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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
From The Tribune BureauI

Tribune
washington. jan 3.-The Vice-President and Mrs.
Fairbanks gave a charming entertainment this
evening. wlen after the dinner given by them In
honor of the German Ambassador and Baroness
Speck Won Sternburg, they invited two other dinner
companies to Join them in the first dance to be
given In the beautiful ballroom of their new home
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas
Longworth among the guests. Others pres
ent were DIR. and Mrs. Legare's dinner company
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare. Mr.. and
Mrs. William C. Eustis. Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Ander-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. ODonnell, Mr. and Mrs Birney
Mr.. and Mrs Bolt. Miss Townsend. Miss Board
man. Miss Patton MIR. Centaro. OF the italian En-
bassy; Mr.. de Pury. OF the Swiss Legation. and
Mr. Hale and Colonel and Mrs. Bromwels guests
including Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Key, for whom the
dinner given: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hallam
Keep, Mr.. and Mrs. Corcoran Thorn. Mr. and Mrs
Horace Westcott. Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Francis
Lieutenant and Mrs. T1mmons. Mr.. and Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair, Miss Stanton and Captain Spencer
Cosby
Commander and Mrs Wood were dinner hosts to-
night
Mrs William F. Draper hostess at lunch
con to-day The decorations consisted OF great
punches of volets. and the delicate shade was
used in the general color scheme Mrs. Diapers
guests Mrs. Kean. Mrs. Longworth. Mrs.
Warder. Mrs. Nicholas Anderson. Mrs McCawley.
Mrs. Ritchey. Mrs Janin. Mrs Montgomery Blair.
Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Chandler Hale. Mrs Marion john
son. Nine. Quesada, wife Of the Minister from
Cuba; MRS WllIlam mayer MIS- Fannestock hrs
Butter1ed, Mrs. Postlethwaite, Mrs. Beldon Noble.
Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Hickey. Mrs. Arthur Lee, Miss
Cullen Miss Bessie Cullen Miss Kibbey, Miss Jack
and Miss Lucy Kean.
The concert given tonight by the Yale Banjo and
Glee clubs social affair of interest. A dance
which followed the concert was attended by a large
number OF the younger set. Those receiving at the
dance Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Miller, Mrs.
Postlethwaite Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Greedy Mrs. Bell
and Mrs. HUFF The dance committee consisted OF
Miss Hoyt. Miss Bell. Miss Postlethwaite, Miss
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An,usements.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-sSweet Kitty Selairs.
Observation-Disclosures
BEI@A5Co-2-s-The Girl OF the Golden Wet
BiJOU-Sdh-The Music Master.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
CARNEGIE BkII<-S:t5-Concczt-
CASINO-2-s:I5-The Earl and the Carl.
CRTTERIoN-S:15-Alce-S it-Byhe-Flre also Pantheon
DELE-S-S:I5-Ths Crossing
EDEN MUSEE-Wcrid in Wax.
ENPIRE-s:IS-Petsr Pan.
TIEL.ns'S THEATRE S.15->Juie Bonbol.
GARDEN-S:15-As ye Sow
GARRICR-s2 5-Mary Mary Quite Contrary.
EAMMERSTEINis VICTORIA-2-s:16-Va
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE-s:l5-Ars. Lshnswsns
Boots
HERALD soUaRR-s:ib-The Second Mrs. Tanouersy
EIPPODROME-2-s-A Society Circus.
HUrSON-S:20-Asn and SupeTman
IRVING PIsACE-S:2o-Maris Stuart
JOE ERS-S-Twddle-Tveddle.
KNICK DRBoCKEE- S:15-Mle. Modiste
EIBERTY-s:15-The Gingerbread Man
IYCECM-2:15-S:I5-The Lion and the Mouse
LYRIC-s:15-The Babes and the Baron
MADISON SQUARE-S:So-Th Man on the BOX
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-e a. 20 1880 p n
Poultry, Pigeon and Stock Association
MAJEST1C-s:15 -Moonshins.
MANIATTAN-S:20-B and AFTER:
MEN DEL SSOEN HAII<-S-Sonx Recital 1880
NEW "A MSTESRDAM - s:16 - Fosty-nve minutes i'Oi
Broadway.
NEW YORK-S:i5-The Mayor OF TOXIC
PRINCES
eATOY-2.ISS:1sWals Of jericho.
ST. NICHOLAS RINK-Iee Skating
wAII,ACR' IS :3o-The SQuaw Man
WEST END-Sl5-Duke Of Duluth
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THE TREAsURY,s HALF YEAR.

The fhbricators of deficit scarss will find little
encouragement In the Treasury statement for
December covering operations for the first half
of the present fiscal year. Two three months
ago these alarmists were predicting another
annual deficit OF from S2o.ooo,00o to S40,oo0,ooo.
The half yearly statement just issued makes such
prophecies ridiculous. December brought sur
plus of 81 9SS 463 and the net deficit which on
August 81 was S1S,5S9, 230 has been reduced to
s7e79 $40 Secretary Shaw has estimated the
deficit for 19O5-o6 at 100000 But Deem
ber's excellent showing suggests the possibility
of an even smaller adverse balance Treasury
conditions have steadily improved during the
last half year. The deficits Of July and August
we're smaller this year than IN 1904. and the sur
pluses Of September and December we're larger.
October's deficit this year was a little bigger
than Octobers deficit in 1904, but November
offset this slight loss by lettering last years
record the gain in that month alone being
over 100000. DEFENDERS surplus is $500
600 larger than the surplus for the same month
in 1904 year ago the Treasury faced deficit
of SOD 37S S94 Now the adverse balance is only
S7G73 340 reduction of IS per cent
This years Improvement is due, on the one
hand to enlarged receipts both from customs
and internal revenue, and the other TO the
prudent curtailment of expenditures insisted on
at the last session OF Congress Receipts for the
last six months have reached total OF s296S5S
74e. against total of SPIT 649, $50 for the last
six months Of 1904 The apparent gain is more
than 100000, and the real gain is even
greater Customs receipts increased s1S0o000O
and internal revenue receipts nearly 100000
But miscellaneous receipts fell or more than
S5eoo.Oo0 this loss resulting from the repay
rnent in the last half Of 1904 OF the loan of $4,000
600 made by the government TO the St Louis
Exposition management. Excluding this excsp-
tioaal item from last years balance sheet the
real increase In Treasury collections has been
nearly s24OO00O0 Meanwhile expenditures
have been held TO last years level. Disburse-
uaeuts 10 December 81 tbs rear have beoQ $9o$-
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[From The Tribune Burean.I


Washington. Jan. 3.-The President ana nns
Roosevelt this evening attended the first Cabinet
dinner given for them this season, at the home OF
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root, in l6th-s'-
Those asked to meet the President and Mrs RoosS
welt were the Assistant Secretary of State ana M
Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hastings, OF New
York; Mrs Slater Miss Tuckerman. Miss Mac
MILAN Miss MacVeagh, Miss Root. Senator crane
General Crozier General Horace Porter. General
Cadwalader, OF New-York. and President Butter Oh
Columbia University.
Miss Alice Roosevelt with party OF frienos oOco
pied box this afternoon at the performance OF II
Happened in Nordland" Miss Roosevelt wore a
gown of deep violet velvet. with hat to match In
the party were Miss Josephine Boardman. Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth. william Hit ana
Lieutenant Fortescue former aid at the Wits
House The party went to the theatre IN the "iiite
House carriage after luncheon
President Roosevelt went for long walk IN the
rain this afternoon with Senator Lodge. of Massa-
chusetts They covered several miles OF streets ana
country roads in the northwestern suburbs
Among the callers at the White House were SCH
ators Warner Spooner Beveridge and Proctor
REPRESENTATIVES. Hepburn, Hughes. Fulkerson. Cur
+is Gaines Scott Lacey Hnshaw. Shartel ana
Grosvenor: Speaker Cannon; delegation OF coloFeo
ministers who came to inform the President that
convention 70 discuss the suffrage question In the
South is to be held in Washington on January ~
and James r. Sheffield. OF New-York. who dis
cussed State politics at his morning call and re-
turned TO take luncheon in the afternoon
Speaker Cannon reached the Presidents oince
this afternoon in the midst OF rainstorn1.
Where is your umbrella, Uncle JoeT asked oNo
OF the walters in the ante-room
Haven't got one; don't own one, repned inc
Speaker ''If did take out. I'd not have II
for hal hour"
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NETWORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Robert NJ. Thompson gave large dinner
dance last night at DeImonicos for her cousin
Miss Lorraine Roosevelt Of the debutantes Of
the season. and assisted in receiving her guests
by her daughter, Mrs. Stephen H. P. PeT Mrs
J. West Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt. The entire
ballroom suite used, and decorated with
Christmas greenery in a most picturesque fashion
Dinner was served at small tables in the large
ballroom. and afterward. while the room was
being prepared for the dancing. Miss Kitty Cheat
ham Thompson sang several songs. The cotillon
followed led by Schuyler Schiefrelin dancing with
Miss Roosevelt. The favors consisted of fans
wands trimmed with flowers. flower sunbonnets
little carved wooden figures or peasants for the
women. and boutonnieres and orders for the men
A buffet supper served after the dance The
dinner guests numbered about hundred and
twenty, and few additional ones came in for the
dancing. Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Stephen Fl. P. Pcil, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Doug
las Robinson. Miss Ellen W. Delano. Miss Alkaline
Havemeyer. Miss Katherine Barney, Miss Emily
COster Pel Miss Elizabeth Cutting Miss Laura de
Rham. Miss Dorothy Grinnell, Miss Gladys Endi-
colt. Miss Ethel Cowdin. Miss Rosalind Fish Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
ure will do itself credit by giving hospitable
consideration to the Governors advice.
SUPPORTERS OF POLICE OUTRAGE.

One part of Justice Gaynor's last opinion as
trial Judge before going the Appellate Di-
vision deserves the serious attention of Mayor
Mcclellan and Corporation Counsel Delany,
and calls for defence if they have any, Of
what looks like defiant contempt of the Court
of Appeals. The decision is not merely to be
dismissed one more in the long list or In
functions to restrain the abuse of police power
fragrant as was the police offence, according to
the uncontradicted testimony, if the officers were
acting in ignorance and zeal some allowance
would be made for them Justice Gaynor, how
ever. points out that in breaking into houses
without warrant and wantonly destroying prop
erty the police persisently doing what the
Court of Appeals has forbidden, and are never
theless upheld in their lawlessness by the Mayor
and Corporation Counsel He says
The learned Corporation Counsel instead OF
advising the police rulers that they have no
right to do such acts and refusing to defend or
uphold them in such criminal lawlessness, argues
here that under Section 80 of the city charter
the police have a right to forcibly enter any
house in the city Of NeWYork without war
rant if. forsooth, they suspect that something
unlawful goes there This is very strange
for not only has our Supreme Court decided re-
peatedly in the last two years that this section
confers no such authority and that II IL old II
would be unconstitutional and void, but the
same thing has beer decided by the Court OF
Appeals, in the case of the People VS.. Glennon
075 N Y. p. So It allows entries which are
permitted by the householder and no others III
such peaceable entry cannot be obtained. then
entry be obtained a magistrates war
rant only. Not only do the rulers of the police
force openly deride and defy the decisions of the
courts but they seem to have no trouble to get
the Corporation Counsel tC defend them in 1t.
instead Of advising them as the law officer or
the city that they must not trampe on the law
1t will be interesting to see what the city off,
Gals, thus rebuked, will do or say in their own
defence. Justice Gaynor suggests that persons
Tod hI-S ho rSooIyo
complaint to the Governor, accuse those I'M
plicated in the crime and ask the removal or
suspension of the city officials who are respon-
sible for their conduct. If that course should
be taken it would quickly bring the police to
order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

ing the Park-ave tunnel from smoke and the
gases Of combustion. There can be little doubt
that the New-York Central contemplates
vastly more extensive application of electricity
to traction than that projected for the suburbs
Of this city, and within certain limits the main
tenance of a general harmony between all parts
of the system will be essential. Nor can the
possibility that the company may wish to ex-
change cars with connecting lines be ignored
Finally since the Central is really pioneer in
a new realm it may well think of the influence
of its example 1t will not do to underestimate
the significance of the choice it makes between
the direct and alternating currents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
THE BENNINGTON COURT MARITAL.

Commander Young was called upon to answer
two different charges relative TO his responsible
fly for the explosion of the Bennington's boil
ers last summer One that he had been
'remiss' in the performance Of his official duty.
and the other that he had been guilty Of neg
iect" The difference is one of degree rather
than of kind, and is not very wide. Though
''remissness," of which Commander Young has
been convicted, is to be regarded as less seri-
GUS fault than neglect" Of which he is formally
acquitted, the court deems him deserving Of
reprfmand by the Secretary of the Navy, who
now has opportunity of expressing himself
directly to the commander of the Bennington
In such language as he thinks the occasion de-
mands
Although the penalty imposed by the court
martial is comparatively mild, the verdict can
have only one meaning. 1t signifies that the
man in charge of a war vessel is to be cOnsid
cred worthy OF blame if his subordinates are
not faithful and diligent. Slothfulness or neg
lect on their part is 70 be regarded as evidence
of lax discipline; and lax discipline may work
TO the disadvantage of the service in many
ways The standard of responsibility which is
here set up is not any too high Only by close
conformity to it can the highest efficiency in the
navy be secured. The disposition which has
been made Of the case will unquestionably have
q wholesome effect
The extent of Ensign Wade's culpability is
yet to be determined BY the court of inquiry
which investigated the San Diego disaster he
alone was blamed. In reviewing the findings
Of that body Secretary Bonaparte took the
ground that the responsibility was divided and
that both the man in charge of the engine room
and the man in command of the ship should be
tried While it was thus made impossible to
assert-at least with justice-that Mr.. Wade
wa m ne made n SpaOppO9t for others offences
he has not yet been exonerated. It is hard to
how he can be; for there is already strong
prima facie case against him. At his approach
Ing trial he viii have ample opportunity to pre-
sent any testimony or plea which Will extenuate
his offence
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WHAT WILL THE CENTRAL DO,


A long communication addressed to Presi-
dent Newman of the New York Central by
Mr. George Westinghouse and dated October
~ last has just been reproduced in The Elec-
trical World and Engineer" Its aim Is TO con-
vince Mr.. Newman and his associates that some
modification Of the Central's electric traction
programme is desirable. The railroad company,
it will be remembered. has intended to use a
direct current. Mr.. Westinghouse asks 1t TO
consider atresh the wisdom OF employing the
. alternating current instead. His principal argu-
ment is that it would cost less to prepare the
line for operation by his method than by the
other He makes his contract with the New
Haven road for equipment between Woodlawn
and Stamford the basis of an estimate Of the
expense Of supplying the necessary fixtures for
the Central between Buffalo and New York City.
On the four track system of the company, he
declares there would be saving of 100000,
and he puts that on the double track West Shore
road at S6T50000 From his specifications 1t
appears that the chief economy would result
from an almost complete abandonment Of sub
stations along the route, but some of it would
also be effected in the main transmission line
and in the metallic conductors that lead the
current into the locomotives or car motors. For
the last mentioned service Mr.. Westinghouse
prefers the overhead wire to the third rail.
The question whether the direct current or the
alternating current is better suited to the opera
tions of a railroad is one the discussion OF
which is to some extent beset with CONNER
cfal interest One set of manufacturers of cleo
tricai equipment recommends one, and another
set of manufac turers recommends the other. 1t
must be observed. however. that wise choice
today is much more important than it would
have been ten years ago for the country-the
whole civilized world, in facts the eve of
FAR reaching revolution. Electricity is now
about to be applied to trunk lines that have
hitherto been operated by steam; and 1t is neces-
sarv therefore TO face problems that have
never arisen before. Furthermore, it is beyond
disnute that technical advances have been made
I'm the last two or three years which remove
some Of the objections TO the alternating motor.
Whether these are sufficient yet to warrant its
wholesale adoption is matter for wide awake
electrical engineers to decide; but it is no ey,
aggeration 70 say that recent improvements at
least Justify a reconsideration of the whole
ouestion What decision the Central has
reached does not yet appear; but the permission
given to print the letter OF Mr.. Westinghouse
indicates that he is being treated with as much
courtesy as his professional standing and the
seriousness of the matter under discussion de-
mand. Besides. if the railroad company has
in any degree been Influenced Sy his letter. the
publication of it will pave the way for what
ment.
A great deal more is involved in the PROPOSE
ton of Mr. Westinghouse than the successful
operation of twenty-five or thirty miles on the
Hudson River and Harlem divisions and free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
YOUNG JOHN MORLEY.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
1t is not generally known that John Morley's arst
venture in the literary career the editing Of
little weekly called The Literary Gazette There
is touch of pathos in a reference 10 this venture
he addressed some years ago 10 Mr.. Morley. !
have before me-" he writes. "a letter OF yours re-
calling TO my mind the time when !. boy. came TO
YOU a boy in the little editorial room over the
offices of The Literary Gazette in Catherine
Strand. You. fresh from college. were already a
full blown editor; l.. not long arrived from scot
land was already a full blown critic. receiving for
my contribution 10 the journal the Prneely reun-
neration of Of remember rightly Is. Sd per col
umn quotations carefully deducted That. sir. Is
a long time ago The dog which used 70 accom- On.
pany you the Office Is long since dead ana ourleo
with him. fear. lies much else In your lie thst
faithful. frisky and supremely happy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune BureauI :.
Washington Jan. 3-The British Ambassador ana
LADY Durand gave dinner tonight in honor OF
Miss Collier OF New-York. Other guests were MISS
Hitchcock Miss Oliver. Miss Marion Oliver MISS
Bowditch Miss Randolph. the Misses Durand
Count Joseph Wenckhem. Of the Austrian f1h-
bassy; Lieutenant u s. Grant. Sd. Captain Andrews
Murray Cobb Mr. Jackson, william Seeds. and
Ernest Rennie of the British Embassy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

Admiral Rojestvensky may be correct IN MS
astounding statements concerning the British
fleet in the China and its intentions IN case
of his victory over Admiral Togo. so may many
other things be true which the common sense
of the world regards as Incredible. But until ne
presents some vastly more convincing proof OF
his charges than any of which the world has
present knowledge his tale will be classed with
the wild story of phantom torpedo boats on the
Dogger Banks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

,o,ous,v IN the duel trio with Messrs. Scott and
P1ancon and did much to make the audience forge'
the absence OF the banal soldiers chorus the most
admired of the operas prices by the sroundhngs'
but the most easily spared. Nine EaInes also
showed the effect OF the disturbance OF the ins'tu
tfon's serenity but she was the beautiful creature
Of previous seasons. and the same beautiful but
an,ottonIe.s singer H. E. K.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
THE HEIGHT OF INCONSISTENCIES

From The London Globe
We hardly realize the ggrasating character OF
the ancient patriarchs One of the questions asked
at a Bristol school examination was, What IS
prophet?' one OF the answers was. A man that's
put in fiery furnace. and he won't burn Lat US
look al the thing for a moment from the point ot
view OF the annoyed and disappointed nsALas1
monarch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

Governor vardaman is out with a new de-
nunciation of the negro 1t might be listened to
with more patience if the Governor had made
good his promise to suppress lynching. Mis-
sissipprs record Of lawlessness In the last year
has been extremely bad compared with that OF
neighboring States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
M. LousEr RECEIVES MR. TUckER.

Paris jan 3-President Loubet to-day received
Harry ST. George Tucker. president OF the James
town Exposition. NJ Loubet expressed interest In
the enterprise. said that French squadron would
take part in the opening ceremonies in 1907. and
assured Mr.. Tucker that the government would do
everything possible 10 promote French participa-
ton In the exposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
,7ALYrs PEACE REPRESENTATIVE.

Rome. Jan. s-Count Tornielli. the Italian Am
bassador at Paris will represent Italy at the sec
ond peace conference at The Hague He will be
assisted by General Rohilant and high naval ON
GER who has not yet been chosen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

We are told that Mr. Bryan in his Philippine
tour will be accompanied by the Collector ol
Customs for the islands and the former president
of the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong. we might
wish that Ervng winslow and Moorfield Storey
were in the party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

It is unpleasant to see the Dominicans fighting
again over their administration but after all 1t
is their own affair. The essential point to out
siders is their attitude toward the world at
large. and especially toward their creditors: and
that, thanks to the arrangement made last year
by the now fugitive President Morales, remains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

The Ms are not the only ones who are going.
Other letters of the alphabet have their turn;
the O's, for instance. Oakley is on the road.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

The attempt to restrict by law the right OF an
employer to engage union or non-union men a.
his will is properly brought to naught by the
court Probably the next scheme will be 10
amend the Constitution so as to forbid an en-
ployer to give preference to union man.
And 1t will all be done in the name OF liberty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

The sudden devotion of Tammany to municipal
ownership is pathetic The Mayor takes to 1t IN
homeopathic doses. and Grady tries to out
Hearst Hearst at Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

The Hon. Joseph w. Bailey waves aside the
suggestion that he accept the Democratic lead
ership in the United States Senate MI Bailey
was once his party's leader in the House OF
Representatives and has vivid recollection OF
the tribulations he suffered in trying to guide
a fractions and rebellous minority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

Mrs W Butler Duncan. Jr.. has left town 10 soy
-,-ttt her sister Mrs Cameron MGR. winston, AZ
Newport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04

Count and Countess de Lansier-Vtnars are
town for the winter at No. 81 6th-ave