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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-06
Where He Was Known.

''Who is this fellow Rush you spoke
Off" oh, he's well-known chauf-
feur," "a wellknown chauffeur"
That's what l said!" why, l
never heard Of him" We'll, you would
If you were court clerk, like l ami"
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
PERSONAL.

Count Prosper 4 Epinay. who has been decorated
in Paris by the British Ambassador with the VIC
torian Order. is IN the odd position OF being a
British subject and Frenchman at the sams TINA
He was born in the island OF MauritiUs sixSy-fve
years ago. The island. of course is inhabited by
q a. EreRGh R n speak1ing Popu1aton and once -orned
Era1cs ~ ~rrSnCn the count count Is IeS4Eea @ IN IN
British nag he Is just as surely a British subject
Charles F. Shaw. of the bureau OF soils OF the
United States Department Of Agriculture. has been
appointed instructor in agronomy AZ the Peansyl-
vania State College Mr.; Shaw was student assist
Texas
Germany has recently voted to decide who
the twelve greatest in the Fatherlaud The list
begins with the Emperor The second choice Is
Gerhart Hauptmann. the dramatist Robert Koch.
the scientist is third. and Ernest Haeckel and
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. who have added to the
scientific reputation their country the fourth
and fifth selections in the list. The sixth is
the present Chancellor of the empire. Prince
Bgelow Seventh and eighth ,Gs are Max Klinser the
has been selected to represent music August
Bebel the socialist and Count Haeseier. who is
ninth and tenth The Seventh niche was awarded
40 s15 Rnbo wT9 bee Psor comp the
list
Having refused 10 remain away from the mission
field for the full term of his furlough the Rev DR..
Andrew Watson, who has been engaged in mission
work forty-fve years. will sail to-day for Egypt.
DR.. Watson is the father Of the Rev. DR.. Charles
R. Watson, secretary OF the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the United Presbyterian Church. The
Egyptian mas isid and as Dr. Charles Watson is the
executive OF this department. the father Is en-
ployed by the
Ramon Pima the new Spanish Minister the
United States. is forty-seven years old. and has
been in the Spanish diplomatic service since he
was twenty-five years old II Is understood that
his appointment to Washington is a reward for his
services TO the government secretary TO the AL
geciras conference
Judge Craig Biddle. who has served continuously
on the Philadelphia bench for more than a quarter
of century. celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday
on Thursday last
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
4r,uscnlents.

ACADEMY OF hTvsIc-s sl5 The Girl OF fhs e0'oei "s'
Ar.F9ANRP A-2 -s-Naudevilie-
Ae-OR-s.3o--The straight Road
Sos .IS-The Rose OF the tssncno-
pROApWAY--s.IO--The PaTisian MODEL
Princess Beggar
CGa GafynIlI.-2-S--Naudevine
s-TyTrFck2z zrye.-S :15-The Truth
r1A!.y'S-s:l5-The Belle of MAYFAIR
F-I3FcN SfySEF-The World in Wax
EMPIRE Pan.
CAFpF-S- -f5-The Student king
a S.S0-CsuEht in the KAN
fTsCTx - .2n-The Chorus Lady
TyASfN ERsTETN'S VICTORIA-2-s+lo----N e1asE!ls'
AfSF--s.15-The Road 20 Yesterday
HTPPoT TRoaE-2-s-Neptune's Daughter ana Flohee'
4rrrI,ssl x-s:ls-The Hypocrftes.
TpxT>r- PA C-Fc-s .3l-Wie Man Mariner Ferseit
ZSSTSsly IoCK KFsR-s:I5-Ths Red Mil
rJPFRTY-s:l5-The Girl Who Has ETerytnhs -
fYt.Ff M-3.5o- Beat-soe Herford: s;1S-The Lon anu
Mouse
LYRICS :I5-The New York Idee.
~.TgTeC,eS ARES :1J--The Three OF Ie
NkDIS0r. SQUARE GAkDFsN--Auton-coile St'"'
MAJESTIC s:l5-Iirovn of Haryero - ,,.,.-. =,
NkErTATTA& OPEEA HOCSE-e;l5-ll he'D'ei7 -
rANfE sTTs S.-s:T5- Miserable
FTROFOTITA% OPERA EcESE-s-Isnanacsef.
XIV aSrST s:15-Brevsteg's AilIioIs.
NTvV YORK-S:fb-The Vanderbilt CUP = -. ,,u,s.
PRINCESS Dolls Ecuse; s.ZDLise Sreel D'i-O
eaVOY-s:I5-The Mn of tho Hour
RtfONIC IALL~-3-a 30 Electric 1finslc
7yAIT.ACR's-e.15-T Rich Nj Hoggcrh heirner
1yEPTR' s-s-IJream City and The Magic knight-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
PURE CUSSEDNESS."

Confrmatory examples Of pure cussedness
are not lacking in things both great and small
For instance. in a minor matter, there was the
deflement and disfguring Of some OF the
sculptured ornamentation of the new custom
House the other day. 1t is difficult 10 conceive
any explanation Of 1t except that Of pure
cussedness." No other apparent purpose could
have been served than qualification Of love or
evil for evils sake. The same is TO be said OF
the disfguring. a few years ago, of the beaut-
full Maryland Monument in Prospect Park. The
spoliation Of the Slocum monument last fall
may have been inspired by greed for the few
dimes the stolen bronze would fetcn. or for the
beer which those dimes would purchase But
when members of the same gang went about
deliberately disturbing and, when possible,
breaking up the free lectures at the public
schools no other explanation Of their course
seemed possible than pure cussedness.
These, have said, are minor examples; yet
they are such as must be seriously reckoned
with by the police and the courts, and, multi
piled Indefinitely and habitually practised by
a considerable portion of the community, they
would constitute social problem of pOrtentous
proportions. But they are not all. II a minor
crime is thus committed for its own sake,
major one may be The vandal who wantonly
defaces a monument may logically become an
incendiary who burns buildings for the sake
of arson. There is a difference between the
scoundrel who furtively befouls or cuts holes
in the clothes OF people against whom he jostles
in a crowd and the fiend who murders man
or woman for the sake of destroying life and
causing anguish, but the difference is of de-
gree and not of kind. Whether the wanton
criminal is actually incorrigible may be ques-
ton for psychological discussion, on lines either
academic or practical, but that he exists, in
probably all degrees of criminality, is scarcely
to be denied.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEETING.
President Isaac Wallach to Retire After
Thirty Years of Service.

The annual meeting Of the directors and
members of Mount Sinai Hospital was held yes
terday and officers for the ensuing year were
elected. The reports Of the officers for the last
wear were read and approved.
Much regret was expressed over the refusal
OF President Isaac Wallach TO serve for another
year. Continued illness cOmpels Mr.. Wallach
to retire He has been the head OF the institu-
ton for thirty years. Expressions Of regret
we're noted in resolutions offered and in a short
speech of eulogy by Jacob H schiff The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President. Isaac Stern; vice-presIdent George
BIunenthal: second vice-president. Emil 8
Levi; treasurer E Asiel; secretary, Leo Arm
stein; directors for four years. Joseph Fox Ed
ward Oppenheirner. J. +. Culirnan- AdolDh Lew
isohn Jacob Ensheimer and Isaac Waliach; foe
one year. P. J. Goodhart
The report Of President Waliach. which was
read by the secretary IN hts enforced absence,
showed that while the work OF the hospital was
largely increased and generally successful in
1905 there was deficit at the end OF the year.
The total receipts for the year from all sources
we're S347859 81 and the disbursements 1885.
72O g. which left a deficit OF Ss $50 %. which.
deducted from the balance left on hand from
last year, gave balance OF S11. .99S 4s
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
MEMBERS GIVE $50. 900.
st. Thomas's Church ReceiUed That
Sum Last Year.

More than three-Quarters of a million dollars
subscribed by the members OF st. Thomas's
Episcopal Church In the year which closed last
November. according TO the year book OF the
parish. delivered TO the parishiOners yesterday.
OF this sum. $4,000 represents the amount sub
scribed toward the building of the church
Fifth and sd street. to replace the struct
ure which was burned In the summer Of 1903
None of this money has been thus far expended.
But the remaining contributions. amounting TO
s27 500 o. with the exception of SSSOo0 spent
for the erection of the temporary church building
IN which services being held. devoted to
ordinary expenses of the parish and it's cOntri
buttons to missionary and benevolent objects with
In and without the diocese OF New York
St Thomas's Church burned In midsum-
mer. and the temporary structure within the old
walls completed early I'm the fall OF 1905. Tho
rector OF St Thofnass. the Rev Dr. Ernest NJ
Stires, IN his preface TO the year book. tells
what happened Immediately thereafter;
Three weeks after we entered the temporary
building you asked for $4,000 for the East Side
work. which promptly contributed In the
very next month you were asked, on Hospital
made a year before and In response you more
than doubled that offering. contributing about SGeO
for relief of the sick poor in this great city
In the next month yoI told that the General
Board OF Missions hoped that ST Thomas's Church
would contribute El.500 cOr the general missionary
work of the church, and the parish fully met the
boards expectation. Nearly $4,000 was given to
The total income Of ST. Thomas's parish apart
from the amount subscribed for the church.
received as follows: From pew rents 500
scriptions and donations. Su.05; all other sources
Se1 2e2 ~. total, $2I43 -
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
THINKING OF PEACE.

The interesting suggestion Is made by cor
respondent whose letter we publish elsewhere
in to-day's Tribune that the patriotism of
peace as well as of war, should be taught in
the schools, and that the minds Of all the peo-
celebration OF the date of the peace congress
at The Hague as general holiday The purpose
underlying the suggestion will doubtless appeal
TO thoughtful minds. for the reason that the
classics of peace which are mentioned as
appropriate text and reference books are works
which should be studied by all who desire TO
possess anything like liberal culture. entirely
apart from ethical questions of miIitarism or
non-miiitarism. There are those who prefer 10
send their sons 10 so-caled military" schools
not to make soldiers of them nor 10 inspire
them with warlke passions, but TO gain for
them the physical discipline. the drill and the
improved carriage which such schools are sun
posed To impart. So even a youth who wished
and meant 10 be a soldier would get much in
tellectual profit from the studying of Plato
Grotius. More and Rousseau
We may however. go beyond this and say
that studies of peace and of ways and means
OF mainta lining peace are desirable, even while
we may regard war as occasionally inevitable
and readiness for war as indispensable. For
while war is TO be accepted only as unwel-
ccne necessity. Peace is always 10 be desired
for its own sake, war never. 1t is surely rea-
sonable. then. to give the major part of our
study 10 that condition which we most desire
10 have prevail and which, in fact does prevail
for the greater part of the time Some Of the
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

greatest soldiers have been among the strongest
advocates of peace, and the wisest statesmen
have regarded constant and effective prepara-
tiOn for war one OF the surest means or as
suring peace So we may believe that the men
and the nations that are most perfectly
grounded in International law and the prtn-
ciples OF peace will, in the dreadful resort OF
war prove themselves the most formidable bel
Igerents, for they will be the most likely TO
resort TO war only on the greatest provocation
and with the fullest justification, and will tins
enjoy the proverbIal advantage Of him who
hath his quarrel just.
To the same end the dedication Of a holiday
10 peaceful commemorations and reflections
might also be benefcent. It Is true that not all
our anniversary celebrations are warllke, while
Indeed. some which are associated with wars
such as Independence Day and Memorial Day
may be esteemed as inculcating peace as much
as war. Nevertheless. arbitration measures. in
ternational conferences and peace congresses
have become such important features OF the
worlds life that it might be fitting To give
day each year 10 consideration Of then-pro-
vided any increase in the number Of our holi-
DAYS were deemed desirable
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
THE ryRULY COLORADO.

7 is serious state of affairs which the Presi-
dent discusses in his message to Congress re-
rsrding the Colorado River. Failure TO control
that stream means ruin TO the Irrigation system
which promised fertility TO three hundred thou-
sand acres of land in the Imperial Valley. Ihis
is the region 10 which the California DeVeiop
p,ent Company has aimed TO minister, but whose
,,rosnerty Is threatened by the management OF
nat cornoration. The danger does not stop
There. however. One of several projects wlhch
,he government has itself undertaken is 10 re-
claim, four hundred thousand acres more, IN
california and Arizona by creating a storage
reservoir further upstream. The President Is
convinced that the security of the structure IN
tended 10 make such service feasible, The
Iaguna Dam. is also imperilled. Finally. il is
feared that the railway bridge at Yuma may be
undermined and the town destroyed unless the
eccentricities OF the river below that point are
checked.
In this emergency Mr.. Roosevelt believes thar
the national authorities should actively inter
pose. He would have them assume the respon-
sihiuty for the future control Of the Colorado
To provide permanent works in place of the
temporary defences being erected by the South
ern Pacific Railway. he asks Congress 10 appro-
pirate S20oo.000. TO be expended by the Geolog-
Zeal Survey which has charge Of the other
reclamation work Tow in progress. final ad-
iustment OF the governments account with the
railroad company need not, he says. be consd-
cred just now. The all important thing is II
provide The necessary money promptly. for
unless the requisite work be done before the
sprin= ara summer foods the task will be we'll
nigh hopeless. AS for the California Develop
ment Company Mr. Roosevelt holds that it
should be forced out ot the field altogether. Its
rights should be secured by purchase. in order
That the government may have free hand and
ats functions should be exercised-for a time at
;east-by the officials In charge of the United
States reclamation service.
TIE people who have already settled in the
Imperial Valley c,ight not so be left in the
lsrch. nor should this full development of the
possibilities OF the region be neglected. The
rnoney which is 10 be spent for these purposes
would be loan, not a gift The President
makes II clear that be fsYorS employing il ex-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
AID TO STRICKEN CHINA
Red Cross Uork for Famine Sat.
fererS.
the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; II may interest those who contrihu'
ting 70 the Red Cross Chinese Famine Fund "a
know that the food supplies that are beins
shipped 70 Shanghai are consigned % the United
States Consul General J. L. Rodgers. who has
been appointed special Red cross assent and
who viii oversee the distribution os such sup
plies,
The three hundred tons OF -four that are now
being shipped were kindly purchased for the
Red Cross by Major Erautof. L. 5. A. COM
missary Officer at san Francisco at especially
reasonable prices. and transportation is given
free from that city 70 Shanghai by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. Therefore. all tbs
contributions for this fund can be expended Tor
the purchase OF food supplies for which these
unfortunate people are so terribly in nesd.
Every dollar sent the Red Cross viii purchase
more than q 50-poUnd sack OF -four. Flour and
cornmeal have been especially asked for BY the
relief committee at shanghai VIII not our
people in the midst OF their abundance remem-
Der their starving fellow men b. contributing 10
the Chinese Famine FUND.-
MABEL T. BOARDNAN.
Member OF the Executive Committee
Washington. n. c, Jan. L.. 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
CHINESE FAMINE CONDITIONS.

Reports from Shanghai lately received by thu
Red Cross tell OF the terrible devastation along
the Grand Canal caused BY the heavy summer
rains. In July much OF the country already
under water from knee deep % waist deep. and
in some places the people had 70 wade through
water up 70 their necSs West OF the canal. what
was formerly a fertile plain. covered with good
crops and prosperous hsmlets. IS vast lake
extending % Ii AZ the narrOwest point and stretch
Ing 10 Ii out toward the southwest. Here and
there are the groups OF cottages which rise above
the sheet OF water and be reached only sy
boats The PEOPLE are in a state OF absolute des-
titctiol. not only their crops but also the reeds
whic constitute their fuel being destroyed by the
hco6s.
IL a district about 90 miles IN length and 100
miles in width each side OF the Grand Canal a
total Of about 4O.c0O square miles. the crops
have been almost totally destroyed and IN tho
cou"try beyond only partial crops have been saved
1t IS certain that one-half or two-thirds OF the
Topua ton OF fifteen millions the affected
region viii be the verge Of starvation during
the winter. and tens OF thousands must perish
less help is given. Thousands of houses have also
beeE destroyed. and and children by
of thousands have left their homes beg else
where. Some throw their children into the water
and then commit suicide; others selling their
children for almost nothing. Farmers forced
sell their work animals TO buy food. and have
70 wheat to plant next years crop Hundreds
already dying from famine and fever in their desO-
late and foodess homes. There Is hope OF re-
lief before the ripening OF the next June.
and the condition OF these millions IN the flooded
country will be indescrihably awful during the
winter The need is urgent that the response
for aid should be generous and prompt to mitigate
the suffertngs of these starving multitudes.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
THE PULPIT SCARCITY.

"The Biblical World utters the familiar COM
plant of the lack Of men of real ability enter
ing the Protestant ministry. 1t gives several
reasons for the shortage, chief among when
seem 10 be the theological unrest and 1.-The as
founding and tempting opportunities offered by
"other professions" The second suggestion III
some form Is invariably heard as the explana-
ton of the inferiority, real or imaginary, of to-
dav in any intellectual pursuit Why have We
not better ministers: Because the best intel
letts go In for commerce, for that is where the
great successes are achieved. Why have we so
many minor and so few major poets? Because
again commerce-that is, the more gainful pro-
fesslons-attracts the best men. If our dramat-
lists are inferior it is because men of brains be-
come stock brokers or railroad presidents or
manufacturers II the average of men in public
life is low, 1t is again because of the tnsatiate
vortex of business. An explanation which ex-
plains so much is suspicious II the alleged
mental inferiority OF the men of only one pro-
fession is considered, the suggestion that all of
the best wits have gone glmmering after dol
lars commends itself by specous likelihood;
but if il be asserted that the ministry, itera-
ture, education. public life and the drama are
being impoverished of their best men, we Won
der that commerce can absorb so much and
still cry out for more: for. observe, the plant
of trade is that ii cannot obtain enough first
class men. There are in trade men of fine ca
paciy-perhaps the usual ascription of genius
is no exaggeration-and there are few or no
geniuses in the line of intellectual endeavor re-
garding which there is the complaint of a
dearth of greatness; therefore-but the easy and
tempting conclusion by no means follows The
leaders of commerce would probably in another
age have still been leaders Of commerce and in
conspicuous if commerce. was less conspicuous
and less characteristic of that age
The pulpit is perhaps Che best Illustration
Spirituality, we should say. is the characteristic
requisite OF the great minister. We do not see
its place in the business world. nor do we see
any evidence there that these men of great
spirituality, these ten lost tribes of Israel miss
ing from the pulpit. have been absorbed by
commerce. II they have been, they have under
gone change of nature. Then, too we do not
lack evidence Of what the gainful professions
can do IN the way of preaching for preaching
is so instructive a habit that everybody t11rns
his hand TO 1t, aud leaders of commerce are no
exceptions. Their preaching does not persuade
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

US that here or there the pulpit lost Jeremy
Taylor. BoSsuet or q Beecher. There Is often
q suggestion OF that friend OF our youth, Samuel
Smiles. with the added authority OF u success
full practitioner But IL the TaylOrs and the
Bossuets and the Beechers have closed their
ears 10 the call wherewith they are called and
turned TO saving dollars instead of souls. they
have been defeated OF their purpose and earned
medlocrity.
We detect mute. inglorious Millions hanging
over the ticker's tape. If we have no Shake
speare in this age. some are disposed 10 point 10
this or that genius of finance and say that but
for trick OF fate we should have had the
worlds greatest dramatist. II the Shake
speares and the Millions have elected to he mute
and tnglOrious, they are not much in pocket by
IT. We no believers In the transformation
of energy as hypothesis applicable TO genius.
If Milton had had the hap to be born i'll this
age. he might have been mute and inglorious,
but he probably would not have been a king of
finance. We are casting no reflections on COM
merce; indeed, it may be deemed the highest
possible compliment to commerce that the in
tellectual professions should look among its
numerous and Overshadowing great men for their
own missing and misdirected great men, We
shall not attempt to say anything regarding
Theological unrest" as the cause of the dearth
Of great ministers. That is a question for the
doctors Of divinity. All we wish to suggest is
doubt Of the easy and complacent explanation
that commerce absorbs all the best men. Jeremy
Taylor, Bossuet and Beecher if they had lived
IN this period and had been allured by its 'as-
founding and tempting opportunities" might
conceivably have filed petitions in bankruptcy
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14

actly as the sums devoted TO reclamation work
In other parts OF the country are employed
Provision is made by law for repayment by the
benefciaries so that the money can be Used over
and over again for the same purpose. The only
difference between the proposed venture and the
others is that the reclamation fund" proper Is
derived from the sale OF public lands, whereas
the interests OF the Imperial Valley would be
safeguarded by special appropriation We
believe that Congress would make no mistake
If it complied with the Presidents suggestions
and dill 80 with all practicable haste.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
A WEDDING.

Alexander NJ Thackara. ir-. eldest son OF the
consul general 10 Berlin. and grandson of General
w. T. Sherman. married on December 2s Mss
Dufin at the Cathedral Chapel in Boston Arch
bishop O'Connen ohiciated- After the ceremony
the wedding party went to the home OF Mrs. Paul
Thorndike for the wedding breakfast Mr. Thack-
ara Is with tha Westinghouse company, aid Lives
N thia ely.