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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-08-27
CBARADA

Tengo yo una sOb2ina
muy CU0t'O ci1tcO,
con mas M7aG dos terctG
que un eruditO;
Pefo m4 enfada,
porque esta siendO TODO
de las criadas.
La solu ci6a ell domingo pr6xi-
mo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-08-27
BT0mas VeIas.

Que 81 muy honorable comioi0DRd0
de -..-s~s.... & qnien Rlg1n ehusCO.
lIam6 GRoIando /. 81 Calvo. CabBllero
del siIenCies suele tsner bromitss nm
tanto pegadsR; es ya h&rt0 sabido.
ArrAr Ques e hum6risnaO. y no Otre
cosa, como suponel loG maIicic sec.
han lido sus prccediI0ientos. que a.
guieD, IlevRd0 de Cie&a demenCis, hs
caIfcRdO de iDjustifcabies atPopelI0s
81 dereCho. de punib les violRCiones &
il ley.
Y 81 esos espfritus aauatadizos y por
demGs impresionAbles. tuvieFan como
cimiento de la 1ltimI humorada del
iGustFe educacioniAte, que para bien
de Ia instruction y honra de este pue.
bio, hace Ia meFced de pOr ln1JeF cuG'
tfo mil dollars dedicar los frut0s de ga
oerebFO & 10 iusula menuds; de flo
que pondIfsn el gritO ep ell CielO, y no
hlb:fsn de encOntrar evftetO sufcien-
tements duro con que critiCRP 10 que
no pasa de ser una simple humorRda.
que de chiatoso ge las dk nuestrO Comi-
sionad0 bien querido.
ANA Va clio.
Els ei case que una ae E1orits pre- fesc.
ra, que ejerci6 con TODD cello en- Ell pO-
bIado de Cats NJ. ref0gip de no pOOAR
g orias iDiustaments DIV idadag p0r 10
fAma. recibi6 & fin de ca Fso. como pre-
milo de sus afanes. un CcrtificadO pOr
tres Ines. otorgabie golEmenSe & los
inGORpeCh&b!es.
Dichs maestTa crey6 Cpnver isnte So
!ieitar una esCueia. que CbtuV0 de 10
inntR escOlaF en- est8 ciudad. Pero, en-
cambio, ell COmisiOnadO no estim6 just0
aprObAr Ia designation hechR por la
iunts, y habiendo diChR prcfesorR In
uuirid0 Ia Cauaa de tai dehd6n FaIkneT,
el gran FA k0er, diz que FespOndi6le:
"A usted 90 le hR ex 9Sdid0 un GER
tlficado por tres II %. .per1 he aido COla-
mente para que enGef1s eh CAtAflo.
DOnde tod0 esCritor tiene su asient0,
pOrque b.j9 una CAPS ruin, suele es'
conderse un buen bebedof, debi6 ana
dir eli honorable : \ los ca htFo mil.
Y. cIaro ests; les espifitug deecon-
sentos ver6n en- Ell prooeder del Conf
sionadoo una brutal lesi61 que se In.
fere & Ii juOtiCia. oil mism0 tempo que
algo Cfsnsivo para la CUltura de los
CiudadRnos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
THE IMMIGRATION PRoBLEn.

Restrictive legislation has had little effect ap-
parently, in checking the tide of immigration
More rigid exclusion tests have rid us of GER
tain undesirables. Our doors are closed to de-
fectives, criminals, paupers and contract labor
eTs; but though we have succeeded in raising
the level OF qualification we have not ma
terially reduced I'm bulk the raw material which
we must assimilate each year and try to fit for
citizenship. According TO a recent report issued
by the Commissioner General of Immigration
the rush of aliens TO our ports is steadily in
creasing. In the six months ended February
% 405,569 immigrants were admitted, against
30642S for the same period in the preceding
year Immigration slackens I'm the winter
months and is greatest in March. April and
May. In March, indeed, 81, 900 newcomers we're
landed at Ellis Island, against only 1877 In
March, 1904 1t is fair to assume, therefore
that when the April. May and June returns are
footed up the total immigration for the fiscal
year 19O4'05 will reach n record breaking figure
In 19O1-02 only 64s,743 applicants were admit
ted In l9O2-'03 the number rose to s57. O46
and in 10000 it fell again to SIPS This
year it promises TO reach a total not far short
Of 100000
One unsatisfactory feature I'm this years rec
ord is the dsprOportionate increase of immIgra-
ton from Southern Europe. In February last
the arrivals from Austria Hungary numbered
GOOSE POI more than were recorded from the
dual monarchy in February, 1901 Gains were
also shown in the arrivals from Italy and Rus
STA. These three countries furnished last year
practically two-thirds of the applicants knocking
at our gates. Russia sent 145. 14l, Austria Hun
gary lII,l56 and Italy 1926. Together they
sent 5l5'593. against 297,277 applicants from
the rest Of the world.
Mr.. Sargent, the Commissioner General OF I'M
migration has repeatedly pointed out the de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
InnLA,S AFFLLCTLON.

Rumor saws that four-ffths of the native resi-
dents of Dharmsala were killed by the earth
ouake in India this week. The story heeus
yerification but if it be only half correct ana II
the loss of life elsewhere be 200 or 3OO, the
total mortality cannot fall below 100 Whhe
there is a chance that it may exceed 4'VVV'
From Cashmere and other outlying districts no
returns have been received, and the exact uulh
NAV not be known for several days.
If the disaster really attained the proportions
here indicated it has had few parallels in recent
history The number who persisted at Melaz-
gherd Armenia, in 1903 was grossly exaggerated
in the first announcement, and was probably
less than 1000 In like manner later informa-
ton concerning the shocks in Guatemala In
1902 reduced the mortality from several thou
sand" to 335. To the visitation from which the
Riviera, on the southern coast of Europe, suf-
fered in 1887, 1000 deaths were imputed at the
time and the figures may be accepted as APP
proximately accurate. With the destruction of
Andijan. the capital of Russian Turkestan,
Christmas 1902. there was a loss of life in the
city amounting to 1000. and nearly 5000 more
persisted in adjacent villages From disturb
ance which was felt in Bengal in June, 1897,
but whose effects were more serious in Assam.
more than 5000 deaths resulted The worst
record made in more than a quarter Of a CEN
fury was that of Japan i'm 1891 when the total
fcially put at 1873. 1t may turn out, therefore.
tlTat this weeks tragedy in Northern India has
been equalled only thrice in twenty or thirty
years.
Biologists distinguish between shocks which
have a volcanic origin and those caused by a
dislOcatiOn of portion of the earth's crust in
order TO relieve slowly accommodating strains.
These stresses may be set up by a variety of in
luences. One is the overlooking of an adjacent
sea bottom by deposits of material carried out
by rivers. The Charleston earthquake of 1856
was explained in that particular way. Shrink
age Of the earths interior in consequence Of cool
ing has also been held responsible for some of
the second class of shocks here mentioned This
class is large one. There is a disposition to
include I'm it the Assam earthquake the memoir
able Japanese mischief maker Of 1891 and the
tremOrs which California has occasionally ex-
perienced. 1t is probably safe to place in the
same group the disturbance that has just ruined
Dharmsala. Although the area now affected
may not prove TO be quite so extensive as that
which was ravaged n few hundred miles TO the
eastward in 1897, examination of the surface
of the earth by experts will doubtless furnish
conclusive evidence in support of the belief. In
Assam eight years ago great many cracks
were opened, some Of them twelve miles long
with a displacement on opposite sides amount
ing to twenty-five or thirty feet Similar conse-
Quences win undoubtedly be reported ere long
from the Pugjab.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Admiral Togo's fleet was report
ed from south OF Mindanao, Philippine 1sianos.
- II was reported In St petersburg Lhae
fhe movement 10 release the Russian Church
from the bureaucracy Of the Holy SYNOD was
started by NJ White. -= Reports from maj
-ooTts Of the Russian Empire indicated that the
sS-oo,te,,f among an classes was spreading rap
fdlv == Russian troops replaced ndANe A1 1
IA many important strategic posluohs III Do ,
bers LADY, Curzon was among those VINO
narrowly escaped injury from the earthquake
at Simla.
DoMEsTIc.-President Roosevelt arrived at
San Antonio Tex. where the Rough Riders re-
,1nion Is being held after speaking at Austin
Waco and other places I'm the state - =, , ne
government viii ask rehearing or me FLtiii t
nine tariff case ia which, by the decision OF the
tinted states Supreme Court, II may De coIl-
pelled TO refund upward of SleOpVOO duues;
Mavor-elect Dunno Of Chicago received
-r-ord from Glasgow that the manager OF tram
WAYS there would spend month cohsuItine ~LeIl
the Chicago officials - me a 4Iod net at
Selt Like CITY - The superintendent OF
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore deciare 20
that there was no need 10 rear At. ebiueiiiiO "a
erehro-spinal meningitis in THIS city
CrTy-Stocks were strong and active; -
The board of directors OF the EquiusDlS 80
Assurance Society adopted me 80 .e11tK,
Giving 10 the policyholders the naming on ~ NJ
Ssig5t ont 81 the ifty-tWo directors. - Inc
cbiaF solicitor OF the Standard Oh company
Issued statement in reply TO crltlclsIils OF jun
n 3oclefeller's gift of 100000 for foreign ms
eions - Armed men and InouIteu S,S1
were used in the Golden City tStaten M
line fence fight - President Winter or the
T5rool,lvn Rapid Transit. submitted SUBSTITUTE
mans for Brooklyn subways to the hapl1 Al az a.
-. 45,aT5 - Testimony was given before the
Tegiuletive Gas Investigating committee re
= S5l,1rr cost of producing gas and electricity IN
- e5t9, - suits growing out Of disputes
S - released and Klaw & Erlanger as TO
vl-oats FOR hooking David Warfeld were tried IN
Sho supreme Court. == Notice or an lhcISas 49,
~ s9OOOO0OO I'm the common stock OF Ihe ~ Ie
$4,000 COMPANY was fled. == Commas
sioner NcAdoo suspended a detective sergeant
eor crfticising his superiors
- -, = s.ryr,T5 - Indications for to-day:
1T w., Ia The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 50 degrees; lowest Al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
rur ENGLNEER oN IL CANAL.

II e refreshing 70 note how a man VINO Is
master OF a subject can with Few pertinent
words dispeI the haze Of doubt and controversy
,rstb which II has been obscured by those whose
knowledge OF It IS imperfect This was done Dy
AR. Wallace the chief engineer OF the Panama
Canal and now one OF the executive members
~ TIE Canal Commission, in the brief interview
with him which we published yesterday ana
was done IN a way that VIII cause reflective
readers 10 feel profound satisfaction In the ract
that Mr.. Wallace is to have so much 10 DO with
enc construction Of the canal and so large a
share IN deciding all questions concerning II.
One noinf upon which he touched was that Of
the general plan OF the canal. whether tide level
or high level There has been an cutlery raised
against the former plan, based chiefly upon the
fact that the tide IN the Pacific rises at times
ten feet above and falls ten feet below the level
Of the Caribbean That some have said, would
-enulre the construction Of tide locks, or else
there would be q perfectly irresistible and de-
gtructive torrent rushing to and fro in the canal
NJ every tide-a regular Niagara millrace Not
AZ al. SAYS Mr. Wallace. OF course, we can
have A tide lock, hut there is really no need OF
Il. FOR the canal viii be fOrty-seven miles long,
and that difference Of height viii be distributed
evenly along that distance Really, a fan Of
ten feet On fOrty-seven miles isn't exactly tor
rental % ats velocity II is only fraction over
y
shouldn't be astOnished 20 learn that there are
natural rivers. easily navigable in both direc-
lions. which have n greater fall than that AS
a matter OF fact Il would be an eminently de-
slrable thing 70 have a gentle current flowing
through the canal In alternating directions, for
sanitary purposes. AS 70 its proving an OBJ
gtacle to commerce or destructive TO the banks
Of the canal, such fears may be dismissed. We
really owe Mr.. Wallace debt OF gratitude for
calling attention 10 that point which ought to
have been perfectly obvious 10 everybody, but
which people without number appear 10 have
Overlooked-chiefiy. we suppose, because it was
so simple.
Mr.. Wallace with the assured authority Of the
''man on the spot who knows, also disposes Of
the notorious Chagres River bOgie. AS we have
hitherto pointed out, the Chagres may be a seri-
Gus and as yet unsOved problem for high
level canal but II is easy one for the sea level
canal That is because with the former plan
that tumultuOus and obstreperous stream must
be impounded and kept ia control in arti-
icinl lake for supplying the high levels with
water. while with the sea level canal there is no
need Of any such water supply, and all that Is
10 be done Is 10 turn the river into new chan
mel, away from the line OF the canal. and bid it
90 Its own devious and unfragrant way. Mr..
Wallace, investigating with a tkOHOughness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. APRIL L 1905.

than that of Philadelphia, and we are, happily,
free from the alley. For ordinary houses and
business blocks our lots are none too deep. but
when It comes to building tenement houses,
perhaps 75-fOOt lot would be better than
a 1OO-fOot lot Commissions have hitherto re-
ported on the harm done by our narrow lot
unit and contrasted our fat and tenement
houses with those of Paris, where, we believe,
the unit is about thirty-five feet. Obviously
the mere widening of the lot unit would make
no difference for either the lots would be split
for separate buildings. or houses would have
such interior arrangement as to give the least
possible street front for required floor space
If. however, the lots were shallow, then, In or
der TO secure the necessary room to rent. build
ers would have to string their apartments along
the street. with good light at front and rear,
instead of stringing them through the block
with the least access to outer air that the law
will permit Probably the best thing that phil
adelphia can do with her big blocks in the tene-
ment house districts is to cut streets through
them. and it might be well for our own al-
thorities TO keep an eye on those districts OF
The Bronx which are going directly from heids
to tenement houses and. If necessary. change
a street plan which contemplated dlHerent
sort of improvement. We should not commune
10 build the deep and narrow tenement house IN
new settlements. even in conformity WIN lue
present law That law was made to meet
street conditions in the older part OF the city
which cannot be changed, and simply makes
the best of a bad situation. Where we start
from the beginning we should so plot OUT our
land on which tenement houses are to be built
that it will not he necessary to have deep mar
row yards. but that houses will be at most not
more than three rooms deep. That means CIV
ing a somewhat larger proportion of the land
to street area, but this crowded city need not
fear having too much street and too little Drick
covered snAce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
WATER AND POLITICS.

II is agreeable to know that the Merchants
AssOcation-and. we assume, all other organ
iZatiOnS-Wl withdraw their objections to the
Mayors water bill, and that thus a much
needed measure win be FASTENED TO enactment
The objections in question were based upon
the fact that the clause providing for the ap-
pOintment of a nOn-pOlitical or non-partisan
commission had been stricken out of the bill.
They would have been entirely valid if that
elimination had been inspired by the Mayor for
the purpose of enabling him TO make the COM
mission a partisan affair Such, however, was
not the case Those familiar with the subject
know that the non-partisan clause was original
IL inserted in the bill at the Mayors own initia-
tive; it was his desire to have it retained, and
he, no doubt. regrets its exclusion. 1t was
stricken out however, because of doubt of
its constltutiOnallty. Obviously, if n serious
doubt existed, it was best to avoid it in the
way that was adopted, for, however the point
might have been decided, the very raising Of it
would have caused deplorable delay in getting
20 work on the new reservoirs and aqueducts.
There is reason for confidence that Mayor Nc
Clellan, at least, will appoint Il non-partisan
commission. He is logically and morally bound
to do so by the fact of his having prepared and
advocated a bill requiring him to do so. In adj
dition he is understood to have promised in the
most unequivocal manner to proceed with the
appointments precisely as he would have done
had the bill not been amended Whether or not
It would be constitutional for the law to re-
ouire him to make his appointments from
among the nominees of the Chamber OF Com
merce and other organizations, there can be no
question of his perfect right to do so yolun-
tarily. without legal prescription, which he de-
clares he will do In that case we may antlcl-
pate the appointment of good COMMISSION
and we can hardly expect any succeeding ad-
miuistration to be so brazen as to transform the
character of the body and to prostitute 1t 10
partisan ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07

ASADENr or ICsIc-s-The Darling a. she Csoas
a44-L-tstSAN -S:l5-Daly Crockett
tzLsASCO-S-Adrea
ASgl--esls-Ihe Music Master.
httlAAfs AAS 30 BENEFIT
dora
CLhCLE-2-S-Hau6evIlia
COLONIAL
loN-S.2O- Nancy stair
DAl-i s-&-The Duchess OF Dantzio
Al3sN MCEEE-World Wax.
EllElllE-S-Sherlock HOLMES.
G.AEkDllN--e -2o-Ihe College Widow.
lAltllCA--ts lo-Hou Never Can Tell.
HAANERSTETNs NICnORIA-2-s.l5-Yaud
HARLEM-e. l5-Ittle Johnny Jones.
HERALD SllARE-S .l5-The Woman IN tho Case
HUDSOG-2-A Blot IN the 'scutcheon-SlB-The Lady
shore.
IRVING PIsACE-S.lB-Der Famiilentag.
kNICkERBOCkER-S :16-Isondon Assurance.
LEV FIELDS, S-6:l5-lt Happened in Nordland
llll-ttLf Us. lt--Ihe Educaton OF Mr. Pip.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LeihnEAells Boots.
LYRIC-S.lB-FanIana
MADISON SQUARES .SO-Mrs. Temples Telegram
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-8-Clrcus.
NAAllIATpAN-s:l5-1ea Illeschna.
NEsW-A1 lST1IlDA M :t6-A Partisan Romance
new OR1I-S.l5 -Frince OF pilsen
SANOH-e. lf-A case Of ErenEled Finance
WALLsACK'E-S .ab-The School for HuEhanos-
WEST END-s:gB-The Awakening OF Mr.. Pipp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
DEFENDS MR.. RocKEFELLER's GIFTS.

To the Editor of The New-YOrk Tribune.
Sir: l life member OF the American Board
OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1 depre-
the agitation the gift of Mr.. Rockefeller
Who among is perfect? Who among us is
worthy to give OF substance unto the Lord?
The difference between donors is only difference
of degree Some nObIer in their methods OF
acquiring some less noble. Measured by the d.
standard IL is not untrue that gift absO-
luteIy untainted- l do not by this that all
money Is unrighteOusly acquired Granting for
the sake OF argument. that Mr.. Rockefeller Is a
conspcuously selfish acquirer Of wealth. II we are
to take money only from those whose worldly
goods have been absolutely righteOusly secured
the amount accepted by benevolent institutions (oy
churches asOl viii be small indeed. II of any size
all.
It has not been proved, anyway. by legal process
that Mr.. Rockefeller Is pursuing business that l.,
as bad charged. Give him the benefit OF the
doubt 1 think the American board Is Justified IN
accepting the gift. IL is well that Mr.. Rockefeller
has the disposition he has yield a portion OF his
wealth to the improvement % his kind at home and
New-York City. April 2 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07

that never was Appropriated before on the 18th
mus has found that the engineering works nee
essary 10 that end are perfectly feasible and
involve no novel, untried or even difficult prob
lem, and now he puts himself on record as de-
claring that the total cost Of thus dispOsing OF
the Chagres for good and all will not exceed
per cent Of the cost Of the whole canal undertak-
Ing. When we remember that Mr.. Wallace is
talking in this way not as an Independent and
irresponsible critic on the outside but the
man above all men responsible for the fulfil
ment of his own words we can estimate the
value TO he placed upon his utterances and the
properly inspire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07

STABILITY OF checking or limiting this excessive
inflow from the Mediterranean basin. In the
last Congress an attempt was made to amend
the law by prescribing a certain maximum Of
admissions not to be exceeded in any year by
any one country 1t was suggested that $4,000
or 10000 would be a fair maximum allowance.
But no action was taken. and the total immigra-
ton from Austria Hungary, Italy and Russia
this year will evidently Outrun last years figures.
Newcomers of these natOnalities are least
adapted to ready assimilation into the body
polite. and there seems to be no gOOd reason for
encouraging their importation here in such un-
wipIdly masses Italy Austria Hungary and
Russia would alone be affected by this limited
entry plan. The immigration figures for 19O5-O6
will probably emphasize the need of such clog,
and Congress may more easily be persuaded to
put this new and simple restriction into practice
The immigration Bureau has another excellent
plan on foot for minimizing the evils of the pres
ent system of unlimited entry II wants to
divert part of the stream Of transatlantic inn
migration to New-OrleanS, relieving New-YOrk
10 some extent of the congestion from which it
now suffers. Foreign colonies here are more a
menace than benefit but the South is in actual
heed OF immigration and would profit by the
INTRODUCTION of white labor element willing 10
turn 10 agriculture. 1t is hoped to make New
orleans an entry port for much Of this Southern
european business and to accustom the newer
arrivals to the idea of cutting loose from the re-
tdrulng and demOraliZing associations of CITY
colonies. If immigration can be diffused one
OF It's most serious Inconvenience can he cured
ana the work Of Americanizing the newcomer
can be done with greater expedition and fewer
hindrances - "''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
PERSONAL NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
IERo. THE Tribune BUREAU.l

Il
Washington April 6.-Niss Marian Bell ,-b,-
marriage 20 Professor David FairchfId win 49,
place on April S. entertained party Of girl friend-
informally at luncheon to-day Airs. Gardiner n
Hubbard. grandmother OF Miss Bell. has onene1
her country home, Twin Oaks and the veddIng
viii take place there in the early afternoon and BE-
followed by a reception
Edward O. O'Brien OF Nevr-York. recen.i, -
pointed Minister TO Uruguay. left Washington ~,
afternoon and viii SAIL Saturday for his nosr
Eduardo Aceredo Diaz Minister from I-rp5r,av
gave luncheon to-day IN honor OF Nlr OrRrfeo
The other guests were Richard Cults shannon soI
PEDRO Requena Bermudez. secretary OF the Uru-
guayan Legation
Mrs Fairbanks is at Old Point Comfort. Va. r.
euperatins rom the fatigue Of the winter season.
and viii remain until April Is.
Justice and Mrs Day are entertaining Mrs In
ther Day and Miss Carnigan
Mrs Dewey Mrs. Chaffee. Mrs. Hitchcock ana
Mrs. Cortelyou the invitation COMMITTEES. and
expect to be present at the luncheon to be aiv.,
tien for the benefit Of the new building
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Lorlard entertained dinner
guests this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James d. Laying. jr.. OF New-Yort
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spencer.
Mrs Mckee and her son. Benjamin closed their
visit TO Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee to-day and re-
turned to New-York. where Mrs Mckee has an
apartment. Benjamin Mckee Is attending tho
preparatory school at POmfret. Conn. and viii en-
ter Yale in the fall Mary Lodge Mckee. who was
baby when she visited her grandfather. Presi-
dent Harrison at the White House. IL now a
student at Northampton. Mass.
Brigadier General Theodore A. Bingham retired
who is on a visit to this city. called on number
Of friends at the War Department to-day.
Postmaster General CortelyOu has been made the
first honorary member of the American Chamber
Of Commerce recently organized in Naples.