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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
ROBERT S. WOODRUFF.
IBr Telegraph 70 Tha Trlhune. ]

lBT Telegraph TO ThS Tribune
Trenton. n. J.. March Robert s. Woodruff, who
for twenty-five years law judge of Mercer
County. died to-day. aged sixty-hve years Death
was due to cancer of the stomach Mr. Woodruff
born in Newark. and had been in public life
since he young
He was graduated from Rutgers College. and was
subsequently receiver Of taxes of Trenton. council
man. Assemblyman district court judge. county
judge and president Of the school board. For
time he taught school. and was the preceptor of
Bishop James A. McFaul. In the Legislature he
served upon the Judiciary Committee with the late
Chancellor McGil. being defeated for second term
on account Of supporting the Catholic Protectory
bill
Five years-ago he defeated for the State Sen
ate by z. c. Hutchinson. He was the American
agent for Ion Perdicaris who was taken captive by
the bandit Raisuh, and he was prominent In the
society and club life OF Trenton In recent years
he had active in the affairs of the Democratic
partv in the state and especial advocate Of the
principles of equal taxation and the abolition or the
fee system for all public officials. He was unTnar-
rfa6
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
MUSIC.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

Mr.. Marteau was the solo performer at the
seventh public rehearsal Of the Philharmonic So
ciety. in Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon.
which was directed by Victor Herbert. Further TO
mark the societys good opinion of the local mu-
stefan who had conducted once before this season.
the programme contained of his compositions.
a Suite antique which had had previous
hearing in New-York six years ago. when IL
fresh from the mind of the composer. at concert
of the Pittsburg Orchestra Then, too. Mr.. Her
bert conducted his work but there was a
difference between the two performances. The
conductor was in most persuasive If not COM
handing. mood yesterday. and led the veterans OF
the Philharmonic through a gallant charge. not
only against the music of his own suite, but also
against Rats Forest symphony. which opened
the rehearsal.
The orchestra has not played with more verve.
with more dash. with more spirit, where verve and
dash and spirit were wanted this than it
did yesterday: has 1t shown a nicer apprecia-
ton OF delcacy OF effects where they called
for. Originally Mr. Herbert called his suite "Epi-
sodes erotiques. but he changed the title after
the first performance in Pittsburg ard before the
first performance here. He made change In
the titles appended to the four movements, how
ever DIVISIONS "Aubade" Triumph of Love
and "Fete nuptiale'0. and It is fair to say that
they reflect the conceit which tire composer had in
mind in writing his music All but the first are
helpful fngerposts the poetical contents OF the
composition. Nevertheless 1t appeared somewhat
bewildering yesterday, it did when the work
was given with less circumstance six years ago.
that a courtship under native skies there are in
fuences OF Broadway in the melodies) should have
led to wedding festivities with so strong a dash
of Oriental colorng.
Mr. Marteau read Beethoven's violin concerto in
a broad and straightforward manner throughout.
but most successful in the rondo finale. which
his style Of play redeemed from the charge of
triviality. so frequently made against It, without
filling It with affected signihcances. Unfortunately
for the first movement. Mr.. Marteau seemed in il
be striving for breadth. and willing sacrifice
purity of intonaton for the sake of attaining IL
So marked was his departure from ntervallic just
ness that might almost have thought at the
beginning that he had neglected to set his tuning
pegs with exactness. The concert will take place
I'm the same room this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03

eral months later. Next behind Senator Allison in
point of long service in Congress is Representative
j. H Ketcham. of New-York who entered the
House in 1866. but stayed home two terms.
Uncle Billy Allison has been here steadily since
1853, and what he does not know about legislative
methods will probably never be known by any one
Fortunately. his health is excellent. AS chairman
of the Appropriations Committee he occupies one
of the most influential positions in all councils Of
Congress. and head of the Republican steering
committee he controls the consideration of all po
litical measures.
Physically. mentally and otherwise Senator ALI
son would not be taken for a sixty. He
is In perfect health. clear of thought and ready in
speech. His committee work is the most exacting,
yet he misses a day in the Senate Chamber
a meeting of a committee of which he is MEM
Der. He is fully active the floor of the
chamber. He takes decided stand questions
of national Importance and is generally the side
that wins.
He steers the work OF the upper chamber in
way that is both impartial and unhinching In
short. among the majority party his word is law.
He has been long identified with the work of
the Senate that he knows almost what the people
at large expect. and he generally tries to shape
senatorial proceedings to work their way. He has
always been a firm believer in righteousness. and
is ever ready to give credit where credit is due
This fact was best illustrated a few days ago in
the Senate Chamber. when, IN the course of
argument he was making, he turned to Senator
Tilman and paid the fiery South Carolinan a high
tribute for the work he had done IN the Committee
Appropriations. of which Mr.. Allison is chair
Mr.. Allison has been a power in shaping the
OF the nations greatest affairs. With every
President it is said that he has been in close touch
especially with President Mckinley and President
Roosevelt He enjoys the fullest confidence of his
friends in Iowa, in Congress and In Washngton's
official circles He has the reputation of never hav
ing made promise that he could not fulfil.
Iowans confident that before their grand old
leader shall have cast aside his senatorial toga he
will have rounded out half century in the work
of Congress. He has three years yet to serve in
his present term-that will make forty-sx years of
the Senator's life spent in Congress. He will then
have attained the age of eighty years His friends
hopeful that his life may be spared TO permit
his accomplishment of their desire. He
them that he will go them one better, and pass the
half century mark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
BURIED IN ST. PAUL'S.
Ernest Staples's Body Put Away in Sight of
Busiest Broadway.

The body of Ernest Staples. well known
yachtsman. was buried yesterday in St Pauls
churchyard. where only a tall from fence stood
between the funeral party and the surging Broad
way throng.
The burial was the first that ST Paul's has had
in year. When the funeral party came out of the
church the entire sidewalk for one hundred yards
along Fulton street and Broadway was blocked
with large crowd
Mr.. Staples died suddenly from pneumonia Mon
day night at L.archmont where he had been visit
ing friends. He the eldest son of William j.
Staples. descendant of of the oldest and best
known Knckerbocker families of New-York. who
came over TO this country from England with
Crown grants in the middle of the eighteenth
century Stapleton Staten Island. was named
after w. J. Staples.
Earnest Staples was educated at Heidelberg he
was sixty-fve years old. In 1866 he was on board
the Fleetwing in that famous yacht race when that
craft the Henrietta and the Vesta sailed from
Sandy Hook to the Needles. He became member
of the New-York Yacht Club in 1917 and had been
an active member of that club ever since that
date He was also a member of the Larchmont
American and Atlantic Yacht clubs; of the Man
haitian. Lambs and New-YOrk Athletic CLUBS or
NeW-York. and of the Army and Navy Club OF
Washington. He also was one of the first to go
TO the front in the Civil War Mr.. Staples leaves
a widow and sisters. Miss Frances Staples ana
Mrs ]. Wheeler AspeH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
KING And CONFERENCE.
Great Interest Shozcn an British
SOUereign's Trim.

London. March liking Edwards trip creates
great interest here and more especially abroad
from the point of view of its political POSSIBLE
tues ana It's bearing on the Algeciras conference
meeting between King Edward and Emperor
William is talked of both in London and in Ber-
lin, but no official basis for such talk is ascer-
tainable. 1t seems certain that no definite plans
have been laid by either monarch. and a meeting
is not likely to occur unless the Moroccan con-
ference reaches amicable conclusion. If it
does, it is thought probable that the monarchs
may meet toward the end of April in Greek
waters on the occasion of the Olympian games
In Vienna the opinion is expressed that Ger
many has found herself so isolated at Algeciras
that she feels the need of displaying TO the world
her fealty 10 Anglo-Gernan friendship. and
therefore has sought to effect a meeting between
the two sovereigns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

suortsrnan's Show. Madison Square Garden
Ttythird anniversary Chaplin Home for the Aged
and Inhrul No Isl East Goth street. 3 TO I'D p m
Chicago Club of New-York City, meeting. home OF Mis-
Melville E stone, Euclid Hail. seth street and Broad
p. m.
Barnard School games. sth Regiment Armory, p. m
Dramatic entertainment by the Century Theatre CUB
Carnegie Lyceurn. B p m
Meeting Equal Rights League the saV1gny
No. 203l Fifth avenue, p. m.
Herbert n Casson on Civilization the Individual
League Political Education Hudson Theatre. NO
l39 West 44th street. II a. m.
vassar students Society meeting. Hotel Aston $3.50
TO
Meeting of the Harvey Society II West Asa street
evening.
Lecture on FINLAND and People by Fl. Montague
Bonner No. 81 Saith street. S;4S p. M
Free dav at the Museums and Natural History and
the Geological Park.
Free lectures Of the Board Of Education. nFIigh
school Commerce. Goth street. west of broadway
Public School No. !. Henry ana Catherine streets.
FREDERICK IA White, THE Moki Indians illustrated;
Public School No. 1856. 106th street near Amsterdam
DR. William A Murr1l, Cuba dlustrated)i
Public No 1s4. 116th street between Fltth ana
I4nox avenues Miss Anna Barrows. MIX AIner1-
can Museum of Natural History nth street and Cen
traIP Park Professor Ernest r. Won Nardron.
Tne Nature Light and Color illustrated; Board
If Fducaton Park and 5eth street DR.. James
Walter Crook, Population and the Food Supply ;
G Bristol california and the Yosemite Valley d.
lustrated): ST Bsrtholomews Lyceum Hall, No 200
EAST A2d street, Professor Norman A Du Bots. AN
Introductory Lecture the Science of Chemistry;
ingon avenue, Herbert n. Cssson. The Evolution of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
NATIONAL SPIRIT IN CHINA.
Independent Christian Church-Murder of
an American by Greeks

Victoria, B. c.. March "Details brought by
the Empress OF India Of the attack on the Amer
lean mission at Chang-Fu. sixty miles from
Annoy. show that the footing of the mission was
due TO the anti-foreign spirit. The mission
aries escaped unaided. except Mr.. Aldhan, who
was saved by Chinese official
Another feature of the Chinese national move
ment has been the establishment of a Chinese
independent Christian church. the movement be-
ing intended TO Gust entirely the foreign mission
aries A Chinese Presbyterian pastor from San
Francisco is at the head of the movement at
Shanghai, where $1,000 has been subscribed for
the organization
Captain Kelley. an American employed
chief Of police by the Chinese government at
Chang-Sha- Hoo-Nan. was murdered by two
Greek Adventures. who shot him when he
sought 10 arrest them for illegally selling arms.
ne murderers were taken by Chinese soldiers.
One committed suicide, and the other was shot
by the soldiers
Wong Kai Woh Chinese commissioner 10
Japan, has been suffocated by charcoal fumes
at Yokohama He was educated a New-York
Ex-Consul Goodnow at Shanghai has been ap-
pointed foreign adviser at Marking. His salary
is $500 a month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
CALL CHINA OUTLOOK SERIOUS.
Recent Arrivals from the Orient Expect
Great National Uprising.

San Francisco. March 2-William Hancock, for
the last thirty-one years a resident of China, and
a commissioner of customs there has arrived here
on the Hong Kong on his way to England. Speak
ing of the situation in China, he said:
The principal causes of the present unsettled
conditions the dissa abstraction in Southern
China over the indemnity 10 be paid foreign
countries. resulting from the Boxer outrages which
occurred in Northern China, and the outrageous
treatment accorded to the wealthy King family
Of China by custom officer in Boston when It
travelling from England TO China by way OF
this country King and his family We're treated
ordinary coolies and the head of the family
furious over the matter: I think he was the real
instigator of the boycott.
Things are very likely to become serious before
peace again reigns. In various provinces the
Chinese the eve of a serious uprising, and
II is hard tell to what lengths they will go.
W. S Allen. Canton agent for -four company.
who arrived from the Orient yesterday, said the
situation in China very serious
The whole movement seems to me a Chinese
uphesval national in scope he said. 1T is foolish
10 say the boycott the reform movement in gem
eral is weakening. il would be more correct 70
say il is just beginning. I think the whole trouble
could be compromised by allowing the coolies ac-
cess to the Philippines and Hawaii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
FRENCH DEFENCES GOOD.
Speech Of Minister of War-A
Field Marshal Chosen.

Paris. March 2.-M Etienne. Minister Of War
replying in the Chamber of IDENTITIES TODAY IN
criticisms Of the army expenses. said that the
minister, being civilian. was Obliged 70 de-
pend on the Judgment OF military experts He
announced mat a council Of national defence
would soon be organized, similar to the British
committee Of imperial defence The minister
SAID that 1t was his firm purpose to eliminate
poiiues from the army, adding:
Our strongholds are in good condition. The
IsIhois or detective supplies are unfounded All
the necessary measures have been taken The
decree establishing the council OF national do
fence is now In the hands of the Premier and
INC supreme commander has already heen
CHOSEN. lie is 5n officer of incontest ability
ana possesses the full confidence of the army.
NJ Etienne's statement was not considered
slenihcant in regard TO international matters
as 1t was intended reply to technical obtec-
tions 10 the budget
IN the course of the discussion of a resolution
requesting the Minister OF War TO allow officers
10 bring actions in the civil courts the debate
became violent NJ. Auffray Nationalist and
NJ. Jaures, Socialist. exchanged abuse. and the
sitting suspended
NJ Jaures sent his seconds TO meet the sec
onds Of NJ. Auffray but they decided that q duel
was unnecessary
The Journal to-day published the result of
an Investigation made by fits correspondents
along the German frontiers. The paper saws the
Germans do not desire war. but the German
army is ready. and its superior mobilization
plans permit a rapid invasion of French terri
rory Inc Journal" counsels the abandonment Of
french reliance on Notifications and the adop-
ton of the German plan of rapid invasion of
the enemy's territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
A COLORLESS ASSEMBLY,
,NsBLE TO ALTER LAWS.
c,ors Right to Close Sessions
Russian Bonds Loscer.

=. harrisburg March A series of special
.rs of forty high officials. ministers and
a-- -s,-s o. the Council OF the Empire. under
,.-.sidency OF the Emperor. has resulted in
* -, ,he main guarantees Of liberty. and a
p-..ss,e has been ordered TO be drawn up and
n"---,o-sted IN the fundamental laws OF the
-- .,,s The main points are as follows:
,sw VIII hereafter be effective without the
.-ES-ovsI Of the National Assembly and Council
Pa. empire The latter body Will consist of
- number OF appointed and elected mem
~ es,sssn from the clergy nobility zemstvos
essssr1y Of Science, universities trade and in
sustTy ,,, =. .-o ,o,sas ,,,.t -. LTD -,
II ,orer TO introduce legislation which does
~ ss.t the fundamental laws Of the empire
re- annual sessions will be convoked and
= hv imperial ukase.
81 the Council Of the Empire and the Ma
q; Assembly viii have the right to ask min
-. regarding alleged unlawful acts. The
..ss,ans will be public
-ns government has issued circular to the
.-,-,o-s instructing them not 10 interfere in
= ,,r,,ng elections. In the cities and villages
.s-.,ebout the country the activity of the police
an be limited 10 preventing Illegal voting.
-.a Social Democrats. realizing that the Ma
...,s, Assembly viii he an accomplished fact.
- Nv vote Of SO TO -. raised the boycott,
M have instructed The members or the party
- tske part IN the elections
!" n go an the Bourse to-day continued weak
.--e~Ssl Is falling another half point 10 77Iz.
- : - Queries fell FIVE points TO 345.
- .-a5oroH Assistant Minister Of Commerce.
~ - onnotnted Acting Minister of Commerce
20 c~sssion 10 NJ Kutler. who resigned on Feb
fuaTy 10 - x-s-oslav u-ho racan,lv ;s
.,ss without authority oenunciatlon OF All reEo-
ss ..,onisrs. has been removed and exiled 10 ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
FOR STATE COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONS.
Committee Appointed at Conference Of
Higher Educators to Draft Constitution

Albany, March 2-The conference OF college, and
university presidents and representatives OF the
state. which has been in session at the Education
Department for two days adjourned to-day. steps
were taken for the formation OF state association
Assistant Commissioner Rogers as chairman: Chan
ceor Day. OF Syracuse University: President Rhess
OF Rochester University and Dean Crane. OF Corneu
University, was appointed 20 prepare constitution
10 be presented at a meeting which VIII take piaco
at Columbia University on April 10 and %.
The conference unanimously approved the plan
for state board 70 prepare the question papers for
academic examinations. II decided to recon-
mend TO the Board OF Regents that the time of
holding the university convocatton be changed TO
the last week in October.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03

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MRS. J. THOMSON SWAMI.
Iron The Tribune Buresu.l

TFrOn1 1fIblht
Washington March Mrs. J. Thomson Swami,
who died here to-day. was well known In organiza-
lions Of patriotic women devoted TO Colonial his
tory and by her efforts Rocky Hill. the New
Jersey headquarters of General Washington was
preserved She was the daughter OF General Aaron
Watson Ward. She first came 20 Washington with
her first husband. John r. Thomson the Senator
from New-Jersey. who died In 1852. Some time
after his death she married Thomas Swami, who
became Governor of Maryland and died several
wears ago Mrs Swami had been one OF the most
charming hostesses the Capital had known IN many
wears She had a large knowledge of art and as
a collector was well known. Her house here and
her place al Princeton, N J., where she spent half
OF each year full OF valuable pictures carvings
aud historical souvenirs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-03
HONOR SENIOR SENATOR
Uncle Billy alison Rounds Ont
Forty-third Year IN Congress.
IFrom inc Trlhnne nureau.1

Washington. March 2.-Senator William Boyd
Allison. Of Iowa. was seventy-seven years old TO-
day, and after some one recalled that fact he re-
ceived continuous stream of hearty congratula-
tons from members of both branches of Congress
To-days anniversary also reminded his colleagues
that on Sunday Uncle Billy" he is endearingy
known by every one in national public life. will
have rounded out forty-three years in Congress
and thfrtythree years in the United States Senate
longer term than any other man in that chamber
and with one exception, the longest in the history
Of the Republic.
The next longest term of any present Senator is
that OF John I. Morgan of Alabama, with twenty
nine years. Close behind him the two Senators
from Maine. Mr.. Hale and Mr. Frye. who entered
the Senate together twenty-five years ago. and
Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island. who came sew