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ANOTHER RUSSIAN LEADER HERE
Gregory Maxine VIII Seek to Interest and
Raise Funds From the Jews.

Gregory Maxine, as the OF the
revolutionary bund in Russia 10 known
to those in this country interested In the
cause" landed in New York yesterday
morning. No wife accompanied him, ana
it Ia expected that the management oil the
Broadway Central Hotel will permit him
to stay for two or three weeks before he
starts on a short tour Of the chiei CUES
Of the East and central West.
DR.. Maxime's chief object in coming
to America is to propagate the principles
Of his organization and to raise funos ior
the revolution among the Jews IN this
country. His first speeches Will De mace
next Sunday night at the Grand Central
Palace, where he will address the audience
In both Yiddish and Russian.
DR.. Maxine said yesterday that the
Russian people in general paid but little
attention to the Duma and did not expect
any amelioration Of existing conditions
through its establishment. To illustrate
the indifference Of the people toward
that body, he said that in n district OF
southern Russia, where 14,Too men were
entitled to the franchise, only seventy
went to the polls. He said, however, That
despite this disinterestednees on the part
Of the peasants and lower classes, the com
plexion OF the assembly would be decidedly
liberal, with @ strong representation OF
the Radicals and Social Democrats. -,
He does not think tina the Duma WIN
or can accomplish anything beyond paving
the way for a revolution, This, he init
mated, might occur at any moment, 1or
the wealthy classes, who had formerly
supported the Government. were now
coming together with the bundists and
the other bodies Of revolutionists.
White he characterized as q time server
and q r~eaotionary at heart. The Gar was
but q Nero ~weakling, and Father Gapon
had been passed up BY the people es ire IRE
there was the best Of feeling prevailing
between the Jews and the Christians IN
Russia at the present time. The rioters
who have led the attacks on the Jews nave
been in the pay Of the Government and
are known In Russia by the name borrowed
from the English, a~hooligans."
DR.. Maxine, who Is only 81 years OF age
but looks much older, Is q native OF
Lithuania. He studied In st. Petersburg.
He came to the front among the bundists
as q leader Of the local Jewish organiza-
ton in the big strike in Riga last December,
Through his Initiative the Jews combined
with the Let's and other Unaffected classes
Of the community, and made such a show
of strength that the Government AUTHORITIES
were forced to grant the demand OF the
strikers.
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HEARST HEARING POSTPONED.
Acknowledgement Gives Thirty Days TO
Enable the Mayor to Answer.

ALBANY. April 19.-The hearing on the
application Of William r.. Hearst to At
torney-General Mayer, asking for the In
sitution Of quo warranto proceedings to
secure a recount OF the ballots cast at the
last election In Greater New York for the
office Of Mayor, was postponed to-day until
May Is.
Before the case could come up to-day
Assistant Corporation Counsel Arthur c.
Butts, who appeared for Mayor Mcclellan,
asked a postponement Of thirty days to
afford the Mayor an opportunity to e1-
anime the papers and prepare an answer
to them. Clarence j. Shearn, personal
attorney for Mr.. Hearst, opposed the delay
and questioned the propriety Of an Assistant
Corporation Counsel appearing in the case,
but Mr.. Mayer granted the postponement,
stipulating that he would set the hearing
for May Is, provided that on or before May l.,
a stipulation be entered into, to be made
binding by order Of the court and salts
factory to the Attorney General, that the
ballot boxes and all election paraphernaha
be held inviolate in the meantime. IL such
order keeping the ballots is not made prior
to May /, then the further hearing OF Mr..
Hearst's application will be set by the
Acknowledgement for May 3 at II 80 O'Clock.
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h BURLINGTON Magazine for April.

The Burlington Magazine. published In
America by Robert Grier Cooke. Incorpo-
rated, is an especially attractive number.
introduced by a lovely reproduction in photo
gravure OF "The Sisters Kate and Ellen
Terry, by G. F. Watts. from the collection Of
Mr.. Somers Somerset, This picture is de-
sorlbed by Claude Phillips. Other interest
ing reproductions OF Watts's work are to be
found in Warwick H. Diapers article on
THE Watts Fresco In Lincoln's Inn. one Of
the most notable ACHE vements OF art in the
Victorian era. This month the editorial
article is on THE Purpose and Policy Of
National Museums" j. Starkie Gardeners
articles on silver Plate at Belvoir Castle"
are concluded in this number. which also
contains Sir Richard r. Holiness third con-
tribution on The English Miniature Paint
'ers." This particular essay. illustrated by
plates in collotype. is devoted to the study
Of miniatures by Isaac Oliver. r. S. Clouston,
the eminent authority on early furniture,
writes OF some Eighteenth Century Mirrors. "
In the department Of Art in America" Mr..
Frank j. Mather, Jr., Its editor. discusses
the question of Museum Policy" and other
matters OF Importance to American artists.
collectors and connoisseurs. The various
depart ments Of correspondence. photography.
&c, contain valuable matter.
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The Reply Of the Operators.

It seems to us that the reply made
by the operators to JOHN MITCHELL is
a clear, concise and accurate statement
OF the issues involved in the coal strike.
We believe that this would be the con-
clusion of any impartial student of the
conditions of the last five years in the
anthracite field.
The Strike Commission appointed by
the President three years ago was in
structed by him ito endeavor to estab-
lish relations on a just and permanent
basis Mr.. MITCHELL desires to have
the whole matter reopened and reheard,
not because new conditions have arisen,
but because, as the operators say, "one
of the parties thinks it may upon a re-
hearing secure a different decision" In
other words, Mr.. MITcHELL's idea of
arbitration is a succession of rehearings
as long as he thinks he has not secured
what he ought to have.
His proposition is absurd unless he
can show fully and clearly that new
conditions have arisen out of which an
m1usIce vi d puiuei ldlls UPON ils
followers. 1t seems to us that he has
utterly failed to show any such change,
His proposition would mean that every
year or two a commission should spend
Elk months in hearing a case in which
the principles had been definitely estab-
lished. He is not at all in accord with
the Presidents purpose to establish rela-
tons on a just and permanent basis"
Mr.. MITcHELL's proposals are little
more than a thinly yelled plan for the
full control of anthracite mining by the
United Mine Workers Of America. They
want TO determine all the details of the
industry, TO decide how much coal shall
be mined, and fix the conditions Of its
production. Under the so-called check.
ing system the employers are to be.
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$40 600 FOR AN ALTAR.
Left by Mrs. Donovan the Dressmakel
Business to Her Associate.

Left by Mrs. Donovan the Dressmaker
Business to Her Associate.
Mrs. Catherine Donovan. the dressmaker
who died at Lakewood IN April II, left a
will, filed for probate yesterday, by which
she disposed OF $50, 900 for religious and
charitable purposes.
To st. Miohael's Roman Catholic Church,
at Elberon, N. j., Mrs. Donovan bequeathed
81, 900; to the Society Of st. Vincent de Paul
of st. Patrick's Cathedral, 5000; to the
Sisters OF the Poor OF st. Francis, 50, 1000;
to st. Joseph's Seminary. Dunwoodie,
5000 to found q scholarship for the eduoa-
ton Of young priests, to be known as the
Donovan Scholarship
Grant Squires. the executor and lawyer
for Mrs. Donovan, is directed to set aside
$40, 900 for the erection Of an altar, to be
placed in whatever Roman Catholic church
he selects and dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin,
Mrs Donovan left to her associate, Miss
Kate A.. Brennan. all the capital stock
owned by Mrs. Donovan in the Mrs. C.
Donovan Company sin token of my appre-
citation Of her loyal friendship and un-
selfish devotion to me and my interests. =
Miss Brennan ia to nave the privilege Of
purchasing the business outright for $4,000
If she 30 desires.
The residuary estate goes to q number
of relatives. Mrs. Donovan's employees
are all remembered In the will.
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From a Former Fellow Citizen.

1t was reserved for the British Jews
paper owned and managed by Mr.. WILL
IAN WALDORF AsToR, a self-expatriated
American, to pronounce the sentence OF
eternal doom for San Francisco. The
Pail Mall Gasetto's amazing comment on
the catastrophe is this:
Countries with a seismic record have a record
also Of national degeneration, for the knowledge
that all human reckoning may be flashed by q
sudden blow from Nature herself forblds that con-
ndence In the future that is the key to self-reliant'
sanguine effort. San Francisco may DO rebuilt
after a fashion, but that II will resume its former
career as a mart OF m and focus OF oivhl'
ration must be extremely problematicsl on this
the morrow OF Its tragedy"
Any American in England could have
told the sympathetic British people that
no matter what the magnitude Of the
present disaster, San Francisco will be
rebuilt after the best American fashion;
that there is nothing problematical
about her future; that with a promptness
Incredible to Mr.. AsToR she will resume
and broaden her career as a mart of COM
merce and a focus of civilization; that her
self-reliant, sanguine effort will be the
key to a recovery and a further develop
ment that will astonish the world.
Has Mr.. WILLIAM WALDORF Aston, in
his study of the British character, noted
any signs that England's seismic record
of half a dozen more " less severe
warnings between 1889 and 1884, and the
consequent knowledge that London is
no more surely immune than Lisbon or
San Francisco from sudden blows from
Nature herself, have weakened conf
dence in the future, or destroyed manly
hope and energy, or fastened national
degeneration in that great town.
What stuff about seismic records and
national degeneration!
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RACES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Further Facts in Relation to the Mixed
E~thnologlcal Conditions There,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In reply
to exceptions taken by N. H. W. OF Phila-
delphia In last Saturdays Sun to some state
ments In a letter from me In a previous Issue
regarding Indian immigrants In South Africa
and the Mussulman element among them, /
may say that / was already acquainted with
the fact hat the Dutch had brought over
M~ohammedan Malays from their East Indian
possessions to what became the British Cape
Colony. They are not. however. the only
Mussulmans In that part Of South Africa, as
Ia proved by the fact that British indian
Mussulmans have been settled in II long
enough to rear families who are now In trade
and In the professions. Only the other day
a practising medical man, a Mussulman OF
Indian origin. but Of South African birth.
left Cape Tow for Bombay to visit the land
Of his fathers.
With regard to the Cape Colony natives to
whom IN. H. W" particularly refers, 1 may
say that ! have for several years back had
copies Of the Imro. which he mentions. as also
Of the Ilri Ldbuntu, sent me at different times.
and have been struck by the remarkable
ability and intelligence displayed In the
treatment OF all kinds Of subjects In their
the Koranta ca BECOME. a paper published at
Mafekins in. the seohuana langua ge.
AS the education Of the NATIVES all over
missionaries. there is naturally, a religious
tinge In their writing s and ideas. but Of recent
years there has been a strong development
OF political consciousness, 30 much so that
at the last Cape Colony elections both polit-
ical parties offered concessions 10 the native
leaders, among whom the editor Of the Imro
The Africa for the Africans. or Ethiopian
Of the. desire Of the natives TO have their own
has recently taken on a political aspect as
we'll, In which Africans Of all races and relig-
Ions are joining, as was shown a few months
ago In THE Sun in a short account Of a visit
OF a delegate from South Africa to Ras
Makonnen, In Abyssinia, after having visited
West Africa, Morocco and Egypt.
AS to the indian emigration to South Africa,
II Is In a large part due to the bad economic
condition Of the population Of india. OF
the Indians in Natal. ! learned by the last
mail that some *. 1000 are in that colony as
indentured laborers. and that the remainder
q the 100, 900 estimated to be there, are In
have elected to remain in the. country. One
Colonial authorities L. that they are not al
try. The whole question, Including the
Chinese on the Rand. ts q labor one, but it
was not In the scope Of what ! wrote regard
ing the Indian Mussulmans In trade. The
fact that nearly all the advertisements put
by them into Indian Opinion were wholly in
the Gujerathi language the vernaoular Of
the greater part OF the Bombay pres idency,
or In English and Gujerathi, would go to
show that those to which PARTICULAR re-
and not Of Malayan origin. F.
NruT NnnE AnF1 4
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A city dismantled by earthquake and
ravaged by fire al give only an inoo-
herent account of the calamity. There
are the dead to bury, the injured to sue
cor and the destitute to be relieved
San Franoisco's misfortunes are cata-
clysmic, and it has no time for exact de-
tails. Days must elapse before we have
an understanding of the processes OF
the disaster, or even the extent OF it.
We know that 1t is a ruined city, filled
with starving and homeless people; but
we have no body Of facts from which to
draw conclusions or read a lesson. How
much of the destruction was due to
earthquake and how much to fire has
not been determined; and perhaps it
never will be.
tt is probable that more lives were
lost in the collapse Of buildings shaken
down by the earthquake than in flames
that spread from the debris; but even
that is only conjecture. Did the inter-
locked steel structure withstand the
shock better than the pile of square set
stone? We cannot answer this question
In the affirmative with confidence, al
though the evidence is favorable to the
steel structure. Some modern buildings
passed through the ordeal with little
damage, and others were wrecked,
| Frame houses along the harbor front
tumbled down, but the Union Ferry
building, although raised on piles driven
into the mud, endured the shock, and its
great tower stands. The construction
was modern. Not far away, on Market
street, the Hobart building, of which the
same can be said, was reduced almost to
Junk by the shock. The rear wall of the
Monadnock, an office building Of eleven
stories, not yet completed, collapsed.
The Crocker building at Post and Market
streets, a fine example Of the best struc-
tural methods, was but slightly damaged.
After all, the speculation seems idle
in the face of the co~nlagration that swept
the city; buildings that triumphed over
the earthquake were licked up by the
flames which it caused. If an earth
quake is severe enough to wrench
water mains asunder, there will be a con-
fagration in a city like San Francisco,
where in 1900 there were 50,494 frame
buildings and only 4,sSl of stone and
brick. The frame structures, catching
fire from overturned stoves and explod-
ing gases, will fare up like finder, and
the so-called fireproof buildings will
ignite from the whirl of embers and only
the steel skeletons remain.
San Francisco will rebuild its working
places and repair and reinforce its water
system as soon as order is restored and
suffering relieved. Its destiny is to be
a great city; it has to do business along
the front of its magnificent bay; and
earthquakes are a risk that must be
taken in many parts Of the world, and
CONGREGATIONS a risk everywhere,
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smtIeless New York Beauties.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir; The social
conditions in New York differ in many ways from
those in other cities, and these conditions are the
cause OF a difference In the facial characteristics
OF the people.
have often, In some other city, been surprised
for o moment on meeting ladies on the street with
q smile or q pleasant expression. which didn't lmme-
diately evaporate the moment they were looked at.
Then I remembered ! was not In New York.
am Inclined to think II the average Boston
woman came here and walked down Broadway.
as they do at home, she would stand a good chance
OF being arrested by some plain clothes man.
In New York you see women dressed elegantly
In every respectful seems as though they were
dressed 10 attract the opposite sex. but In their
looks repelling them. This has 10 be so in New
York, and is probably the reason the Pitts.
burger saw so few pretty women; they were there,
but disguised as regards their features.
A pretty woman with a scowl
In my opinion spons It owl.
NEW YORK. April Is. 3. W. RLrss.
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The Destruction Of Stamford.

While the individual sufferers from
earthquake and fire on the Pacific coast
have first claim on our sympathy, the
disaster that has come to Stanford Uni
versity will cause many a heartache.
1t is pathetic that the glorious structures,
dedicated to liberal education and raised
to the memory of the founders dead son,
a benefaction inspired by love, should
be destroyed by a convulsion of nature
such as they were built to withstand.
In beauty of design and charm Of sur
roundings there was no American Uni
yersity like Stanford. The architecture
was an adaptation of the mission style,
Colonnades with graceful pillars
abounded, and the arches and towers
made pictures which haunted the Wis
itor. Indeed, nothing could be more
picturesque than the effect made by the
o~uadrangles of yellow sandstone with
red tiled roofs, above which rose the
memorial church and arch. The church
was Mrs. STANFoRD's tribute to the
memory OF her husband, and WIS fam
ous for its mosaics, wrought by Italian
artists during two years. The grounds
were laid out by a landscape gardener OF
rare skill: on every side palms, bamboos
and other tropical plants flourished. The
Santa Cruz range formed the background
of Stanford, and in the foreground were
the waters of San Francisco Bay. The
valley in which Palo Alto lies is a garden
spot, and the youth attending the uni
versity were as much favored by climate
as by natural environment and an en-
! dowment that made Stanford the envy
Of its rivals. q
Upon the title page of the registers Of
Stanford appeared these words OF the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-20

A year Of increasing interest rates and
decreasing real estate mortgage business
has not convinced Governor HIooINs Of the
inequity and unscientiio nature Of the
Mortgage Tax law. He has not changed
the opinions he held in 1905. when he adj
vocated the enactment of the statute, al
though lite failure as a revenue measure
and the bad influence 1t has exercised over
business are manifest in all parts OF the
State, Therefore he has vetoed the Dowl-
ing bill, which repealed the law, and the
duty Of removing from the books that obnox-
ious enactment still rests with the Legis-
lature.
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STANDARDIZATION by Senator Lodge

~
Now and then one Of the exposed
traitors and miserable slaves of special
interests in the United States Senate gets
UP and shows what he really is.
Here, for example, is Mr.. LODGE OF
Massachusetts, unconsciously revealing
his brand of treason. He insidiously
to amend the Hepburn railway
rate bill by including in its provisions
persons described as follows:
Any person or persons engaged In the trans
portation Of oil or other commodity by means OF
pipe lines. or partly bX pipe lines and partly by
rail road. or partly by pipe lines and partly by water.
VINO shall be considered and he'd to be common car
ners within the meaning and purpose OF this act"
This is not the first time Mr.. LODGE
has tried to inject this significant little
provision into the pending bill. In
slightly different form he offered the
same thing last month. Now he has
tinkered it, and wants to tinker the bill
with his tinkered amendment, putting
the Standard Oil right at the front Of the
corporations subject to rate regulation
and making clear that huge concerns
| equality in subordination to the law.
To the ordinary man without a muck
rake this may seem to be a very indie
pendent and creditable proceeding on
the part Of Mr.. LODGE. When the ex-
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F. A. PALMER'S WILL STANDS
And His Million Goes TO Religious and
Charitable Bodies.

The suit brought by James r. Palmer,
a California nonagenartan, to upset the will
of his brother, Francis Asbury Palmer, who
died in November, 1872, dividing his million
dollar estate among various religious and
charitable institutions, was dismissed yes
terday by Supreme Court Justice Giegerich,
who decided that there was 10 competent
evidence Of mental incapacity or undue
influence such as would justify him in send
ing the case TO the jury.
On a previous trial the jury disagreed.
1t was alleged by the contestant that the
~testator, who wa president for ffty-two
years OF the National Broadway Bank, was
unduly Influenced by numerous olergymen
who wanted him TO support their churches.
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The Case of Charles l.. Tucker.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: | presume
tina, no person is more familiar with the facts and
the testimony. indeed all the incidents. including
the formation OF The jury. the method OF police
investigation. the rulings OF the trial Judges and the
character Of most OF the witnesses in the trial of
Charles L. Tucker than I. II there has been any
parallel 10 this trial II is. az far as memory lets me
Judge, TO be found only in the Dreyfus Affair. |
am sure II II becomes necessary the whole truth
will be told, OF whatever cost TO the reputation of
the Commonwealth, when Il will be shown that
Tucker was not guilty OF the crime OF which he was
convicted, but that the whole state will demand
not a commutation, but an absolute pardon.
BOSTON. April II. FIAT J%rsTITIi.
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Effect Of New York.s Atmosphere.

has escaped from Pittsbutg and returned TO the
blue skies and crystal air Of little old New York. /
am not surprised at the sentiments expressed in
the letter signed "Pittsburg" In TO days paper. 1t
goes without saying that his companion. who won
the bets, was either from Chicago or Cincinnati.
and that the sunlight was too strong for their eyes.
l suggest that they try It again, wearing dark
glasses. Had their walk been taken up Fifth
Ay'noo. P'g'h," the result would have been as re-
ported. NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK. April II,
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TWO CENT TELEPHONES
Would Pay rs Well as Two Cent Stamps,
Says Great Eastern Man.

The Aldermen's Committee on Laws and
Legislation held a public hearing yester-
day on the resolution recently presented
to the board calling for ar investigation OF
the telephone conditions and rates in this
city. The hearing was mostly devoted
to listening to speakers representing indie
pendent companies, who related the diff
culties they we're enoountering in getting
into Ney York. One OF these men vas
W. A. Reynolds Of the Great Eastern Tele-
phone Company, who in o~ontending that the
rates at present charged in this city were
too high said.
"I am not in favor Of municipal owner
ship, but ! am prepared to prove II the city
system and charge a two cent rate the
municipality would find the investment
more profitable than the Federal Govern
ment finds the New York Post Office"