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New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
THE NEW WATER BOARD.

The announcement Of the new Board of Water
Supply will be received, we are inclined to
think, with pretty general surprise. There will
be on some grounds large degree Of gratiflca-
uon. II on other grounds there is some disap-
pointment, that fact will not be construed as
the slightest personal reflection upon the three
estimable gentlemen who have been selected.
Neither should the Mayor, In fairness be made
the target Of criticism He has probably done
the best he could under the limitations imposed
upon him. 1t will be remembered that his orig
inal desire was to appoint member en-
firely Of bis own motion, one upon nomination
OF the American Society Of Civil Engineers and
one upon nomination Of the Chamber of Com
merce- But after his bill reached Albany it
was first amended SO TO confine his appoint
ments to nominees Of the Chamber of Com
meTce, the Board Of Fire Underwriters and the
Merchants and other associations and then all
such provisions were stricken out as uncon-
stitutonal But the Mayer with commenda-
BILE sense Of honor, announced and fulfilled his
resolution to make his appointments from
among the nominees os the bodies named, even
though not required BY law TO do So
The composition Of the board is therefore
TO be credited 10 those bodies. Beyond oues-
ton three men Of high character have been
named We could wish none better. They are
question that. The surprise and, in some quar-
ters, disappointment that Will be felt will arise
from the fact that SO far as known, their
ability does not lie, or has not been manifested
in any such sphere of activity as that in which
they are now to be engaged. The general ex-
pectation was-we suppose 1t was the Mayors,
too-that three men would be selected who
could justly be regarded as experts in water
supply work. One Ct the men chosen did spend
some time investigating the water needs and
possible sources Of supply Of Brooklyn and
has taken much interest in the subject but we
do not know that even he processes to be a
technical expert upon the subject. The others
are prominent banker and well known fire
insurance officer. They are doubtlesc inter
ested, are all other citizens, In the water
supply question We have no doubt that they
will give Us clean administration. free from
any taint Of political graft" But ii is no re-
proach TO them to say that many people would
feel more confidence In the discretion and eff
cheney OF the enterprise II they were all three
Dsn who had bssn successfully identified with
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
SPANISH KING 1T BALL.
vii Sail from DoUer To-day-A
Visit to WindSOr.

London, June 9-The ceremonies attendant
on the visit to London of King Alfonso Of Spain
ended tonight with dinner at Marlborough
House and a state ball at Buckingham Palace
The ball was the most brilliant part of the
weeks long programme.
His majesty this morning saw drill of the
fire brigade visited the National Gallery and
went to the Geological Gardens. where he fed the
monkeys and elephants. In the afternoon King
Edward King Alfonso and their suites went to
Windsor Castle. The Spanish ruler was en-
Enthusiastically welcomed by the boys Of Eton- He
afterward drove to Frogmore to visit the tomb
of Queen Victoria The royal party returned to
London late in the evening.
King Alfonso to-day received the decoration
of the Royal Victorian Chain from King Edward,
and high orders were given to the members OF
his suite King Edward has accepted from King
Alfonso the colonelcy of q Spanish regiment
King Alfonso invited King Edward and Queen
Alexandra to visit Spain at their earliest oppor-
tunity and 1t is probable that the invitation Will
be accepted for 1906.
The King will leave London tomorrow morn
ing, and will sail at noon from Dover
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10

important works Of character similar 70 ''"'
which they are about to undertake
II will doubtless be said, by way OF eApi"ua
tiou. that the expert work will be done NY lno
engineers whom this board will employ ana
that these gentlemen are to exercise Dieieis
such general administrative control anu oii ee
ton as any competent men of aHairs aie "
be considered able to exercise. we can scaic
" believe that to have been the Mayors 5 orig
iual idea The fact that he proposed saiaiies ~
of $4,000 a year each for the Commissioners
seems TO indicate that he meant lhal ue'
should devote at least large part or their uhie M
to the work. That these three gehtielnen W.
now retire from their extensive ana iucra.iNe
business engagements and give all OF lhe naJoi
mart of their time to water supply work is De
yond bounds of expectation. Yet IL tney uo
not do SO, If they content themselves WIN an
occasional meeting for conference, leaving the
regular daily work to be done by subordlnates
employed at high salaries at city COST, II WIZ WI
certainly appear that their salaries Oh SIZ'oVV
O wear each for such services have been hxed
upon a remarkably liberal scale.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
Ntw1)evk DAILY Cracil5n1.e
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Advices from St Petersburg con.
t.nue TO be strongly favorable to the opening o.
negotiations with Japan; there are ruhiofs nc a.
an arnlistice has practically oeeh col.Ciuoeo - -
Mancburia - King Oscar, according TO a
dispatch from Copenhagen, has declined 70 mans IAN
q king of Norway, and 1t is believed enat Iiie
he'll AT buckingham Palace closed the o11clai lisl
of entertainments to King Alfonso ID hils
he will sail from Dover to-day - Iho Ouhe
and Duchess of Connaught gave gaIueh Pa pa
Tor the display of the gifts 70 their daughter
p~incess Margaret Victoria, who will be welded
TO Prince Gustavus Adolphus OF Sweden.
DoNEsTTC.-A note addressed by President
Roosevelt to Russia and Japan. urging them, IN
The name of humanity, to conclude peace was
made public at the White House; 1t is peneVeo
In Washington that the war Is virtually over
= The Court of Appeals at Albany hanoeo
down a decision refusing to grant new trlal 10
Albert T. Patrick; David B. Hill announced tnal q
move for a new trial would be made - JUS
tice Peckham, of the United states supreme
Court at Albany, declined to grant a writ OF
error which would allow the case OF Mrs mary
Rogers ts go to the United States courts. -
Buffalo that ne would resign on july next
CITY@tocks dull and nrn.== The
Pilgrims OF the United states welcomed Josepn
Il Choate former Ambassador to the Court OF
St James's at dinner at the Waldorf -
Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy elected
chairman of the Equitable, the principal officers
of which gave him their designations: Mr. Hyde
sold majority Of his stock to policyholders
represented by Thomas F. Ryan. - It was
reported that the liquor men would fight bitterly
the Amber law, and had engaged well known
counsel - Commissioner Oakley reported
that twelve testing stations would be required to
carry out the provisions of the gas restriction
law - The Board Of Estimate set a day for
rapid transit hearings under the new law. -
The trouble between u. G. Click, the Chica go
three-year-old son. was settled out OF court
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Showers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
rs degrees; lowest, 81.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10

at the same instant. no one OF them is III
telIigible unless special precautions are taken
to prevent their reaching the same receiver
Hence it will be interesting to learn whether
or not the Chicago and Alton company is like
ly to provide means of averting confusion. Ii
superintendent or dispatcher had only one
train to look after. there would be possbil-
ity of interference. The chance would be small
If occasional orders were sent to half a dozen
trains and if brief reports of progress were
received from no greater number. With the de-
velopment of the service, however, the risk
would increase Accidents might, and undoubt
edly WOULD disarrange the train schedule now
and then, and it is conceivable that emergen-
cies might arise in which the conductors OF two
or three trains would wish to seek instructions
at the same identical moment Should more
than one railroad company introduce wireless
methods of train control in the same region
say, within a hundred miles of Chicago-the
situation would become even more complicated
From any dilemma i'll which dispatchers and
conductors their operators, might find them
selves placed, courtesy or established usage
would generally afford an escape Whether ex-
ceptions to the rule could possibly arise, and
how serious might be the consequences, are
points deserving consideration. Most of the
steamships which have wireless equipments
carry receivers which respond to any other
vessels uansmtter A few are provided with
tuned" receivers capable of being actuated
only by impulses fom the land stations in Corn
wall and Nova Scotia and at Cape Cod VIII
it ever be necessary to resort to similar meth
ods to insure the separation of railway wireless
messages?
Whatever may be the judgment Of practical
railroad men regarding the utility of the plan
which the Chicago and Alton company Is be-
heved to be considering, the travelling public
would undoubtedly view it with favor. Ere
quent occasion arises for the sending of a dis
patch about business or social matters by
passenger, and for intercepting him with one
before he reaches his destination AS expresses
sometimes run for an hour or two without
stop, it is not now easy as 1t once to
make of the ordinary telegraph for either
Of these purposes. Were Hertz wave install
lation added to the other conveniences of such
trains, it might in time prove popular as the
dining car. If railway managers should not
provide it for their own benefit, therefore, they
might see fit to do so some day for the benefit
Of their patrons.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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= WASHINGTON Tune e-President Roosevelt lele
Washington at III a. m. for trip TO fapu'n'
Va. where he will remain two or three days -. "
Roosevelt preceded her husband by DAY. ne
President and Mrs Roosevelt will be the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Wilmer. and Will speno much
of their time riding over the picturesque Dd''e
fields of the neighborhood. The president was ac
companied by NJ c. Latta stenosrapher of the
White House force and Frank Tyree. secret
Service man. section of the Pullman car ozarh'
attached to Train No $50 on the southern fNai""s'
occupied by the President
Archie and Ethel Roosevelt, in charge or maio'
left the White House this morning. Arcnie Is
bound for Pennington. Conn, where ne VIII re-
main with his aunt, Mrs Cowles, until June TO-
when he will go to Oyster Bay. Ethel will go direct
to the family home Long Island
Before President Roosevelt left the White House
this morning he had short conference with
Assistant Secretary Loomis of the State Depart
ment After the Presidents departure. Secretary
Taft and Mr.. Takahira the Japanese Minister
met at the White House, and. it is presumed
talked over the Russo-Japanese peace terms
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
ENDURANCE OF PAIN.

The incident Of physician with dislocated
shoulder going from one doctor to another to
get it set without an anGesthetc and finally Sc
curing the heroic treatment at Bellevue is to-
day so much out Of the ordinary that it secures
liberal space in the newspapers. The fact that
q painful operation performed without
chleroform or ether is itself thought worthy Of
| notice The refusal Of several physicians so to
perform it is eloquent Of the state Of surgical
practicei
Now and then in some doctors Office or medi-
cal museum we see case of instruments which
seem better fitted for the carpenters bench or
the butchers block than for the surgeons table.
There are knives as large carvers for cutting
through quivering and sensitive flesh with free
sweep and swift stroke as it It were dead meat.
and great saws for severing human bones like
firewood The sight of them is enough to make
one glad not to have lived in the old days. 1t
is much more comfortable to be carved up now.
If anybody doubts that anRsthesia was the
greatest blessing of the nineteenth century to
humanity, the threat Of an amputation with
these old instruments is likely to change his
opinion. Out on the football field men now and
then get joints dislocated and stoicaly have
them set without ether and rush back into the
scramble Battle and accident and disease still In
hict untold suffering under circumstances which
no anodyne can deaden. But in our ordinary life
toned to relief from physical pain in surgical
practice that the deliberate preference for en-
durance rather than oblivion excites interest
and remark Yet only a few years ago such en-
durance was matter of course. To-day many
people, even to save their lives, would not face
the pain of the oldtime practice, much have
habit and the knowledge of surgical luxury af
fected u.s. Just as it is impossible for him who
has grown into the life Of ease and self-indui-
gence TO take up the regimen of early days,
when he worked with his hands and lived on
hard fare so it is impossible for most of us to
face pain as our fathers and mothers did.
Some students Of the Chinese tell us that their
remarkable endurance of pain is not SO much
stoicism as lack of sensitiveness. They do not
feel pain as the Caucasian does. If that be
true. it is easy to believe in great variations not
merely In self-control, but in sensory respon-
siveness Perhaps our people, besides being less
babituated to the endurance of pain as matter
of course are also more sensitive to it, not only
mentally but physically. The modern nervous
tension and quick responsiveness may lay upon
the hero of to-day a vastly greater burden than
was borne under the same suffering by the man
of an earlier time, who not braver or more
self-contained or more the master of his own
soul. but whose physical being did not vibrate
with anything like the same intensity under ex-
ternal impulse.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
! TARIFF DRAWBACK DENIED.

I7non the request of the Treasury Department
an oninion has recently been rendered by the
Attorney General on q claim for the repay neiit
of certain duties, and the decision does not
touch the main issue involved some d1sappoiht-
ment is evinced by persons having interest
In the case.
When the Cramps were building the cruiser
Kasagi for Japan six or seven years ago, they
found themselves In need of searchllghtS. NOT
having the facilities for making them, they ap-
piled to the General Electric Company, Whlch
eventually filled the order. Before doing so the
General Electric purchased the requisite mirrors
abroad; and in time that corporation asked the
government for drawback under the provision
of the tariff law which relates to the importa-
ton of material to be used in the construction
of ships for foreign customers.
In the original Dingey act there were TWO
sections 12 and 10 which had bearing on
such cases. Under Section 12, which is con-
ceded to be still in force, the Cramps might
easily recover duties paid by them on material
which they had imported directly for use in
constructing the Kasagi; but the status of the
General Electric Company was not exactly the
same as that of the Philadelphia firm. 1t was
not shipbuilder and it did not export Its prod
ucts 1t merely sold its searchlights to another
American manufacturer. The Treasury holds
that Section II does not justify repayment under
Section II was virtually repealed by the law OF
1897. Obviously, it would have been useful to
a number Of large manufacturing concerns III
this country If the Department of Justice had
either sustained or overruled that policy. In
stead, it declared that the claim was barred by
the statute of limitations-an opinion which is
said to be out of harmony with the previous
practice Of the Treasury. According to the
Washington correspondent of "The Iron Age"
that department has always held that when
there is an otherwise clear case before it the
lapse of years cannot restrict its action 1t is
limited, furthermore, that the present Secretary
might not be willing to have his authority thus
limited.
An effort will doubtless be made to secure
from Congress modification of the tariff laws
which will fit situation like this; but the rep
resentatives of the Industries which would be
affected cannot well act until they know pre-
cisely where they stand. 1t would be use
less to amend the statutes il they already give
the importing manufacturer the drawback he
wants The Treasury, too, ought to know
whether its Interpretation of the act of 1897 is
entirely correct. Hence it is to be hoped that
new case will be formulated for the Attorney
Generals consideration and that he will be able
before many months have passed to dispel the
uncertainty which at present exists.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
Abouf People and II |ociaI Incidents.

as best man. and Charles Lansing Baldwin and
James G. Taylor will be the ushers The cere
fIony VIII be performed by the Rev Donald
sage Macksy. Of the Fifth Avenue Collegiate
Church' where ii was originally intended to have
the wedding. the plans being subsequently changed
owing to the recent death of the bridegroom's
mother. Mrs John Fl. v Arnold who was Miss
Josephine Ormsby.
Still another wedding set for to-day will be that
of Miss Dorothy Hnckley. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Parker Hinckley 10 Thomas r. Will
ams at st. Johns Church Far Roekaway Long
Island. 1t will be followed by reception at the
summer hoEle of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Rockefeller left town
for Greenwich, Conn. and have opened their coun-
try place there for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Lothrop Ames. of Bos
ton. are in town for few days. Mrs. Ames was
Miss Edith Cryder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dun
Cryder.
Mrs Charles NJ. oelrichs and Miss oelrichs have
left town and gone to Newport for the season.
Mrs James F. d. Lanier is likewise established
there. in the Tiffany villa. for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt entertain
ING q large party OF friends at Sycamore Lodge,
their place on Racquette Lake in the Adirondacks.
Henry F. Shoemaker and his daughter. Miss
Blanche l.. Shoemaker. after an automobile tour of
some three thousand miles on the Continent OF
Europe, returned here yesterday. and on their ar
rival proceeded at once to join Mrs. Shoemaker at
Riverside Conn. Miss Shoemaker. who was one OF
the debutantes of last winter, was presented at
court while in London. just before she sailed for
home.
The engagement is announced of Miss Margaret
D. Dreier of Brooklyn. to NJ. Raymond Robins Of
Chicago. Mr. Robins Is a Kentuckian. and is a
brother Of Miss Elizabeth Robins. the novelist who
is living in London. Mr.. Robins is resident
worker in the Northwestern University Settlement,
and for more than three and half years was
perintendent of the Municipal Lodging House of
Chicago. The marriage will take place at the home
of the Misses Dreier, No. Montague Terrace, dur
ing the month of June. and Miss Robins
can arrive from London.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10

First Visit to the Farm Bought by
Mrs. Roosevelt.

Rapidan, Va. June o.-President Roosevelt
rived at Rapidan, on his brief outing trip. at
1:15 o'clock this afternoon He is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Wilmer, who are old friends
of the Roosevelt family. Mrs. Roosevelt
rived here yesterday The President will
main here until Sunday night Monday morn
ing, unless urgent business calls him back to
Washington.
The President to-day paid his first visit to the
Albemarle farm, which Mrs. Roosevelt recently
purchased from William N. Wilmer. and which
she proposes using for short visits at any time
she may feel like leaving Washington for rest
and quiet A small crowd had gathered at Cul-
peper and at several other points. The Presi
dent however, left the Southern Railway train
on which he came from Washington at Red
Mill a little station nine miles south of Char
lottesvilIe. When he alighted from the train ne
was cordially greeted by Mr.. Wilmer. To the
two three persons on the platform Mr. Roose-
welt lifted his hat in greeting and said:
I'm glad to meet you, gentlemen I'm glad TO
become landho1der in your community
sorrel stallion had been placed at his dis
posal by Mr.. Wilmer. The President adjusted
the stirrups mounted. and, together with his
host started on the twelve mile horseback ride
to join Mrs. Roosevelt at the home of Joseph
Wilmer which is not far from Plain Dealing.
tne ndnQSOHle Country ItOIIe VI w 1lIIdIH ~ w
mer The ride to the farm. which is along
rather rugged road down Hardware River. is
delightful one. with beautiful scenery on every
hand The afternoon was cool and delightful
with hardly a cloud in the sky.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will divide
their time between the homes of the Wilmer
brothers and the modest little two story house
on the fifteen acre tract which Mrs Roosevelt
purchased This farm is one and one-half miles
east of Keene Postofice. the southern part
of the country, and six or eight miles north or
Scottsville The house, which has recently been
improved to suit the needs and tastes of Mrs
Roosevelt is In the heart of the woods Its color
is ochre, with brown trimmings and green
blinds. A broad porch extends across the front.
and at the end. where an oak tree grows, the
roof of tine porch has been neatly built around
It, Work on the house is not completed, most
of the finishing remaining to be done.
Mrs. Roosevelt reached Red Hill yesterday az
ternoon. She was accompanied from Washing
ton by William Wilmer and was met at the
station by Joseph Wilmer. She too. preferred
a horseback ride, her escort being Joseph VIII
mer. A wagon piled with baggage followed
Mrs. Roosevelt wore riding habit and sailor
hat
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
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Washington June 9.-A farewell dinner was given
in honor of Count Cassini, the Russian Amoassador
last evening by .he Secretary of the Interior and
Miss Hitchcock. The guests included the Secre-
tarv CT Commerce and, Labor and Mrs. Metcalf
Major General and Mrs. Gillespie and the Ihird
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Peirce
The German Ambassador went to Deor Park No.
to-day to spend few days.
Sir Mortimer Durand. the British Ambassador
and Hugh OBerne, first secretary of embassy.
went to New-York to-day to attend the Pilgrim
dinner expecting to start on their return TO wash
ington soon after midnight.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Newport, r. l., June 9.-John Roosevelt is al
Newport. the guest Of P. d. Rainey on board the
steam yacht Anona.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clews. jr., will arrive az
Newport tomorrow for the season.
Dr. and Mrs Samuel C. Powell left Newport to-
day for New-York. and will sail tomorrow for
England, where they will spend the summer
Elisha Dyer. jr. returned from New-York this
evening. Edward s. Willing to-day for the
season and has opened his cottage In Webster-st.
F. l. V Hoppn, of New-York. is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs ]. F. D. Lanier at their cottage here.
Mrs j. J. Post has arrived from New-York for
the season.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-10

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or abroad, and address changed as often as
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office.
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lature settle down to work at the pegiiihis % %
the session instead OF crowdlng ever yt,lhs nv
tba Jast two weeks time limit should De set
on Tho introduction of bills. and when all nave
been dismissed of there ought to be an ADJOURN
ment TO permit action by the Governor and sup.
seouent review by the legislature in the case OIL
measures apparently deserving of correcuon OF
repassage. Possibly Governor Stokes may SUN
Mate action of this kind by few pointed ana
forcible remarks in his next message to the
;acyi coful