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New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
Abouf People and |OcfaI Incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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Washington, Feb. 25.-President Roosevelt mas re-
ceived invitations to visit Las Cruces. N NJ. ana
New -Braunfels. Tex, presented by Major W. n n
Llewellyn and Representative slayden. respectively
Major Llewellyn member of the RouSh fio-
ers and will be In the inaugural escort or Morse
men selected from the ranks Of the President 5
former comrades. At NewBraunfels. If the Presi-
dent remains long enough, one thousand German
American school children will sing chorus com
posed for the occasion.
Senator Quarles. of Wisconsin. who was nomi-
mated to-day for district judgeship in his state
called at the White House this afternoon to thank
the President for the honor conferred on him. !
greatly pleased over the appointment" said
Senator Quarles, mot only because the work will
be congenial. but because I will be able 70 spend
most Of my time at Milwaukee, my home
The President received calls to-day from Colonel
Jack Chinn. of Kentucky. and Colonel John s.
Mosby the former Confederate commander. Mosby
is frequent caller at the White House but this
the Kentucky coloneIs first visit in the present
administration. Roosevelt is my kind Of man.
said Colonel Chinn; $50 much that l now call
myself a Roosevelt-Bryan Democrat
Representative DalzeIl. of Pennsylvania, escorted
delegation of NewMexicans 10 the White House
to-day. They presented petition for the reten-
ton in office OF Judge Hosea Townsend OF the Fed
eral Court of the Indian Territory. should the
Statehood bill pass and the judge stand in danger
of losing his place The President promised to give
Judge Townsend's due consideration when the
need arises.
duced C. T. Graham, of Lexington, who is a candi-
date for the proposed new judgeship In that state
Mr.. Graham is a Democrat and will probably not
get the plum unless the President decides that
there are no eligible Republicans in the district.
Delegate Kalanianaole. of Hawaii, talked with the
President about bill providing for the establish
ment of a hospital in the leper settlement of the
islands Senator Foster. of Washington, took mp
the subject of the proposed railway between Valdez
and Eagle City. in Alaska. and Senator Ciapp Of
Minnesota called to introduce Colonel s. Kistoe,
United States Consul General at Rotterdam.
Mrs Roosevelt has selected electric blue cloth,
trimmed with panne velvet and silver, for her
toilet for Saturday morning. Her ball gown
which is also be of blue is of brOcade, showing
flight of small doves. At the last inaugural ball
Mrs. Roosevelt then wife of the Vice-President.
wore white satin. embroidered with silver and
trimmed with lace. An ostrich tip fastened
to her hair by a diamond pin. Mrs. Roosevelt has
taken box for the Rev. DR.. d. J. StaffoTds lect-
Hamlet" next Tuesday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
Ieiu:31prIsDailu Giribn,re
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING,

CONGRESS- Senate: An agreement was
reached to take the vote in the Swayne tmpeach-
Tnent case on Monday, beginning al ~ o cloch'
the Statehood and Panama Canal zone oilIs We're @
semi to conference, and consideration of the
Naval Appropriation bill began - mouse
TT5e Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was con-
.iSered ana exercises accepting statues OF
Houston and Austin, presented by the old'e ol
Texas, were held.
FOREIGN.-The capture of Bereeneff Hlll Il oy
General Kuroki's troops was accomplished aiter
fierce fighting, in which the Japanese losses, ac-
cording TO Russian reports, were heavy; an ar
ffIlery action began yesterday on the centre, ana
the Japanese right resumed the attack on
TzeDti Pass The finding of the North
Sea Commission was that there were no hostile
vessels in the neighborhood of the Russian
SQUADRON and that Admiral RoJestVensky was
responsible for the result Of the firing on the
trawlers; the Russians fears of attack, however
were justified. - According to dispatches
from St. Petersburg. the situation in Southern
Russia is growing steadily worse; railways are
blocked, and renewed fears or a peasant up
rising are expressed. - A few trains on the
Vienna line reached Warsaw. but the general
situation has not improved
DOMESTIC. - President Roosevelt appointed
Senator Joseph V. Quarles judge for the Eastern
District Of Wisconsin. == 1t was decided IN
Chicago that the indictment under which Mrs.
Dukes partners extradition TO Texas is asked IS
valid - Five lives were lost and property
valued at 50 0000 000was destroyed by fire which
swept Hot Springs, Ark - BY the death OF
Mrs Harriet M. Littlefield at Providence, R. l..
Brown University comes into possession OF an
estate valued at $4,000, left by her husband.
CITY-Stocks strong and active. - Ex-
Mayor Edward Cooper died at his home in
Washington Square. - Samuel Siegbert, a
rich dealer in cotton goods, committed suicide
by jumping from a window Of his apartments,
his skull being impaled fence spike. -
A dinner given by the Lotos Club for Sir
Caspar Purdon Clarke. - A dinner was given
for Andrew d. White at the Waldorf-Astoria.
- The Gouverneur Morris tract in The Bronx
changed hands and viii probably be used for
large railroad. terminals; an adjoining tract will
be occupied by a big market - Richard
Croker sailed for Ireland. - The action of
Congress in holding UP rental for the Custom
House was declared TO be unjust - Police
Commissioner McAdoo pending court decision
on Justice Gaynors traffic regulation injunction.
allowed Brooklyn drivers TO proceed in for
Jner days. - Two boys drifting down the
Harlem River ice cake, were rescued by a
police launch. - patrolman sued Captain
Flood for $4,000 for libel. - The Intercol-
1egiate Association of Amateur athletes OF
America at its annual convention decided to
hold its next track meet at Franklin Field.
Philadelphia, instead of in the Harvard Sta
dium. announced
THE WEATHER-Indications for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest 40
degrees; lowest, 24.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
KID FRATS."
challenged

We beg our readers pardon for the phrase
But really what else are we to call them? The
boys call one another kids" and they likewise
call their Greek letter organizations "frats -
Wherefore, kid frats" Q. E. d. And if any
people of taste and discretion WILL why. then.
all we have to say is that it is no worse than
the things it stands for to which things II is
to be hoped all people of taste and discretion
and especially of influence, will also strenu-
ously and effectively object
The things in question are not college fra
ternites, nor yet college "frats''-twO very diff
ferent things, by the way; as different as are
gentlemen and gents" or sportsmen and
sports" Concerning the merits of these there
is variety of opinion. though the preponderance
certainly seems to be in favor of the fraternites
whatever ii may be concerning the "frats" But
it is the frat" of the high school, the grammar
school, perchance of the kindergarten. that
is in question. Any school day now you NAV
see little boys in rOundabouts trotting along TO
school with detachments of the Greek alphabet
embroidered upon their caps or engraved on
pretty little gilt badges upon their jackets They
are members of some kid frat" which has its
mystic motto. its finger tangling grip. its pass
word and countersign, and all the secret solem
mites of the Vehmgerichte. That is the sort of
thing against which. ii is encouraging to see
the principals and teachers of schools are begin
ming TO protest n serious evil.
Their protest is timely andishould be effective
The very notion of boys forming Greek letter.
organizations when they have not yet learned
the Greek alphabet and when they are In n
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
NEv-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 26 1905

would forbid her to go. The other obstacle is
the aversion and antagonism which England
feels against the reactionary and autocratic
features of the Russian government. Our Lon
don correspondent luminously set this forth in
a recent cable letter, when he said that English
opinion was as sympathetic with the cause of
political revolution in Russia ii with that
in Italy under MaZZini and Garibaldi There
could have been no such approachment between
England and Italy in Bombas time as there was
in Victor Emmanuels; but the transformation
of England's attitude toward Italy was as ex-
peditious and as complete that of the italian
government and constitutional system. The
things that are necessary then, for the fulfil
ment of Count Boni de Castellanes dream are
that Russia shall make peace with Japan and
shall establish liberty among her people: both of
which she may do much sooner than we think
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE LIMIT OF USEFULNESS.

DIR. William Osler formerly of Johns Hopkins
University, signalized his departure from that
institution this week for a new field or useIul-
ness at Oxford by the expression of some strlk-
ing and erratic opinions. His farewell address
was devoted mainly to discussion of the facll-
ties afforded in this country and Europe for
pathological research but he improved the occa-
sion to utter two fixed ideas" with which he
has long been haunted. One is that profes
sionaI mans usefulness practically ends at the
age of forty: the other is that at sixty he should
abandon work entirely, if, indeed, he is not gen
tlv removed from the sphere of his activity by
the administration of chlOrOfOrm
Whether these convictions Were inspired by
observation of other people exclusively or by
morbid determination the speaker did not
explain He professed to find justification for
his doctrine in the history of VirchOw Lister
and Koch, but as DR.. Osler now lacks only four
wears of the age of sixty one cannot but wonder
whether he has detected in himself any grave
diminutiOn in mental force or sound judgment.
If So was it altogether wise to assume the new
responsibilities to which he has been called in
England? His speech suggests still another in
Quiry Suppose the brakes We're taken off the
wheels of progress by the summary removal of
every one at the age of threescore: would not
things whiz at such a fearful rate that there
would be danger of a hot box? This matter
needs careful consideration before any such con-
sequences are made possible
Seriously speaking. however, DR.. Osler's utter
ances will provoke a wide protest where they
do not excite a smile For some pursuits youth
full vigor unquestionably has its advantages,
but for others the discretion which comes from
long experience is essential. 1t is customary to
retire military officers at the age of slxty-five,
and judges at seventy. In the public service it
is necessary to establish limit arbitrarily, but
it often happens that the men who come under
the operation of the rule retain their intellectual
vigor long afterward. The correctness of Dr.
Osler's views on this subject will be widely
challenged.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE STATES POLICE POWER

The United States Supreme Court handed
down decision the other day which tends in
measure TO confirm and enlarge the police
powers of the States. The case ruled on in
volved the validity of the Massa chusetts COM
pulsory vaccination law. This law authorized
the health authorities in the cities and towns
of Massachusetts to frame and enforce COM
pulsory vaccination regulations. An aggrieved
citizen who held that the liberty guaranteed
him under the federal Constitution was in
fringed by summons TO appear and have his
arm scraped brought suit to have the State
law declared unconstitutional. In dSmissing
the appeal the Supreme Court, through Justice
Harlan, declared that rights of life, liberty
or property were abridged through the exer-
else by Massachusetts of undoubted police
function. Compulsory vaccination was meas
ure resOrted to to safeguard public health. In
enforcing police and sanitary regulations the
State had to be presumed to act in the general
interest and unless clear abuse of pri-
vate rights was shown the federal government
could not invade the domain of local authority.
In the courts view compulsory vaccination was
a legitimate police precautiOn and the State of
Massachusetts violated no constitutional restric-
ton in passing a law intended to lessen the
dangers of smallpox contagiOn.
This decision has a special interest for New
York in that it bears more less directly
litigation In progress here to nulllty the state
Tenement House law. The interests which are
seeking to upset that law are preparing, it is
said. to take an appeal to the federal Supreme
Court on the ground that the new tenement
house regulations constitute an abuse of State
police authority and infringe individual rights
guaranteed by the Constitution. In delivering
the compulsory vaccination opinion last Mon
day Justice Harlan somewhat qualified its ap-
plicatiOn by saying that it must not be con-
strued as decision to grant no relief in cases
in which the police powers OF a State were
abused to the injury of an individual. But from
the broad principle laid down that the State
has natural right to protect health and enforce
reasonable sanitary regulations, ii seems easy
to deduce authority for the restrictions imposed
on tenement house construction for the pro-
lection of the public health. If the State can
compel the individual to submit to vaccination,
it seems equally competent for 1t to forbid the
building or maintenance of tenementS which
serve as a breeding ground for contamination
and disease. If one menace to public SANTA
ton can be checked. why cannot the other! 1t
is reassuring to find the Supreme Court taking
a view of the scope Of the States police power
under which the community's right to protec-
ton against sanitary abuses cannot be jeopar-
dized by individual Obstnacy or individual
oraed
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

school in which, perhaps, not WORD OF UreeA
is taught, is sufficiently absurd to be condemned
as an evil on that ground alone. A school ought
to keep its children from making themselves
ridiculous But that is not the chief objection
TO these things When one becomes man he
should put away childish things. Conversely
the child should not prematurely ape manly
things.
Debating clubs literary societies and the like
under the supervision of parents or teachers,
are probably profitable adjuncts to school llfe
not only in the high school, but in the gram
mar school and even schools of lower grade
But the secret, oathbound fraternity is emphati-
calIy something for older years and maturer
minds. If little boys form such thing, the re-
suit is likely to be mischievous. When youth
is trusted to go away from home, live indepen-
dent of parents or teachers control and manage
his own affairs he is presumably competent to
select lasting companionships and to fulfil the
obligations of fraternity. Until he reaches that
estate he should be content with the conditions
that are appropriate to childhood.
There may be those who think otherwise, and
whose exaggerated estimates of individuality
would lead them to give to scholars in the pri-
mary schools the same sweeping privileges of
election in studies that given to those In uni
verSity postgraduate schools. From their view
we must dissent. There really is a distinction
between childhood and adolescence dstinc-
tion with a difference So long as that natural
difference exists, the child should not be per-
mitted to assume the privileges or the RESPONSE
bilities of the man, even of the young man. The
boy who calls himself and each of his playmates
Kappa Iota Delta should pursue the mystic
way no further. lest he presently find himself
initiated an Alpha Sigma Sigma
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A school teacher was trying to impress upon
his pupils mind that Columbus discovered America
in 1892 so he said. Now, John. to make you remem-
ber the date when Columbus discovered America.
will make 1t in rhyme you won't forget it.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1892 Now
can you remember that John?"
Yes sir replied John
The next morning when he to school his
teacher said John. when did Columbus discover
American"
Columbus sailed the dark blue sea in 1893"
SONG OF THE PLAINS.
No harp have I for the singing fingers fash
Nor ever shall words express it. the song that is
saga swept from the distance. horizons beyond
Singing Of life and endurance and bidding me bear
For this is song, sing it. the song that love
The steady tramp in the furrow, the grind of the
An anthem Sung to the MONDAY. chant of the
Echoing, deep in my spirit. to gladden. and help
And this is llfe read it, and life in its fairest
To breathe the. wind on the ranges. the scent of
To strive and strive and be thankful to weather
Penciiling over the prairies the destiny planned
by God
To praise the God of my fathers. to labor be-
To dwell alone in His greatness to strike and TO
follow straight.
Silent and strong and contented-tLe limitless
plains and ]. -CThe Spectator.
Il have not tasted a fellow creature for nearly
quarter of a century, This message was not ac-
cordng to The London Globe as might be sup
posed, penned by cannibal chief in melancholy
yearning. but by G. b. Shaw in the state of emo
ton peculiar to ardent vegetarians. 1t recalls the
lively surprise and satisfaction displayed by the
Fijan chief on seeing timed sleeps tongues on
the missionary's dinner table From their size he
took them for a bonne bouche of other days.
Dean Pigou tells in his book of anecdotes
the story of the little girl who was much unset by
a maiden aunt, and posted in a hole in the garden
letter in these terms Dear Mr.. Satan-WiU
you kindly come and take away Aunt Jane? She
is a very fussy person, and does worry me so
Yours affectCnatey, Alice
The snake has great protection against as
salants He appears TO be always awake and on
his guard This is explained by the fact that the
eyes of snakes never close Night and day Sleep
ing and waking, alive dead. they are always
wide open. snakes eyes are not protected with
lids. but with strong scale. This Is as clear as
glass, and, of course, affords the least impede
ment sight.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
MR.. BOUTWELL, CRITICALLY ILL.
Former Governor of Massachusetts, Suffering
from Pneumonia.

Groton. Mass, Feb. 25.-GeOrge S. Boutwell,. for
merly Governor Massachusetts is critically III
with pneumonia and there is fear for the outcome
he is eighty-siX years old Mr. Boutwell, was
taken I'll suddenly while sitting in his library last
evening, and to-day his symptoms graNe
that the attending physician decided call
specialist from Boston Members OF the BOutwsA
family asserted at noon that the sick mans cond.-
ton was most serious. Mr., Boutwell, has been
member OF both branches Of Congress, and WsS
Secretary OF the Treasury in Grants first admin
ist-atbOn-
At $50 O'Clock tonight IL reported that tAeS
former Governors coalition Wis very grave 4le
that little hope OF recovery entertained rs
temperature this morning To- while to-nisAt
Il had risen TO lO3, and the entire right lung VS.
affected.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
REWARDS OF AGE.

Age has it's compensations:
Though youths no longer mine
Though cares thrust upon me-
I'll not in gloom repne.
My hair will soon be frosty
Lifes not all bitter. though!
lie in bed while Willie
Now clears the walk of snow
-(Chtcago Record Herald.
difference OF opinion seems to have arisen over
the effect of firing a candle at a board For a
long time the ancient tradition has held its own
that the soft tallow hurled the mark by a
musket would put a hole through an ordinary
plank. Yet here comes gunbearer who declares
that he has tried the experiment and finds the
material of the candle wildly scattered upon the
target. OF course with present day rifles and
breechloaders ii may not be possible discharge
candle effectively from military or from the
latest style of sporting But it would certain
ly be pity TO leave the question unsolved.
At one of the Western army posts in the days of
Indian fights there young lieutenant who
was careful to see that the reguat9ns relating
s9lutlng were falthtully observed One day sol
water and had both hands fully employed in tho he
had an occupation which demanded his undivided
attention failed to salute the martinez who i'm
mediately called him TO account for his remissness
Why do you not salute an officer when you
You hold this mule and I will" calmly returned
But the lieutenant did not insist and the regu-
lations were Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Illinois Park Association has come forward
with novel proposition. which It has succeeded
in drawing the attention of the State legislature
bill proposes the establishment south OF the cap
tal Springfield, of what is to be known as The
Park of Fame" The park Is to be laid out in the
shape of the State of Illinois. and like it, divided
into 102 counties. In these counties are To he
placed statues and commemorative tablets of cit-
zens who did not go 10 war. but whose work and
services at home in behalf of the cause of the
Union are still uncommemorated. II is also pro-
posed that the money for the purchase of the park
and to carry out the scheme be appropriated from
the $2OoooO paid to Illinois within the last fifteen
years by the federal government In return for
money advanced by the State In the war
Uncle Reuben says: Oar am a streak of selfish
ness runnin' all through the human race but IN
some cases II am artfuily concealed. Fur instance
when a man ruhs his back again a freshly painted
doah, de owner of de buildin pretends NOT ia kear
E1ea Press. NV'
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
SPRING CONCERT AT N. Y. u.

The New-York University Musical Club gave It's
annual opening concert. for the benefit of next
seasons football team. in the auditorium at Uni
versty Heights last night. A large audience en-
toyed the programme and then adjourned To the
gymnasium. where a dance held. Among the
patTonesses were Mrs. Henry NJ. NiacCracken Mrs
John F. Num- Mrs Collins p Bliss Mrs Law
renee a. McLouth. Mrs. John b. Ireland Mrs
Marshall S Brown. Mrs. Cyrus Chaee Miller Miss
Helen Miller Gould, Mrs. Charles II Snow Mr.
daFd ~NN'NS SNuN-
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
KING OF sAXoNY REBUKEs KOERNER,
Gspleased at Severity Used Toward His
Wife, the Former Princess Louise.

Leipsic, Saxony, Feb. 25.-King Frederick of Sax
ony received DR.. Koerner. the latter's return
from Florence, with considerable asperty the
"Neuesste Nachrichen'' says, and reproa ched him
with the severity of the taken toward the
Countess MOntignoso Uhe divorced wife OF King
Frederick After ALL" said the king ''she is the
mother OF the King of Saxony's children"
Dr. KOerner left the palace much annoyed and
Immediately sent In his resignation OF his place at
court, which probably will be accepted
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

But the scramble for assignments will undoubt-
edly be lessened and practice which threat
ened to become a serious military impropriety
will be discouraged and headed Off
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
AMBASSADOR TOWER GIVES A BALL.

Berlin. Feb. &-Ambassador and Mrs. Tower
gave fancy dress bail this evening. Amons tae~e
present was Mr.. Meyer, the American Auao1ssaN''
10 Italy, who Is takng a weeks holiday
Mrs. Robert Goelet dlned with Count ana S0~N
tess ven Buow yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
BOZ" CLUB HoNoRs DICKENS.

At the dinner of the Bog" Club. held NJ the
Savoy Hotel. London, in memory OF Charles DICK
ems. on his birthday anniversary. February . Anl-
oassadOr Choate declared that the popularity et W
novelist great in this country 10 ever Vs.
Lord James OF Herford occupied the chair. ,'lU
Henry F. Dickens, son OF the novelist was auio"s
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

Mr. Carnegie's offer of S5O0.O00 to the Uni
vers1ty of Virginia, on the condition that the
authorities raise like sum from other sources.
ought to stimulate wealthy philanthropists to
come to the aid of this historic seat of learning.
founded by Thomas Jefferson. Perhaps in no
more delicate and effective way could the South
be brought TO see the sincerity and depth of
Northern regard for it and interest in it's welfare
than by aid timely rendered to this worthy and
famous institution, in which the South justly
takes pride.