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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
TRIBUNE BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
Cordial Commendation from Constant Reader
for Thirty Years.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: For the last three months have been rest
ing and easing up at very healthful sahA-
forum. and of course received my Ifiouhe rs
larly Having Just reached time foTty-two years
later than when I began my business career !
look back with pleasure 70 thirty years Of II as
constant reader of The Tribune. and avail ryssH
of this opportunity to write my first letter 10 tnS
editor.
During the time spent at the sanatortum have
been able 10 give all the time needed 70 read III!
papers and books. and this has heretofore oeeH
impossible My Judgment now is that apprecla'e
The Tribune more than ever before. and rev.
called upon say that 1 consider The TriouH0
better at present than ever before. The Tribune
Building has gone up. end have the merits q
the paper. Everybody knows this OF course anu
II il be a chestnut why, that ought not 10 NeeP
me from pressing the truth. the whole trU'i
and nothing but the truth il l feel that way
WALLACE NJ JAMES
New York May g. 1897.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

tFrom The Tribune Bureau-I
Washington, May N-Mr. and Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nlngs entertained number Of guests at dinner to-
night 10 meet Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf. Mr.
and Mrs. Jennings will leave Washington in June
and will spend the summer at Bar HarbCr
The marriage of Miss Marcia Butler, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs Charles Henry Butler and Ed
ward Creswcl Head took place at noon to-day at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Butler The Rev Dr.
William p stevenson, pastor OF the First Presby-
terrain Church. OF Yonkers. y. Y, ottciated Miss
katherine Head maid Of honor, and Miss
Iangdon Bellows. Miss Elizabeth Hubbard and
Miss Caroline Brownson, all OF Yonkers. We're
bridesmaids Henry Wilder Healy OF Brooklyn
best man. while John F1annery. Charles F.
Wilson. Ethan Flagg Butler. Charles Marshall But
Ter Andrew y. Bradley and Charles II Bradley
were ushers. Mr.. and Mrs. Head Will make their
home I'm Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler will sail for
Europe on May . and will attend the peace con
ference at The Hague, after which they will travel
on the Continent for several months.
Miss Chabot, Of California who is visiting Score
tary and Mrs Metcalf. Will accompany them to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington. May 14-The President rece4'1u 80
afternoon the visiting hotelkeepers VINO are - '
capital for their annual convention -
Postmaster General Meyer announced aItel t"0
Cabinet meeting TODAY that the President had de-
cded to appoint ]. w. Jackson postmaster at ~
Iumbia, Tenn. in the place of a. ~ Hughes re-
moved for inattention TO duty.
Attorney General Bonaparte had conference
with the President this afternoon. The dscuss-oll'
Mr. Ronanarte said related to the subject of trust
prosecutions.
Admiral Brownson. the new chief of the bureau
of navigation saw the President after the CABINET
meeting to pay his respects before assuming the
duties of his office.
Callers at the White House to-day before the
Cabinet meeting included Senators Knox anu
Bourne Representative John Wesley Gaines ana
Yeijt Anraku and Jihei H1shiguqhi. japanese news
paper men who have been visiting the jamestown
expOsitiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
PRIVATE LAWMAKERS.

When the concealed weapon crusade hogan
last month general satisfaction was expressed
Everybody seemed TO be In sympathy with the
movement ana convictions multiplied day by
day Great must be the surprise Of many clti-
zens then, TO find Assistant District Attorney
Caravan asking Judge O'Sullivan to suspend
sentence hereafter In cases OF persons indicted
Tor being walking arsenals But greater still
VIII be the shock of these same citizens 10 learn
that Mr.. Caravan has made this suggestion nor
for the sake OF shielding the offenders from
punishment, but in order to protect them from
the inevitable leniency of juries
On -FOUR occasions recently the police worked
up particularly strong cases against revolver
and dirk carriers. But when the latter gentle
men were found guilty in the lower court they
asserted their nalenable right to make society
pay for their trial by jury And when the
iuries got busy the defendants went free Dis
couraged by this lpniency of jurvmen the au.
thorities have decided "A last resort to avoid
the almost certain defeat OF the prosecution nj
the hands OF juries by petitonlnE the Judge 10
suspend sentence in the first instance In this
manner the police can keep offenders under
surveillance quite satisfactorily
What is the matter with iurymen that they
should be loath to enforce the law In cases of
obvious guilt like those mentioned? Can II be
that the public is not really In sympathy with
IliC olulh''H'tS restricting the carrying of
weapons? We suspect that a certain large part
Of the public, which is usually well represented
on a petit jury, really does disagree at heart
with the opponents of gun carriers II is NOT
unusual to hear somebody declare the CON
cealed weapon ordinance both unfair and
futile-unfalr, because il deprives the law
abiding citizen without permit of the means
Of self-protectiOn at crucial moments. and also
because, save during spasmodic crusades. only
A. II,
futile, because no police system, however alert
and extensive, can enforce the law In large
city as to prevent more than a trihinp frac-
ton of the evils arising from promiscuous car.
riage of weapons. It would be remarkable II
on nine juries out of every ten, there were NOT
two or three men privately holding these views.
And it is doubtless to the influence of such men
that the excessive leniency complained of is
due.
truth in these arguments against the ordinance
But it is a poor policy to throw UP the hands
in the face of hard task. And it Is still worse
to substitute private opinion, however well
founded ii may seem, for the decision of the
law, however Utopian the latter The cry heard
on every side nowadays about the difficulty
of securing a prompt, fair verdict by due
process of law is too often turned into an nm
qualified complaint against the law itself But
often, notably in minor cases similar to the
present ones, the real blame attaches 10 little
men great In their own private wisdom. Indif-
farance to statutes is not always due to SYM
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patch in dealing with the menace of typhoid

patch in dealing with the menace of typhoid
epidemic.
But If our local authorities are poWerless in
the presence OF hostile and the absence of en-
abllng legislation we cannot help thinking that
the state authorities competent to take i'm
mediate action in the premises. 1t would GER
tainly be an extraordinary state of affairs if
the State Board of Health were not competent
TO abate such nuisances as those which exist
and have long existed at Mount KiSco and it
would provoke and justify the inquiry what
then, that board was designed TO do and what
II good for, anyway. It would also be
most unfortunate If in its action the board
were compelled TO await the slow processes of
the courts. In this city the local health board
has autOcratic powers, which ii can exercise
without delay, on the sound principle that the
public welfare is superior 10 all other considera-
lions. To say that the state health board
would have TO carry the business through
months of litigation before it could stop the
pouring of typhoid germs into n citys water
supply would be TO describe a travesty of gov
eminent. To say that there is no adequate
remedy available for on evil which menaceS
half the state would he an impeachment of
the state government which we not pre-
pared TO make.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
FRAUDS ON IMMIGRANTS.
from The New York Times

rIuln The View YORK Times
The Tribune has exposed che methods rsnroanS9
ing the FORM or bogus passage ticket et'S.oifs
whereby some two thousand persons unantIno.tssss
oy the steamship companies fleece the liintIs. -
IN the foreign quarters OF this city FahnIles -
whom the invalid orders sent by reIatNes o.
this side are turned back homeless ana ln,PoNe..
ished from European frontier stations ana port,
OF migration Many OF the predatory ticket oroSTts
are also private bankers who Will be eStoppe9 ~
the operation OF the Wells act just signed by Gov,
ernor hughes. providing that they shall give oon.
business.
a supplementary bill has passed the Assembly
ana Is now In the Codes Committee OF the Senate,
prohloitlns brokers from advertising as steamsnip
transportation agents unless authorized cy the
companies, and compelling them TO sell tickets
eounterslsned by company official The measure
seems 10 De necessary. and Is supported by the
protect immigrants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
Il musem

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s-The Prince Of Pilsen.
ALEAMBRA-2-S-Vaude
AsTOR-2 :So-S :30-Before and After.
BELASCO-S:l5-The Rose of the Rancho
BIJOU-2 :3o-s :20-AComtesse Coouette
BROADWAY-s:10-The Partisan Model
CASINOS 15-The White
COLONIAL-2-s-yaudevi
CONEY ISLAND-Luna Park.
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRE 20-s :3o-Cousn Kate
GARRICK-2: Pos :9O-Caught in the Rain.
Jackets :3o-The Chorus Lady.
EAMMERSTEIN'S s:15-Veudevtle.
HERALD SQUARE: l5-s15-The Orchid.
EIPPODROME = - g. Neptune's Daughter and
Pioneer Days
ECDSON-215-s:I6-Brew Millions.
IRVING PLACES :2o-Preciosa-
KNICEERBOCKER-2I 5-s:15-The Red MIL
LIBERTY-2:15-Merely Mary Ann-s:15-salomy
LINCOLN sQUARE-2:15-s:l5-Bu Buster Brown.
LYcEUM-s 20-The Boys of Company B
LYRIC-2:15-S15-The Road Yesterday.
&AJESTIC-2:15 Path.
sAvOY-S:16-The Man Hour
@ALIACK' :15-Divorcons.
WEST END-2-S-The Mikado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
THE CABINET.

[From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May 14-Secretary and Mrs. StrauS
entertained at dinner tonight in honor of the Min
lister from the Netherlands and Nine Van SWIM
deren. Their other guests were Admiral Helter'
Colonel and Mrs Cromwell. Frank FL Hitchcock
Assistant Postmaster General; Captain FltzhuSh
Lee ir Director and Mrs. North Mr.. ana MIS-
Watson. of the British Embassy Ensign fl.e"'
L. s. N: Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan. Dr. ana MIS-
Cyrus Adler. Miss Loupp Mrs. Nicholas Fish ana
Mrs Gertrude Myers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Governor Hughes's crisp little veto message
of Monday. "This is a matter that should be
dealt with by the local authorities is in line
with several previous messages. If the Gov
ernor succeeds in teaching the lesson that the
responsibility for the conduct of local analrs
rests upon local authorities, and that the true
policy at Albany Is of non-interference
where local officers have adequate powers, he
will enable the Legislature to save great deal
time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

We desire TO remind our readers 4chO are
about 10 ledUe the city that THE TRIBUNE tciIl
be sent By mail 10 any address in this country
Or abroad. and address changed as often as de-
sired. Subscriptions mag be 0iren to your reg
nidr dealer before leariHg or. If more cOnuen-
lent, hand them in at THE TRIBUNE office.
See opposite page for subscription rates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
About People and Social Incidents.

/ the jamestown exposition on June / and viii uroh-
aoiy remain IN Washington until Secretary and
Mrs Metcalf leave here for their summer vsca+sor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

The garbage reduction works on Barren
Island have twice been attacked by fire and
once nearly undermined by the waves. The ele-
ments seem to have keener realization of the
offensive nature Of the business conducted there
than the municipal authorities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Honduras is now threatened with a civil war;
two aspirants for the vacant Presidency having
taken up arms. Politics in that republic seems
TO be conducted exclusively the Webster
Flanagan principle-''What we here for ex-
cent the off1ces?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

In Worcester. Mass. a man has hypnotized
himself into trance from which nobody can
arouse him, and he has slumbered on for more
than two weeks. 1t is rumored that he did the
trick by hypnotic suggestion, repeating to him
self that he was a New Jersey Commuter. Doubt
less when the time of the imaginary trip homo
has elapsed he will astonish his anxious friends
by awakening and starting for the car platform
with a rush.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Nen,pbis he would take in NashvL!e san san ~
t.oirs aDd as We are confident that ne WI 80
T,ateIv decide TO - we feel almost as mIca sta'-
fed as though he had pledged US MS NO'u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Mrs Charles II. Ditson gave small r'Ns',a-
last night at her house IN East S'th street. tHe -,
vitations for which read "A Fare"eH W
,--,., t4a- s,ests were friends Of The meu-
hers OF the KneiseI Quartet. The music room vas
used for the occasion and at the conclusion o. 10
rrcsran,nle a buffet supper was served
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Mr. Birrells great education bill fell by the
waysde. Now there is apparent danger that his
Irish bill will meet with similar fate. If that
sort Of thing is kept up he may come to be re-
garded as merely an "obiter dicta" statesman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

pathy for the defendant; it is often pighead-
edness and nothing else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

When Sir Hugh Bell suggested the possibility
that ships might day be propelled by
power from Niagara. transmitted to them with
out wires he doubtless anticipated great adj
vances upon the present state OF electrical art.
Mechanism has already been used successfully
to control the movements of unnamed boat.
suited to torpedo service. from land station.
The function performed by this apparatus is
akin to opening or closing a valve or shifting a
lever. It merely takes the place OF a human
hand. and requires for its operation very little
mechanical energy. Much more is required for
the real work concentrating the screw and
pulling the rudder from side TO side. 1t may be
supplied by almost any kind of engine or by an
electric storage battery. but means for devei-
oping the necessary power the boat itself
have hitherto been deemed essential. Mr.. Tesla
is we believe the only inventor who has pro-
posed 10 convey thousands Of horsepower with
out wires 10 points hundreds Of miles distant,
and his favorite plan 10 employ rarefed
air as a conductor for ordinary electricity and
not convert II into Hertz waves However con-
ndent he may still be concerning the feasibility
OF such a procedure. he has apparently been
unable 10 convince many others OF its practical
utility.
When n man Is dealing with the citys Tax
Department his property is worth only $4,000.
but when he deals with the commissioners in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

When a man Is dealing with the city's Tax
Department his property is worth only $4,000.
but when he deals with the commissioners in
condemnation It Is worth S16S64O What diff
ferenca II does mako
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Mr and Mrs Marshall c. LeTerts expect TO sal
for Europe next month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Mr. and Mrs 2 II r. Frelnghuyssn. who are
now in Italy. will return % this country IN Jnas
ard go 10 Islip. Long Island. for the summer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15

Mrs Frederic Bull IS booked to sail for Europe
to-day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
TWO ACRE FARMS.

We in America, especially here in
the south where land is compare
lively plentiful, often fail to realize
that we are not getting the most out
of what we own. Here are some in
stances, told by The Farm News, of
what intensive cultivation means.
What many an American farmer
fails to do on 100 acres the thrifty
Hollander in Belgium easily does on
two acres, viz: supports large fam
lily and lays by something for rainy
day. He does it by making the most
of every inch by heavy manuring, al
lowing no waste places. His two
acres are surrounded by ditch of
running water The typical two-acre
Belgium farm will contain patch
of wheat or rye and another of bar
ley, and another fair portion grows
potatoes. A row of cabbage grows all
around on the sloping sides of the
ditch with a row of onions just in
side, leaving bare walking room be-
tween them and the grain.
Here a couple of acres is consid-
cred a large tract for farming pur-
poses. Most of the farms are small
er, and on little plot a surprising
variety of crops is cultivated
few square feet of wheat barley,
maize and millet, plot of beans
perhaps ten feet wide by twenty feet
long, similar area of potatoes and
peas and a patch of onions about as
big as a grave, beet-root, lettuce,
turnips, sweet potatoes and other
crops occupy the rest of the area.
The farmer examines his growing
crops every morning, just as an en-
gineer inspects his machinery, and
if anything is wrong he puts it right.
If a weed appears in the bean patch
he pulls it up, if a hill of potatoes
or anything else fails it is at once
replanted. When he cuts down a
tree he always plants another. AS
soon as one crop is harvested the
soil is worked over, MANFRED, and
forthwith sown to another crop.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
THE LUCK OF A TIN HERO.

A contemporary notes that Lind
say Hicks is the biggest man west
of the Rockies. He is a hero whose
feet barely touch the earth, while
his head is in the clouds. What
did Hicks do? Nothing, except get
caught in a hole in the ground and
then get dug out alive after fifteen
days. He got caught because he
couldn't help it, he lived because he
couldn't help it without committing
suicide, and he was dug out because
he couldn't help it. Yet the west
has gone wild over him. Theatrical
managers are alleged to be offering
him as high as $1,000 a week to
appear on their stages, and girls are
writing him love letters by the score.
No less than nine wealthy women
are said to have proposed marriage
to him. Hicks can take his choice
between the stage and matrimony,
and make a big financial winning
whichever way he chooses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
AND THIS IN KENTUCKY!

Kentucky, which has long been
noted for the bravery of its colonies,
the beauty of it's women and the ex-
cellence Of it's horses, has also been
associated in the mind of the pub
lie with the production of other beV-
erages besides spring water There
are, according to the Youths Com
panion, two hundred and fifty-three
distilleries in the state, and whisky
is one of the staple products. Most
persons have supposed that large
part of this was made for home con-
sumption, but the fact is otherwise.
Local option prevails in Kentucky.
A map of the state, with the dry"
portions in white and the wet pOr
tions in black, is an astonishing rev.
elation of the progress of temper
ance sentiment in the state. Eighty
two counties appear wholly white,
and only five are all, or nearly all,
black.
AS our contemporary says, some
how the attitude of the state recalls
the story of the pious old woman
who decided that the gay flowers on
her bonnet were dragging her down
to perdition, and so took them out
and gave them to her sister
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02

The story that the Rockefellers
are too poor to have oysters when
they feel like having them seems pre-
posterous, but it is vouched for by
Mr.. Logan G. Mcpherson, who was
assistant to the late Samuel Spen-
Ger, president of the Southern Rail-
way. He told the story at the meet
ing of the social and economic
science section of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Science, which was held in Column
bia University, New York, last
Thursday. Henry Laurens Call of
Washington, D. G., had finished
reading has paper on "The Concen-
tration of Wealth. in which he had
said that Mr.. John D. Rockefeller's
income was one-fourth of the aggre-
gate income of the nation, and Mr..
Mcpherson rose to discuss it, He
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
BRONWOOD BRIEFS.
Pfthy Paragraphs and Personal Items
Penciled for News Readers.

Mr.. ]. F. Eden, Jr., will leave to-
day for Mercer University to take
special course preparatory to en-
tering the seminary next fall. Mr..
Clarence Price has been elected to
succeed him as cashier o. the Terrell
County Bank.
The members of the Methodist
church showed their appreciation OF
their pastor by presenting him with
a handsome OvercOat for Christmas
present The members of the Sun
day school gave each teacher beau
tiful bible.
One of our popular young mer-
chants will retire from the mercan-
tile business within few days and
will settle on the farm. Listen for
the wedding bells at any time.
The most elaborate of the Christ
mas functions was a pound party at
the Sawyer Hotel, given by the young
men of the city to the young ladies
Monday night.
Glass Bros have broken dirt for
their concrete stables. Messrs. Glass
are now in Atlanta buying stock.
Mr.. w B. West of Atlanta is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. l.. D. Ricken-
baker, on College avenue.
The Misses Berry gave a drawing
contest Monday afternoon in honor
of Miss Nora Best.
Mr.. Arch Turner, the popular
salesman of COwart Bros, left Mon
day for Smithville.
Miss Annie Kate Hawkes. of Rich
land is the guest of the Misses Cow
art.
The Misses Edwards of Smithville
are visiting Miss Alice Kennedy
Miss Nora Best has returned to
her home at Fort Gaines.
Mr.. Raymond Stapleton has re-
turned from Fort Valley.
Mr.. R. H. Ellerbee of Americas
spent Sunday in town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
HIGH MUCK-A-MUCKs IN TOLLS.

HIGH MUCK-A-MUCKS IN TOLLS.
The dispatches"te tell us that George
w. Perkins, the partner of Pierpont
Morgan, and Charles S. Fairchild,
secretary or the treasury under
President Cleveland, have been in
dicted by the grand jury which has
been investigating the. affairs of the
New York Life Insurance Company
They are charged with forgery in
the third degree, the specific accu-
sation being the Justification of book
keeping entries.
These indictments are a hopeful
sign of the times. Respect for the
laws of the land will only become
uniform when they are uniformly en-
forced. A term in prison, for in
stance, would have more effect in
teaching high financiers and trust
magnates who plumber the public
that there is something higher than
their own sweet will than anything
else that could happen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
TOO POOR TO BUY OYSTERS.

said he didn't know Mr.. Rockefeller,
but that some of his relatives visited
the Rockefellers. They told MN
that on one occasion, when they
were at the Rockefeller home IN
New York, and were having lunch
con Mrs. Rockefeller said: Yes,
we like oysters very much, but we
cannot afford them.
1t is apparent from this story that
Mr.. Rockefeller, who has the repu-
tation of being the richest man IN
the world, isn't extravagant in pro-
viding for his table. And as far as
the world knows he isn't extraya-
CANT in any other respect Perhaps
it is because he is economical in all
things that call for the expenditure
of money he has been able to accum-
ulate the great fortune he is known
to have.-Savannah News.