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New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tFrom Tn. Tribune Bureau. /

IFrom Ths Tribune BureauI
Washington. Dec 2-The President held a con-
ference to-day with Secretary Taft and Colonel
A. II. Russell. acting chief of the ordnance bu-
reau OF the army. on the advisabty of changing
the small OF the service from 3S to As calibre
Secretary Taft told the President that the caibre
ought TO be increased for the protection of the
sOldiers.
Director Walcott. Of the geological survey. and
Chief Newell. OF the reclamation service. called
the White House to-day to inform the Presi-
dent that the Southern Pacific Railroad has begun
the work of checking tine Colorado River which
is overfowing Southern California from a break
the Mexican border.
Callers at the White House included Senator'S
SpoOner, Ankeny and Piles, Representatives Brick
and Fletcher. and James R. Garfield. who is to be
the next Secretary OF the Interior, 70 succeed Mr.
Hitchcock
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

of Ormuzd in the age-Iong strife. CARLYLE ad-
monlshed us years ago that the nation is
happy whose annals sre blank pages In he
history books. If we reckon that those indi-
viduals and families are happy whose doings
are not reported in the newspapers, how much
of happiness there was in this land on christ
mas Day! For with all this multitude OF tragic
and unhappy items, how small IL traction of
the whole people was thus touched upon! The
whole list of horrors which we nave roughly
analyzed concerns directly not more than two
or three in n million persons, and If we allow
liberal estimate of unreported items, we
shall scarcely get beyond one serious evil among
thousands of people. This old world is not go
ing to the bad, even though the chronicles of
Christmas Day We're spotted so freely with
lurid hIeS.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
cHINA'S OPIUM EpIcT.
From Tho Baltimore Sun.

Inc edict of the Emperor OF China for the SIM
PILesslon or the use of opium is now followed bv
eteyen T drastic regulations which seem to show a
serious ~ RuIPose. Not only the cultivation of the
must must cease within ten years. The ground Under
cuItiEatlon must be diminished by one-tenth an
nuaIiy Land Will be cOniscated II the cultivation
continues undimnished. On the other hand re-
wards VIII be given where cultivation OF the poppy
ceases before the end of the tenth year All Who
uo9 UPIh must De registered, with the
opium No one can hereafter begin the use Of
the drug Persons using opium must If under
sixty. diminish their OF IL 20 per cent per an
mum: Punishments are prescribed for persons who
persist IN the use of opium after the end OF the
ten-year limit Shops selling opium must be reg
lstered ana viii be closed gradually. while ''dens
in twelve months ~
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

The president OF the American Ice Com
pany. being asked If a bountiful harvest would
mean cheaper ice next summer. replied: THE
American Ice Company is in business for money.
'They not in 1t for anything else than that.
'and it ought to be plain to any one" Last
summer the same president protested that the
increase in the price of ice not ''for money"
Dear. no; 1t was altruism. pure and simple. Ths
company panied at thought of the money.
but it determined to protect the public
against itself and prevent It from using up the
supply of ice before the season was over. This
year the company is evidently going to quit
altruism and "go out for the stuff"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Sherry's will De the scene tonight Of the T-,t
sity Cotillon. the hosts being, usual, unds-
graduates Of Harvard Yale Princeton ana cot
bia- James Watson Webb. Clarence c. Pei ITaI-
S. Vanderbilt. Moses Taylor Pyne. ir e.
AachincIoss. Lewis S. Morris and ODonneu T.oT-
are on the committee in charge OF the affair 49,
Mrs William E. Isen. Mrs. Howard MaBsaals
Mrs. W. Seward Webb and a number OF 60
women OF the fashionable set are patronessss !,
the affair. Several OF them viii give dinner. =
connection with the dance afterward tsJ,-
their guests to Sherrys-
Mrs Charles H Tweed gave a dinner dancs L..
night at Sherry's for her daughter Miss Katherfn.
Tweed, one OF the debUtantes OF the season g
which about one hundred and sixty invitations had
been issued The cotillon led by Grosvenor At
terbury. dancing with Miss Tweed Among thoss
asked were Mr.. and Mrs. Barrent Lefrerts Mr. ana
Mrs. Charles AuohincIoss. Hiss Dorothy. Mis-
Gladys and Miss Rebecca Kissel. Miss Dorothy
Whitney. Miss Emily WelIes. Miss Lucy Roosevelt
Miss Mildred Carter. Miss Gladys Pell. Miss Emily
Coster. Miss Harriet Alexander. Miss Rosarnond
Fish. Miss Sylvia Parsons Miss Edith Deacon ana
Harold S. Vanderbilt Stowe Phelps. Samuel Wag-
staff. Malcolm D. Sloane. Charles Draper. Fred
erick Kernochan and George Roosevelt
Mrs. Winthrop Burr also gave a small dance al
sherrys last night for her daughters. Miss Rosa
mond and Miss Frances Burr who. Ike the major
fly OF her guests last night. have not yet made
their debut
Among the subscription dances last night was
that of the Junior Dancing Class at Sherry's where
Mrs. Edward c. Hoyt. Mrs David Dows. r.. and
Mrs. William r. Barr were the patronesses who re-
ceived the guests and the Tuesday dance az Del
nonico's under the patronage OF Mrs James F.
Fargo Mrs Prescott Slade. Mrs Charles B. Hubheu
and Mrs. Ira Barrows.
Nine. Emma Eames Emilio GogorZa and Victor
Herbert are among the attractions the pro
granIne Of Albert Morris Bagby's musical. which
takes place this morning at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Lieutenant General and Mrs Corbin are staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Usher Parsons at their
country place at Ardsley- Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney. after spending
Christmas at their country house at Manhasset
Long Island left yesterday for Washington TO stay
with Mrs Whitneys mother. Mrs. John Hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bayard Cutting have Is
sued Invitations for dinner for the Governor OF
Porto Rico and Mrs Beekman Winthrop. on
Wednesday next
Colonel Oliver Fl. Payne has left town for his
country place. near Thomasville, Ga
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN ART.

The Society OF Art Collectors. OF which the late
John Harsen Rhoades was president Is arranging
a representative exhibition Of the work OF Amer
lean artists to be held this winter in New York
for the benefit OF we'll known charity. It is
planned 10 hold the exhibition IN the American
Art Galleries and to show about $50 paintings by
the best known in American art The sv-
hibition will not be confined to paintings bv living
American artists. but will be Retrospective in cbar
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
Abour People and Social Incidents.

Point, and the ushers viii include Lieutenant pnr.
II. Sheridan. Ensign Walter Anderson I.eutrnas
Carpenter and Lieutenant Sunderland the f,.o ' ,s
stationed at West Point Mrs. Frank Vroor, ,-c,
be matrOn OF honor and the bridesmaids ara - -
Miss Florence Mccartney and the Misses Mado1,s
and Margaret Nash ali Of Chicago. and Ms, -
Sell Fleming. of this city. The wedding viii ,.,-
place at the home Of General Black and the D..
Dr Teunis 3 HamliE will perform the cersr,o..
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY DECEMBER 27

ignate where and how his gift shall be ap-
Piled he knows that his wishes will be car
ried out that no part of his contribution VIII
be wasted in useless display or for the pleas
ure of managers, and that money making
schemes the success of which are dependent
on the expenditure of large part of the funds
given will be discouraged.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

In sentencing Admiral NebogatOff to death
for surrendering his squadron to the Japanese
the Russian court martial followed stern mill
tary precedent. the theory being that COM
mander should go down with his ship fighting
rather than surrender. OF course the admiral
will not be executed and it is not easy TO per-
ceive the advantage of condemning him for rec
ognizing the hopelessness of the Russian plight
and resolving not to sacrifice himself and others
in attempting an impossibility
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
WILL CLOSE elLTmoRE TO-DAY
Ipy Telsxranh Z.

ID9 49Ia1Eapn 20 Tho IFtbune.l
Ashevills. N c.. Dec. 26.-odr and Mrs. George
W. Vanderbilt expect 70 close Biltuor, bousa To-
morrow for the season. They have taken auart-
mehts at stoneisigh Court In Washington. where
they VIII spend the rest Of the winter They ex-
PeGt 20 return TO Blltmore house In the spring Mrs
S 1Snh Nlcholas Brown. sister OF Mrs Vanderbilt
Hno Hino mas been spending the Christmas HOLIDAYS AZ
NORTH - 'AN -1-A s--A3e'S@As
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

Some street railway regulations relating to
transfers have provoked just Indignation and
complaint. but the rule which is TO go into
effect on January /, putting the ticket agents
on street corners out of business strikes US as
good thing The company says that it lost
heavily by the system which is about TO end.
and we doubt if anybody profited by it except
ing petty swindlers
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

The depopulation of Goldheld. New. as re-
suit OF the miners strike. is remarkable as its
growth. From $4,000 it's population has fallen
to 1000 IN a week A mining camp town may
spring up in a few days and disappear as quick
ly but this is an extreme case. OF course Gold
fields population will come back again when the
strike is over.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
NEW PLACE FoR DR.. w. a MOVES

Urbana. Ill. Dec. 2s.-Dr. William Alhsr, N-ov..
editor OF 'The Journal Of the American Chemical
Society and chief chemist OF the Bureau Of stand
ards at Washington. has accepted the place OF
professor OF chemistry and director OF the cbeu,i
cal laboratory in the University Of Illinois
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
THE BULKY "uNwRITTEN LAW"

The code OF unwritten law Is likely to become
bulky IL present tendencies not checked II man
may kill another for one kind OF insult he cannot
reasonably be denied the privilege OF numbering for
any other insult. The scope of unwritten law ls
therefore very large and the horizon OF it's opera
tions Is far or. Yet there must be boundary
somewhere II the human race Is to survive the aud
Dan jpdgmeltS OF ths man with th~ ----~
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

Some new facts concerning the herring are con-
tanned IN the scientific section of the annual re-
port OF the Fishery Board for Scotland According
10 a paper by Dr. Wemyss Fulton, certain theories
as to the growth and age OF the fish which have
been accepted for the last quarter OF a century
are not well founded. 1t appears that the
herring is fish OF slow growth. and is barely
"a inches In length when year old. It does
not reach maturity and spawn until five years
DID, and is then Of average length of 9ak inches
Herrings over Il inches long. like the large Loeb
tyne fish, may be ten years old and more and
the large specimens that occasionally caught
measuring from II to Is inches, are probably over
hfteen years old. and may be twenty. Investi-
cations are in progress TO discover the reason for
the decline in the herring fishery Of Loeb Fyne
In recent years. An interesting method which has
been adopted to trace the migrations OF the fish
consists in marking of them while in the
seine net with printed silk tag and setting them
Iree over five hundred have been thus marked
but so far, only five have been caught again and
these were near the place OF liberation
Mr. husband little wiley would like for
hands 0 "-'4A lily O"H
Mrs Bush Smuggling up to hlm)-Yes Tom dear
say about fifty dOllars-Boston TRANSCRIPT
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
POOR FELLOW,

l do not like 10 shovel snow
1t nearly breaks my back
At every shOvelful I throw
hear the muscles crack
My hands. my ears, my feet are cold
L soon get out of breath
And every now and then I have
A fear OF sudden death
And yet I need the exercise.
To keep from getting fat
And drive out gout, and rheumatic,
And other things like that
80 go out and shovel. though
1t nearly breaks my back
And every shovelful l throw
1 hear the muscles crack.
How I should like TO hire a man.
Strong. hearty and robust!
90 not want TO shovel, but
The doctor says I must
Alasl this life is full OF woe.
hear the muscles crack,
AT every shOvelful I throw
II nearly breaks my back!
y,,,1
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
ALPHA TAU OMEGA CONVENTION

Birmingham. Ala. Dec. 2S.-Ths twentieth hi
ennial congress OF the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
began here to-day, with delegates present from
almost every state in the Union
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
QUEEN HELENRs WORK AS ARTIST.

Naples. Dec 2s.-SOms Of Queen Helena's wars
Colors and pastels VIII be sent TO an exhibition
Venice. under an assumed name. as her naesS
wishes To keep her identity secret
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who win sail TO-DAY '"'
Europe are:
FRIEDRICH DER CROSSE & &EOS o-s-
MI and Mrs Gabriel Agcs-' -; = =. " -SSS+.
Alneft a n-iis~
Arthur H0erner
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27

see Hassau Ben Ali.
1r. and Mrs. T.. 7. Bennett
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. BroWn.
Ar. Ana Ma 2Ss0y SA0DAl
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
Ietp91ork Daily Gribn,te

THURSDAY, DECEMBER %, 1906.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-27
La PROvENCH FOR HAVI-1.-
OCEANIC FROM

Travellers who arrived yesterday ''0H'
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
LIBRARY CLUB MEETS
Many Suggestions Are Made Relative
u to Preservation Of Papers

Professor W. W., Folwell of the state. univer-
sity library, presided at the monthly meeting
of the Twin City Library club in st. Paul last
evening. The sixty members. of the club who
Historical society and listened to interesting
discussions by those in charge Of the different
departments of the society. :
DR.. Folwell advised the necessity of a larger
appropriation for the historical society and
urged the members Of the: club to, use. their
influence In obtaining such from the legislature.
He also suggested that digest, system, such
as used by, lawyers, be adopted, that money
should be given to catalogue the letters Of Gen
era1 sibley and that the ramsey letters be kept
in flreproof safe. u. L. Kingsbury, assistant
state librarian. spoke, on the government publ
cations collected by the historical society.
Warren Upham, secretary of the society. stat
ed that the society has now about eighty two
thousand books, 1000 newspaper volumes and
1000 pictures J. B. CLANCY spoke on the eed IN:
Miss Annie Hess gave interesting information
on the cataloging in the library; Miss Emma
Hawley, Miss Emma Vose and Miss Rose Bar
teau Dunlap spoke the scrapbooks, the
publications and on the Redistribution in the
library of the State Historical society. Rev
3. c: Mitchell recalled to mind the growth OF
the library museum which was started with ar
Indian ak. found in 1S47.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
CRITICS OF CITY
ON THEIR RETURN
RETURNING MINNEAPOIITANs
b SCORE UITY,s sTREETs.
Mayor Jones Himself Says He Has Seen
6 Better CONDITIONS IN the East While
on His Trip. from Which He Has Just
Returned. SIS. s.s S... s.fs. 4.

Returning Minneapolitans sharply
criticise the appearance of the streets
and alleys Of Minnea polls and make in
vidious comparisons in favor Of other
cities in&this respect. No less loyal q
son than Mayor David P. Jones says
that the condition Of the streets are
worse than he has seen elsewhere, and
all the other pilgrims make equally
strong statements.
It happens that the present is about
the worst time during the year, 80 far
as the streets are concerned. There has,
of course, been no street cleaning to
amount to anything since last fall, and
there is naturally a great accumulation
Of rubbish and litter which will prob.
ably be removed within week or two.
Aside from this, however, students of
municipal matters insist that Mime.
apolis, which is one Of the most pro.
gressive cities in the country in most
respects, is far behind in the mattSl
of clean streets, while the alleys are
almost entirely neglected.
It is charged that there are two prin.
cipal causes for this state Of affairs
lack of proper street-cleaning system
and lack of civic pride on the part of q
large portion Of the population.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
Weather Conditions.

Clear weather is reported along the
Pacific coast and in the states east OF
the Mississippi river, and cloudy wealth
er from the Mississippi river to the
Rocky mountains, and in the upper lake
past twenty-four hours in Manitoba,
western North Dakota, Colorado. west
ern Kansas and western Texas, and rain
was still falling this morning at Win
5nipeg and Dodge City, and showing at
Minnedosa, GU Appellee. Winnemucca
and Denver. Low pressure areas are
central over the Lake Winnipeg region
and over New Mexico, with a high pres,
sure area everything Montana. The
high" is accompanied by falling tenn
peratures in the Canadian Northwest,
the Dakotag, Nebraska, Colorado and
Montana. The temperatures are higher
!. than they We're yesterday morning. in
the Mississippi valley and lake region
No precipitation is expected in this vi
entity tonight or Wednesday from the
Lake Winnipeg low, and as the
high" moves eastward there will be
lower temperature tonight. =
IT. s. Outram, Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
TEACHER IS ANNOYED
BY MIXUP OF NAMES


The similarity Of names has resulted in great
deal of embarrassment to one of the teachers
of the public schools. short time ago teacher
was suspected of caquiring book from the
library in manner not in keeping with the rules
of the institution. At the time it reported
that the teacher was from Minneapolis school.
AS one of the local teachers happens to have
the same name as the real offender, report has
connected her In a most unpleasant manner with
the case, and the librarian wishes to make q
correction Of the statement which was circulated
that it was a Minneapolis teacher who was sus-
pected Of mutila ting a book. The case did not
involve any teacher in the Minneapolis public
schools, and it Is. only fair to the cevps Of
teachers to remove the suspicion.
In spite Of all that has been said and done,
the. mutilatio of books seems to be on the in
crease, and moreover. many persons are taking
away without their being charged. This week
the following notices will be, posted In the
building: :%.S =: t$-.%z ===-5.,: ~ $50: Z
Twenty five dollars reward for informatio
leading to the conviction Of any perso nwho
j marks or mutuates any book magazine or. paper
| Of the Minneapolis public library Of the Mime
apolis Athenaeum library, or who take from the
building without having 1t charged, any book
I or magazine belonging to either library.
1.-THE Library Board"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
CHILD IS BUPFETTED
ABOUT IN COURTS

Edith Bryant Jones Johnson, e-year girl
is again the object of litigation in the district
court The little lady has had Kaleidoscope
career and according to papers now on file in
the district court she has been more than once
stolen, imprisoned, adopted and deserted. and
is still the bone of contention between her
warning relatives. s
The child will now be brought into court on
writ Of habeas corpus secured by her mother,
Jennie A. Bryant, formerly johnson. who wants
her custody and claims that the child is being
Illegally restrained Of her liberty by her grand
mother Abbie Bryant
James Bryant and Jennie NJ. Bryant were
divorced and the custody of their one child,
Edith, was sought by both father and mother.
The child fell into the possession of her IA
theirs mother Abbie Bryant. The mother
brought habeas corpus proceedings, and after
cusations were made and refuted by the con
tending parties, the mother won and took
Edith. .@-A
Evidently she soon tired Of her charge, and
little Edith was legally adopted by Loren B.
Jones and Mary Jones. The Joneses next sepa.
rated, and Edith lived with the husband, who
after is said to have deserted his charge
Edith then fell into the hands Of her grand
mother. Now comes the mother, who has re-
Gently married Herbert Johnson and seeks fol
! the second time to get her child away from
| its grandmother.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
GADSKI PROGRAM VARIED
Selections Will Exhibit Singers Won
derful Range of Voice.

The Gadski song recital takes place tomor-
row evening at the First Baptist church, and
from indications of the seat sale there Will
be a splendid audience to hear her. The pro-
gram has been selected with great care. Two
operatic arias, one from aida and the other
from Tristan the Mebestod in fact, have
been placed on the program: Beside these there r
will be the, serenade from 'Ruy Bias" with Its
dorid coloratura, and a group Of exquisite Ger
man neder songs. Nine. Gadski, too, has In
cluded a group Of modern songs, many OF them
by American authors The diva is fond of the
American songs and often embodies them in
her programs.
sion Of triumphs. Everywhere she has beer
heard the enthusiasm has run high. and the
singer has been called and recalled time and
again. She has been engaged for seventy i've
recitals, but, with this large number. she has
! not been able to respond to the calls which
have been made upon her. No singer before
the American public today has been greeted
with more genuine enthusiasm than Mme Cad
| ski, and she has responded to the warm i'm
pulsive greetings Of her American audience:
with full appreciation of their whole hearted
| ness and sincerity. -...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03
TROLLEY co. LAYS LOOP
Down Town Line for MInnetonka Cars
Is Under Way,

Down Town Line for MInnetonka Cars
F.. Is Under Way.
The street railway company's loop ex-
tension plans is responsible for the tear
ing up of First avenue N between Fifth
and Seventh streets, and of Sixth street
from Hennepin to First avenue N. Gangs
Of laborers are busy laying the new Min
netonka loops. The company already has
tracks on Fifth and Seventh streets N,
and by the construction Of the three
blocks of track now under way it will
have two more down town loops. The
Minnetonka cars will wait over on the
new lines for their regular trips.
More delay has been caused b ythe
Lake street bridge, which will carry the
third interurban line. The bridge COM
pany making the alterations is now six
months behind its contract and will need
thirty days more to complete the work.
The material is on the ground but the
work Of placing It is not being pushed.
One track has been laid from Wonder
land on Lake street to the river, and one
line is in on Marshall avenue, Merriam
Park, from Prior avenue to the river
With the completion Of the bridge the
work Of connecting the two lines will be
a small matter. -'
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