
AMER Dec ii-Passed previously. steamer Indra (r)
Taylor, New-York via ST Vincent. Q VI and Post
Natal for Batavia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
rRANsPAcIFIc MAILS.


Steamer Close n. Y.
for co-.o atc-Pinq Stey via Tacoma). 10. m
Japi Alameda {via F.. Dec is,
japan anc6 Snle' l. Dec 10 m
Tahil ana - ..e......... Dec %. 8 D m
1zauaRi CHINA etc-Korea (via F. Dec %,
AnstTaIja Samoa, etcVentura (va FO.. Dec 80.
Fly ysp ds5seT1 Dec 30
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

IF money was no consideration we
could use column to tell the story
of our special $3.50 walking glove.
How it's better quality than $3.50
regularly buys, because the maker
controls special grade of skin which
he alone imports.
This exclusive control he can exer-
else because these skins make such
splendid $3.50 gloves that the de-
mand is great and growing.
Other gloves-domestic and i'm
ported, suitable for every occasion.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
Three Broadway Stores.
25s s42 1860
opposite near opposite
City Hail. Union Square. Greeley Square.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

Vessel
Vessel For Line. Mails close. Sails.
>, 'Vefy5e1r, IT Bremen Lloyd. 2:SO 600 a
Bowie LiT Ttorviiie CLYDE ...... 800 p m
A 4G, TNorroIk Old Dominion. -. 500 m
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS.
,,., 1;rarnoo White Star....-.... 2:3O 500 a m
ESaltlc; ETatt Arn......... a m 1900 m
SIrdecL, trinidad a m
SIShetu"' NTa+angas Munson .12:00m 300
9a4oInd' 81 TtoTn Quebec. 1880 300 m
tarlIia o. IarEsonyile CLYDE. 800
xE1le1!or NGorfolk Old Dominion. 300p
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16
"a savoIe Havre French. .....--- 800 m 1000 m
La Havana ard. 800 a 1900
TiTeinia Colon. Hamb- Am l000 a m l2:0o m
Sareca Ward. .-..........I% Oo m o+UO p m
n I5io galveston, Morgan ........... 500 m
Isrincess Anne. Norfolk, Old Dominion - 800 m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
INCOMING STEAMERS.

The yaderand reported by wireless last night will docl
m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
rr s ENGINEER oFFICE. JACKsONyIlL.LL-..

y Fla Dec s 19O5-SeaIed proposals for ore = -
Orange Ms Flats. ST. Johns River a,,eos ana lhss
eeived here until IL O'Clock noon. Jan 1910 - SNCs
publicly opened. Information On application
Il. SKUNK. MAJ. Enare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
METROPOLITAN OPERA HO

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
wed. Evg Dee - at 7:45-SIEGFRIED- Fren-
stad. Homer. Alien; Knote. Van Rooy, Goritz, Res4
Blass. Conductor. Hertz.
4 Fri. Evg,- Dec. Is, at S--LA SONNAMBULA- Sem
brich. Jomei. Bauermester: Car1se, Plancon. Bsgue
Sat Aft Dec 1s at 2-KoENGIN Won SABA
Walker Rappold, Alien Knote Van Rooy. Blas4
Muhnann. Conductor Hertz.
Sat. Evg, Dec Is popular pricesJ s-LA
GIOCONDA- Nordica. Homer Jacoby; Dippe+ Scott
Plancon. Bsgue, DufTiche Conductor. Vigna
CHRISTMAS MATINEE CYCLE.
DER RING DES NTBELUNGEN."
On the following four Afternoons:
Mon. Aft, Dec. 25 2...-...-..-DAS RHETNGOLD
Wed Aft. Dec. 81. at 80. DIE WALKUERE
Thur. Aft. Dec. Is. at 1880. SIEGFRIED
Fri Aft. Dec. %. at 1870. .GOETTERDAEMAERUN
Seats for ENTIRE CYCLE a performancesl at the
following GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
sale: Orchestra and Orchestra Circle SIS; Dress Cir
Gle, So; Balcony Front. $3.50: Balcony Rear So Fam
lily Circle. IS.
WEBER PIANO USED
ERNFRG PL. Theatre. This Week Only. Last
AEA AiSS Performances Of ''HEISSES BLUT'
with ILKA PALMAY. --
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TO-DAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-12

Springs mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
MRS. FRANCES M. BRADLEY.

81 am in hearty accord with you in your
opposition to that relic of barbarism, the
whipping post, as cure for wife beating
However, since the frequency of this phase
Of brutality in our city has called forth from
our honored chief magistrate a suggestion
for congressional legislation, the question
has assumed an Importance that cannot be
disposed of summariy, either by criticism
or protest, but must be argued on the basis
of cause and effect.
"Nine-tenths of the cases of wife beating
and three -fourths of all other criminal Of
lenses of every grade are the direct result
of a certain line of business legalized by our
government for revenue. Carroll D. Wright.
who knows, declares that for each dollar
derived from that source the nation ex-
ponds S21.50 to provide courts and prisons
and reformatories for it's criminals, and for
asylums, hospitals and homes to shelter its
victims.
These facts prove that the government is
involved in a transaction that is stupen-
dously disastrous financially, appallingly de-
grading morally and unutterably tragic,
blood and tears. Gods hand has struck the
hour for stamping the seal of supreme, leg
isltaive humiliation on the giant curse of
our race.
Theodore Roosevelt fearlessly utters
whatever he believes to be for the public
no President from Washington down has
dared to achieve in connection with TINS
| evil he can pen the message to congress
| that will carve his already illustrious name
| in living letters on the arch OF fame ana en-
shrine his memory sacredly for all time In
the hearts of a grateful, loyal people In
the name of God and home and humanity,
so mote 1t be-!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
MORGAN BRADFORD, JR.

"a man who deliberately beats his wife,
or any other woman, is human brute and
coward, and should be severely punished,
but not at the whipping post. To restore
that relic of an age of superstition would
be a disgrace to twentieth century advance
ment. The whipping post at the nations
capital would be disgraceful object lesson
to the world, In view of our boosted civ
ilization and philanthropy. The proposition
of The Evening Star is n very good one,
but, in my opinion, 1t does not go far
enough. l would favor the enactment of
law which would make wife heaters. when
convicted, be required to serve one year or
more in what might be termed the cow
ards chain gang Let the members of this
gang wear a distinctive uniform, be re-
CURED to toll upon the public streets, their
wives and families to be paid for their serv-
ice, and let each culprit wear over his
back big placard, inscribed in large let
ters, Wife Beaten or Woman Beaten so
the passing throng may know him..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
II. E. WARD.

Notwithstanding the fact that the Presi-
cent of the United States, the Commission
ers OF the District of Columbia, the judges
OF some of tho courts and the grand jury
have recommended the enactment of law
establishing whipping post in the District
for the punishment Of men who beat their
wives, am opposed to It, The number OF
cases of wife beating in comparison to
other crimes is too small to require or JUS
tify a specific mode, of punishment. The
whipping post is a relic of civilization
far inferior to that we enjoy. Our ances
tors centuries ago resorted to 1t as pun
ishment for crimes of the lesser nature,
but abandoned it on account of its hrutali-
ty; and for us in this enlightened age of
the twentieth century to take 1t up again
is a backward step in the march of Chris
tian civilization In the discussion of this
question we must take into consideration
the fact that the wife is not always blame
less, and If this proposition becomes a law
she will become less 20. The Star in a
recent editorial on the subject stated that
in nine cases out of ter men who beat their
wives do so when under the influence of
liquor. If this Is true, and have not the
slightest doubt Of 1t, Why not lash a man
for getting drunk? Here is man who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11

treats his family well except when drunk.
Liquor makes demon of him. He is con-
victed of the crime of beating his wife
and suffers the penalty Of the law. Every
spark of manhood in his nature Is eradcat-
ed His children are disgraced and he goes
back to his home with "a heart fun of ven
geance against the woman who has caused
his suffering and degradation. He may not
beat her again, but will make that home
living hell, and in his desperation may
commit murder. A lady friend Of mine
who has been travelling in Europe recently
told me she was shocked to see while pass
ing through Germany woman carrying
brick and mortar up building which was
In course of erection. We would not toll
crate such thing in this country There
is not q contractor in the United States
who would employ a woman for such a
purpose. Whether true or not, we claim a
higher civilization than that enjoyed by the
people of the German empire, yet Germany
has no whipping post and would not toll
crate 1t under any circumstances. The
enactment of this law by the Congress Of
the United States would subject the Ameri-
can people to the severest criticism by the
entire press of Europe. Our boosted civili
cation will be held up to ridicule and even
soorn. Millions of people unfamiliar with
our form of government would conceive the
idea that 1t is legislation in the interest
of the whole country. and our standing
among the nations Of the earth for EooG
would be seriously impaired. I hope the
Congress will look well into the matter be-
fore takino this backward step"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
HARRY J. WELLS,

Business agent of the Paperhangers' Lo-
cal Union, No. 420.
II am most undoubtedly opposed to the
establishment of the whipping-post in the
District of Columbia. There seems to me
to be no reason for the selection of this
model city of Washington for the reintro-
duction of this most brutal method of
punishment In respect to wife-beating
Washington is not worse, as it is sought to
make it appear. than other municipalities.
In fact it is not as bad as many commune
ties in this country. Here wife-beatinS is
not the rule as 1T is in some places.
ut seems to me-" continued Mr.. Wells,
that those people who are trying to foist
this relic of barbarism on our happy COM
munity and to work 1t a garden spot of
brutality and crime could put their efforts
of to degrade human beings, whatever their
faults may be. l have no sympathy with
the man who is brutal and cowardly enough
to strike helpless woman or child, and /
have less for the so-called intelligent man
who seeks to restore the barbaric means
employed in past ages.
II favor the proposition of The Evening
Star to put wife-beatcrs to work and pay
ing their dependent ones 4 salary while the
prisoner is SO engaged, provided the prod
uct of their work is not allowed to come
into competition with that of honest labor
believe they should be employed on a
farm or in some institution to produce the
food and other supplies for our charitable
and penal Institutions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
J. N. JOHNSON

The advocates of the whipping post have
not, perhaps, considered the costs to the
government In successfully prosecuting each
case OF Wife beating. Twenty years ago an
opinion rendered in the United States SUI
preme Court said punishment by whip
ping was perhaps Infamous punishment
and that what was Infamous punishment,
outside of capital punishment, was largely
matter of public opinion. Public opinion,
as voiced by the courts in twenty years,
certainly holds this punishment to be in
famous, and the advocates confess that it is
so Infamous that it will cure when filming
and imprisoning will not Under the fifth
amendment the accused must be indicted by
a grand jury, as the courts will certainly
now hold this to be infamous punishment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
Make Wife Beaters Work.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

FROM the PhlladeIphla Ledger.
In urging the whipping post for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Representative Adams
of this state, told how well the system
has worked In Delaware" 1t is not the
opinion Of Warden Meserve of the Whining
ton county workhouse, that the results have
been satisfactory. At the time of his re-
port he had dashed the backs Of 461 con-
victs. OF these, 81 were whipped second
time IA third time, fourth time and 1
a fifth time Men who have been whipped"
he SAYS, "are never good prisoners as
before" When this report was made Della
ware had used the whip for thirteen years.
In that time its prison population I'm
creased In higher ratio than that of the
whole country" Thus In Delaware one
person in every TBS of population was in
prison, while in all the states there was ons
prisoner to every $50 of population. There
were but five states in the Union having a
larger percentage of prison population than
Delaware. and these five are states having
large cities and a great foreign population.
If it is the idea simply to make the de-
testable wife heaters suffer as their I'M
happy wives do, only little more. then Is
the whipping post commendable, and the
luster the man who swings the whip the
better; but II the effect on crime and on
society generally Is of Importance. Ii is not
clear that the whipping post is desirable.
Warden Meserve was struck by the de-
moralizing influence Of the whipping on the
spectators. He asserts that they are never
as good citizens as before: that their SYM
pathies are aroused by the cruel spectacle.
and they come to regard the laws as mon-
strous ana inhuman The wife heater de-
serves all he can be made to suffer- but
the Massachusetts plan OF putting the wife
beater at work and paying all the wages
to the wife seems to be sensible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
DIR. FRANK HAVENNER.

Nothing is too bad for the man who is
so degraded as to whip his wife. but in my
opinion whipping him with the lash brutal
ICES his conscience. All law for the pun
ishment of criminals should have some ele-
ment of reform in it. The whipping post
degrades and brutalizes his nature and is
more liable to force him to even more dam
gerous extremes. The hard labor law would
compel him for a period at least to provide
for his family. If man has any self-re-
spect at all it can be better preserved
through reformatory measures, and such an
extreme as the whipping post would not be
very long In defeating the very ends for
which 1t might be established / do not
think imprisonmentis sufficient punishment I,
and rather encourages crime for certain
classes, and l think that q law compelling
him to labor with his full earnings going
to those dependent upon him would be more
effective in reinstating in the man ideas
of self-respect and right living"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11

malefactors. not because I have any con-
sideration for wife-beaters, but because of
Its degrading and brutalizing effect upon
our children and the community generally,
The wife-beater should be severely punish
ed. but not with the knout or CATO
nine-tails' The proposition advanced by
The Evening Star that a law be enacted
which will provide hard labor for
those guilty of the brutal offense of
wife-beating. the earnings of the prisoner
to go to his dependent family, is good one
and | indorse it. Such law would not, in
my opinion. conflict with the well-known
opposition of organized labor to convict
competition with the product OF honest
labor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
JOSEPH II. HALL.

Il cannot believe that the matter Of re-
establishing the whipping-post for WIFE
heaters or any other class of offenders is
being seriously considered In this enlight-
ened community. To return to that relic
OF barbarism would be to go backward
many years and bring our fair capital city
into ridicule and disgrace in the eyes CT
the civilized world
Wife-beating is brutal; the infection Of
punishment by means Of the legal lash is
ten times more brutal. If the whipping
post Is again brought into vogue, then why
not the ducking stool for shrews and scold-
ing wives. The tongues of this class of fe-
males are responsible for some of the So
called whippings they receive. The duck
ing stool and the whipping-pos are COM
panion pieces of the age of witchcraft
They have no place in the enlightened and
humane twentieth century,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
C. C. PURsELL.

Il am opposed to the esta blishment of the
whipping post in the District, or anywhere
else, for that matter. Following Judge
Wright's suggestion, this would be a be-
nighted community indeed were 1t neces-
sary to resort to such unusual and degrad-
ing methods of punishment Wife beating
cases are, in my opinion, the proper SUBJ
jects for consideration by the Humane So
ciety. There should be some plan for pro-
viding for the dependent wife and children
while the man charged with wife-beating is
in prison, and the plan proposed by The
Evening Star seems to be a very good
one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
J. BARTON MILLER.

1.-THE whipping of a man aggravates him
to desperation rather than improves his
temperament and tends to drive him to a
more dangerous extremity In the treatment
Of his wife. ] consider the whipping post
a relic of barbarism, and it's establishment
would undoubtedly lead to the lynching
spirit and varied forms of lawlessness.
Through law providing compulsory hard
labor for the wife beaten, the public Is
benefited by the work accomplished, and
the family Is given what it most needs, the
monetary value of his services. The oper-
alton of such measure would also develop
the Industrious side Of his nature