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New-York tribune., 1905-04-24

uxcbanpe last week and for the same week of the
-recedinp two years compare as follows
April % 'O5 April q, o. ApTil ,I e. e, 'oS 6sz
81 e4O esq 81, 1O3 8l6.64d $1.3ll 2S2 $50
10 shares sold 575T5OO l.7l41o4 2olo'@'O
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THE TRENTON POTTEKIEs COMPANY.

Trenton y. j., April 20. 1903.
DIVIDEND NUMBER %
A 7 A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DI.
rectors dividend Of TWO PER CENT C20 was
declared Preferred OF the Company. payab5
April 25th. 1905 stockholders Of record o'clock
7. NJ. April 10Th. 190j-
Transfer books do close.
Z E LAAWTON. Secretary and Treasurer
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Government bond quotations compare as follows
With those Of a week ago:
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DiUidend Notices.

THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RtTY-
WAY COMPANY
stamped Adjustment Mortgage Bonds
a SEMl-ANNCAL INSTALMENT Oh. TWO
PER CENT. in respect OF interest on the STAMPED
adjustment Mortgage Bonds OF The Atchson Topeka and
santa Ee Railway Company Will paid az its once No
3 Nassau Street New York city, New York on Nav 4
4So upon presentation and surrender respective
coupons Nj MBERED holders Registered,
Bonds The transfer books for Registered will
be closed three o'clock P NJ. April 81 1905 viii
be reopened at 10 O'Clock A NJ May /. 1880
Dividend cheques will be MAILED holders az Regis
tered Bonds lie suitable orders office
H. W. GARDINER, Assistant Treasurer.
New York. April Is 1905.
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THE TRENTON POrTERIEs COMPANY.

THE TRENTON POTTERIES COMPANY.
Trenton. y. J.. April -. 1908.
DIVIDEND NUMBER %
7 A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF d.
rectors dividend of TWO PER CENT 90 was
OF the Company. payable
stockholders OF record COck
p. NJ April 10Th 1899 Transfer books do close.
c. +. I-AWTON. Secretary and Treasurer.
ANALGAJTATED COPPER COMPANY.
- Broadway. New York. April -. 1905
At A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF
- the ag7lmated Copper Company a dividend of
ONE PER CENT. (lecl was declared. payable MAY -sla
1903 to stockholders of record o'clock T. N Thurs
day April 2Ith 1905. Transfer books close occck
p. NJ Thursday. April 27th. 1895. and reopen AZ ~
O'Clock A II Monday. StA. 1905
a II MELIN. Secretary & Treasurer
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STREET RAILWAYS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

FURNISHED by ]. Thomas Reinhardt No. IS WaT-ss)
Bid Asked. Bid. Asked
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RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN.
Number of miles. $50 1so
Second week in April. SsO24 SS.I2l 50 336
July ! to April A.. 379951 365.444 44o SOS
TEXAS CENTRAL.
Second week in April. $12TT0 GA sc Oao
July l 70 April H.. 6S2SIS 629T7I ans O0S
WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE
Second in April. S0OS2G Ss3 42o $50 4oo
July / 10 April H.. 3319OO4 4S6 S3I 92aG 500
MOBILE. JACKSON AND KANSAS CITY
First n S0S14 ssa as2 sx---
July 10 April IT,. 370O97 3I3 ASA 109 ga
MONTREAL. STREET RAILWAY
Month March
Gross earnIngs........ $2oa 2al Sts4Sss s,-, ooo
Operating expenses. l59OO4 I4SOT6 lis az
yet Net earnings. $1o22I $50 IS2 $50 225
o"H'seS '''''''''''''' %-o4" l0SOO 1892
Surplus ;;;...:.,;... s27Ss1 SIe.O7s s34. 7Oa
Gross earnings 81 2Ss 445 sl.I2e6T0 sIOl7 40l
Operating expenses. S60,sS3 O5S 05G
Net earnings S3755e S35G.a46 ssss 435
Charges .............- llS.4Sl l05,59S 100 las
Surplus months. S257ln s25O74s S2G5 oo7
New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
OUR POSTAL POLICY.

In The Tribune's Sunday Magazine for April
some interesting comments on our postal pol
icy were made by the Hon. Thomas !. James
for many years Postmaster of New-York and
subsequently Postmaster General. Mr. James
holds that the postal service, creditable as it
IS. is still capable Of vast extension and i'm
PTovement. He thinks that our present system
is virtually only in its first stages of growth
and that the government will eventually build
up a postal machine Offering services and con-
ferring benefits now dismissed either as i'm
practicable or as beyond the proper range Of
governmental activities BY the time in fact
that free delivery becomes universal, the regis
try and money order services are cheapened. a
real special delivery is inauguTated postal saw
ings banks are established and postal telegraph
and express lines are operated, the present sys-
TEN VIII seem TO our successors as crude and
undevelOped as Franklin's Colonial service
seems to us compared with our own amplified
and mOdernized establishment
Mr.. James thinks that the vital step toward
the full development Of the postal service is
the extension everywhere Of the free delivery
principle. He would have the rural user Of the
posts put on a level, so far as this essential is
concerned. with his fellow in the city Rural
free delivery viii entail heavy deficits at first
he admits. But be believes that, economically
administered, the rural service will finally pay
AS way duu Aldts whether IL pays us way or
not, II is fully justified by public policy. Rural
delivery" says Mr.. James, lis the greatest step
''in popular education ever taken in this coun-
-'fry. II has come 10 stay in defiance OF its
critics who assert that il is being exploited
''at the sacrifice Of efficiency in the cities" The
Postofice Department evidently agrees with
Mr. James on this point for since July /, 1904
the extension Of the rural free delivery service
suspended by the AIachen- Beavers exposures
has been pushed with vigor. On July J. 1904
the rural routes numbered 24.56S. On April l.
1865. they had been increased to 2999G and
by July 1 next they win number over 5000
The free delivery system will soon he In Op-
Grafton over the largest part Of the United
States. 1t may even be extended 10 Hawaii
and Porto Rico.
With the great expansion IN the departments
business which must come through betterments
OF service in the rural districts, it Will be pos
slble 10 broaden and perhaps cheaper the reg
istry, money order and special delivery services.
Mr.. James insists-with good reasOn-that a
prompt and cheap special delivery I'm the
cities would prove enormously profitable. With
proper facilities, such as the present admin
istration OF the POstohice here is struggling
for. IL should be practicable 10 have a spe-
cial letter delivered In any part Of greater New
York within an hour or an hour and a half
after mailing. Such a service at five cents
or even ten cents-wOuld handle daily as Mr..
James estimates. at least 100000 specials. And
neglected feature OF the postal business he sees
New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
ADDING TO THE NAVY.

By the launching Of the Minnesota last Sat
rrdav the number of American battleships
which have taken the water within the last
twelve months is increased to eight Two
classes Of vessels are here represented. mat
TO which the Minnesota, the Louisiana ana
the Connecticut belong, and to which the han-
sas and the Vermont will eventually be added,
Is DESIGNED to displace about 10000 tons and
deveIop a speed of eighteen knots. The Nlr-
ginia and her four sisters, all now ahoat, but
far from being finished, will have dsplace-
ment Of $4,000 tons and attain speed OF nlhe-
teen knots. The size and power OF an eleventh
first class battleship, the New-Hampshire au-
thorized a year or two ago, have not, we De-
lieve been fully decided upon, but the Idaho
and the Mississippi, which have barely peeh
begun. will be smaller and slower than any
other vessel here referred to. The two battle
ships whose construction was provided for by
the last Congress will undoubtedly closely re-
semble the Connecticut. although they may be
a trife heavier 1t should be added that all
of the ships which have been launched since
April l. 1904, will carry four 12-inch rifles and
eight Sinch guns but the next smaller pieces
of the Connecticut will have a ,calibre of
inches, while those of the Virginia will be
6 inches. \ dozen Of one size or the other
will be furnished to each ship Of these classes
whereas the Idaho and the Mississippi VIII
mount only eight finch rifles.
The five battleships Of the Virginia class
ought to be ready for service within year or
fifteen months Two or three may be finished
before the close of 1905. Competition between
the builders of the Louisiana and the COnnecu-
cut will hasten the completion of those two
vessels. and it would not be surprising if they
underwent their trials early in 1906-perhaps
before April /. The Minnesota, which was
launched last week. can hardly be turned over
TO the government much before January, 1907
But when deliveries once begin they should
follow one another with gratifying frequency.
Within the last year four fine armored cruisers
OF the Colorado class have gone into commits
sion. These and three others which are in vari-
Gus stages of advancement are almost equal to
battleships in fighting capacity, and will con-
stitute an exceedingly valuable resource.
OF the twelve first class battleships now
carrying the Stars and Stripes four were built
before the war with Spain and the others
since that conflict When the vessels now un-
der construction are added to these the strength
of the United States Navy will begin TO be
what it should be. Viewed by itself, this fine
array will certainly he impressive. Compared
with the navies of the leading European ma
tions however it will not make so favorable a
showing. and it is the power of possible enc
mics which must be kept in mind in all mar
tial preparation. Besides, 1t must be Temem-
bered that four or five years usually elapsc be-
tween the authorization Of new ships by Con-
gress and their completion by the contractor.
That is a long time to wait in an emergency.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-11

a chance for profits which will not only put
the PostOfice Department on self-sustaining
basis, but may in the end lead to a One-cent
domestic and twO-cent foreign postage. de-
velopment Of the exchange and banking side
OF the postal business might similarly lead 70
greater profits and smaller charges.
AS a whole the Postofice Departments man
agement has been marked by excellent judg
ment and cautious business sense. Few Tadl-
cal experiments have been tried. Postmaster
General Wanamaker found little support in
Congress for his advanced projects, the most
notable Of which was the establishment OF
government telegraph service. But with the
expansion Of the postal system and the aWak-
ening Of the rural voter TO its capacities Tor
many-sided service progress along all lines Will
be greatly stimulated, and the government S
great business department will, no DOUBT ma
means to do even better the work 1t ooes' IL
the main, with reasonable satisfaction now
New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-There a rumor at Hong
Kong, to which little credence was given, that
sections Of the Russian ana japanese neets had
met and that Togo had lost five ships. - A
dispatch from Harbin says that the japanese
movement on Tsitsihar is unimportant, ana that
the main attack will be made on the Kirin po-
sition; bad roads have caused the japanese 10
change tie date for the towns occupation 10
April so - Advices from Hua-Shu Pass say
that a number Of Russian officers have been
publicly disgraced for cowardice at Moukoen
DOMESTIC-The Presidents knowledge OF
horses surprised the cattlemen who are in camp
with him near Frederick, Okla FL The Su-
preme Court decided that the right TO trial by
common law Jury existed in Alaska. - The
officers OF the Sth Cavalry, stationed near Fort
sill. are making elaborate preparations TO re-
ceve the President Wednesday = Commits
sioner Garfield reached Kansas TO begin the
work OF investigating the oil industry. -
President Harper returned 20 Chicago, and VIII
at once. == J. Morgan Smith ana his VIE
started for New-York from Cincinnati -
William Barnes. Jr- and Ex-Governor Black held
a conference at Albany.
CITY.-The stock market was irregular -
The Legislative Gas Investigating Committee
heard testimony regarding the cost and profits
in furnishing electric lights for the use Of the
city. == An epidemic of pink eye" was re-
ported 10 he raging in Harlem. - The Rail-
road Committee Of the aldermen gave a hearing
on the New-York Connecting Railway fran
Chise. - The Presbytery decided to ap
point a committee To investigate the West
minister Church congregation. - New
names were added 10 the list Of electros
for the Hall Of Fame. - The Lord suit, TO
prevent the carrying forward Of the mutualiza-
tiOn OF the Equitable Life Assurance Society,
was argued in Brooklyn. - Mrs Jack"
Wnmerding escaped from a sanatorium and
sought her lawyers. - A committee Of the
New-York Methodist Conference reported that
charges regarding appointments were we'll
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Rain and colder. The temperature yesterday:
Highest Il degrees; lowest, 43
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against Sweden. The King has practically Deen
driven into at least temporary aDdicauon Dy
the storm. and the Crown Prince-Regent Is ull-
able to aTay its fury. For the Omlnous thlng
is that it is not the work of faction OF OF
few agitators. but the deliberate and thought
ful work of a united and conservative people.
In Austria-Hungary the trouble is largely
sentimental The crux Of it is whether words
Of command in the Hungarian army shall be
spoke1i in Hungarian or in German. 1t was pro-
posed TO compromise it by pOstponing decision
of that point for two years, but the Magyars
refused. They insist that the use OF Hungarian
shall be decreed at once, and they refuse TO vote
military supplies until that is done In Swe-
den and Norway the question is more pracucal'
It is whether protectiOnist Sweden ana semi
free trade Norway shall continue to be repre-
sented abroad by the same cOnsuls, or whether
If separate cOnsuls are appointed, Doth sets
must be under an identical law. If we sympa-
thize with the Magyar demand on sentimental
grounds. we cannot help doing so with Norway
on practical grounds. Yet what comment
each case provides upon the oracIar pro-
nouncements Of the ilustriOus Home Ruler!
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS,

VrRoN THE TRIBUNE BUREAul
Washington, April 10-The German AinoessauOl
and Baroness Won Sternburg entertained AT dhhe'
this evening Their guests were the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand the Minister from
Switzerland Justice and Mrs Holmes MI ana
Mrs Pierre I.orflIard Of New-YOrk; Nh and Mrs.
Henry Nav Mr. and Mrs. Foster. the naval at
tache Of the French Embassy and NiScountess De
Faramond Mrs Slater Miss Langham. sister or
the hostess Baron ROtenham and Major Won Etzel.
of the German Embassy.
The Cuban Minister called on Secretary Taft to-
day TO present a memorandum from his govern
rnent requesting that the dispute concerning Spain
claim to war material left in Cuba be referred TO
arbitration Minister Quesada also bade goodby to
the Secretary. as he and Sonora Quesada will sail
on Thursday for Europe. to remain until Septem-
Der.
The Minister from Hayti and Nine. Leser enter
tanned informally yesterday, in honor of the birth
day of their niece Miss Kathleen BOurke, who has
been their guest for several months. The Minister
has taken cottage at Deer Park for the summer
The secretary Of the legation Of Sweden and Nor
wav and Nine. Hauge had dinner guests this
evening Baron MOncheur. the Belgian Minister;
Constantin Brun, the Danish Minister; Mr. Grip.
Minister from Sweden and Norway; the counsellor
Of the German Embassy and Baroness Won dem
Bussche- HaddenhaUsen, Mrs Townsend. Mrs. Fish.
Mrs John Davis Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Legare,
Mr and Mrs. James Ross Todd. Of Louisville; Mrs.
Patten and Baron Gislra-
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REFRACTORY TEAMS.

IT, haply. Mr.. Gladstone is now gifted with the
sense of humor which in this life he lacked
he must be amused at the gloss which the
doings OF to-day are putting upon one of his
most Jovelike pronouncements Of less than n
score Of years ago. 1t was in the crisis of his
first great Home Rule fight that he exhorted
his countrymen to behold and to emulate the
example OF the two dual realms of the Eu-
ropean Continent. How infinitely better off
than the United Kingdom were they! Great
Britain and Ireland, held together by Parlia-
mentary union, were. and had been since the
formation Of that union, necessarily pickering
and wrangling, seditOn the one side coer-
ciOn on the other. But Austria and Hungary.
and Sweden and Norway, Joined by only the
personal bonds of their mOnarchs, were patterns
of peace and perpetual harmony. Yet to-day If
may reasonably be doubted whether the reIa-
tiOns between Great Britain and Ireland have
ever been more unsatisfactory and menacing
than are those between the members Of each Of
those model dual realms.
1t was over relations with Austria TINT the
last Hungarian Ministry fell and Parliament
was dissolved Many weeks have now eIanse1
since the new Parliament was elected but tbare
is vet no prospect of a new Ministry or Of an
adjustment of Austrian relations. The En-
perOr-King has invited Francis Kossuth 70 vi
emma, and has himself gone to Budapest but
all in vain. Never was Irish National League
more irrecOncilable than the Magyar Indepen-
dents. They have their own Parliament and
laws, and at least as large a measure Of indie
pendence as that which Mr.. Gladstone proposed
for ireland. They are Joined with Austria by
only the personal link of the sovereign and
those functions and prerogatives OF government
which essentially pertain to him. Yet they are
not satisfied. If Mr.. Gladstone were here to-
day. urging his union Of hearts" proposal.
Austria Hungary would be one Of the last ex-
amples 10 which he would appeal, and one of
the most difficult for him to meet and to dis
pose of If it were cited against him.
The Scandinavians are less eXcitable. They
do not talk so loudly nor bang their desk lids.
nor hurl inkstands At one anOther's heads. They
are. however, none the less-perhaps all the
more-in earnest. The dispute between Sweden
and Norway Is an old one. A little while ago,
when Finland was so ruthlessly absorbed by
Russia. there was some appearance Of approach
ment, probably inspired by fear lest Russia
should proceed to essay the conquest of them
both, as indeed she claims the right to do.
But now that Russia has her hands full else
where they have fallen into fercer pickering
than before. Not the voice of B0rnstjerne Bj0rn-
son, Of old, but the younger and rot less
strenuous voice of Frithiof Nansen. with all his
prestige and popularity, is exhorting the Nor
I wegians 10 resistance, and even to aggression,
New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
SAYS sCULPTORs TOOK ACTION.
National Society Objected to Acceptance Of
Group. Declares G. R. Hawes.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. A news item in The Tribune states that
"Art circles In Rome have for some time mani
tested lively interest in the suit OF Ernesto BlOhu
the Italian sculptor to recover $4,000 alleged dam
ages from the corporation Of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art for failure to exhibit mis- bronze
group 'Saturnalia.
AS counsel for Signor Biondi allow me 70 rePiy
TO the statement of Daniel c. French president OL
the National Sculpture Society. who Is quoted l
do not understand how he say that neither
the National Sculpture Society nor any committee
thereof has ever taken any action whatever in
regard TO the group 'Saturnalia.' The fact Is
that at monthly meeting of the society. on Tues
day April 15 1902. the following resolution was m
troduced and adopted:
The National Sculpture Society having been In
formed that the bronze group. "A Roman sat
l1rnaIia" by Biond is in many ways oDlectlohaoie;
refers the question Of the acceptablhty OF Salu
rroup to the Fine Arts Federation for nnal acton
stating that from the information IN us posses
sion. The society strongly OBJECTS 70 Ihe dcCePt,
ance of the group by the Metropolitan museum oA
Art.
The majority Of the board Of trustees OF the
Nyetropoltan Museum OF Art were not influenced
nv cIamor and agitation manufactured by a few
envious individuals but in favor Of acting in
Good faith toward Signor Biondi. Two or three
men in the BOARD. however, influenced Dy motives
not vet made apparent. and dominated by outside
pressure insisted on conssning the group to the
me National Sculpture Society occupies post
ton hardly less enviable than that OF the Metro.
noIitan Museum of Art it has allowed itself
n ba Ised as vehicle Of petty spite and Jealousy
If the National Sculpture Society is really anxious
itself Alright it VII hasten 20 Sy reS S'
NeW-York. April s. 1905.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

LFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.l
Washington. April 10-Mr. and Mrs Westing-
house entertained at dinner this evening Justice
and Mrs Brewer. Mr. and Mrs A. s. WOrthington.
Miss Dawes, Miss Goldsborough. Miss Huff, Miss
Wadsworth Admiral Melville Francis Poe. George
F. Huff and Professor Gallaudet.
Mr. and Mrs Westinghouse entertained last night
in honor Of the French Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand.
Secretary Morton has gone TO New-York for a
few days personal business
Senator and Mrs. Spooner and their son. Phlhp
Spooner will spend several weeks abroad before
going TO their summer home, in New-Hanpshire-
A reception complimentary 20 the officers, dele
gates and visitors 10 the National Council of Wom-
en- now in session here. was held this afternoon
at the council headquarters
Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse have offered the use
Of their residence on Wednesday afternoon to the
George Washington Memorial Association, for an
address TO be made by Justice Brewer. Of the SU-
preme Court Of the United States.
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IN DEVILS HANDS LONG ENOUGH.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This controversy over the acceptance OF
500 a., from Mr.. Rockefeller for church work re-
minds me Of the reply Of the witty minister To the
worldly travelling man. A commercial traveller
vent To church one Sunday morning Perhaps he
was suffering little remorse for some deal he had
put through Al any rate he was there and when
the plate passed around he put on a dve-dolIar
bill lie commanding looking man. not IN
common among the class he represented. and at
the close or the services the minister shook hands
with him The conversation turned on collections
md our travelling friend said:
Now i am q very worldly man r,vseIf but I
nm, aware OF the Importance OF church work
gave you Aver this morning. can YOU accent
h Of meT
Accept II? OF course We can" said the preacher
1t has been IN the hands OF the devil long enough
Black Hall. Conn. April 10. 1895. - W.
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AcADElIY or 1EUsTC-s-The Darling ~ the Gods
AAAEtlCAN-S:l6-Ir. Jelzyll ana lir Hyde
AsLAAGCO-S-Adrea. - -
1AyOL--c:lb-1he Music
EaOADWAI-S:fb-F Florodora.
SALlAEGlE HAI.Is-S-aS-Ty AIheFs.
SEtIIERION-S-20-Jinny the Carrier
AOLoNlALS-2-S-Vaudeville.
AlAL1 'S-&-The Duchess ~ DoDtzir
4slltsN MDSE5-V0Tld an Wax.
EAElREs-S-Sherock Holmes
tFAEfl1Ck-6-lO-You Never can Tell.
eAkI)EN-S.2O-The College Widow.
EAEal<EM-S Merely Mary Ann.
hIDSON-S;20-The Heir q Hoornh
EANAERSTEIN'S s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HERALD GouARE-s:lb-The Woman IN the Case
IRVING PLAcE-s-Don Carlos
kNICKERBOCIEF- s.lS-Isondon Assurance.
LEV FIELDS 'S-s:15-It Happened in Nordland.
LiBERTY-s-l5-The Education Of Mr. Pipp
LHCEUM-S-Bugton Holmes Traveogue-S:SO-1frs
LeffngwelFs Boots.
LYRICS l6- -FantanR.
ANEIATTAN-slB-Leah FIleschna-
MAgESTIC-S-Kelar the Master Magician
MADISON EQUARE-s-S0-Mrs Temples Telegram.
MADISON SQUARE GARpEN-2-S-Circus
NFcW-AMSTERD RDANl-Sl5-The Misanthrope-
NErgN-NORK-s;lS-Frfnce o. PIlsen-
TR1NCESS-S-Frenzied Finance.
WEST END-S.lS-In Dahomer.
WAIIACKS- S-ss25-The school for Husbands.