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New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
raWT,FSS POLICEMEN

We should like Il II IN some way or other
Police Captain DAILY and his subordinates could
be brought before Mr.. Justice Gaynor or some
other fudge who took an equally serious view
of individual rights and police limitations. The
treatment Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson. the aged
couple who suffered four days imprisonment
for no offence. is a police outrage such as JUS
tice Gsynor has hitherto. both from the bench
and IN magazine articles commented on in ex-
tremely severe but not uniting terms The
arrogance and the disregard OF personal liberty
frequently shown by the New-York police and
tolerated By the New-Yorg public would be
more becoming IN ST. Petersburg than in an
American city. and would not for an instant be
endured In London though it is commonplace
OF observation that in all their ordinary move
rnents the people there submit TO police regula-
zion much more gracefully than here.
Mr. Robinson is eighty-one years old and his
wife seventy-one. They are. according TO their
neishbors, thoroughly respectable people. Mrs.
Robinson has a fad. habtually attributed to
women by the funny para graphers, of haunting
bargain counters and buying articles which she
has no use for because they are cheap. A fool
ish habit, certainly. but not crime! The
bundles accumulated unopened In the Robin
song fat some of them. with the shopkeepers'
tags on being over ten years old. The only Of
fence committed by either of these persons was
that MrE. hoDineon, having at ner nat received
by mistake a letter belonging 90 a neighbor
went 20 ber neighbor's door TO deliver Il, and,
finding nobody ar home. opened the door and
went into the kitchen 20 leave H. The neighbor
at that instant returned. was annoyed at the
we'll meant intrusion, and complained to the po-
lice suggesting that Mrs Robinson might be re-
sponslble for some loss OF clothing she had
suffered.
On the strength Of this tenuOus suspicion the
police visited the Robinson fat late in the even
ing Mrs. Robinson had gone 20 bed, but got up
at the summons. At first admission was refused
hut the police forced their way In and dragged
the woman. without giving her time 10 make her
toilet 20 the police station. Then, on the strength
OF the accumulated bundles. the husband was
locked up and great police exploit advertised
The two were not allowed TO communicate and
the woman did not learn Of the accusation
against her till after her triumphant discharge
when, four days later. the police confessed that
their suspicious were utterly groundless In
vestigstiop showed that the goods were bought
and paid for. Still, the police insolently say
that they viii rot return the vanioad which
they took away from the fiat. They don't do
that sort OF work" The Robinsons must cart
their own things home, though they were wrong
fully seized.
The magistrate before whom this case came
was rightly indignant. Just how far the police
nav have complied with the law concerning
warrants does not appear. but. ar any rate.
their conduct was arbitrary and unreasonable
and deserving OF severe rebuke from Commis-
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
THE RUSSIAN CRISIS.

Reports OF something resembling a crisis In
Russian domestic as well as foreign affairs are
probably not exaggerated. II is we'll known
that the Cars reform decree and the govern
ment note which accompanied it wrought popu-
lar feeling TO high pitch before the fall OF Port
Arthur. The latter incident must, of course
have greatly intensified the feeling and added
TO the general embarrassment of the govern
ment. The imperial council which is now TO be
held will certainly be important. and may be
epoch making. Nations have at times resorted
10 foreign war in order to allay or 10 counteract
domestic dissatisfaction 1t would not be alto
gether illogical for a nation to make peace
abroad in order TO allay a rising storm at home
There are those in Russia who think it would be
the part of wisdom for that country SO 10 do.
We shall see whether they or the irreconcilable
war party are tbe more influential
The statement was made, Just before the fall
Of Port Arthur, that In Russia at large popular
interest in the war with Japan had taken a
place decidedly inferior TO that of the proposed
domestic reforms. We can easily believe il. II
is quite natural and reasonable that il sbould
be So For, where the war directly affects the
welfare of one, the reforms would affect score
While success In the war would mean material
gain for few, the granting of reforms would
mean great good for the overwhelming mn ior
Ny.. Moreover. this war was not begun in re-
spoiiee 10 any popular demand, but has all along
been regarded with disfavor by a large part
perhaps a majority, OF the Russian peopIe:
while the vast majority of thinking people in
Russia have long been looking and earnestly
wishing for reforms in government
This being so, il is gratifying to be further I'm.
formed that after the first ebuition of intem-
perate expectation, the Russians are acting with
conservative circumspectiou, SO as to give the
government all possible opportunity to fulfil
the imperial promises in a liberal manner
There is zeal In restraint as we'll as in ex.
cess, and ii is often the more valuable and
efficient Of the two We could scarcely have
blamed the Russians hitherto for a certain de
gree Of mpatience under their burdens for the
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
THE LATEST "SHAKE-GP."

The expected New Years "shake-up" in the
Police Department was accomplished on Thurs
day. when Commissioner McAdoo transferred
fourteen captains. who will now proceed with
more or less complacency to exhibit IN their
new precincts the characteristics which have
distinguished them heretofore Early last year
Mr.. McAdoo made almost as extensive redis-
tribution. and since then other changes have
been ordered from time to time, but it does not
appear that be is unusually partial to this form
OF discipline. Nor is It probable that he ever
expects il 10 produce highly important results.
Under every administration such transfers
are made at irregular intervals Sometimes
they are heralded long in advance. Some
times they are sudden and unexplained.
Sometimes they in the nature OF a re-
sponse TO especially lively chorus OF COM
plants. They are always theoretically and
officially for the good OF the service" How
much real good they do is a question which
everybody is at liberty TO decide for himself
The amount is not commonly thought to be
large
Ii is an interesting but rather dismal rehec-
tion that every such general ''shake-up' is
virtual confession that the police force is large
ly composed Of unsuitable material. If cap
tain were competent and anxious TO do his duty
he would usually be retained I'm the precinct
with which he had made himself familiar A
new assignment not for some special reason,
but for the good of the service" means that
he is not trusted where he is. and il is there
fore deemed advisable TO send him to another
part OF the city. in order to break up his old
associations and connections. 1t may not take
long TO form others OF the same kind. but in
the mean time IL is hoped the community will
gain something. This will perhaps be regard
ed as a rather harsh Interpretation CT such All
order as that which went into effect yesterday
but we cannot recommend a different one.
IL should, of course, be understood that we
are not blaming Mr.. McAdoo, any more than We
blamed General Greene or Mr.. Partridge for
doing the same thing. A Police Commissioner
who wants to improve the service must en-
ploy all the resources at his command. how
ever inadequate they may be. We have no
doubt that Mr.. McAdoo would be glad in many
cases 10 remove instead of shifting his subord-
mates. If he had reason 10 believe they would
stay removed. The trouble is that in all proba-
biiity they would be reinstated by the courts
after tedious litigation with a legally valid
claim to back pay and costs. The law as it is
administered makes police reform fearfuly
hard if not an absolutely insoluble problem.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
DENIES AMERICANS PLEA.
archbishop of Canterbury Says They
Cannot Understand Situation.

London, Jan. 6.-The Archbishop OF Canter-
bury. replying to memorial from Baptists and
Presbyterians OF America asking his assistance
to prevent the injustice suffered by Eonconform-
lists Of Great Britain who object cOnscientiously
TO the payment of the educational tax. inCloses a
copy of previous reply on the subject to a
memorial from the Baptist convention at New
York. The reply contrasts the Archbishop OF
Canterbury's difficulty in understanding the
political issues in connection with the Presi-
dential election in America with the difficulty
American citizen might experience in under
standing the complex educational problems Of
Great Britain. and maintains that the act under
which the tax is levied does not interfere in the
smallest degree with religious liberty. and thar
the whole tendency of the bill is to remove So
called Nouconformist difficulties. He SAYS the
present controversy in Great Britain would be
found TO have other origin and interests than
those purely educational"
The Archbishop of Canterbury in a letter in
closing this reply. says it has afforded him
great pleasure to help cement the friendship
which he hopes viii continue between members
Of the Church of England and their Christian
brethren Of America. and continues:
You may rely on my doing everything In NV
power, not only in England. but throughout the
world, to remove any misChievous causes of
misunderstanding among Christian people.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07

burdens were heavy and CALLING and there was
no prospect of relief But now there is imme-
date prospect of relief. Ii may not be complete
the prospect of it should surely not intensity
impatience into violence Rather should it alay
it, and increase instead that patient selfcon-
troll which is absolutely essential TO the success
of the proposed schemes of reform.
The zeal for reforms which is needed in RUS
sa now. and which we shall hope to see strong
" developed, Is a zeal for making reforms pos
sble and practicable and not merely for clam
Oring for them. The best zeal of the carter In
the fable was manifested not in bawling to
Hercules, but in putting his own shoulder to the
wheel. Hercules himself would not aid him un-
less he did that. The Colossus Of the North
is not even n Hercules The imperial govern
ment cannot, with all the decrees in the world,
reform the condition of the Russian people
without their direct cooperation. and their co
operation is especially needed at the very begin
ming, in the favorable reception of the promul-
cation and in the influencing of the formulation
of the proposed laws The subsistence OF
disturbances and the abstentiOn of the zemstvos
from pettish dissOlutions because they are not
at once transformed into imperial parlia-
ment will be the most hopeful complement to
the Cars reform decree. Perhaps an additional
degree of patience and restraint will now be
needed because of the military and naval dis
asters in the Far East. That is a consideration
which should appeal to both the government
and the people.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE.

1t is intimated, perhaps unjustly, that the
Rapid Transit Commissioners are looking forward
with rather dolefuI apprehensions to the hear
ing which they are TO give next Thursday on the
East Side subway plans which Mr.. Parsons re-
Gently submitted to the board. Announcements
Of their intention 10 be on hand with something
70 say have already been made by so many per-
sons that it is thought at least fifty speeches
must be in course of preparation, and it is reck-
oned that the whole afternoon will not suffice for
their delivery. For our part we are glad to see
such evidence of keen public interest in the
question which the Rapid Transit Commission
will ultimately have to decide. With high re-
spect for the intelligence and fidelity of its
members, we do not consider IT altogether safe
TO assume that they have no need of advice nor
do re suppose that they themselves take that
view OF the matter. The question before them
is one on which the various associations of citi-
zens which are TO be represented at the meeting
next Thursday have good right to be heard
and are presumably able TO shed valuable light
If their delegates have been wisely selected the
discussion can hardly fail to be interesting and
instructive, and there ought to be no disposi-
ton 10 cut ii short
In our opinion. if one afternoon does not prove
10 be enough, another should be devoted TO the
purpose. or half a dozen, If so many should be
needed 10 bring out a full expression of well
considered opinions. The taxpayers have al
ready consented TO advance about S50000OO0
for underground roads. and they are apparently
willing 20 advance much more as may be alb
solutely necessary 70 supply requirements which
will soon become imperative They may fairly
demand an ample opportunity TO give the COM
mission the benefit of a variety of views and
preferences as a means Of guidance toward
sound judgment
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
frroM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.l


Washington, Jan. 6.-President Roosevelt received
a number Of invitations to-day from Southern cities
anxious TO the honor OF entertaining him
Birmingham and Tuskegee. Ala. sent delegations
to the White House to offer their hospitality and
the colored people OF Mobile sent special messen-
ger for the same purpose. Representative Under
wood and j. o. Thompson, Collector OF lnter1ai
Revenue, escorted the Alabama delegations 10 the
Presidents Office. Senator Kean and Representa-
tive Gardner. of New-Jersey. asked the President
to visit Atlantic City January % 10 attend the
Board of Trade dinner and Knoxville. Tenn, put
in a request for his company when he visited the
South. The President assured the Southern callers
that he would accept their invitations when he
could do so in the future. but was Obliged to give
the Atlantic City callers refusal. as he would be
engaged on that date
Among those who visited the White House to-day
were Representative Tawney. Of Minnesota. who
came to introduce friend; Representattves-elsct
Mouser and Taylor of Ohio who paid their re-
spects to the President for the first time; A A.
Anderson. superintendent OF the Yellowstone Park
Forest Reserve. who presented set Of resolutions
informing President Roosevelt that he had been
elected an honorary member OF the Camp Fire Club
of America. and Senators Spooner. Of Wisconsin
and Millard. OF Nebraska, who discussed affairs
relating to their States.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt had dinner
guests tonight President Alderman Of the Univer-
sity of Virginia: Judge Jones. of Alabama; Silas
McBee. Editor OF The Churchman''; DIT. Lyman
Abbott Editor OF The Outlook: Judge J. n. Dick
inson. Major John Byrne Thomas Nelson Page and
Francis F. Leupp, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07

sioner McAdoo. We hope. too that there will be
a strict inquiry as TO the technical legality OF
their operations. The law forbids the invasion
Of house without warrant and places strict
limits on the right TO arrest citizens, which are
habitualiy disregarded by the police. 1t is gen
orally recognized that i'm this cosmopolitan COM
munity the task of keeping order and detecting
crime IS difficult. and public sentiment tolerates
a large hberality the police in constituting
their grants of power. That liberation, how
ever. is based on the expectation that the police
will their extra-legal authority reasonably
and with discretion. When they fail so miser-
ably as in this they should be held to the
strictest letter of the law and taught wisdom
II they have not more sense than they have re-
Gently displayed. ii will be time for New York
ers TO arouse themselves TO stop all usurpations
even for good ends. and reduce these truculent
officers 10 toe the mark OF the law
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
Nssp:1laels Daiir G1lbm1te
SATURDAY. JANUARY Z. 1905
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. Senate: The nomination OF Will
lam u. Crum, a negro, 20 be Cohector OF Sus-
toms at Charleston, S. c.. was confirmed; SEN
sfor Bard spoke against the union OF Arizona
and New-Mexico proposed IN the statehooo t2 pm.
Eouse: The Fortihcations ApprePr,aliosa 1,.L.loa y
hill was passed. - Both houses ADJOURNED
until Monday.
FoREIGN-Tne Russian Minister Of Rail-
ways in an interview, declared that the coun-
- SIX strikers and one Cossack were killed
sn rioring at Balskhany in the Transcaucasus.
e. Only eighty Of the Russian ofncers at FoIe
Arthur accepted the Japanese o1er OF psroie'
- The japanese Diet congratulated the EN-
peror on the results Of the years camp aignlhs &
and PASSED a vote OF thanks TO General Nogi
of the Danish Cabinet resigned. owing to dis
agreement over the military situation -
lieutenant General Won Trotha reported TO ber-
I'm that a strong German force had defeated a
body of Hereros in fierce fight on New year
Day. - The executive committee OF me @ Zl0n-
sst organization at Vienna decided TO hold a
congress in Switzerland on July "a wnen the
East African colonization scheme Will be con-
esdered = The Archbishop Of Canterbury
rsfs1ssd a reouest OF American churches that he
use hts infuepce TO have the educational TAX
removed from British Nonconformists.
poMESTIC.-A majority Of the leaders IN
Welt to-day oppose an extra session for tsrlir
revision but IL is thought that the President s
judgment in favor OF spring session may pre- pre-
were made by Attorney General Moody ana
counsel for the packers in the United states
I.
washington adjourned after adopting reso!u-
tions urging more stringent measures for pre-
serving the timber on the public lands. -
Adherents OF Governor Peabody won contest
in the Colorado Legislature over the appoint
Tnent of q canvassing committee. - Governor
Durbin of Indiana warned the legislature asainsI
LOBBYISTS and said that voters were openly
bought and sold. - President Ripley or the
Atchsson Topeka and Santa Fe says he VIII
explain the Colorado Fuel and Iron rebate
charges al a rehsaring OF the case. 49, Lick
OberVatory announces the discovery or sixth
satellite Of Jupiter and q number or oouoie
stars
CITY-Stocks closed weak. = 1t was
learned that Mrs. Gelshenen sailed for Europe
on Tuesday; many statements were Issued oy
the District Attorney and the lawyers for Morse
and Mrs Gelshenen. - Three men were
killed and four injured in an accident on the
long Island Railroad. Cameron Spear.
general manager Of the brokerage concern or
II p Ward g. Co. was the only witness In the
Munroe & Munroe bankruptcy proceedings be-
fore United States Commissioners Alexander.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-oay:
Rain or snow The temperature yesterday:
Highest As degrees; lowest %.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
MOLLENHAUER CUTS OFF ONE SON.
John William to Receive Only 5000 An.
nuity-The Estate Large.

By the will Of John MolIenhausr the Brooklyn
sugar refner. who died last Saturday. John Wil-
IAN MollenhaUer. one or the FIVE children is cut
on with an ennuity Of $500. The Viii which was
Med yesterday. contains no schedule OF the estate
IL Is believed TO be extremely large
The teStator provides that the estate shall 20 20
Doris MoleRhauer. the widow for If, on her
death it is TO be divided by Frederick n Nolen-
hAuer, John Adolph Mollenhauer and Henry y.
dolienhauer. sons. who the executors They
ana MIS- Julia T. Dick. OF Manhattan a dsuShtsr.
are the residuary legatees. The Wartburz ORPHAN.
Farm school. OF Mount Vernon. N Y and ths
brooklyn Eastern District Dispensary ana FospiraE
are TO receive 5000 each The executors are directed
TO set aside enough to provide for a yearl, income
ef oeeo, which IS 10 be paid to John William Mo-
t-hhdueT III monthly inStalmentS. "Surh annuity
OF alIowance says the viii. may be withheld
OF splheU by my executors In their discretion
that the same shall be used solely for the support
shd @ malntenSnce OF my said son, and not for the
pay nent OF MS debts obligations
Another provision directs that .JlIfa NJ NCIisa-
enlidren OF John William MOIlenhauer shan receive
S-o,WO when they reach the age OF tweatv-sizht
Seais, II their srandInother shall have died Sc
Iote mat time II the grandmother and father die
o1Vte tne chidren are twenty-eiSht wears old slsy
such age - '
The cutting or OF one OF the sons by thu SUGAR.
tSI tt-nnsT Is supposed 70 be due TO the marital
troubles OF the former.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION PLANS.
Congress To Be Held in Switzerland on july
27-The East African Scheme

vienna, jan 1.-THE executive committee Of
the Zionist organization concluded a three days
conference here this evening. The chief busi-
ness discussed was the next annual Zionist
conference. which win be held in Switzerland
July q. the first anniversary OF the death of
DIT. Theodore Herzl, the founder OF the move
ment. The choice of the place of meeting will
be left TO a special committee. Either Iucerne
or Zurich will be selected.
The ordinary congress viii be followed by an
extraordinary congress :or consideration OF the
East African colonization project. The spa,,aI
commission which left London in December 70
visit the proposed site ot the settlement in East
Africa is expected TO return in April. aud viii
prepare report TO submit TO the congress
Other important business OF the conclraSs MI,
be scheme for the reorganization of ma Who'll
Zionist movement and the election of a presidcrt
in succession to DF. HsrzL
New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
DEATHS IN OPTICAL LISTS.

The number of deaths in 1904 as shown by the
Health Department returns for New-York City
is extremely large, and yet the statistics OF
mortality from smallpox. which were formerly
at some epochs alarming have been limited.
Our contest against this appalling epidemic has
been highly successful, and the array of its vic
tins the last year has not been sufficient TO
cause the slightest alarm. A long period has
passed since this city has suffered from a seri-
GUS attack of this maady, the vaccination forces
under control of the Board of Health having
proved able TO encounter the worst ravages of
the disease.
In these days of strenuous existence when
there is so much pressure and competition, 50
much strain and effort the city death rate can
not be considered low although it is much more
moderate than it was forty years ago. when
the medical profession was not SO advanced as
at present. In other forms Of disease however,
as cancer, for instance, although the most skill
full physicians have been devoted to the task
of conquering it. great progress has been
achieved The use of the knife appears to be
still unavoidable, and no therapeutic remedy has
yet been discovered, although many so-called
specifies have been from time TO time announced
in glowing terms.
The statistics as TO the sufferers from various
developments of lung affection, of pneumonia
especially and Of heart disease do not exhibit
much Improvement in a city like New-York.
with so many absorbing cares and occupations
and engrossng a strain upon vitality. But
must recognize the fact that constant gen
eral progress is making in the proper diagnosis
of fatal ailments, and that the medical profes-
sion has taken important steps ahead with the
advancement of the nations. 1t may not have
discovered a cure for cancer, for lamentabIe
cases of consumption for various forms of
pneumonia, for heart failure and other affec-
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certain of it's ground than it was at an earlier
date