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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Dropped Five Stories TO Death.

Louis Burdint and William Meyers,
negroes living at 2ss West Sixty-second
street, were whitewashing the rear wall
OF a building at i7s West Eighty-irst street,
yesterday afternoon, when the rope slipped
from one end OF the narrow board on which
thew were standing. Meyers saved HIM
self by grasping at his end and holding
on until he vas dragged in through a win
dow, but Burdint plunged down to the
areaway Ave stories below, He was in
stantly killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Austrian Emperor III.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUN.
VIENNA, May 25.-Considerable excite
ment was caused here by rumors regarding
the cause of the Emperor abandoning his
customary review of the garrison Of Brueck,
which he has not missed in thirty-eight
years. 1t is stated this evening that he is
suffering from intestinal catarrh, which
prevents him from riding horseback. The
trouble is declared to be slight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Friars Best Monks In n Fight.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUN.
ROME, May 25.-The Vatican has learned
from Jerusalem that the ancient quarrel
between the Franciscan friars and Greek
monks concerning the right to celebrate
services on the Mount of Olives has led to a
fight, in which the Greeks were worsted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Cuba Amir oprlates $500. 600 for Railroads

Special Cable Despatch 10 The SUN.
HAVANA. May 25.-The House of Repre-
sentatives has appropriated 100000 az
%subventions for about half "A dozen branch
railroads in various parts Of the republic.
Several of them in Santiago will make
connection with the Cuba company. The
subventions are at the rate of $1,000 per
kilometre, payable in ak annual install
ments of 81. 600 each,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Amos G. Barry Kills Himself.

LoNa BRANCH, N. j.. May 25.-Amos C,
Barry, the state representative for the
Pratt Food Company, committed suicide this
| afternoon by drinking carbolic acid.
He had been suffering from a nervous
| affection for six months. He was so years
| old. He leaves q widow and Eve children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Ambassador Durand Returning.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON, May 25.-Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, British Amba ssador to the United
States, sails for New York on the Lucania
tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
Brighton Beach Opening To-day.

The Ferari Wild Animal Kingdom and
n part of the new Pike at Brighton Beach
Park will open to the public tonight, but
the formal opening will be on Wednesday,
Decoration Day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
state Funeral for Ibsen.

Special Gable De,pdteh 10 THE sun.
CHRIsTIANIA, Norway, May 25.-The Stor-
thing unanimously voted to-day to accord
a state funeral to Henrik Ibsen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
CROWDS CHEER ROYALCOUPLg
sp1IS HR0ws fRAet OVgR re
ava tSH FpfgR M % eFN

asusuey NJ gsus,eea issvss n Q teatsaaed
WSailaH aeeepsteN wives Pviaeeea
~ fesss tlef taeviaaa pettea WWh
FIsweVa aW 2ay " 'Ns PnTes pafaee,
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

her neck with such careless and delightful abandon
that Gaspard took the agency for a flesh-fOOd and
sold dozens of boxes weekly. Finally AlphOnse gave
up in despair and married the rich widow, who had
been mady jealous of his wax lady for months
That great day for Gaspard. He became
the only friSew in the town. and the JOY in his
heart was such that he asked Dinette to become
his wife. Dinette took day TO think it over, and
then she accepted They were quietly married in
a chapel back of the altar; for she nearly ten
inches the taller and although grateful for being
saved from starvation, still would naturally have
preferred to take man of her size. Gaspard in
vented her bridal cOiffure. He had dove made
of wire and her hair in and out of it skuly
that have heard good authority that the first
nineteen hours of their welded life were spent in
endeavOrng to get the dove out of her head again.
1t was a fortnight later that Gaspard reaped the
triumph of his life. 1t came about in this way. One
lovely morning Dinette giving final twist to
the ends of the first lieutenant's mustache, while
three other men sat side by side on the hard sofas
and waited their turn. Gaspard himself was stand
ing on his footstool while he waved the
front of the leading bakers wife, woman who had
never had even much a shampoo before the
coming of Dinette Just then Michel the assistant
(oh yes of late they had been absolutely forced to
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

employ an assistant) came in from where he had
been washing the sidewalk and said that gentleman
awaited monsieur outside in his wagon. III Gaspard
had guessed that it was AlphonSe he would perhaps
have enjoyed keeping him waiting awhile; but as ne
did not know who it he told the bakers wife
that she could do the waiting, and flew out OF the
door at once.
He was not overjoyed when he saw that II was his
former rival but when he learned his rivals errand
his good heart succumbed at last for AlphOnse
absolutely desired sell him his own old wax lady,
that object that had embittered his every hour
for years and years and years.
Gaspard drew himself up. His head came level
with the top of Aphonses wheel but he felt himself
a giant.
'Sdcre blemi' he said Che never used bad language
himself; but he had accidentally cut enough men
while shaving them TO have had this expression
impressed upon his mind) saorec bIe'l Alphonsel
And do YOU for mOment-for one second
think? Mon dieni Do live? DO hear9 a wax
lady!-a thing of wax! And she to me-to me-to
me, who am the husband of the most beautiful wax
ladv who has ever livedl Look only through my
window! But behold heri And you offer me of waxl
Go, bid you, go! Provoke me not further! am
but human Col"
He paused and painted. His utterance choked for
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

a second. All his stolen MASTERPIECES. ana.
efforts toward one end only to see II e--s Is..-
deferred. came rushing upward in On ..'-.ri.
deadly hate. The longing for revenge overiss.l
The barriers Of resistance were svvert S-.a'le ti
resistlessness. He paused. drew one s:y b. h
deep breath, and then, "Alphonselr 'LLsie h.,
snapped his fingers in the others face ,ss us hl,3
and entered the shop. urai
Alphonse became white; but was now,
defend himself against the accusation - SsIes
away &c drlg.
Il called him Alphonse to his face" ss;,c
to all his hearers who stood within ~ luaspsrs
up the curling tongs and mounted his ps.ei
again 'o'2tccl
\ thrill of awe and admiration ran 49,.
room. Dinette looked proudly at her huyE0J' t5s
chest was expanding visibly as he prenaraJ Who's.
attack upon the bakers wife Dinetfe's ilssi
wonderfully done in bunch over each es- ,-dl vas
sticking out of each bunch-ths off,,re - q z Ilss
named CbfTie ma rose" by its designer ari1 Den
its wearer immensely o1care
(Oh by the way. it is a deadly insult tn
man "A1phOnse" IN France Alnhonse,s !. an
cognomen in popular Parlanee for one who Il srls Z.
MS wife TO support him. This little evrIe-..1s
appears to me to be fitting and pronl~ ',-.aaa y.
to my tale) '''la1
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

The founder of the
manufacture of cot
ton was a barber;
the screw-prOpeller
was invented by a
farmer; the first
man to endOw Lon
don with good water
was a goldsmith;
the inventor OF the
telegraph was a
photographer. Hun
dredS of similar
cases might be adj
duced. all disprOv-
ing the principle of
sticking to the point
when it IS taken
narrowly.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

with correct tone
color. Yet he sings
only one and the
same note. Giving
all his strength to
that one note, he
produces a pure in
tOnation; and it can
not be denied, that
by that system of
excessive specializa-
ton a remarkably
beautiful chorus of
voices is produced.
However, it is evil
dent that such a
chorus is as brittle
a musical instru-
ment as is a glass
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

number of handles to the
Young men; it SpeciazeS at a too early date Now,
it is with intention of being ronical inSdiOusly
satirical that must burt il out and forever
that to Overspecialze is simply to be inhuman.
Look where you may in nature outside man, look
into stones, plants or animals, into water earth,
air. into the terrestrial globe up the last
in the last sphere of heaven, you will invariably find
that everything IN nature outside man. is excessively
specialized. Indeed we may say that nature is
immense syndicate of numberless specialists.
Can anything be more sPecalistic than stone
a plant? There they are doing and desiring nothing
but thing, one single thing. Every animal is a
specialist proper We must not believe that animals
do not speak because they have general ideas,
because they have only special concrete notions.
This is only the formal or outward of their
want of speech The inner and the true is that
they are such excessive specialists that everything
that does not strictly belong to their speciality they
dislike violently does any specialist among
The pride of the specialist is not that of knowing
things. Even so 1t IS with animals 1t is here not
intended to say that because animals aSSuredly are
nothing but specialists, is forthwith entitled
to jump to the conclusion that the reverse of the
statement is equally true. 1t is only meant to in
dcate that OverspecaEzatiOn is not the character
stic principal feature of man. but of animals.
Choruses in Russia
IN preceding remarks the entire question of early
specialization is considered from the most elevated
standpoint If we look at it from the humble
level of practical usefulness, we shall find Cvhat
by the way, always nd) that the truths descend
ing from the heights of thought readily embrace
wisdom struggling up from the plain OF common
sense utility. Truth and wisdom both teach that
early specialization makes poor instruments for the
struggle for life. Perhaps interesting experience
which any traveller in Russia and Hungary can
easily make will by stroke put the whole matter
in the clearest possible light.
In Russia, specialization among musicians has
been carried to such an extreme that in a chorus
of thirty singers each singer sings more than
one and the same note. Whenever his A or c, or
whatever his one note may be, is to be sounded he
gives it out, in proper time with proper force or
softness, legato or staccato. By long training each
member is so perfectly adapted to the rest of the
chorus, that he never fails to come in in time and
with correct tone
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
Contrast in Hungary

WHENEVER young men in Hungary need band
w for ball or picnic they repair to those suburbs
and try to make bargain with the PTIJtdS leader
of the band Frequently the leader tells them that
of his band of nine or ten men five are already
engaged by another party or, to use musical terms,
the leader has longer orchestra OF ten 1nStru
mentS, but only of five or four, quintet
quartet. This quintet or quartet may consist of
any five or fOurstring reed or hammer instruments,
any order whatever; for the party that had come
first to the leader may have insisted the clarinet
tiSt, the player on the CSiHbGOHl dulcimer,
as on a favOrite. The leader is thus compelled to
tell his remaining to arrange all the pieces that
they in the habit of playing a full orchestra,
quintet quartet. This is as if one would say
to British lecturer before he is beginning his lecture
in English to give it in German or in Italian.
The remaining five or four GiPSy musicians at
once leave their houses, arrive at the ball, and
without any further ado forthwith PLAY their pieces
IN harmonious quintet or quartet, without music,
without any previous lessons, and with perfect ease
The ordinary musician IS bewildered by being asked
to transpOse given piece from the key in which
1t is printed to key three notes higher. One may
imagine what anarchy would ensue if Western
musicians would suddenly be asked to play quintet
as a trio. These Gipsy musicians, then, at
ready for any change transformation, for anV
arrangement and for any piece. Little wonder that
all over Europe they have at present established
superiority as musicians at social gatherings which
no other band so much as ventures to contest. Far
from being specialists, they are each of them thor
Ough universalsts if one may say So They under
stand the whole of the piece, feel it and render
1t as whole, and thus when the day of competition
comes they occupy 1mpregnable position of all
round aptitude for any emergency.
No phrase can be heard more frequently in this
country than the grave retOrt Stick to the pOint"
Nor are there many people who for a moment doubt
the force and truth of that remark To stick to the
point seems self-evident, logical that few, if
any, will hesitate to say that follows chiefly
him who sticks to the point
All that would be all right, if only one knew in
each case what the point Is restricting oneself
to narrow speciality the real pOint9 Is to shut
oneself off from all side-issues and collateral views
tantamount to sticking to the point' To this, our
experience and study of energecs compels to give
decidedly negative answer. Sticking to the point
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

harmOnica If one or two of the performers should
fall ILL., the whole chorus is completely upset The
least performer can destroy the harmony of whole
his tone or note is wanting the tones OF the Others
make no cOmprehenSible harmony. Such chorus
can seldom be relied upon and has lost many prize
at competitions for sheer inability of performing
Now, let us compare this Russian chorus, based on
excessive specialization with a band of Gipsies in
Hungary. 1t is we'll known that the exquisite
national music of the Hungarians is in Hungary
exclusively played by Gipsies virtuOsi, in whose
families music has been their bread well their
passion ever since the tsigaHS (csigdnyOk, as Hun
garians call them) entered Hungary early in the
fifteenth century. They live, in smaller Hungarian
towns, in suburbs of their own
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

-
ing to take wider views Will ssiJ.-s fI.ls
If ever, lead to success. oa
The average city clerk, after two or three w.
emplOvment in an office has not the faint-s yealS
of even some of the details Of his lrncnalis ,ISoa
What is ten times worse he does not want - 1iTl4 T
it. Enter the office, and ask him the most j j-e
cent question; the reply viii be- I don't know
"ICh diet" of the Prince OF Wales the ~ $50 le
motto of most city clerks. They are proud os Z
They think, in uttering it a hundrei times . g. -
TO customers as well as to their ernI rs they is3
Safeguarded themselves from error from bein0 -
trapped, frOm-Heaven alone knoV rom whaS9 ~
In sticking exclusively to the narrow circle ~ H.
special desk or department IN reius'ng TO taTs !.
more than one tiny issue of the business he < -
ne has indeed stuck to the point tr- TO the MN
of needle that, entering his very H. ncanac,s+
him from any easy and free mOveuc-t He hasIa
come mere point, an insignihcar-. stodgv Tvirg
machine pointing commas and cco-s in lefte-Ss
a person used by his employers as he was a n1e-s
blOtter. Why has he not tried 10 Ie,-n as r11,rT =
possible about every section and de.l OF the brS,
ness Truly, city merchants, trade and busineSs
men generally could not apply a more efficient rTls
than this, that any employee OF theirs who IS evs-
overheard to say to a customer. don't know
shall be dismissed instantaneOusly.
Hold Fast 20 the Line"
INSTEAD of Stick to the Point - letter adrnor;-
tiOn would be, perhaps, Hold Fas, to the Line
Line, indeed, IS the proper word There are no points
there lines to be stuck TO, and lines consist \;
many points. Let the young man h- so educatei
that he is enabled to take in and rapidly too nor
than one point. Let his mind be Ike a search-Eqb.
the big men-Of-war. With the greatest ease r.
shifts from one place to another, lighting up all the
night-cOvered places, and giving far view Of an The
sea round the ship ANY clerk artisan ought to Be-
able to read faces if only in elementary manner
to remember features to write any culinary letter
to know at least the elements of commercial geog
raphy; to trust his memory for numerous details.
to understand commercial aTlthmeric; and more
particularly. not to say preeminently. TO be able 10
think of possible improvements IN his business
Far from repeating parrot fashion the eternal
stick to the point far from being afraid OF being an
improvements and inventions of modern times 10
the energy of men who went out of their specially
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

u RITISH education, it was said,
ID does not give a sufficient
number of handles to the
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
SUCCESS AMONG MEN-By Emil Reic
ovERsPECIAIzE NHUNLAN"

in the sense of burying oneself
petty specially, in obstiuatelv 49, :.
ing to take wider views. viii 49, -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-16
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Officials of Standard Oil Must Face
Jury in Ohio Court.

Flndlay. O., Nov. 15.-Criminal Drosccu
ard OH Co. will be the next move of
Prosecutor David. according to Il state
ment made by him this afternoon. In
this prosecution it is said that Attorney
General Wade N. Ellis will asst. Mr..
David says he believes he has sufficient
evidence to warrant him in bringing all
of the officers and directors of the con =
trolling corporation, the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey. before the court. John
p. Archbold. Henry IT. Rogers and Will
liam A. Rockefeller are among those
mentioned by the prosecutor in connec-
ton with the latest move
George W. Phelps, law partner of Pros
ecutor David, who is credited with being.
intimately connected with the prosecution
in a semi official way, went to Columbus
today. where he held a conference witt,
Attorney General Ellis on the subject
Prosecutor David ordered the grand it,ry
held in service till the end of the term,
with a view to bringing this new action.
He said today that if he should he unable
to get his evidence for this case in prope,
shape he will allow the matter to go over
to the next grand jury. which Will CON
vene lin January. He also ,ntiinatcd that
there may then be further probing into
tire charges of alleged attempted bribery
of 4 member of the petit jury in the re-
cent Standard Oil trial here on which
Juror Miners made Il statement to th,
court yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-16
MUST PLEAD AT BAR.
Standard Of! Officials Cannot Appear
in Court BY Counsel.

Cleveland Ohio. Nov. 15.-DepUtE
Sheriff Johns, of Hancock county. and
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose, of this coun-
ty. resumed their search early today
for the Standard Oil officials. against
whom indictments were found by the
grand jury at F'indIay yesterday. The
deputies visited the residences ana OIL
fees of J. NJ. Robertson. NJ. G. Villas.
and II. L. Mcintosh. and were told that
these gentlemen were out of the city.
It is known that John D. Rockefeller is
not at his Forest Hill home.
Deputy Sheriff Johns declared that
the failure to obtain service ON the
Standard officials had resulted from i
breach of confidence by Il newspaper
correspondent This. he said, had Civ
en- the men indicted ample time to get
out of the courts jurisdiction.
S. II. Tolles of Kline. Tolles & Golf.
attorneys for the Standard Oil Co to-
day called Prosecutor David of Ham
cock county by long distance telcnhonc
and asked if Malcolm q. Villas j. M.
Robertson and Harry r. Mcintosh. in
dicted officers of the Standard Oil Co.
Of Ohio, would be permitted to answer
the warrants for their arrest through
their attorneys. Prosecutor David de-
clarod that appearance by attorney
would not be cOuntenanccd, that he
was determined to have the three in
dictcd men arrested and brought to
Findlay to plead and enter bail.
Mr. Tolles then told the prosecutor
that if personal appearance was in
sisted on, he would bring the three in
Gicted men to tindlay himself.
Mr.. David today said that there
would not he any. further action be-
fore the present grand jury relative
Ia the investigation into the charge by
{. Q. Meyers, one of the jury which
convicted the Standard Oil Co. at the
findlay trial. that he had twice been
offered bride to hang" the jury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-16
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES.
Director Of Bristol, Eng. Corporation
Advocates Steamer Line from Boston.

Boston, Nov. 15.-An effort to inter
est American capital in proposed
steamship line of at least five big
steamers to ply between this port and
Bristol eng. was made by F. +. Cir
diestone. managing director of the Cor
perAtion of Bristol at a luncheon yes
to-day of the Boston Merchants Assoc
citation. Mr.. Girdlestonc's appeal was
we'll received. He referred to James j.
Hills recent prophecy of the agricul-
tural future of the great Northwest and
asserted that the natural channel for
the output of this enormous granary i
through Boston. In advocating tie
plan MIR. Girdlestone said:
1.-THE preferential railway rates on
joyed by Bristol over Liverpool to the
extent of four shillings per ton will fill
these shops with goods. 1t would give
us large share of the Chicago freight
and the saving of more than 80 hours
in the schedule would offer a great ad-
vantage to passengers"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-16

ficers had granted or given rebates on
property transported before the Elkins
act was passed. but made this payment
subsequently with an intent to violate
the provisions of the act the jury
should find the defendant guilty.
Judge Holt told the jury that if it
found the defendant had failed to
strictly observe its published tariff
schedule with regard to rates, if it's Of
ficers had granted or given rebates on
property transported before the Ellns
act was passed, but made this payment
subsequently with an intent to violate
the provisions of the act the jury
should find the defendant guilty.
The jury then retired for five minutes
and returned verdict of guilty.
Counsel for the defendant then made
a molten to set aside the verdict as be-
ing against the weight of evidence
Judge Holt denied the motion and fixed
Nov. 20 as tn" date for argument on a
motion to arrest Judgment.
III" frial OF the American Sugar Re-
firing a.. Charged with receiving the
$4,000 reb"tes which the Central was
tci2" 'on 'ict"d fer granting. will be
commenced tomorrow morning.
Former Judge Alton Il. Parker. with
john T.. Parsons and Former Ambas-
sador Choatc. will be the Sugar Com
pany'S counsel