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New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune bureau!


washington Dec 3o-The President and MIS-
Roosevelt returned to the White House this even
ing after spending four days at Pine hno' '"e'i
cottage near Charlottesville, va
The programme for the Presidents Ne" heai
Dsy reception follows:
IL a. m--The Vice-President the mehipeiS Vi "
Cabinet. the diplomatic corps
11.ao a m-The Chief Justice and the associate
justices of the Supreme Court of the Ohteo o'a'es
tho irdees of the Court of Appeals OF the DlstriSt
of columbia the Judges of the Supreme Court Oh
the District OF Columbia, the judges OF the Chieu
States Court of Claims. former members OF 'iie
Cabinet ambassadors and ministers OF 'he o'i'eu
States
11:30 a m--Senators. Representative r"
gates in Congress. A..
u:45 a. m.-Ofcers of the army. officers Oh tie
navy officers of the marine corps. commandlns
general and general staff of the militia or 'he Di'
trict of Columbia. -,
,o.15 n r-The regents and secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. the Civil Service Commis-
sion the Interstate Commerce Commission the Is.n
milan Canal Commission. the commissioners oi 'h'
District of Columbia. assistant secretaries OF ue
partments the Solicitor General. Assistant At'or
uevs General Assistant Postmasters General tno
Treasurer of the United States the Librarian Vi
Congress, the public printer. the heads OK bureaus
in the several departments and the PRESIDENT oi 'e
Columbia Institution the Deaf and DUMB
122o m-The Society of the Cincinnati, tne
Aztec Club of 1871 the Associated Veterans of the
War of 1s46-'47; the Military Order OF the Loya
Legion of the United States. the Grand Army Oh
the Republic the Medal of Honor Legion. the Union
Veteran Legion. the Union Veterans Cnlon' the
Society Of the Army of Santiago. the Spanish War
Veterans, the Army and Navy Union, the Minute
Men the Sons of the American Revolution and the
members of the Oldest Inhabitants Association OF
the District of Columbia
1 D. m.-Reception of citizens.
Men to be received whether in carriages or on
foot will enter the White House by the north por-
tico and will it by the eastern entrance, op-
posite the Treasury. Carriages will approach the
White House by the northwestern gate and depart
by the northeastern gate. and be parked In East
Executive avenue, where they will remain until
called to the east entrance from which all guests
will depart
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Joined her brother. Theo-
dore Roosevelt jr.. the White House last even
ing after several days spent in New York
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

en.;,Iad to serious consideration: for the acts
of tho executive departments in constituting ana
executing the laws touch the people even more
cIoseIy than the processes by which proposeu
laws are beaten into shape in Congress All
Intimate knowledge of the doinGS of the execu-
five branch cannot be less vaua bic to the aver
age citizen than transcript OF the proceed
incs of the department in which laws sesla'e
and are ushered into existence.
The Keep commission. which did a useiui
work in Investigating departmental mttho"'
and cutting the mesheS Of red tape. SusseS
the publication Of bulletin in which tue ,iah'
actions of the departments should ts recorueu a'
first hand for the benefit Of readers ueniiii-
s1Icb information. Publicity. ii was arsueu
would force uniformity in method and sllfhui"'e
efficiency in administration. AT pteAeh' ga
danartmant goes its own way and maintains
a system of information suited TO lis OWN iue",
or convenience The Treasury me H'a' anu
the War denartments. for instance, coilate anu
pubijsh data with exemplary promptheSS anu
fitness On the other hand, the Navy bep''rt
mont ond the Interior Department show niue
e,pedi,ion. the Navy Department being the
sEov-est of all 10 furnish information which u
wouId be desirable to have promptly IN me
hands of the public. Economy and eflcieh'N
u,ouId both he served if better standard were
SET in this respect. and joint administrative
publication something like that which Mr- Hop-
son outlines would meet a long felt want on 'he
mart of seekers for current information ahous
administrative matters.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
AN ADMINISTRATIVE BTLLETTN.

Many Jokes will doubtless be cracked at the
expense of Representative Richmond Pearson
Hobson and his latest project of setting up a
government publication similar to and in some
respects competing with the venerable yet often
peryersely misappreciated Congressional Rec
ord" Innumerable gibes have been aimed at
the staid and unblushing organ of the legisla-
tive department which immortalizes eloquence
never reduced TO speech in either branch of Con-
gress and records vocferous and long contin-
ued applause audible only to the tvpesetter in
the Government Printing office The Congress
sional Record" has been dispriZed as dull per
functory and lacking in color Yet in the end
il is necessary TO go 10 IL for any adequate
count Of the transactions the floor of the
two houses and for a complete understanding
of the arguments advanced for or against any
legislative measure Of national Importance.
II Is said that The Congressional Record"
has few readers. But only the rash and fippant
viii dispute the essential value of such a period
ioaL The constituency, fit though few, which it
seryss does work of enlightenment whose po-
lfical importance cannot be beIittled. The prime
essential in the conduct of progressive demo
cratic government is publicity, and what a
transcript Of the debates and votes in Congress
accoIDplishes In the legislative department has
been elnbarrassingly lacking in the field of
executive action Congress sits only seven
months in one year and only three months in
another year, and publishes daily record; but
the executive departments carry on their work
increasingly the whole year through and for the
most part keep the public informed of their
operations through occasional and often long
delayed reports or bulletins. Mr. Hobson's pro-
posal, though il may not be altogether salts
4sctory IN its details, is therefore logical and
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
THE CABINET.


Washinston. Dec 5o.-The Secretary of State and
daughter-fr-Iaw. Mr.. and Mrs. EIihu Root. jr, of
New York; their younger son. Edward Wales Root
and their son-in-aw and daughter, Lieutenant and
Mrs. Ulysses s Grant. Sd.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Taft are IN
mourning for the mother of the Secretary and
will neither attend the New Years reception at
the White House nor hold their usual afternoon
reception for the officers of the army and navy
They have retired from entertaining for the
Mrs Meyer, wife of the Postmaster General.
who has been indisposed for several days, is much
better and expects 20 attend the New Years recep-
ton at the White House and hold the usual after
noon reception at her home
Mrs Bonaparte, wife of the Attorney General
will arrive in Washington tomorrow afternoon 10
remain, until after the first of the year She VIII
have several out -of-town guests. among theih
Mrs Moses Williams. of Boston; Mrs ana MISS
C;ozzaIdi. OF Cambridge. Mass, and MISS stewart
and Miss Katherine H. McSherry. OF baltimore
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. James K
Garfield have their guest until after Ne" year
Mrs Stanley Brown. formerly Miss Moliie Garfield
Garfield will give luncheon on Friday in honor OF
tho Ambassador TO Great Britain and Mrs. WHITE
law Reid.
b,vc as guests their two daughters. Mrs Hoch-
stadter and Mrs Schafer. of New York, VINO ar
rived This afternoon Mrs. Hochstadter VIII remain
ujth her parents for about a month whle heI siS
tor will return to New York just after the ""
Year Isidor Straus. brother of the Secretary, anu
Mrs Isidor st are also guests - the 'eNAe
tary and Mrs. Straus.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
About People and Socfdf Incfden1S.

Norman Mr.. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustia
Mrs Huntington Wilson. Miss Grace Jarvis Miss
Edith Sanger Miss Katherine E1kins, Edward
wales Root Robert Hit Joseph Letter, Lieutenant
Edward McCarley and stephen B. Eikins- jr-
Miss Christine Kean Roosevelt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs W. Emlen Roosevelt, is the guest of her
eranduother Mrs. Kean, and her uncle, Senator
John Kean at their ! street home On Friday she
will go to the White House as the guest of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Gladys Roose-
Welt daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ellis Roose-
Welt of New York. will also visit the President
and Mrs Roosevelt in the social season
The Speaker and Miss Cannon nave return ed to
Washington from their home, in DaE4slle. Ill,
and brought Mrs. Leseur. the Speakers Laughter.
with them to spend the winter
Mrs John W. Foster was al home this afternoon
,o n large contingent of the social world Mrs
lanes p Mckee and Miss Mary Scott Mckee were
with Mrs. Foster.
Mrs Robert Hinckley gave large dance toe
,isbt for the friends of her schoolgirl daughter.
Miss GIadvs Hinckiey. A number of dinner parties
preceded the dance
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
tT1JoR OR MIN OK.

Tho Latest suggestion for sdetracking Mr..
Rrvan emanaths from The Washington POST
It is ingenious and its soothing logic may pei
s,,odo whore the strenuous r4tiOclnatlon ol
coIoneI Watterson and other demonstrators Oh
tho recessitv of elimination has failed. Inc
past. wants To elect the Nebraska leader wee
president and assures him that he would earn
more glory and have more enjoyment III Tue
rocopd office of the Republic than in the first
1t says:
II tho Democracy should win with an aNalidpie
Presidential candidate. and with MT Bryan ~.
Vi President where would the Nebraskan md
himself" He would stand at the head OF ms
marty in Congress, and as presiding oIncer Ei
The senate he would be able to accomplish Hiu,h
for the party even though Republicans were III
~ mo ioritv He would minge daily with the
lon doris on both sides. and would occupy "a
UNIQUE position himself as a leader. he "oulu
he in name and in fact, a great co1nnlonef chPa
bile of accom-, ,,lishing great good Tor ms par
and for the country. His influence upon legis'a
ton would be infinitely greater than IL wooiu @ ue
if he were President. with a RepubhCah 'oH-
greSs Jhwarting every move
PITY the sorrows of a poor Democratic freSl-
dent with a Republican Congress thwartnS every
move, The post of honor is the minor sauoh-
Rut sIIppose a Republican Congress was as coid
to the advice of a Democratic President of the
Senate AS il was to a Democratic President OF
tho United States And suppose the Demo
cratic President neglected to consult the real
leader of the party in the dispensatlon OF Ne
brasla and other patronage. Then the minor
honor might not be sweeter and more sufnclnG
than the major. Mr. Bryan will probably con-
cIude IN commend The Posts" suggestion OF
gain through loss 10 some other deserving Dem
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
AmuSementS.


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Carnival
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1IREFTY- S15-Pollv Of TIE Circus
Ttyf-T-Is Ms :so--The Thief
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v.trac cEl.c-s.Is-A knight FOR a Da!-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
IrANTnN MISCHIEF.

-,,,o -norsop arrested at fhe Brooklyn Bridge
,b. o,har dov on the charge Of cutting the
,lo+bino of others in the crowd may or may
NOT ba o,iItv of the offence That remains 10
be proved. The incident Is a reminder however
of the frequent commission Of that ana sihilihr
offences 10y some persons, both there ana else
where In the last few years scores of com
plants have been made, and there have doup'-
less been many more cases in which public
comnIaint has not been made Both men and
women have had their outer garments delio-
oratelv c1rt and sashed burned with acids.
stained with ink or dafled with filth, and al
most invariably they have been unable 10 attrib-
ute the deeds 10 any personal enmity or Spite
but have been forced to the CONCLUSION that
they were done by strangers through sheer
wantonness-
II seems a strange perversity OF huma n nature
that men should Systematically commit such
outrages through mere love of mischief. Crime
usually has an object of personal gain or re-
v"nge but in these cases none such is visible
There is not even the monstrously perverted
pleasure of directly witnessing and gloaunS
over the pain and distress of the Victims be-
cause in the great majority of cases the vic
tins have been unconscious OF the outrages
until some time after the infliCtion or them.
The only satisfaction the criminal could enjoy,
therefore. was the knowledge that the wrong
had been done and that at some time ana In
some place. unknown to him, the victim would
become aware OF it and would suffer distress.
1t would be difficult TO conceive a more purely
and wantonly malignant type Of evdong-as
perfectly malignant IN the comparatively petty
deed of solng a dress as If could he in that OF
arson murder.
Such a person IS a monster. Yet after all he
is nothing more than a development of COM
mon typc The wanton mischief of certain
classes of boys is familiar fact 1t seems
wall TO chip bits from ornamental stone work.
To break shrubs in the park or To commit any Of
the thousand and acts by which the world
around them is disfigured. Yet the principle in
volvod is precisely the same that in more
serious offences. 1t is the doing of evil for the
evils own sake. And such spirit tOlera ed
in the boy may naturally grow into the grosser
most hackneyed of truisms that 1.-The child is
father to the man. yet there is perhaps no
her familiar fact which * more generally
more disastrOusy disregardrd. 1t is little less
than wonder of the world that with all the
cost and effort which put forth for the pun
ishment of wrongdoing. and with all the Other
matters which so diligently and successful:
been made in the inculcation of the most ele-
mentary principles of ethics-lnlesS. indeed
we persuaded that ito be well favored
man is the gift of fortune. hut to write and
read comes by nature"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
PRAISES FULTON MONUMENT SllE.
German Sculptor Wants Memorial 10 BE
Made an international Event.

Custave Eberlein- German sculp'or "ae 'uo
suest of William H. Fletcher at dinner at the
T,prioeers. Club last night In speaking OF 'he
proposed site for the Fulton memorial monument
Mr. Eberlein said: TT Is beautiful, and IN my
estimation IT is a superb spot The American peo-
osad site affords the greatest possibilities ever
seen on the banks of your river tn HUDSON
am told that the parkway sloping down 10 the
hanks Of the river Is almost solid piece OF rock.
Mr. Eberlein said that the Fulton memorial mohu-
mont WAS much talked of in Germany ana was
orous.ny widespread interest I'm Europe Mr.
Fletcher said that unless 1t was decided TO MAKE
the monument an international one Mr. Ebereih
would not be associated with the work of designing
II except In an advisory capaci's' ->i"ons w
E,e,chers guests last night were Isaac Guggen-
holm, Walter Scott and II. o. S. Heistand
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31

- ,o,t of tho fftieth anniversary OF the
ouelIing of the great Sepoy Mutiny ana the con-
firmation of the rule of the Ferlnghee over hh
dristan.
Instead however the members OF the coh-
s-ress ignoring the regard OF the ou'ef "oii''
surrendered themselves to domesuc lhlio'po'
zion and mutual suason of most vigorous and
material kind. Selling upon the iurhitoe u
their meeting hail. they expedifiously disnen-
borad If and appled the resultant fragments to
r.rious selected portions Of one anotherS anat-
omy with an agility and emphasis worthy OF
NOW Ayatar Comp]ete details of the callsthenlc
svmnosium are not vet at hand. but 1t Is unoer-
stood that Var Mohanmed YusufZai applied
chair leg to the cranium OF Hurree Nh'h'ei
MoOkeree with such excess or Zeai as 10 iiuuO
the irreparable fracturing of hoth the head anu
tho loo. that Cbimbu Singh from Bikaneer. I'M
pelIed the most substantial part OF chair pach
against the ribs of Tantia the Bhli 10 SUCH shecs
thu four of the bones were promptly converter
into eight that KIlar Khan, the Marrl ci'iel'
brougbt a Iarce section of a table top into init
mate contact with the countenahce Oh "'".
Singh the Sikh. so as to cause yawning rft
in each of the impinging objects; "hiie Auu.l
U,o Rafia and little Bob Hla-oo with cha.t
saot and desk lid expounded to Nubbee baksh
puniahi lat the convincing sylogisms OF ihua
for the Indians In fact. tnufdtfs mufdnd'S' u
certain historic scene recorded by Truth1ui
James in the Transactions of Our Society upon
the Stanislaus was vigorously rehearseo' uii'ii
the advent of Messrs. Muvaney, Learosn anu
Orrberis induced involuntary ana precipi'"'e
ad diournment.
Meantime. the one solitary British nag III all
ihc world which is not lowered at sunset o"'
floats mast high by night as we'll as by da!' coh
timed 70 av above the topmost roofs of Luck
now
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
Az OVERSTRENUOUS CONGRESS-.

II would be difficult 10 determine offhand
whether a sense of hurnor of the
eternal fitness of things, yet appreciation
Of the greatness of their opportunity. was lack
ing to the members of the Indian Congress in
their snguarly strenuous session the other day.
We must assume that men so intelligent and so
coDyersanf with the general affairs of the world
were aware of the earnest movements IN their
behalf which had been going on in various
lands: that in England there were men who in
their passionate sympathy with their Aryan
Keir Hardie that in the United States men of
light and leading were publicly organizing and
agtating for the advancement Of Indian in
terests, and that even in Russia there were
statesmen capable of diverting their attention
from the suppression of Doumas long enough to
contemplate the reluming of the Light of Asia
by way of Penjdeh and the Khyber Pass.
In such circumstances the occasion seemed
suspicious for the Indian Congress to set before
the world an encouraging example of unity, self
control and orderly procedure, evincing eminent
fitness for that self government which inn
patient minority of Babus desire. Such a spec
tacle. of Brahmins and Pariahs Noslems and
Parsees sinking all individual fads and fancies
and harmoniously cooperating to demand home
rule on the convincing ground of their demon
strated capacity to exercise it Alright would have
been most impressive and inspiring to all the
friends Of India in foreign parts Ii would have
served ans effective counterfoil TO the com
memoraton-which was occurring at almost the
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
PEACE DINNER GIVEN.
Conclusion of Central American Agreement
Celebrated In Washington.

Washington Dec. 3O.-What was termed peaos
dinner was given here tonight by the delegates
10 the recent Central American conferences IN Celo
braton of the conclusion of an agreement OF ailiy.
Toasts were drunk TO the Presidents OF the Onitso
States Mexico and the five republics parties 10 tns
pact and speeches made expressing good VIII
and a desire for lasting peace In addition 10 Cen
tral Americans there present Ambassador
CreeI of Mexico; Assistant Secretary Bacon tno
Havtian Minister, the ministers of the South Amer
,can republics the Spanish Minister John w. Fos-
ter Secretary Loeb and several officials OF the stats
Department.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureaul
Washington Dec 30.-The Italian Arnoassdu'
and Baroness Mayor des Piancnes entertainer ~
their first large and formal affair of the season thls
- .,r,oo, when fully two hundred people from the
Cabinet the diplomatic corps and resident society
tbronsed the music and drawing rooms OF the EN-
hassy The Ambassado and the baroness receiver
tbeir guests while Professor Console. an l'dId"
pianist gave the musical programme
Siguor GiuIio Cesare Montagna- counsellor ana
,,,u ,ho recent return of the Ambassador charge
danaires for the Italian Embassy. delivered iec'-
ure tonight at the Masonic Temple before the
Dante Society taking for mis- subject The 4tailah
peonIe I'm the Modern Intellectual Province
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
ENTERTAINED BY Mr.. WILCOX.

William r. WILCOX. chairman of the Public ser.
vice commission gave a dinner at his home, No. II
East 57th street last evening. for Abel E. Biscs-
mar the commissions retiring counsel Wneo
Judge Willard Bartlett takes the oath as judSs
of the Court of Appeals tomorrow, Governor
Hughes will appoint Mr. BiackInar justice OF .ns
srnreme Court to fill the vacancy Besides Mr..
Blackmar, the guests included the other members
of the commission and the secretary, also Geofs.
s. Coleman the newly appointed COUNSEL seyerh
of the associate counsel TO the commission. anu
two or three personal friends Of Mr.. WILCOX
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
CHICAGO FIREmEN's COFFEE CAR.

From The Chicago Evening Post
Fire Marshal Horan to-day made announce
ment that was received by the members of his force
in the same spirit Christmas gift. He told
Mayor Busse that the coffee car which Is to aid
the men working at bad fires when the weather is
cold, would be in service at the end OF the week.
old ambulance has been converted to this new
use, and three installed. Two for the
coffee. holding five gallons each and the third is
to contain ten gallons of hot water.
When a big alarm comes in the car which is to
be stationed a l4th street and Michigan avenue
will make the run and be attached to a fire engine
steam being used to make the coffee.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
COLONEL MURDOCH SERIOUSLY ILL.

Wichita Kan, Dec 3O.-Colonel Marshall NJ Mur-
dock editor of 1.-The Wichita Daily Eagle. who
has been i'll with catarrh of the stomach. suffered
a hemorrhage last night. His physicians have little
hope OF his recovery Colonel Murdock, who is
seventy years old has been prominent III Kansas
politics since the time of the border warfare. His
son, Representative Victor Murdock, is hurrying
from Washington