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New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
Mr.. CARNEGIES NEW GIFT.

Andrew Carnegie continues Ia add to his gifts
for the cooa Il mankind out Of The wealth he
zmsssed IN the steel business lie has increased
TIE pension fund for college professors by s. .oeo.
making il 81. zoe and placing II among his
great benefactIaus. coming next his net insttu-
,ion the Carnegie institute. Pittsburg. the
c-Troun- given TO which he increased by s00o nm
last year lis total benefactions now aggregate
over SIZE Goa An0 Of his recent generous deeds
was 70 give 2 considerable sum 70 the wife ~
FIerrv Sanger SNOW. who absconded from Brooklyn.
7 zrpears that Mrs sno-s father gaze Mt. Csrne-
&C his STAT II business. and The bread cast
On the returns the daughter. Mr. Car
,segie also reCenr'- endowed = librarian Who had
chsnoed 70 gam his good graces by her courtesy
.'N- Bryan has solved g tanSle 70 whether ne
would attend the Democratic Club dinner 10 which
Invited b-lt rot asked 10 speak. by with
drawing his acceptance. lie VIII make speaking
toET IN This vicinity. however. this month. while
Secretsry Tart is doing the IN the West
The Indiana Republicans have stood solidy Tor
their favorite son, Vice-Presdent Fairbanks. but
the prospect of Presidential lightning striking
him has not improved. The latest representation
the rival tickets is that Taft and Hughes viii
be opposed 1% Wilson snd Johnson bat il is To D"
feared Jizat hopes Tor tsryan's defeat Denver
I'D 20 the framing If Il tickel without his
ia ti4is Gig t-e Republican primaries resulted in
1te victory Il ili- Ia 4utllority change
~ t-e stale csiiInlJt-. j. expected. On April
IL The foIts-sizJA birthday of Governor Hughes
fise STATE convention gi meet IA Carnegie Hall
declare f0r thc fas0,ite son Of the Empire STATE
Whether H. 9ln signify any cttoic- IN the Sc
mon ol -ae four delezatez-at-iaree : not yet
known. bUJ staI,-A Supporters CT his candidacy
zln - nsul-d- Taft and Hughes appear t. nearly
dHtee tie BaE state delegates. Wall Street i now
declared 90 fasoE IEv eaItiaacy II Mr.. Taft GOV
ss1ies Johnson 4fIafr-ota has declared
insf.oH. IL s=sniz.ne Mr. ETEau. Ills
suI u1rters lave opened UetdI safte:s ia Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
R4CH,S "ST. MATTHEW PASSION.

In performing Bach's Passion According 10 81
Matthew" on The evening OF THURSDAY III Ifois
Week April is. the Oratorio Society oi NC"
VIII keep well within the Oldest Church 'ihu'
Palm Sunday and Good Friday are Gays espo'
dedicated to the reading singing or the fasSi'i'
but Il has also been customary TO put peloie cO
e,egations on ether days OF Holy Week the JUS
PEI narratives OF the events leading up 10 'ii7
CrLcifxion. In European ciuss' espeS
London, 1t is even now the pracflce 10 penn
Passion music at public concerts on Gooo iida''
1t is planned TO give the approaching presenta.iC
o. this Bach masterwork by the Oratorio society
a. Carnegie Hall a special character that VIII pre-
serve its aolemnity and beauty.
Bach was cantor Of the Thomas School, IN Lei2
sic when he wrote the ST Matthew PASSION. ne
had already composed musical settings Tor 'he
shorter accounts Of the Christian drama rs given
in other Gospels and these with the vastly greater
ST Matthew Passion. found quick ana oeep ap
probation from the public, though the Leipsic A""h
Council remained blind to the quality OF oacl ;
musical genius Bach to Lepsic in 1'Z5 from
Coethen where he had had a pleasant existence
In congenal atmosphere. His twenty-seven years
in Leipsic were rnarred by frequent disputes WIN
the town and Church authorities, VINO lnhic'eo
numberless petty tyranntes upon the composer
which he resented in spirited fashion
The School of st. Thomas dated from tne 'hir-
teenth century and its endowment included hfty-
four scholarships fof the announcement OF Churcn
music. The cantor's duties were manifold lie hah
teach singing for seven hours week. 10 teNe
the boys to church Thursdays. to teach Latih'
and TO choose and prepare the music every ouhQ'9
for four churches-Sts. Thomas. Nicholas, Feser
and Matthew. Every Sunday motet or cahIaC''
was performed at the Thomas anc NlcAo'aS
churches alternately The Thomas School boys
had to be divided into four chors for these SER
vices the principal music being directed by ule
cantor himself. Further, the cantor was required
10 supply wedding and funeral music, Tor "hieh
snail fees were exaCted from the public Al GER
tain town festivals there were street PROFESSIONS
in which the choir boys took part and also COL
lected contributions, in which the school ofncers
had a right to share. A town band OF seven must
cans was at The cantors disposal for his chafci
services but it utterly insufficient for such
scores as the St Matthew Passion, and Bach tfled
to supplement it by teaching university students
II plav various instruments.
Under such unfavorabfe conditions. and with a
choir pitifully poor in number and quality dld the
composer conceive and bring out his wonderful
succession of church works. To have heard the
St Matthew Passion performed by SO large and
carefully organized A force as DR.. Frank Dam
rosch and the Cratorio Society will have at their
disposal on April 16 was experience that Bacn
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
ANARCHY AND ANARCHISTS.

WAS the bomb explosion in Union Square part
OF a deep laid plot?"
NO evidence could be secured by the police 10
.,,,Srsniiate the theory that the Reds had sought
n repeat the Iayularket tragedy Of Chicago in this
citv. The occurrence at the unauthorized meeting
Of ti,, UNEMPLOYED in the heart of the city was
merely the act Of a weak minded youth who sought
70 axence himself because he had been subjected
"a ,-F,ar he regarded as i'll treatment At the hands
Of the police AT previous gathering Although ms
companion lost his life. he himself fingers al te
,,s-,;.al and NAV even recover although terribly
ir i-frcd Fsu- the explosion brought so forcloiE l
mind the destruction that could wrought in 4
,ovd that especial efforts will he made 10 prevent
an, stirring Of the minds Of the disccntented by
anarchist speakers Meanwhile all over the coun-
-,- -,era ,re repressive efforts which expected
20 curb The activities those who would suhvert
lz-, and order An attempt TO find A law under
,,,ct, s,cb dfstlrers Of the public peace as Emma
Goldman NAV be- deported has not proved success
r,l Tho President. through Attorney Genera
rerararte is seek rg 70 keep Of the country un-
lesi-a bic aliens and 10 get rid Of those now mere
In the work Of suppressnG the forces OF eFil the
rece < This c3r, arrested Alexander Berhman, T'no
served time for his attempt to end the life OF h =
F-yick but nothing could be shown that connected
,i,, with any overt act The popular feeling that
other outbreaks might follow the bomo ehplosioh
~ T-rion Square led to the closing Of the visitors
-l1s-sas in al fF7z commercial exchanges. from
which il would be easy hurl a deadly missile
will terrific destructive force among a throng OF
t-okerz In New Jersey Law has been en-
acted 10 prevent the publication OF any Ifeats
against the life Of any person This Win eAc4u-
sio, from the mails Of the anarchist newspaper IN
Paterson should restrain 70 some degree the ols-
sen,ina,ion Of dangerous doctrines. The main
s,arca Of law and order will be made easier doubt
1axs f,- the lessening of immigration consequent
,r,or The financial panic OF last fall
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
OrER4 II 4r4nENY OF nrNhc.

ita.Lin grand opera III popular prices "ill mold
sway p the Academy of Music for week, he
Eirnin@ MondaE tDTil l5. when Ivan Ahramson's
italian Grand Opera Company. which has recently
entertained Chicago audiences for ten successive
weeks VII take possession Of the house and pre-
sent the foilorinG repertory. 'Rigoleuo'' III
Il O. atore.' Fans Lucia ii Lammermccr.'
'.AIdz' gnd l. TraEiata." Nine Jennie No~eli
vi re the lead.ng ly-lc soprano Nirgtnio Noveh
the Gr2m2tlc -orra-o. C5eorgana Strsus end Nir-
e1n.a Colcmba' VI: Shar. hcnors as mezzo-so-
pr2nI ami Mzddalena Bcssi will s:ag the cen
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
MOVEMENTS OF FLEET.

The feet has completed The target practi-. for
which N matted at MaEda'e 'ena Bat- and the nest
stopp1ng ulao, iI 10 tho California coast =
this ccuntrg. Rear Admiral Evan=. who has been
u much personal dis -onlfcrt the trip. reached
szr lego =, advance of MS vessels and nss
ger ashcre 70 seek reIet a. heAlth resort l. Is
hopca that ~ r.H be able - resume command
= sza Francisco The plsrs foT ihe-tHanspscific
voyagr aoH provide for departure from tAe Golden
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

The pupils OF Claude II. Warford gave delight
full musical at his studio in 22d street last Friday
afternoon. Those who took part were Miss Beulah
Prosser soprano; Miss Nettie Tippett mezzo, and
Mrs. Alice Valiant piano Miss Amelia Axe,
violinist, assisted. Mr.. Warf0rd sang songs by
Wagner GAM and Ernst Victor and a group OF
Hallett Gilberte's songs. being accompanied by Mr.
Ciilberte.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

tralto roles. Sgnori Domenico Russo aho ''as
Samoiov will he the lyric and dramatic tenors re-
spectively. Sgnor Eugenio Bozzano the oasso l
fundo. and Signori Cesare Alessandfoni anu '
genio cara will sing the barytone roles Maes''o
Argelini Fornari will sit in the conductor ch"i'
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

The Seven Last Words of Christ by Theodore
Dubois, Will be given in the Emmanuel Baptist
Church Lafayette and ST. James Place,
Brooklyn. this evening :45 o'clock Dubois is
a French Organist and composer, who is at the
head OF the Paris Conservatoire. The choir for
this production, which will number thirty-fve
voices, will be under the direction of G. Warng
Stebbins
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
STUDIO NOTES.

Robert Hope-Jones. the organ builder fecehlIS
gave a descriptive lecture on the new organ re-
ca,tI- nIaced in ST Janess Church, Madison
avenue and list street, before the students OF 'he
Guilmane Organ School. The organ contains many
innovations and is considered big advance IN
organ building. A large number Of students was
present
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Al musical given yesterday by Maestro Giorsio
Su at his studio, No. SOS Carnegie Hall. the fol
lowing were presented: Miss d. Therese Stahi
New Haven. dramatic soprano: Miss Lillian Brock
way, Warren. Penn, ColoratuTa soprano, and EU-
gene McGraIl. New Haven. barytoEe.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Miss Gerta SaumeIl, of No. 1s9 West 18th street
will give a lecture "Materialism in Piano Study
in Mime. Torpadies studio, Nos S07-S0S Carnegi
Hall Tuesday, April :. at so p m
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Ferdinand CARR. director OF the New York In
stitute for Violin Playing. located at No. 230 East
ed street. is preparing large number of his pu-
pills their violin recital Mendelssohn Hall,
take place this month. Violin solos of Puganni,
Wieniawski. Leonard. Alard, Carr, De Beriot and
others will be performed and the "Andante Re
ligioso," for volins. piano and organ, by Hermann
Carri, which forty vlolins will take part.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Miss Bertha Caskey, one Of Claude h. Narford
piano students, has been engaged as piano IN
struCtor of Bourbon College, Paris Ky.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

DR.. Karl Fochler, the Vienna music master whose
studio is at No. ia East SSh street. makes spe-
cialty in perfectng singers Cartists and amaeurs)
for Vienna operettas
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

This evening at o'clock the Church OF St.
Mary the Virgin, No. l45 West 18th street, the
thrty-third annual recital Of Passion music BY
th- choirs and orchestra will take place. The fol-
loving programme VIII be rendered: Prelude 20
The Passion CHaydn). orchestra; ''Miserere Mel.
Deus Psalm liz. Allegri; CiallIa Gounod Ln-
gende Oiolin and orchestral. Nieniarsk; ''Stabat
Mater (Eossinib. postude "Marche Funebre'
Orchestral, Chopin.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

A musical held at Berkeley School No 30
West I'D street, Tuesday evening. March 81.
Among those who took part Miss Emily For
shew. soprano; Miss Florence Benedict. soprano;
Miss Elizabeth Cullen. soprano, Mrs. Minnie Castle
Davis contralto, and Edward Benedict. tenor.
Frank j. Benedict accOmpanist. The features
or q selected programme the following duets:
Farewell OF the Birds (F1idach). by the Misses
Benedict and Cullen True Love Is Not for
Day C'Mad Marian') De koyen, Miss Forshew
and Mr.. Benedict. and Starry Heaven" PinsutiD.
by Miss Cullen and Mrs. Davis.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

The programme OF the musical and literary con-
cert which given by /. s. SamoiloH and G. NJ.
CGstee At Cooper Union on Thursday evening
AIril ., included Autumn (TschafkoHsky): The
Singer tRubinsein); 'Prologo di Pagliacci' leon
cavallo): 'Eptslama. Nero CRubinsteinl, by l.
s. Samoilof. The assisting artists Miss II.
Nicholson. Alex SaslaNsky, Mr.. Bravich, Philip
Tneodrof and John de Persia
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
Ways of French Waters,

Three Americans travelling in the
French provinces thought at dinner
that they would go a little higher than
the vim ordinaire included in their 8.
franc table d'hote, and accordingly one
ordered bottle Of Margaux. The sec
ond ordered Pantet Canet. The third
ordered Haut Brion. The waiter, suit
ably impressed with these orders, re.
tired. But he incautiously as he re.
tired left the door open, aud thus II
was that the three stupefed guests
heard him give their order in these
terms:
"Baptiste, three bottles OF the red.''
In a Partisan cafe an American or
dered a hors doeuvre, sole, agneau pre-
sale, artichoke salad, peche Melba and
80 on, and when the waiter brought
him bill Of 80 francs he paid it like
man. After his change was brought
he counted 1t and pushed a franc to
ward the waiter for a tip. But the
man. pushing back the franc. said In
gentle reproach:
Pardon, monsieur, but that ID the
counterfeit franc."-San Francisco Ar
gonAut
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
Native of Ohio

Mr.. Hitchcock is native of Am
herst, Ohio, and was graduated from
Harvard in 1891, and from Columbia
law school in 1894. He practiced law
in Washington, and under President
Mckinley was made chief of the di-
vision of foreign markets in the depart
ment of agriculture; he was member
of the government exposition, and be-
came chief clerk Of the department of
commerce and labor, when, by the
way, he was discovered by Cortel-
you, who made him assistant secretary
to the Republican national campaign
committee
He is member of many societies,
clubs and organizations, notably the
American Economic Association, fell
low Of the American Statistical So
ciety, the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, the
American Ornithologists Union and the
Washington Economic Society, to all
of which he has contributed valuable
papers on variety Of topics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
WIN Wa Are All Mimics.

"If we did not cough In church, the
human race would not exist" And the
professor, twiddling piece Of chalk in
his hand, regarded the sophomores with
a Quizzical smile.
"What 1 mean," he continued, "is
that the cause of coughing is the cause
of orr survival. That cause Is MINI
icry. Mimicry is better life preserver
than fleetness or strength. For by MINI
icry we manage not to attract attention..
and in prehistoric times they who at
tracted attention were hunted down by
the tribe and roasted for dinner or
hunted down by the saber tooth tiger
and taken raw.
.'Since those dark days mimicry has
been instructive with us. Mimicry is
what causes us to follow the fashions.
It causes us, when in England, to say
.cawn't' and 1awf.' If your friend
yawns, you yawn-that's mimicry. II
he laughs, you laugh-mimicry again.
r. he snuffies, you shuttle mimicry. And
II he coughs in church, straightway
Won and all the rest of the congregation
cough. the reason being the same one
which saved our forefathers from ex-
termination. New York Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
HITCHCOCK
INCABINET
REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN TO
BE NEW POSTMASTER
GENERAL.
C...
campaign Experience Has Made
Him Familiar With Questions
Likely to Arise at Beginning of
New Administration-Also Ex-
perlenced in P. o. Department.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 2s.-Frank
n. Hitchcock, chairman of the Renuh.
iican national committee, has been of.
Tered and has accepted the position Of
postmaster general in the Taft cabinet
that is to be.
The official announcement doubtless
Will not be made until Mr.. Taft has
completed his cabinet. Because OF
TINS. no oppression regarding the Sc.
lection of Mr.. Hitchcock was otbaina.
BILE for publication from either Mr..
Iaft or the Republican national chair.
man. There were reasons, it was point.
ed out, why Mr.. Hitchcock's status
should be fixed. AS chairman of the
Republican national committee he be.
came more familiar than any other
person with the political phase of cues.
lions likely to arise at the beginning
OF the Taft administration, and the
knowledge he gained regarding the per.
sonnnel of the party will be of great
service to Mr.. Taft. Besides these rea.
sons, the national chairman possesses
comprehensive as we'll as a technical
knowledge of postal affairs gained by
protracted experience as first assistant
and acting postmaster general
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05

woods. The failure to extinguish camp
Tres is another frequent cause of bush
hires. At whatever time Of the year
they appear their destructive power
depends very much upon the wind.
They cannot travel against it except
when burning up hill and not even
then If the wind is strong. The wind
may give them strength and speed by
driving them swiftly through unburned
nfiammable forests, or it may extin-
guish the fiercest fire in a short time
by turning it back over its path where
there Is nothing to burn. Where there
Is but a thin covering of leaves and
other waste on the ground a fire usu-
ally cannot burn very holly or move
Fery rapidly. The fires in most hard
wood forests are of this kind. They
seldom kill large trees, but they de-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
COOPERATE
ON PACIFIC
,,pAN AND UNITED STATES
HAVE AN AGREE
MENT.
Not Officially Confirmed, But In
formation Is Said to Be Reliable.
Equal Commercial and Indus
trial Opportunity for All Ma
tjons Assured.

Washington, Nov. 28.-Despite Off
oiaI reticence, information from reli-
obIe sources has been obtained of an
ooreement of far-reaching importance
between the United States and Japan.
covering the policies Of the two coun-
tries on the Pacific. The agreement
i based on the idea of encouraging
and defending free and peaceful COM
mercial development ON that ocean.
# contains not only a mutual agree
ment to respect one another's territor-
iaI possessions there, but defines the
attitude of the two countries toward
China, binding each other to defend
by every peaceful means China's indie
pendence and integrity and to give
equal commercial opportunity in the
Chinese empire to all nations. More
important still, the agreement, in the
event of complications threatening
the status quo, binds the United States
and Japan to consult one another with
a view to acting together.
This agreement has been drawn up
in the form of declaration and con-
sists of five articles, of which the fol-
lowing is faithful description:
The first article gives expression to
the wish Of the two governments to
encourage the free and peaceful de-
yelopment of their commerce on the
Pacific.
The second is a mutual disclaimer
of an aggressive design and contains
also definition of the policy of each
government, both as to the existence
of the existing status quo in the Pacific
and the defense of Ethe principle of
equal opportunity for commerce and
industry in China.
The third article contains state
ment of the consequent firm reciprocal
resolution of each government to res
pect the territorial possessions in the
Pacific of the other.
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their deter
mination Gin the common interest of
all the powers, to support, "by all
peaceful means at their disposal, the
independence and integrity Of China
and the principle of equal commercial
and industrial opportunity for all ma
tons in the empire.
The fifth article mutually pledges
the two governments in case of the &C.
currence of any event threatening the
status quoas above described, or the
principle of equal opportunity as above
designed, to communicate with each
other for the purpose of arriving at an
understanding with regard to the mea-
sures they may consider it useful to
take.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05

Il took up some ground Of my own on
the head Of Poodle Dog gulch, where
no one had a claim. went up close
to big slide and began working where
placer miners had worked forty years
ago and again twenty years ago.
Il left the cabin pretty early and
built fire on place where it looked
like there used to be a side ditch. You
could trace it, although it is grass
grown. I thawed the ground out and
then l began digging. Pretty soon l
got down to the ground, through the
black dirt to the gravel. 1 had not
shoveled for more than ten minutes
before I found him. My shovel
struck something that seemed hard and
l looked close and saw it was yellow.
His nose was pointed right toward me
and you bet got busy with my shovel
and in a little while 1 had him in nv
hands. saw it was a nugget weighing
pounds-he weighed five of them-and
l knocked off work and came to town.
I took him to Mr.. Johnson of the Clark
bank and he put him in the window,
where people looked at him for six
weeks and then he was sold to the as
say office.
Where found the nugget men had
worked forty years ago and twenty
years ago. The last work was done by
some Cinnamon and they were within
three or four feet Of the big nugget
when they quit work. If they had
found him they would have torn up
the entire mountainside looking for
more like him."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
EUROPE FULLY APPROVES
AMERICAN-JAPANESE TREATY

Berlin, Nov. 3O.-The state depart
ment at Washington sounded the Ger
man foreign ocffie in advance concern
ing the Japanese-American agreement
for maintenance of the integrity OF
China and the status quo in the Pacific,
and was informed that it would be re-
celved here with the fullest approval,
being in the interest of Germany as
well as the powers participating in it.
Uermany's policy in the far East is
identical with that of the United
States, and it is one part of the world
Where the two governments have pro-
nOunced mutual interests.
The foreign Office considers the
agreement high achievement In the
craftsmanship of both the United
States and Japan and that it was con.
celved and executed on large scale OF
Aoerality and good will
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-05
HOW HE FOUND A BIG NUGGET

1t Weighed About Five Pounds and
Was Worth 1925.
Johnny Kearn, who has spent many
years in the placer mines Of the old
Highland district, was in Butte rec
emily, says the Anaconda Standard. Mr.
Kearn achieved considerable distinc-
ton last winter when he discovered the
largest nugget ever found in the High
land district, it netting him $1,22a
when it was sold in the assay Office In
Helena.
II will tell you how I found It," he
said to a reporter for the Standard.