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New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
CIVIL PENSIONS.

The Senate Committee on Cities has before IT
bin which should not be lost sight of by the tax
payers Of New-York. 1t is known as the Yale
bill. and has already gone through the Assem-
bly, It's purpose is to give an old age pension
10 city, county and court employees on their own
application after twenty-five years service. or
in the discretion of a retiring board after TWEEN
ty-one years service, or if retired after ten
years service for physical disability or re-
moved through no fault of their own or by the
abolition of their positions. As many persons
enter public offices at eighteen, and the average
age of entry is only about twenty it is clear
that this extraordinary "old age" pension can
on the average, be claimed by men of fifty. and
in many cases Of forty-fve, and that men may
be put on half pay by the retiring board at
thirty-nine. Moreover, the ten year provision
would open the door for smaller pensions to
many persons Of twenty-eight and thirty years
whose chiefs might be willing to get rid of them
by "abolishing" their positions a favorite trick
10 get around the Civil Service law-or by retir-
ing them for physical disability or any cause not
their own fault
IT should need no argument to prove that such
a scheme is a mere travesty of an "old age''
pension. 1t would be utterly indefensible even
If proper provision were made for recruiting the
pension fund and all the benefciaries contrib
uted TO il for 4 reasonable length Of time before
retirement. new employe who serves and con-
tributes TO the fund for twenty-five years before
retirement from place with S1,500 salary
would receive an annuity OF $3.50 from perhaps
his fftieth TO his seventy fifth year. or later on
The payment through his term of service Of the
aggregate amount Of $1,125. If retired after
twenty-one years he could secure the $3.50 4
year for total outlay Of $50. The Yale bill,
however, is drawn as to make either the
younger men who might be deluded into Ell
rolling themselves for a distant pension or the
city treasury bear the burden of pensions for
the by no means necessarily aged men who have
already served twenty-One or twenty-five years
when the system is established The yollnper
men must come in and contribute until their
tine Tor retirement some ten twenty or twenty
I'VE years hence. The old stager can take his
pension almost immediately without contribut-
ing much If anything. IL he has already served
twenty-five years be can, by putting down a
lump sum OF S3I5, supposing his salary 10 be
sl,5e0. retire on a $3.50 annuity If he has
served eighteen years $495 viii do the trick for
him by the time his quarter century is IN: and
II fifteen years. S675, or 500 less than his an.
nu.fy, will fetch tue annuity in due season. II
lie Is 10 be retired after twenty-one years ser.
vice by his superiors the cost of the $3.50 an.
nual pension viii be just 1878 10 any man who
Hll have served fifteen years before the pension
system goes into effect.
OF course. tiiis is ridiculous from The point OF
View Of sound insurance. The end is inevitably
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
TILE DELAWARE DEADLOCK.

The curtain has fallen on the farce comedy
which has been running since early in January
at Dover Del. The Delaware Legislature has
gone through the customary travesty Of bal
loting for a United States Senator and after
Il three months deadlock has dispersed with
out fulfilling its constitutional duty. For ten
years Republican legislatures have been in a
position TO elect Republican Senators, but e1-
cept for the brief period from 1903 to 1900 the
State has been represented in the Senate by
Democrats or had no representation. Anthony
Higgins, Il Republican, was elected Senator in
1889 When his term expired in 1898 dead
lock occurred, lasting through the whole ses-
sion. Two years later, when the Democrats re-
gained control of the legislature, r. X. henney
was chosen to fill out the term ending March 3,
1901. The term of his colleague Senator George
Gray expired on March s. 1899 The legislature
became Republican in 1898 and remained Re
publican in 1900, 1902 and 1904. But except at
the session of 1903-when Messrs Alice and
Ball were elected to fill the two vacancies then
existing-the same miserable obstructive tao
ties were pursued, and the choice of a Re
publican Senator by nominally Republican
legislature was made impossible
We do not mean to go into n discussion of
the merits, pro and con, of Delaware's fac
tional contest. 1t seems clear however, that
most of the trouble has come through the blind
eCI ana misguided ODSCUdcy Oh the Culel Oh lu6
so-called Union Republican element. Seeking
election to the Senate a Republican, J. Ed
ward Addcks has for ten years past left no
stone uuturned to capture the legislature But
his ambition has excited an intense hostility,
and so far he has failed either in crushing or
in placating the opposition to his candidacy
maintained within the party. In his career as
a Republican leader he has accepted RESPONSE
bilities and undertaken duties which bind him
to consider something beyond the qualification
of his feverish desire to sit in the United States
Senate. He has failed to show a due sense of
his obligations both to The voters Of Delaware
and to the Republican national organization
His leadership has been narrow, unintelligent
and absolutely selfish. He has had his chance
politically and has shown real capacity to
improve it.
1t is one of the most encouraging signs of
the times in Delaware that the Republican
voters are firing of Mr.. Addicks's dog in the
manger programme At the session just ended
he has lost ground enormously, and there is
little reason to think that he carry his hope
less fight into another legislature. His activi-
ties have so sadly demoralized the party in
Delaware that revival of serious and public
spirited leadership is not Immediately to be
hoped for. But reaction must come some day.
Meanwhile it is encouraging to think that Mr..
Addicks's day is ending, and that faction ridden
Delaware is preparing to free itself from the in
cubus of his baneful and selfish leadership
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
ADRIAN ISELIN I'LL.
General Breakdoscn Causes Craze
Fears.

Adrian Iselin, the banker and railroad man. Of
No Sc Wall-st.. is seriously III at his home No.
2s East 26th-st At the 26th-st- address last night
II said that Mr.. Iselin showed remarkable vi
tally, although change from his condition on
Saturday or Sunday noticeable His illness
is described q general breakdown. Friends OF
Mr. Iselin said last night that grave fears were
entertained for him because of the infrmities or
his age
For more than fifty years Mr. Iselin has been at
the head of the banking house OF A. Iselin & Co.,
known on both sides OF the ocean. His Arm was
so far advanced at the time OF the Civil War that
1t helped TO finance the United States government.
The family has large holdings including trust
company stocks, coal mines and railroads The
principal home OF Mr.. Iselin for moro than forty
years has been on Long Island Sound. at New-Ro-
ohele, where he and each of his seven children
have large country seats.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Mckay millions in duplicating the institute
or should it find some way to join forces Win
the institute TO form greater schooi tnah
either could alone? 1t was the familiar eco
nomic question of competition or comDlnauol,
answered in recent years by so many Industrial
mergers Was it economy in the promouon OF
education to duplicate the plants!
There was another side to the question
whether there was to be competition or not.
That was the point Of view Of the prospects OF
the institute. itself richer in scholarship and
prestige but much poorer in money. This view
is stated in an interview by Thornton a. Lo-
throp, a member Of the Technology corporation.
He says:
feel that if The proposals of the university
are rejected Harvard, because of the desire Tor
a stronger department OF applied science VIII OPP
the weaker school, BY weaker school, mean
the institution with fewer resources, ana "
resources / mean quick capital ana not %he %
buildings, for buildings are merely lne Plelhl'
If the university should determine TO destroy
its competitor it would be question Oh time
only when by offering larger salaries and oy
employing the highest priced professors and
securing the most perfect equipment, harvard
would be recognized as the greatest technical
school in the country.
Consciously or uncOnsciOusly, Mr.. Lothrop
states the arguments which force every
weaker" competitor, financial or industrial
into an alliance with its stronger rival Euuca-
tional institutions appear not to escape the
tendency of the time. The plants OF tech
nical schools are much more costly than those
of literary or cultural institutions, so the ar
guments against duplication are more forcible
in the case of Harvard and Technology than in
the case of colleges of arts and letters. But
the greater readiness of wealth to increase the
endowments of the big universities as against
the small colleges, local considerations except
ed, is probably due to a belief in the greater
economy of large educational enterprises.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
1nnsemenfs.

ACADEMY or MUsIc-s-The Darling OF the Gods
ANERICAE-S:I5-Pals
1sELASCO-S-Adrea.
lgJOU-s:I5- Music Master.
ER0ADNA NAN-s :15-Florodora.
CARNEGIE LYCEDN-s -3O-ColODel Ca<terets " 7.
SERELE-2-S-NauG
COLONIAL
CRETERTON-S.2 .20-NGncy stair.
DALY'S-S-The Duchess OF DantZic
fDfsN MUSEE-Norld IN Wax.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Holmes.
Gardens .20-The College Widow.
GARRICK-S.10-You Never Can Tell
HARLEM s.I5-Afrs Wigs Of the CABBAGE faten.
1TsNsff.Ts STEMS VICTORIA -s:J5-Naudeviiie.
HERALD SoUARE-s:I5-The Woman In the case.
DSON-S:I5-The Lady shore.
IRVING PLACES s.20-Der FaInilientag
1<NICKERBOCKER-S:1S :1S-The Prince Consoit
JIREPTY-S:15-The Education OF Nr. Pipp.
,YC'FEITM -L.ecfure-3:30-Mrs. Lefangwelfs Boots
s-TTlIC-S-F Fantana-
MADISON SQUARE-s.3o-Mrs Temple Telegram
TaISONv lgST-ARF GARDFN-2-S-Circus-
sFaN-FsATT rs .1S-Ieah Kleschna.
N-1rFK- sATSTy7Rrl N-e.1s-Dr Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde.
N-E.y-- yOVFS-s.1F-Nrs Black Is Back
pRTNCESS-2- :30-When We Dead Awake.
eATOY-S S:25-AbigGil.
SVaTT,Afg<-S- -s.ao-Miie. Marni
vI,ST END-s:l5-Peggy from Paris
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
NOTES oE SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

IERod THE TRIBUNE 5UREAU.l
washington March 27.-Senator and Mrs Elkins
entertained at dinner tonight the German Am
bassador and Baroness sternburg, the Attorney
General Baron Moncheur. the Minister from Bel
gium; Senator Frye. Senator Allison Mrs Auden-
ried Mrs Fremont, Mrs Mckee Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lee Mr. and Mrs F. S. Landstreet, OF
New-York; Miss Mcmillan. Miss Coudert. Miss
Bird. Miss EIkins. Mr.. Wauters. OF the Belgian
Legation, and ex-senator Davis. father Of the
hostess.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
coNsIsToRY AT ROME.

Rome, March 27-The Pope held secret con-
sistory this morning, merely proconizing bishops
The only American was the Right Rev. Thomas F.
Hickey who was confirmed as Ceadtutor Bishop or
Rochester, y. Y. MonsignOr Zotico Racicot was
confirmed as Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal
The Pontn delivered an allocution which IN
moderate terms deplOFed the persecution Arohs
which the Church suffered in some countries, ana
complained OF recent action An France. The Pore
also referred 20 the persecution OF the ChUrch ~
OF the South American repubics. especiaAlS
Nicaragua and Ecuador.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, thinks
that there has been too much discussion OF local
questions, and not enough debate on matters be-
fore the legislature. But the people of this city
are not at all pleased with Tammany's manner
of handling the government at home, and it Is
not in the least likely that Mr.. Murphy's sugges-
tions will be effective in dverting attention from
the necessity of local overhauling.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
1rv.yoPEy DAILY TRIBJNE TUESDAY MARCH g. 1905

dispel Them Mr. Lucien Wolf may be wrong
Russia may be not only solvent, but pethoric
with wealth. There are some things which not
even gold can do. A united and loyal Russia
would have had a hard task to beat Japan. A
distracted and insurgent Russia trying TO do so
is spectacle of wonder TO the world.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
FUNERAL OF THEODORE NJ. PomERoY

Auburn. N. Y. March 27.-The funeral of Theo-
dore NJ Pomeroy held this afternoon at his
home. President stryker. OF Hamilton College. OF
which Mr. Pomeroy was trustee. oficiated.
assisted by the Rev. Dr. Palmer OF this city. Tho
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
Mr.. MCCORMICK AT TsARsKoE,sELo.

St. Petersburg March z7.-The Emperor and Era-
press received Mr.. Mccormick. the retiring Amer
iean Ambassador In farewell audience at TsaTsSoe-
Selo to-day. The Ambassador subsequently was
received by the Empress DowaSer The Emperor
and both Enpresses presented their portraits to Mr.
loo
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Russia has permitted a correspondent of a
London newspaper to see its big gold reserve.
The correspondent did not count the money or
the gold ingots. but the sight was impressive
much more so. in fact. than the military reserve
in the present general spirit of opposition to the
war by those who expected to do the fight
ing
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who viii sail to-day on ina
Slavonia are:
Mrs. Mary p BFoughton Mr. and Mrs Smith o'Rriei-
Mr.. and Mrs. John u Mrs Fanny l. Porter.
Boone. Mr.. and Mrs. John D. WinA.
Miss y. S. Dodge Miss Annis nj. Pillsbury.
Among the passengers who viii san to-day on tas
Barharossa ares
Baroness Erna Alvens- Mr.. and Mrs Louis Manses
leben. Baron Rudolph No1
DR.. and r. w Baum, Sehroeier. r.
Mrs. William II. Draper. Iyda A. sherry,
hrn fAr,Se f~ SaxA-Sa. lAlx. tkEsss Porter Sn1tA
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

There used to be a rule against letting dogs
run at large in the city parks IF it is still in
existence it ought to be made something more
than a dead letter. No doubt the dogs enjoy
chasing the squirrels and rolling on the flower
beds when the latter are in season. but, after
ALL the parks are not intended primarily for
Fairgrounds for dogs.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28
THE PRESIDENT SENDS FLOWERS.

Albany March A,-The funeral OF General
Charles Tracey was held at st. AIMS Church to-
day by Bishop Burke. and was attended by city
officials and many prominent men. Among the floral
tributes were a standing wreath from President
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

nsphsws. Among those attending from out OF
town were Commissioner Allen OF the Patehl
ONCE; William NJ. Collier. Minister to Spain; Presi
dent Fargo. Second Vice-President Fisgg IniEd
Vice-President Clark and other representatives et
the American Express Company, or which AAE'
PomeroY was first vice president.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

The Hon. Charles F. Murphy is getting the
prediction and pronunciamento habit. Is he
going to prove "chatty' Mr.. Croker was
under similarly depressing circumstances in the
Low-Van Wyck campaign?
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Owing to the objections raised by the bar
bers to a State tax per capita of 81 a year, 1t
looks as though the bill will have close shave
to get through.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

superintendent Hopper is hunting for a scape-
goat. At present he hesitates to chose between
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

The Canadian government is going to pay a
bounty to shipbuilders. Carry the news gently
to the Cobdenites. No flowers. but plenty OF
Grape.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

So Japan has resolved to celebrate the capture
of Moukden It was certainly worth festivity.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

The threatened Chadwick autobiography sug-
gests new terror of life. Hitherto the lecture
platform and the stage have been the favorite
resorts of people Of that sort of distinction. If
now literature is to be invaded. who shall es-
cape the inf1ictlon?
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney are staying az u
Lorraine for a few days before goins TO thsl
country place, at Manhasset, Long Island
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Mrs. William r. Travers. who has been traVe.las
abroad with Mr.. and Mrs. William K Vanderohl-
has returned and Is at her house In East 2eth-sL
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

The Hon Hugo Barring and his English bride ara
coming here from England on the Celtic and VIZ
make their horne at Mrs. Benjamin Guinness 5
bouse No. sn Madison-ave. AIRS. Guinness sailed
for Europe last Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Mrs Tristram r. Coffin viii be the matron OF
honor at the marriage Of Miss Mary Bell Hudson
and J. Roberts Coffin. April n, at St. Thomas's
Church. The bridesmaids Will include Miss Louise
G. Thatcher and Miss Natalie W. Vanderhoef, OF
this city; Miss Marion Clarke. OF Pittsourg; Mss
Carol Morris OF Philadelphia; Clara Noyes, or Gin
cinnati and Eugenie Watson. OF Columbus, Ohio.
Ralston r. Coffin viii act as best man. and the
ushers will be Tristram r. Coffin. Percy r. Pyns.
ID George ". Carpenter William l. Gelshenen.
Frank L. Schoonmaker, Ernest R Hudson, Fred
eriolS c Innan and Samuel Reeves, OF Philadsphia-
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

The Duke OF Newcastle sails this week from Lon
don for New-York. and viii, as usual. make HI
headauarters at the Metropolitan Club.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Announcement Is made OF the engagement OF th
Rev. William Satterlee Packer. formerly curate {
ST. Georges Church, to Miss Mary Frost, daughte
OF George b. Frost, OF WalthaIn. Mass.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-28

Mrs Frederick o Beach. who underwent an
operation a few weeks ago at the Roosevelt Hos
pitaI, still remains there seriously III. She was
Miss Camilla Moss, and after the tragic death Of
her first husband Charles Havemeyers married
Frederick o. Beach.
The Washington times., 1905-05-30
DECORATING GRAVES
IN FOUR CEMETERIES
Memorial Day Services at Glenwood,
Prospect Hill, st. Mays and
Mt. 0iiyet.

Members of George Fl. Thomas Post.
No. 15. and several hundred wifes,
daughters, and friends assembled at
the Northeast Temple, Twelfth and H
streets northeast, at $50 o'clock this
morning. Everyone had a heavy load
of flowers
Senior Vice Commander D. S. Welker,
a large detachment from the Thomas
Post, and a number OF men and women
from the Sons of Veterans. proceeded
to Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Scores OF
baskets and punches of flowers were
placed upon the mounds. and after an
hours stay they went to Prospect TIin
Cemetery. where two wagon loads of
buds and blossoms were distributed over
graves of the dead.
st. Mary's Cemetery was next vIsitud
At IL O'Clock Maj II. H. House,
commander of George H Thomas Post,
No. Is, and who had charge Of these
services, summoned the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, the members of his COM
mand, the Sons of Veterans and their
friends into the chapel a Glenwood
Cemetery, where the flowers that re-
manned We're placed upon the graves Of
Union soldiers. The exercises in the
chapel were interesting and impressive
er's bugle brought TO the chapel those
out Of hearing of Major houses voice
Major House called the meeting to order
Impressing upon the younger element
present the meaning Of The Gay he re-
quested them to always observe IL as
1t was to-day. He then introduced Chap
lain W, II. Honn. who said prayer.
Prof. Wilson Harvey sang Nearer
My God. to Thee" Joined in by the
audience. Appropriate organ solos were
played by Miss Elsie Harvey.
Adjutant Samuel Beight read the
official orders TO the members OF the
post. Fred Sehaffer sang several solos
The Ballad of Chickamaugua" was
sung py Mrs. c. L. True.
Lincoln's stirring Gettysburg Address
was recited by AdJutant Beight. who
was loudly appIauded- Our Guests
Unseen" vas a recitation by Mrs Agnes
Keeler sioios were sung by Miss Vir-
ginia Robinson. Col. Robert e Doan
then delivered a befitting grafton and
benediction was pronounced by the
chaplain.
The Washington times., 1905-05-30
cooPER'S SLAYER
IS STILL AT LARGE
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Bryant said he had gone home, and Sc
cured s2 from her. saying he was going
away. She said he did not say anything
about the shooting.
The officers believe Bryant caught a
freight train out Of town about a. m.
The police OF Baltimore and Washington
were notified last night.
Mrs. Baker today told the officers that
Bryant called at her home last night and
asked for Baker. not knowing that ne
was under arrest. Mrs. Baker gays she
thinks Bryant stayed about her place
until early this morning. lying on two
chairs IN the front yard. The officers
did not go neer Bakers house last night.
A man living a short distance from
the saloon told the officers this after
noon that st o'clock this morning he
had heard B. shot near his house It
was thought possible by some that Rry-
ant committed suicide and party has
gone out TO search the brush IN the vi
cinity
Cooper lived In Howard county across
the river He leaves several children.
The inquest will be held tonight at the
Fisher undertaking esta biishment where
the body lies. Harry Frost, justice of
the peace, will preside.
Bryant is about thirty-ftve years Of
age. He has wife and four children
living on Avondale street. HI once be-
fore ran amsck but was disarEaed by
BaiiIff Scragsss before he had done any
damage.
The Washington times., 1905-05-30
AUDITOR ANDREWS
LAUDS PATRIOTISM
Orator of Day at Congressional Cemetery-Speaks Of
Bravery and Heroism of American Soldier and Dis
cusses Lessons of Civil War.

that could be drawn from the great
conflict of '61-'65, he said:
Not op}y did th3s American soldier
give to MS the lesson OF self-sacrifice.
but he showed TO US that love of coun-
try and patriotism was, III the lam
guagc of the song, the supreme tyrant
of the hour because il led him and his
comrades from the walks of peace to
the scenes Of war. there to endure. and
jic, If need be-, thai his country might
iiYe.
Spirit of Patriotism.
THAT spirit of petriotism has bright
ened up the pages of American history.
II shines forth through all the trying
Gays and years OF the contest. It stood
behind the guns az Vicksburg. at Shiloh.
at Stone river, in the Wilderness. t
of Lookout mountain and wrote the
poetry of battle amid the clouds Of
heaven.
''It swayed the hearts of the loyal
people Of this country and prepared
them to sacrifice everything that the
Union might live,
Not only can we learn the lesson OF
sacrifice and patriotism from this Amer
ican soldier, but we learn from him
also the lesson OF loyalty. Loyalty TO
the Constitution of the fathers; loyalty
TO the flag of his country; loyalty to
the laws of his country; loyalty to the
canse of American freedom
The organiza tious which participated
In the ceremonies were Farragut Post.
No ID; l'arragut Woman's Relief Corps;
Sons of Veterans; Daughters of Vet
Grams, and a number of Sunday schools.