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New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
Aborxf People and Social Incidentx
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
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Washington. Dec. S-President Roosevelt received
large number OF visitors to-day There
many that IL would be quite easy to classify them
into political. social. literary and musical groups.
Senator Platt. of New York. among the first OF
the political callers. and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Timothy l.. Woodruff, who followed the Senator
into the Presidents office soon afterward and came
back to the White House in the evening. was an
other. Senator Platt called to discuss the appoint
ment of Afford W. Cooley Assistant Attorney
General Mr.. Platt said Mr.. Cooley would be con-
flrmed Mr.. Woodruff came 70 have a general talk
about Empire State politics
Samuel l.. Clemens MARK Twain had talk with
President about copyright bill and enlisted
his support for the measure John Philip SOusa and
Victor Herbert the cOmposer-bandmasters were
presented by Representative Barchh9d; Admiral
Dewey had a consultation with the President about
the need tor younger men in the navy; Representa-
tive Foss of Illinois introduced the members OF the
Chicago Drainage Canal Commission. and Senator'S
Fulton and Ciearin "f oregon, escorted large dele
cation of business from their state who are IN
Washington working for the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation bill. Among other callers at the
White House were Secretaries Taft and Shaw,
Vice President Fairbanks. Representatives Mondeli'
Martin. Payne Southland. Fletcher and Bouteil'
Senator SpoOner Ambassador Jusserand. Assistant
Secre tary Bacon and Styvesaut Fish. former pres
ident of the Illinois Central Railroad
Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain the members OF the
diplomatic corps at tea Wednesday afternoon.
December Il. at o'clock
Three changes will be made In the personnei OF
the staff Of military and naval aids the President
stationed In the White House this winter. The
three new assistants will be Lieutenant Douglas
Macarthur Engineer Corps. U. s. A: Lieutenant
c. r. Train L. s. y. and Ensign s Emrnes Read.
L. S. N The list will also include Colonel Bronl-
well, L. s. A. military aid to the President and
Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Key. Y. S. ",
naval aid the President, and the other assistant
aids will be Captain Arthur Z. Harding. U. S. NJ
c.; Captain Frank r. Mccoy. U. S. A: Lieutenant
Chauncey Shackford. U. s N; Captain Fitzhugh
Lee. jr, U. s. A. and Lieutenant Philip H Sheri-
A
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
THE PROHIBITION OF OPIUM.

We must regard Mr.. Wang-Ta- sieh, the Chi
nese Ambassador TO Great Britain, as one OF
the most enterprising-we hope he will also
prove one of the most uccessful-political
and social reformers the Celestial Empire has
known III modern times. 1t was he who
some months ago formulated constitution
for China and urged its PRONUNCIATION. 1t was
he, also, who took the lead in the move
ment, which is crowned with at least
nominal success. for the abolition of the opium
habit His recommendations for the latter re-
form were sent by him from London to Pekng.
and there were put into form by Tang Shao-yi.
and finally, through the influence of the en-
lightened Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai. were adopted
by the Council OF State and were promulgated
by the Emperor.
The plnn is 10 make end of the opium
habit In ten years. No new ground Is to be
used for growing poppies. and the area Of
ground now used for that purpose must be
diminished by one-tenth each year. so that at
the end OF ten years the cultivation of the
plant and the production OF the drug. save for
purely medicinal purposes, will cease Mean
time every one of the probably one hundred
million users of the drug in China must bs
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
SEWAGE AND THE WATERS.

Concerning the present controversy over the
proposed Bronx Valley trunk sewer two funda-
mental propositions are 10 be made with full
faith in their truth One is that the communl-
ties in the Bronx Valley urgently need some
better method OF sewage disposal than that
which they have at the present time The other
IS, that further pollution Of the waters In and
around his city Is undesirable. Between the
two ihere Is we Think no essential incompatl-
blIlty. On lhe contrary. IL would be q refiec-
ton upon the engineering efficiency of the COM
munity 10 suggest that relief could not be af-
forded to the people in the Bronx Valley with
out adding to the pollution Of the North or the
East River.
The proposal has been made TO construct a
vast trunk sewer from White Plains or per-
haps from Mount Kisco. down the Bronx Val
ley 10 receive the drainage Of all the communi.
ties along the way, and from Mount Vernon 10
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

turn it westward so as to empty Its foul flood
into the Hudson at Yonkers. The result would
be, we believe, to contamlnate greatly the
waters of the Hudson not only at fonkers but
at Tarrytown, Ossining, and perhaps as far
up as PeekskiIl, and materially to Increase the
pollution which already prevails along the up
per part of Manhattan Island. Whether any
addition could make the lower part of the
river appreciably dirtier than it is may be
questioned
Now. If relief for the Bronx Valley were OBJ
tainable In no other way, the securing of it
at even so great cost as that might have TO
he contemplated. But ii would be trifiing with
scientific knowledge and with accomplished
and we'll known facts 10 suggest that relief
could he got in no other way. There is no fact
better established i'm the science of sanitary en-
gineering than that. In a simple. inexpensive
and entirely cffcacious way. sewage may he
so treated as to be made inofcnsivc and nnoc-
nous and tho outpourngs of the cIogca marina
transformed from loathSomencss TO limpidity.
Precisely that is being done and has long been
done. with the sewage Of single houses, OF vii
lagos and towns. and Of som" of the largest
cities in the world. That il could be done and
that it should bc done. with the contents of the
Bronx sewer there can be no rational doubt.
We Noticed the other day statement, on
high scientific authority, that the waters of
the North River were not Yet polluted nearly SO
much as they might b. without danger to the
public health, and that used as an argu-
ment in favor of increasing the flood of crude
and septic sewage that is now poured into that
stream. Nothing could he more vicious than
such view of the case. Instead of seeing how
foul we make the urban waters without
their becoming an ntolerable nuisance, we
should sec how clean we can keep them. Not
how much filth can we safely put into them.
but how much can we keep ont of them, should
be the rule. \ commission has already been
established to consider plans for the redemp-
tion of the river and harbor from pollution. 1t
would he a self-stutifying thing for us at the
same time TO proceed with other works for the
needless increase of that pollution.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

The dinner given on Friday night TO Rear
Admiral Coghlan by the New York Commandery
of the Naval Order of the United States signified
the high respect and warm affection in which
he is held by his professional brethren. and
elected many enviable tributes TO his character
and the quality OF his services--one OF them
from the President. It is gratifying 20 know
that though he has reached the legal age OF
retirement Admiral Coghlan Is to remain In
command at the Brooklyn navy yard for some
time to come. He has been a familiar and well
come figure in the social life Of the city during
his tour OF duty at the yard. where the amplest
proofs of his fitness for an important post have
been put on permanent record.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Lent comes exceptionally early I'm the new wear.
and the season, therefore. viii be much shorter
than usual But it is turning out to be a very
merry one and its brcvity is naturally creating a
very crowded condition of the calendar OF society,
for many entertainments which under ordinory
circumstances would have been given In January
and even In tho early part of February are now
being scheduled for the present month Mrs !
Perpont Morgan gives her first dance in sevsraI
years next Thursday night at her house IN MA
avenue for her niece. Miss Grace Tracy vvboss
mother, Mrs. Charles Edward Tracy win ~,,.a :
dance for her at Sherry's tomorrow evsrt,s-
Miss Tracy Is a granddaughter OF the vensr,bIl
John Bgelow. former Minister To Franca NJ
w. Emlen Roosevelt has n large dinner dance a,
sherrys on Friday evening for her daughter Nfss
Lucy Roosevelt. who made ner debut at a recsr
toh gwen ior heF oy her mother on Wednesday
last at her house in Fifth avenue. Another en
tertainment OF the same order this week ts en-
first of the series OF the subscrption dinner da,c
organized rev years ago by Mrs Frederic 7
De Peyster and j. Montgomery Strong A ,ba
FORMER Is IN mourning ana the latter I'm Porto
Rico the affair will be under the manaper,e,t or
Mrs Robert Endcott, and will take placa as
usual. at Delmonico'su
Mrs Charles B. Alexander has issued Invitations
Tor dinner dance on Thursday December % FOR
her deoutante daughter. Miss Harriet Alexander
at her house In West 5Sth stree, on which oc
casion the new ballroom will be inaugurateS ON
Friday or the same week Mrs David y Norsa,
gives DIG dance for her granddaushters Miss
@isuEs hiSsel aud Miss Mildred Carter the latter
a daughter OF j. Rdgeley Carter secretary OF the
American Embassy in London. and ON the sams
Ihsht the second OF the dances of tn. Friday
Evening Assembly organization will be held al
peimohlcos. peimonico's will likewise be tha
'Ssne or 'he uanee OF the Saturday Evening Dane
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

The selling Of the whole town OF Wilkinsor&
ve Mass. at public auction suggests the IN
quiry whether its name had anything TO do with
its decline With all due respect to the late
David Wilkinson. his name with the banal
"viIIa' amended was an awful handicap for
any town to struggle under.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

With call money ranging within few hours
from SO to per cent. it is plain that something
is wrong with the monetary situation When
IT becomes equally clear what ails 1T perhaps
remedy will be applied. In the mean time 1t
would be interesting to know-and 1t Is desir-
able to ascertain-to what extent conditions
which all publicly deplore are being purposely
promoted
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Thirty years ago to-day, IN equally bleak De-
cenber weather, the world was reading with
horror the dreadful story OF the Brooklyn The
atre fire.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Mrs. John W. Mackay and her sister, Countess
Telfener. who have been seen several times at the
opera, and who have been over here for few
weeks. booked to sail tor Europe Saturday
next and Mr.. and Mrs. r Livingston Beecknan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred O. Vanderbilt. Mr. and Mrs.
Reginald Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbnt and Mrs. Ogden GoeIst are AL going abroad
early In January.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Mrs PouItney Bigelow's two daughters 20 De
married this week. the In New York and the
other in London Miss Mildred Biselow's wedding
20 Newell ". Tilton takes place on Saturday next
in Grace Church Chantry, while Thursday Miss
Evelyn Bigelow will become the brids OF James
Francis A Clark at St Georges. Hanover 6qgare.
London
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

AZ the Metropolitan Opera HOUSE yestsrdsy asseF-
noon the three young daughters Of Mr. and Ma
James Cunningham Bishop occupied the .. O. NILS
box. They were accompanied by their mother ard
their aunt. Mrs. James F. D Lsnier.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
Extending Summer Excursion Rates.

To Newport and Yaquina, which
to people wishing to enjoy Natures S
beauties, proves so popular. Sal
mon fishing in full blast!
The low round trip rates, season
and three day, in effect from all
points on the S. P. and G. & E.
railroads to Newport and Yaquina
during the summer, which have
proved so popular with the people
wishing to view the beauties of ma
ture and regain health and strength
at that magnificent resort, have
been extended from September goth
to October 18th. Tickets will be
good for return at any time up to
and including Oct. 31st.
The months of September and
October are favorite ones at the
seaside, when the harvest and hop
picking is over and the finest sal
mon fishing in the Northwest will
be in full blast. Houses can be
rented cheaply and living expenses
are at a minimum. Ample hotel
for all at low rates.
Through baggage and ticket ar
rangements same as during the
summer will be in effect. Full in
formation on application to any S..
P. or G. & E. agent.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
lin THE GRAVE.
Ihe Funeral Of the Late John MCGEE
The Burial Was in the Catholic
Cemetery.

The funeral Of John McGee, who
died suddenly on the street Thurs
day, occurred from the late resi-
'deuee at 1:3o Sunday afternoon. A
large number of friends and &C.
q uaintances were in attendance,
s. and there were abundant floral Of
fferings. The service was conducted
+ by Rev. Father Lane, of Albany.
The interment was in the Catholic
cemetery.
No further details relative to the
sudden death of Mr.. MCGEE have
rdeweloped. Nothing unusual had
been noticed about him up 10 the
time he went to the mail box. He
had arisen early and helped two
grand daughters to get away to the
Island hopyards, having hitched up
tine horses for them to go. From
4 the time they left he was alone at
tie place. Fred Whitby passed as
de-was taking mail from the box,
5ut,there was no sign then of i'll
Death, when it finally came,
smote with but very little warning.
John McGee was born near Otta-
wa, Canada, July IS, 1884. He was
married to Jane Mackey, September
z, 1861 at Ottawa, and two years
aater moved to the state of New
York. In March, 1870. the family
left New York for the West, arriv-
ing ia Benton county the same
11onth, where they settled. After a
year here, he removed to Yaquina
Bay where be resided seven years
In 1873 he removed to the Wrer
place where he lived until five year!
ago. The surviving members o
the family are the widow, thre'
sons, Frank, John and William, ant
daughters, Mrs. Annie Witham
Mrs. Mary Jane Brannan, Colfaz
=azad Mrs. Agnes Wrinkle. Starbuck
all of whom are estimable people
Mrs. McGee is a sister Of Williai
Mackey, for six years sheriff {
Benton county.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
Continued from page 1.

The fire spread and was soon rag
ing 6ercely.
Immediately after the explosion
a rush was made to the railroad
tracks by nearly the estjre popula-
ton of the town. Bodies that had
been maneled by the explosion
could be seen n at various places, and
the work of rescue began. The first
corpses to be recovered were those
of Eve men. but they were so badle
nangled that teey copld not by
identified. A number Of persons
who were in the vicinity Of the ex.
plosion are missing, an6it is believ.
ed that all of those were either 90
badly mangled by the force Of the
that they will never be
fonnd or fell victims to the fire.
Jellico ia a mining town of 1000
inhabitants near the Kentucky state
line.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25

A disturbance at Walton and
Peters streets was caused by the
shooting into house occupied by
a white family by some unknown
persons, who escaped. No one was
injured.
Everything is quiet down town.
Troops are gathering and in charge
of the center of the city. Special
street cars are taking soldiers to
outlying points, where distur bap-
ces are likely to happen in thlckly
settled negro sections.
Fighting is still reported on Peters
street, near the terminal station.
From the Associated Press Office
shots are heard frequently.
The Constitution is authority for
the statement that 16 negroes have
been killed. One negro is lying
dead less than block from the AS
sociated Press Office on Forsythe
street.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
LOCAL LORE.

DIR. Withycombe eft today to
deliver an address tonight at the
McMinnville fair.
w. o. Heckert arrived this
morning to look after the A J John
500 building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Cathey re-
turued Monday from a few days
stay at Newport.
Mrs. Mary Davidson of Parker
was q guest over Sunday y at the
Linville home.
Miss Pansy Maurer of Eugene,
was the guest over Sunday, of her
brother, who is student at the
college.
Those wishing to take the night
work in the Business College should
meet US at 7:5o on Tuesday even-
Z7ugs L. E. Richardson, pres.
Miss Alta Altman who has
been visiting friends in Corvallis
for the past two weeks, returned to
her home in Salem this morning.
Mrs. M. E. Pelland and family
of St. Paul, Oregon, arrived Sat-
zurday, to spend the winter.
The carpenters began this
morning the erection of the S. L.
Kline residence at the corner of
Jefferson and Fourth.
A big force of men is building
the concrete foundation to the A. j.
johnson brick, the construction oi
which is hereafter to be vigorously
pushed.
Opening at Miss. Johnson's. S.
Saturday, Sept. 2oth. one day
ouly, from 1000 a.m.'to $3.50 pm.
music furnished on the Trowbridge
pianow from Fishers Music Store,
Mrs McGee and family re.
quest the Times to express to
7neighbors their gratitude for the
kindness and sympathy extended
to them by neighbors and friend.
during the hour of their bereaves
ment.
Miss Mabel Withycombe leaves
tomorrow morning to attend the
wedding of Miss Estelle KILN. oc.
curing in Portland tomorrow even.
dug. She will be absent about ten
days.
After residence in this city
covering a period of more than
seventeen years, Mrs. Ann Hays
leaves tomorrow for Portland,
where she will hereafter make her
= home with her son Logan.
THE mop cropis practically saved.
Ptckirgeanded Friday in the West
yard, Saturday in the,Hammel yard
ON the island, Friday in the Taylor
yard aud today and tom orrow,
weather permitting, operations will
have ended in the Porter Beach,
. and Ireland yards. In all the yards
there has been a scarcity Of pickers,
too many Benton County people
having gone to Independence to
tdelp save'the crop there.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
In Self. Defense.

Major Hamm, editor and manager of
the Constitutionalist, Eminence, KY,
when he was fercely attacked, four wears
ugo, by Piles, bought box of Buck1en's
Crnica Salve, of which he says. 1T
asred me in ten days and ro trouble
Ance." Quickest healer of bnrns, Sores
iuts & Wo un DIS. 25c aAI1e r Wood
Mard' 'sdrugstore.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25

PEOPLE can save from $50 to
500 by taking their Business or Short.
hand training in the Corvallis Business
College, and are more sure OF good
position than if they attend school
in Portland. Now is the time to en-
ter. Day or Night school.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25

IF you want clover and grass
seeds go to Zerolf's $.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-22
siIage without siio.

A Minnesota farmer stacks his clio.
yer just as soon as 1t Is cut II makes
no difference whether IL is pleasant OF
rainy weather. He goes into the field
cuts his clover and stacks II on the
land, making the stacks about 20 by SO
feet In no case would he advocate a
smaller stack he claims that when he
takes this clover from the stack in the
winter Il Is in excellent green condi-
ton. all except wall about sixteen
inches thick around the outside, which
becomes moldy because OF itsscontact
with the air. The weight OF the clover
rhuts out the air and keeps the hay
green and tender. This plan may be
all right ia n field, but It would be
rather dangerous to stack bay near
buildings. Instances have been known
where spontaneous combustion has
taken place in uncured hay. -Kimballs
Dairy Farmer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-22
Crop Conditions.

The crop reporting board OF the de
partment of agriculture finds the area
under winter wheat remaining in cult
walton on May ] to have been about
1893, 600 acres. This Is 6 per cent, oil
about 1,71s000 acres. less than the
area reported as sown last fall and !
per cent, or about 2f4000 acres, less
than the area Of winter wheat reported
as harvested last year.
The average condition OF the grow.
Ing winter wheat crop ON May ! was
81 as compared with 81 on May 1,
1906, and SIS. the mean of the May
averages for the last ten years.
The average condition OF winter rye
on May l was % as compared with "a
on May I. 1905, and 80, the mean OF the
May averages Of the last ten years.
The average condition of meadow
moving lands on May was 90 against
% ON May /. 1906, and 30, the mean Of
the May averages Of the last ten years
The average condition Of spring pas
lures on May was ~ against % on
May I, 1905, and So, the mean OF the
May averages Of the last ten years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-22
FOUGHT IT
OVER AGAIN
Battle at Red Bank, n. ],
Suitably COMMUNICATED
MONUMENT FROM BARRE
Handsome Memorial Invested on Battle
field-Sham Fight to Represent
Encounter Of More Than a
Century Ago.
MONUMENT FROM BARRE

Camden, n. u, June 221ln the pres
lcnce Of the governors Of three states,
with their stats and with the attend
anee Of part Of the North Atlantic
squadron, under command Of Admiral
Craig, the new monument on tile bait
tlefeld Of Red Bank, N. j. about five
miles south OF here, was unveiled yes.
terday. The parade formed At Wood
bury, md marched To The battlefield. II
was brilliant pageant headed by
Brigadier General 0'Brien OF New Jer-
sey
The formation was as follows:
A detachment OF United States ma
fines from The League Island navy yard,
Admiral Craig and statf. Governor
George III Utter Of Rhode Island, his
staff and party First Troop, Phiiadel-
lphia City Cavalry, Governor Samuel
IN pcnnypacker and staff Second Troop
Cavalry, New Jersey, Governor u. @.
Stokes Of New Jersey and staff Third
Regiment, n. q. n. il, Battery Field
Artillery, n. q. N u, German Singing
societies, and other organizations.
The arrival Of the procession at the
monument was heraled BY salute from
the critiscrs Dixie and Tacoma, which
we're anchored ii the Delaware river off
Red Bank.
Tnen came The most spectacular fea-
lture OF the exercises the sham battle
which was as near as possible, To d re-
petition Of the original light Following
III band CONCERT reception WAS rendered
ITO Governors Stokes OF New Jersey,
Pennypaclser 81 Pennsylvania and litter
OF Rhode Island, the three states that
We're chiefly represented in the battle
The programme for the unwilling in.
cluded an address; Rhode island at
Red Bank by Governor Utter; an ADJ
dress, Pennsylvania at Red Bank BY
Governor Pennypaeker; an address,
New Jersey in the Revolution by Gov.
ernor Stokes. and the presentation Of
the monument by Governor Stokes to
the county of Gloucester.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-22
FOREST SERVICE.
Planting an Rough Lands and Over
Coal Deposits.

LoAl DeVO8its.
A variety Of causes are awakening
an interest in forest planting on lands
owned primarily for some other pur
pose than the use OF timber, but capa
bic Of yielding an added revenue from
crops of trees. In Pennsylvania espe
cially large forest plantations are actu
ally under way. There are enormous
areas In Pennsylvania from which tho
original timber has been cut and which
are too rough for profitable farming
In the coal regions much of the land
everything the coal Is useless for farm
ing at any time. Roth these classes OF
land may be planted to trees with adj
vantage and The timber used In the
mines, the old fields on which farming
has been attempted being particularly
desirable for planting.
Water sheds owned to prevent fur
Their denudation and the contamination
Of streams and reservoirs rarely yield
direct returns to water companies, but
II properly planted their water conserv-
ing power would be increased, and al
the same time future revenue would
be In prospect
The possibilities Of forest planting
have been realized by several large
companies which have applied to the
forest service for assistance.
Detailed information and application
blanks for assistance OF this kind can
be secured by writing to the forester
United States department OF agricul-
ture. Washington.