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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
aetu9lork Daily Gribm1tk
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1907
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-Senate: Ar. Smoot defined his
attitude in regard to the Mormon Church and
the consideration of the Agricultural Appropria-
acrimonious dispute between Mr.. Mason, OF
Georgia, and Mr.. Fitzgerald, of New York the
formers points Of order against increased pay
for city letter carriers and other postoffice en-
ployes were sustained.
FOREIGN.-A dispatch from Managua, Mic
aragua, said that Honduran troops had at
tackled the Nicaraguan forces on the frontier,
and had been defeated after action lasting
many hours. = The Chamber of Deputies,
by majority Of 3Dl. sustained the liberal policy
advocated by NJ. BRAND. the Minister of Educa-
ton toward Catholics. =- Returns from the
final elections to the Russian parliament ind-
Gated a large radical majority in the lower
house; the Nationalist were successful in Po
land against the Socialists and Jews = The
German Emperor opened the Reichstag; his
speech referred to the recent elections and
supplementary credits for the African colonies.
DOMESTIC.-The President gave hearing to
several of the partners Of Mr.. Oliver in his bid
on the Panama Canal contract. - Senator
Bailey appeared before the investigating COM
mittee at Austin, Tex, and. taking the stand in
his own behalf, replied the charges preferred
against him by Representative Cooke. =
Otto Kelsey. Superintendent Of Insurance. sent
a supplementary statement to Governor Hughes
IN regard 10 his management OF the department
OF which he is the head The Governor Is
pected TO ask the Senate for his removal to-
day - The Assembly Cities Committee
agreed upon the Bingham police bill and its
passage is expected. 80 In a hearing on the
Bridge Loop bill. introduced by Assemblyman
was discredited but Il advanced. =- J.
@. Schmidlapp. a well known Cincinnati banker
established a trust of $4,000 for the benefit Of
young women as a memorial 10 his daughter
killed in an automobile accident in France last
summer. == The State Legislature Of Mis-
souri, adopted a resolution fixing the proper
pronunciation Of Missouri"
CIY.-Stoclls We're lower at the close -=
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw finished her direct tes-
timony. and District Attorney Jerome began
crOss-eNamining her. =- II was determined
that a spreading rail caused the New York
Central wreck last Saturday night. The
Great Northern Railway Company was indicted
for granting rebates to the Sugar Trust. -=
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announced
that IL had sold TO Kuhn, Loeb & Co. $50 900 900
three-year > per cent notes. -- w. H. NAL
lock, the English economic writer completed
his course Of lectures socialism at Columbia
University. == The TribUnes report Of the
result Of the Mutual vote practically con-
frTned. == The New England Policyholders'
Association expressed approval Of the Equi-
tables reform work
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest, ~ degrees; lowest %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
BRIDGET.

An evil report has gone abroad that the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage Association favors the
plan of expunging the word servant" meaning
domestic servant, from the dictionaries. Sian
derers say the members believe that girls won't
work in the kitchen and upstairs because ser
want connotes vassalage.
OF course, we do not credit the story about
the expungng. Poetry cannot deOdorize dish
water, nor new names the drudgery OF house
work. And yet the women now in session IN
Chicago are dealing with a social problem pain
fully real and urgent. If they do grasp at the
dictionary. a drowning man at II straw. no
body can blame them. 1t is time for all convcn-
lions whether of "sufragettes. dog fanciers
or Seventh Day Adventists 10 focus their ef-
forts upon Bridget and those who will not he
Bridgets The problem Is so vital that any
political party might sweep the polls by dove
failing into its platform some workable scheme
for supplying every housewife with at least one
young girl, experienced and good looking used
10 children, not afraid to work and not partlc-
ular as 10 wages. But only the socialists could
promise such II revolutionary reform. and they
say this one is against their principles Potl-
clans of other creeds, unlike most socialists.
have sought 10 coax some Bridget into their
kitchens or 10 keep her out of their drawing
rooms; they know that the game is the original
and eternal pigs-in-clover, and that trust
smashing is "A simpler, more satisfactory recra-
alton.
Might we not suggest that the women who
only yesterday wanted to organize n womau's
suffrage political party demonstrate their ability
TO deal with great problems by first using then.
organization to bring happiness to un- Brldgetcd
homes? We don't know how the Job is to be
done; If we did we should ere this have made a
fortune out Of the secret But we do promise
IT. women that innumerable men will he their
obedient servants forever If they succeed And
we surmise that success will rob every married
surragist Of her desire to vote: for It is better
to have houSekeeper for her lord than to dwell
in the tents of politics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
THE FIGHT FOR DECEyCY.

Several movements simultaneously made In
the fight for health and decency give promise
that our urban and suburban watercourses may
not altogether be turned into sewers and cess
pools. Among these are the introduction Of a
bill at Albany for the repeal of the vicious
Bronx sewer scheme and of another for the
creation Of a parkway along the Bronx River
from Kensico to Bronx Park, the filing of a
protest with the Secretary of War against the
Bronx sewer scheme and also against the Pas
sale sewer. and the recommendation of the State
Commissioner Of Health that he should he III
vested with authority to compel the exclusion of
sewage from streams.
The evil features Of the Bronx sewer scheme
have already been exposed in these columns anil
need not be repeated in detail. If executed. lt
would destroy the most beautiful and important
fresh water stream in the metropolitan district
1t would irretrievably mar Bronx Park and tho
Geological Park and Botanical Gardens. upoa
which SO much money has been expended and
which are so great source of delight to multi
tudes; ii would increase the present contamina-
ton Of the Hudson River and extend It to re-
gions now comparatively Clean and it would
create the exceedingly mischfevous precedent of
conveying the sewage Of one watershed to an-
other and quite different watershed. Neither is
II necessary 10 Tehearse again the great advan-
teges and desirablity of the proposed Bronx
Parkway. which we have already described and
advocated. AS for the protest on commercial
grounds against further pouring of crude sew
age into the harbor waters of New York, there
can be no doubt that 1t is well founded 1t is
known that much Of the shoaling Of channels in
our harbor waters has been due TO the deposit
Ing Of solid matter from the sewers and
streets. Doubtless this city is itself the chief
sinner in that way But because harm is being
done is no reason why more harm should be per-
nitted.
The Health Commissioners request for power
to compel communities to cease befouling
streams with sewage is reasonable and practical.
Elsewhere such power is exercised with saIutary
results. II health officer can stop the aduter-
alton of food or drink in order to protect the
public health. he should also have power TO stop
pollution of streams whenever that process men,
aces health. 1t may be regretted that the Com
missioner did not exercise his discretion for the
yetoing OF the Bronx sewer scheme. TO have
done so would have been consistent with his
desire 70 redeem and preserve streams from poi
tuition. But we may trust that If he were to be
invested with the power he seeks he would use
IL for the abatement Of some nuisances which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
LEVEE At ST. JA1fES'S.
americans Presented - King Ed
zcard Receives Mr. Meyer.

London Feb. liking Edward to-day held the
second levee OF the season at St Jamess Palace
II was not so we'll attended last weeks cere-
mony Ambassador Reid. who IS suffering rom
slight cold was not present. and consequently
Secretary Carter presented the Americans. namely
George Won J.. Meyer, former Ambassador 20
Russia; c. W. Kohlsaat. Special Commissioner OF
the Jamestown Exposition, and Colonel Miliard
Hunsiker. Mr.. Meyer. who purposely delayed MS
departure In order TO be presented. subsequently
was received in private audience by the King
with whom he had half hours conversation.
The King was particularly interested IN the FORMER
Ambassadors experiences II. Russia. His majesty
referred 10 the good relations existing between tho
United States and Great Britain. the coming Peace
Conference at The Hague and the appointment or
James Bryce as British Ambassador to tho United
states He asked Mr.. Never 70 convey his greet
ings to President Roosevelt.
Mr. Meyer saw also Sir Edward Grey, the For
eign Secretary TO whom he was introduced by Sir
Charles Hardinge. Permanent Secretary 70 the
Foreign Once. and formerly British Ambassador
To Russia while Mr. Meyer was in ST. Petersburg.
Mr. Meyer discussed with SIR Edward the matters
to come up at The Hague conference
As II Is necessary for Mr.. Meyer, who IS TO sue
coed Mr.. Cortelyou Postmaster General. TO reach
Washington early In March. he has had 10 decline
an invitation by Lord Revelstoke 10 meet King
Edward at dinner on February a. Mr. Meyer will
sail the TeutoniC tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
THE LABOR BILL.

The Dor bill introduced in the Assembly by
Mr.. Prentice is an excellent measure in many
respects and we understand, is intendeh
to make the present law regarding the labor
of women and minors more readily enforce
able. But unfortunately it seems to open the
way to abuses The present law permits girls
to work in factories an average of ten hours
a working day. If there are six working days
in week the total hours IF the week may not
exceed sixty hours; If five days, fifty hours,
etc. and on no working day may the hours
exceed fourteen. The new bill is drawn ap-
parently to limit the possible working hours
to twelve a day. with total Of tifty-eight in
a week but it allows those ffty-eight hours to
be comprised in FIVE days instead of, as at
present limiting the work Of five days to fifty
hours
Furthermore, during a period Of six weeks
in industries producing 'pershahle goods no
where defined, the women and girls might be
made to work twelve hours n day with total
of sixty-six in the week Saturday being half
holiday Again. the bill is so loosely drawn
that apparently all restrictions as 10 the labor
hours OF boys between sixteen and eighteen
years of age are removed except a total Of
sixty hours in week. An employer might
elect If it suited his advantage, to compel the
boys to work those sixty hours at a stretch
and let them lie off the rest of the week.
Such defects as these will be pointed out Mt
the hearing at Albany to-day, and should re
suit in the amendment of the language Of the
bill The provision for the keeping of time
book in establishments where female and minor
labor is employed is desirable and would
doubtless aid the Commissioner Of Labor In
enforcing the law. No backward step should
be taken by the state, however, by which the
hours of labor of women or children in faCto-
ries might be heightened, either regards the
total number of hours a week or the total hours
for any fraction of a week. New York is still
below the standard set by Massachusetts in
regard to the regulation of the labor Of women
and children.
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AnnSements.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:15-The Music Master
AEOLIAN HALIr-3-Pianola Recital
ALHAMBRA-2-
ASTDR- S:30--fsencsee Of the Hills.
BELASCO-S:l5-The Rose Of the Rancho.
BERKELEY LYCEUM- .30-The Reckoning
BIJOU-2-s-20-A Alicia Sudden Peggy
BROADWAY-S.15- Partisan Model.
CASINO-s-Ihe White Hen.
CODONIAL-2-S-FaudevAl
CRITERION s30-The TattoOed Man.
DAILY -2-15-S-15-The Belle Cf Mayfair.
EDEN MUsEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRE Captain Jinks
Gardens 15-The Little Mchus.
HACEETT-s 30-Tha Chorus Lady.
HAhfAERsTEIN'S VICTORIA. is: l5-Naudevile.
HERALD SQUARE s:i5--The Road 10 Yesterday.
HIPPODROME- 2-s-Neptune's Daughter and Pioneer
HUDSON .l5-s:15-The TIypocrites.
KNICKERBOCKER- 2:15-s15-The Red MIL.
LIBERTY s:15-Salony
LINCOLN SQUARE-2-s;15-Jhe Two Orphans.
LYCEUAf-S :15-The and the Mouse
LYRIC-s-The Sunken Bell.
MADISON SQUARE 15-S-l5-The Three Of Us.
MAJESTIC - :10-The Rose Of the Alharnbre-
AANHATTAN-2-s.l 5-The Girl and the Governor
MA OLSON SQUARE GARDEN 10 a m. 10 IL m
National Motor Boat show
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOTSE-s-Faust
NEW AMSTERDAM-2:l5-e l5- BTeT'sters Millions
NEW YORK-2-s.15-Ceorg Washington. Jr.
PRINCEss-s2o-Th Great Divide
sAVOY-s 15-The Man Of the Hour.
ST BARTFODONEW'S CHURCH-Sl5-Chorel ana
Organ Recital
ct. NICHOLAS RINK-Ice Skating-Three sessions.
TELHARMONIC HALI--2- s-Electric Music.
WALLACE SIS 15-The Rich Mr. HoggenheImer
WEBER SIS 15-Dream City an6 The Magic Knight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
PASTEURIZED MILK.

proposition is pending before the New Yori,
Board OF Aldermen that all milk sold in this
city shall first be pasteurized excepting that for
the purity Of which the Health Board can voucb
and which Is marketed in officially sealed bot
ties, and bill to the same general effect has
been introduced in the Assembly by Mr.. Reece
The quantity for the excellence of which
the milk commission OF the New York Medical
Society is able TO certify does not now exceed
ten thousand quarts daily, whereas the total
consumption in the metropolis Is said To be
one million six hundred thousand Quarts Anna~
emily, then, the new regulation If adopted would
apply TO more than 90 per cent Of the present
supply.
The proposal, which has been favorabIy re-
ceived by some local physicians derives its main
support from the conviction that inspection Of
cattle and of dairy methods can never ade.
quately protect the consumer. Just now Dr
Darlington is seeking to have the number of mis-
inspectors increased from fifteen to one hundred
but even if his request should be granted the
number of farms to be visited is so great that
weeks, if not months, would he required 10 make
the examination complete. The argument for
pasteurization is based on the fact that such
baleful bacteria as find their way into milk
from the cows themselves. the mixers or other
sources, can be destroyed by judcious use of
heat That contamination does occur is fire.
quently affirmed by authorities Of high repute-
the British Royal tuberculosis Commission. for
instance. Still another recommendation of the
plan proposed could probably be found in the
lessened temptation of retailers to employ pre-
servatives, for pasteurized milk does not sour
so quickly as milk which has not been so
treated.
The plan has, however, encountered a good
deal of effective criticism. Both The New York
Medical Record" and The New York Medical
Journal" while conceding that inspection alone
will not insure absolute protection to the CON
sumner, show that there is danger of exaggerat-
Ing the merits of pasteurization. Under no cir
cumstances will the operation eliminate fifth
Though it destroys microbes, it does not neces-
sarily get rid of the posOns which they NAV
already have impaired to the milk Doubts are
expressed concerning the nutritive qualities Of
milk after being pasteurized and its palatabllity
is certainly impaired. Whatever may be gained
by the process. It is evident that something is
simultaneously sacrificed. Furthermore, there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
THE CABINET,
From Tho Tribune Bureau ]

from Tho Tribune BureaU
Washington. Feb 1s.-Secretary and Mrs. Strsus en-
tertained tonight at their dinner Of the
President and Mrs Roosevelt. the last Cabinet din
ner Of this season. To meet the President and Mrs
Roosevelt were Justice and Mrs Brewer. Judge
Gray of Delaware. and Mrs. Gray. DR. van Dyke.
Mrs Charles Halam Keep, Mrs. Schaffer and Mrs.
Hochstadter of New York, daughters Of Mr. and
Mrs Straus; Secretary and Mrs William Loeb, Mr..
and Mrs. James r. Garfield, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Schiff and George Foster Peabody. Of New York,
and Lawrence O. Murray. of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor
Secretary shav's retirement from the Cabinet on
March is the occasion for a number Of enter
tainments for him and his family. Mrs. Shaw
and the Misses Shaw will not, however. leave
Washington Immediately after the close OF Con-
gress but will remain at capital for the spring
season.
Mr. and Mrs Charles P. Taft. who have been the
guests of Secretary and Mrs. Taft. have returned
[ their home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
GIFT TO YOUNG WOlIEN.
Cincinnati Banker Gires $500 i8
Memory of Daughter.

Cincinnati. Feb. III. C. SchmidlapP a well
known Cincinnati banker. announced the establish
ment to-day OF trust OF $4,000, the interest %
which IS to be devoted to the beReat OF young
women. Friends OF Mr. SChmIdlapp say that tho
trust decided on by him after recent visit, II
New York and after learning OF the testimony n (
tho Thaw murder trial
The trust IS established q memorial to Mt
Schmidapp's daughter, Charlotte. who killed in
an automobile accident IN Southern France las-
summer. This makes 4 total OF $4,000 given by
Mr.. Schmidlapp recently IN memory OF his wife
and two daughters, all OF whom different times
met accidental deaths The trust IS be adj
minstered by tho Mayor OF Cincinnati. ths prssl-
sent OF tho Cincinnati University and five directors
OF tho Union Trust Company. OF this city and
there restrictions the trustees n select
ing benedcIaries The income IS to be used for the
benefit OF young women IN caring for them n dis
ease. in conStraint in education Part OF the
income is to be reserved until the total reaches
100000 and the trust deed reserves the right 70
add TO the principal or income at any tims
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
About People and Social Incidents
AT The WHILE HOUSE.
[From The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington Feb. 19-The President to-day told
Senators Allison and Dolliver. of Iowa. that He
would send a special message to Congress aaNlS-
ing that the long standing controversy or the rama
Indians be thrashed out in the Court or ClalihS-
The Tama Indian litigation is one OF the most
celebrated and venerable in the Northwest ana
involves a large sum Of money that is claimed by
certain scattered Of the tribe when lett
Iowa many years ago settle in Nebraska
Representative Cocks. of New York. was IN
formed by the President to-day that the New YORK
Nautical School might have either the NlcksourS
the Yorktown to replace the old schoolshp ST
Mary's The managers of the school, assisted oy
the entire Congress delegation from New York.
recently made request that the old ship Hartford
be commissioned for by the school
President Roosevelt this afternoon. with Score
tary Taft. Chairman Shonts and Counsel Rogers.
of the Isthman Canal Commission. gave hear
ing to a number Of the contractors associated with
w ]. oliver.
Callers at the White House to-day included Sen
ators Gamble, Warren. Smith, Long and Gallnger:
Speaker Cannon Representatives Watson, Olcott
and Hlnshav and DR.. P. NJ Rixey. surgeon gen
eraI OF the navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Trrou Tbe Tribune Bureau.

Tho Tribune Bureau
Washington Feb. 1s.-The Boston symphony Or
chestra filled the New National this afternoon with
one of the most brilliant audiences Of the season
the luI IN social entertainments leaving the after
noon almost entirely for the music Mrs Roose-
Welt who was present, wore attractive costume
Of London smoke, with red and pink roses about
the brtrn Of her gray hat With her were Mr. and
Mrs LonEworth, the latter wearing a brown chinon
velvet costume. with pink and brown plumes upon
her hat of sable and velvet The German Arnoas-
sador and Baroness Won Sternburg. Nine. Hebblng-
hans Nine Korner Rear Admiral and Mrs. CowleA
Mrs Lodge Mrs. Slater Mrs. Richard H. Towns
end Miss Townsend and Miss Cannon were otheIs
occupying prominent seats.
Mrs Richard II. Townsend and Miss Townsend
will sail for Europe March q, and In Paris wiz
toIn Mrs Townsend's sister-tn-law, Miss Townsend
for an automobile tour through Southern France,
Secretary and Mrs. Root were entertained at an
ner tonight by Senator Kean and his mother Mrs
Kean and number OF guests were invited 10 meet
them.
Mr. and Mrs William Phelps Emo. who are en-
Pertaining Mrs. Wood and Miss Allen. OF New YORK.
will give a reception Saturday.
Miss India Bell Fleming. daughter Of Colonel and
Mrs Robert l. Fleming, who Will DO married 10
Mr.. Corea, the Minister from Nicaragua February
q has selected as her bridesmaids Miss ErIna
shaw Miss Kearney. Miss Gertrude Frye and Miss
Eleanor Granger.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Richard Hooker entertained
Miss Laura Forbs DENLY and DIT. William MackaH
Wheeler L. s. N. and members of their weddlnS
party at dinner tonight. The marriage DISMISS
DENNY and Dr. Wheeler will take place at St
Marks Episcopal Church Thursday evening, and
naid 81 honor and Pay Inspector Samuel McGowas
L. s N will be best man 49,, .,
There were a number OF large dinner PartleS
rtten Tonight among the hosts being Mrs Nicho-
las Fish and Mr. and Mrs. r. Francis Riggs
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THE WEST AND ITS PRIZES.
From The Washington Star.

Mr.. Greeleys advice still holds good. The West
is the place for prizes. Young men and old men
with the right sort of move on them ind capital
Teld out there. Good things are by means
hausted. True, the frontier line has been pushed
back until IL has almost disappeared but sttll
energy and astuteness pay great dividends in all
that country.
Take this news about former Senator Stewart.
He Is striking 1t rich again, and with his little
start of a quarter of a million dollars. just ac-
duired may soon resume his place in the Million
aire class All who know him wish him luck. and
good wishes help.
At seventy-sx after forty years in national Office
and making and spending several fortunes. he
tired to private life with his living to Some
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have dropped in such shadow.
But he was different stuff He squared HIS broad
shoulders looked around felt the old spirit moving
within him, and headed for his old diggngs- From
the West he had come, and unto the West he
would return. He knew the country and the peo-
pie and decided that IL there anything further
for him in life he should probably find IL there. 1t
was good fortunes hunch. Something further
NAMED for him. and he has struck the vein
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
BENEFIT FOR FRANK c. BANGS.
Independent Managers Realize $4,000 from
Performance for Veteran Actor

The independent managers gave a benefit for
Frank G. Bangs of the veterans OF the Amer
lean stage. yesterday afternoon. ut the Casino.
They gave Mr. Bangs $4,000 after II was over Mt
Bangs himself was not only present. but he took
part In the programme. delivering Mark Antony's
Grafton from Julius Cesar and winning applause
from the crowded audience
The programme opened by Mrs. Fisl6e who
read some graceful lines written for the occasion by
Randolph Hartley. Henry Miller appeared in
Frederick lie Maitre' Miss Carotta NiIlson IN
the first act Of The Three OF Us. Miss Anglin and
William Courtlelgh in jolly one-act piece called
"One Evening" and MIR sothern in the Queens
closet scene from Hamlet" Nine Nazimova
added the third act of "A Dolls House and Miss
LOTUS and David Warfeld contributed limitations
and a nonoogue. OF course had to run a
gantlet of pretty flower girls in the lobby.