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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFJGN-The arrest in Paris Of Mime.
steinheil in connection with the murder OF her
husband and Nine. Japy caused great eNC C!s
sneakins at the American Society dinner IN
london predicted four prosperous years IN tills
country for both capital and labor -, II Len cen
hundred men from the Atlantic battleshp neeS
were permitted TO land in Mania, Aohl , a
Sperry deciding that danger from me choleI d
vas over President Castro of venezuela
reached Port Of Spain. Trinidad, on ms wa!
20 Europe for operation at the hahus VI a
,-s--,.r enscialist There are persistent
-,--1ore - TOXIC of negotiations between Secre-
1sry Root and Ambassador Takshira looking 10
2 definite outlining IF the policies OF the Two
countries in regard to the Pacific Ocean and
china - Wholesale slaughter in Hayu. by
both the gorernmsht forces and the revolution.
;sts vas reported The discovery and
illustration OF an alleged plot TO XII the En- -
Doyraeer II Russia were made known IN 81
Petersburg.
neutrality-suspicious. Roosevelt spoke ~
the laying Of the cornerstone OF the Negro
Young Mems Christian Association building m
washington The President appointed
samuel r Donnelly, of Brooklyn. Public Printer,
70 succeed John :. Leech. =- Representative
Eerl1e~t Parsons and Senator Fulton. of oregon,
were among Mr.. Taft's visitors at Hot Springs
- Governor Hughes spent Thanksgiving Day
,,;.ietfv with his family IN Albany =- 4 mem
her % the freshman class Of the University OF
Maine was drowned in PushaW Lake near
Orono Ne: 2 c0mpa Mon was rescued by other
students -- Raw Lamphere was found guilty
Of arson in the destruction of the home OF MIS-.
Belle Guinness Al La Porte, Ind. but not held
her fhreA children --- The balloon PlttSheld,
in the heart OF the Berkshires. made rapid
fight Of seventy miles IN ffty-fve minutes from
P1ttsfield Mass. To Wapole, y II. == Much
excitement was aroused in TiptonNille, Tenn, by
The intimation that Governor Patterson would
send troops II the scene OF the recent triple
ls-nching. the Sheriff announced that he would
resign in case soldiers were sent
CITY-Four lives were lost when the Georgia
sank the Panama liner Finance in the fog OF
Sandy Hook the bravery and COolness of Cap
tain Mowbray of the Finance probably prevented
z much more serious loss. == Rumors OF an
attack planned by strikers for midnight caused
the doubling of the militia guard a. the National
Fire Proof1ng Companys works. near Perth
Arlbov. Two persons We're killed three
children overcome and three men burned when
q Paterson gas main broke -= -Four hun
cred persons in panic when fire was
discovered in the cellar under a Third avenue
moving picture show == Fire menaced val
ueble paintings and other art treasures a: the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. == Il was an
nounced that President-elect and Mrs. Taf;
would speak al the annual meeting Of the Civic
Federation next month.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees: lowest, -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
EOG 4ND TIE STE4MSRIPS.

Serious as is the embarrassment due 10 the
interference with ferry traffic by the fog during
the last few days il is probably not 50 great as
that experienced hy the ocean steamships which
wanted to leave or enter the harbor. The in
convenience suffered by thousands of commuters
whose homes are in New Jersey was irritating
i'm the extreme as was the inability OF hundreds
of trucks ia cross the Hudson usual hut the
aggregate pccuniary losses resulting from these
causes is probably less than those attributable
to the delay in the movement of vessels engaged
in the coastvise and transatlantic service
For the policy successfully adopted on the
Cecilfe. the President Lincoln and the Kroon
Notwithstanding by short stages when there is
temporary thinning of the mist-something
can be said As between remaining at anchor
on tied fast to pier and running ahead in thick
wea Their however. there ought 20 be M choice
Maintaining Roadway at reduced speed AT sea in
4 dense fog is usually justifiahle though not
practice free from risk. Going up and down a
tcrtuous and narrow channel. like that from
Sandy Hook TO the Hudson. is very different
matter. and in following the same plan as the
Cecilie and Others yesterday the George and
the Finance had their fatal collision. Success
in many instances may warrant resort to this
course in urgent cases. but it evidently involves
serious dangers
As The Tribune pointed out yesterday tunnels
and bridges may in time take much of the bust
ness of the ferries. NJ such relief is promised
for shippinc. Sir Oliver Lodge has proposed an
ingenious plan for dispelliug fog by electricity,
but so expensive is the method that its adoption
is utterly out of the question at least in the
near future There seems 10 he no alternative
consistent with safety to waiting patiently for
4 fog to disappear through natures agencies
n lone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
EL-PRENIDENTN.

Mr.. Roosevelt is reported as giving feIictous
answer to the often-asked question what thiS
coIntrv is to do with or for IFS cX-PreS1dents-
He saws in effect that it need do nothing Tor
him when he becomes an eX-Presdent since he
means To go cut of the White House 'contehted
and 10 work" Thai answer is, of course, purely
personal and subjective 1t applies 10 MI. RooSe-
Welt alone. and nobody will doubt the fitness OF
liz aINIication- Wherever he is and whatever
he is doing may he quite sure that he Will
ba employed in manner agreeable 10 and wor-
thy of himself
There are in his terse utterance, however, two
rrecnanr suggestions applicable to a more gen
eraI consideration of the subject. one is that
Mr. Roosevelt after noon Of March / next will
not only be an ex-President. but will also he the
ONLY living eX-Presdent 1t Is a mourntul TACT
that in recent years our ex-PresdentS have
never been sufficiently numerous To constitute a
class or body" i'll the state. One or two OF
three at 4 time have been all of whom we could
boast Throughout entire history. indeed
we have generally had only two or three eA-
Presidents living at the same time only three
times have there been as many as four. and
only once have there been five, and then for
only short time. Indeed, in the nature of
things there cannot he many exPresidents liv-
ing The question, therefore, concerns the dis
posal Of a very limited number.
Again as Mr. Roosevef APPLY suggests, the
question is personal and individual to each case
The course which Mr.. Roosevelt has indicated
for himself entirely appropriate for him
hut had Lincoln been spared 10 retire from the
Presidency can hardly imagine his doing
anything ~ she kind. No ex-President ever
rounded out i long career more fittngly or more
proftably than John Quincy Adams. but il would
have been unreasonable To expect Andrew Jack
son or Grover Cleveland 10 initiate him. Thomas
jefferson in retirement as the Sage Of Month
cello" continued 10 render the country valuable
services. which could scarcely have been rem
dered I'm like fashion by Franklin Pierce or
Rutherford Il. Hayes. The question Of the dis,
posit ion Of ez-Presidents is thus very largely
10 he answered by circumstances Of personal in
rlration and personal adapiablity. 10 pre-
scribe the same retiring conditions for them ali
would e incongruous and unfortunate What is
most desirable is that far as possible the
killing strain imposed upon our Presidents shall
he lessened. - that they may he spared for n
reasonable term Of comfortable retirement and
that amid All partisan hurlyburly we shall
cultivate such deoor0us regard for the office
and for its occupants as VIII assure them fun
measure of respect after they have retired from
il, 10 matter into what other occupations their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
INVESTIGATE THE BRIDGE DEPT"
Blame for greensboro Bridge Blunders Should
Be Fixed.

From MISUNDERSTANDING
1siand ~" Rridge bIunders should he made and the
following questions put TO the Bridge Department
l. After calculating stresses from the original
assumed &c LOADS 8be weg and by whSm
g. Did you not base your specifications on a
Z or did You originally contemplate making
your own working drawings. and then abandon
the idea in order TO rush through contract De-
> Is it rot true that three administrations OF
the Bridge Department have had charge Of the
6 Did not one administration draw the con
: Did not the second administration approve
the detail and working drawings MADE oS the
pid not the present ad minis alloy
plans when they could have prevented II, ard
that would carry the stipulated loads:
ines were not checked by any official Of the Bridge
Department to learn the exact loading and stresses
structure was practically complete 39 and Just
manded that an investigation be made as to the
The following questions might he asked Pro-
II the third conclusion Of YOU, report you
possess the full sections required by the unit
weights CORRESPOND to those sections well as
Is it not fact that this refers to the drawings
gotten up by the contractor? Was not the over
contractor. with the acquiescence Of the Bridge De-
partmentT
Is not this statement made In your third
ClusiOn apt TO mislead who does not
know that the contractor made the working draw
ings?
In your sixth conclusion you state that stresses
ron the main trusses members are higher than
prescribed permissible in the specifications. If
so, who blundered IN not making the members
strong enough
The BiacKwens Island Bridge; including lands,
has the city than s23. 00O, Q0O. double
the original estimate.
This fact alone is sufficient reason for ex-
haustive investigation. The blunders dis
closed remove every wavering doubt az 10 whether
II will pay 10 investigate The Bridge Department.
There many who will declare that "a is noOr
policy send good money after bad by under
taking investigation. But in truth. there is
prospect that inefficient city department
will become efficient unless subject 10 the
most thorough overhauling by competent and
independent commission. Such a commission was
appointed by Canada to report the cause of
the Quebec Bridge disaster. and its disclosures
were little short of astounding We may expect
careful eNamina ton of tho methods OF The tSri,{e
Department now In charge OF the RIackw wells Is
and Bridge. II the Investigation should result
merely In abolishing the pound price sVntan ~
bidding bridges whose working drawings are
prepared by the contractors 10 would we'll ysna,
an expenditure of hundreds of thousands ~ ioi-
lars. However. there is need Of any great al
| ditional expense for an Investigation TIE rCstiv
Of IL has been already made rs the eneine@rs
| above named What ia needed is hrSt thA
| liking Of blame where IL belongs and second thA
| Development OF system that viii pravent a Va
! currehce Of such costly blunders as this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27

revision in a spirit of sympathy with ana OF
faith in the protective system and of beEef III
the propriety and beneficenoe-when needed -
of duties for protection and not primarily for
revenue Although Mr. Carnegie signs himself
"a true protectionist there is ground for
doubling whether lie is in accord with thai
spirit and that belief. We have already re-
called his positive expression of preference FOR
tariff revision 10y Democrats the protested foes
of protection Ia revision 10y Republicans Inc
friends and uphoders Of that system. More
over in his Century Magazine" article he pro
claims himself believer in a revenue rather
than protective tariff. or as we have already
said "a protectionist for revenue only. II
is scarcely necessary TO repeat that TINS Is not
the spirit in which the tariff is TO be revised VI
in which the nation as we believe. desires u
lie revised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
TIE CA5rNE EFT.

From The Tribune bureau
ussbinpton Nov. 2S-The Secretary OF STATE anu
Mrs. Root went 10 Brookne Mass, yesterday 10
eriov their Thanksgiving dinner tonight with their
son-in-Iaw ard daughter. Lieutenant ana MIS-
ulysses 8. Grant. Sd
The Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs CortelSo gu
spent quiet day devoting themselves 10 'n1i
little SON born two weeks ago. Neither cTeois7
Bruce Cortelyou nor his brother, William winthrop
Corteyol ca me on the day. but the Two sinai
daughters of the family and Mrs. Cortelyous Two
sisters Miss Grace Kinds and Miss Ada Hinds'
made up the family party -,
The Secretary Of War and Mrs wright looA
Thanksgiving dinner with Representative ana MI
F2ourke Cochran Secretary Wright has leased the
house occ1Ipied by the Secretary Of the Navy anu
Mrs Metcaif and will take possession Immediately
on the departure Of Mr.. Metcalf on December l.
The Attorney General and Mrs BonaparIe Ioi
lowed their custom of years and remained 'o-e
at Bella Vista. their Maryland estate, "Hefe X"
friends were entertained
The Postmaster General and Mrs Meyer en1oseu
a family dinner tonight, inviting only le"
friends to dine with them
The retiring Secretary of the Navy ana MIS-
Metcaf dined with friends
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Garneia
had a merry family party at dinner with a re" ao
ditonal guests
Secretary Wilson is in Michigan on business COLI
nscted with his department
The Secretary Of Commerce and LABOR ana MIS-
Strains dfned at home having their only guest
their SON Roger Straus, who came on TO spend 'Ie
day with them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
1iuscMcutS.

ACADENy-sIs-The Se6 Mil
ALEAEBRA-e-sNsud eTille.
ASToFs-s:I5-The Man from hcms
PIgoT--S:I5-A Gentleman rom MISSISSIPPI
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RENkTDN AN-S. i5-Msla.s
CARNEGIE y ALL.-2:30-Ccncerf
CASTNG-s:IS- Nsrcclle.
s-TFSs-I .F-s.7e-Th Who stood sun
cor 0NFAu-2-S-NaUdeyflie
RTTFPgoS-S-Ssnson.
-S-S.So-The World arc lis VINE.
r-rlFc% MI-SF.E-The World in wax
FNpfr Res 5e-Jack Straw
-S.IS-ThA Travelling salesman
r .70-The Patriot
AN-S-IS-Psnne.
x Salvation Neil
sAsNsEsSTF-IN-S-2 :i5N suIeNiile-
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TTPFopBc 5NE;-2--sportinE Battle II me SA
-Ralet 81 BirdlanG.
HUDs0N-s:so-I.ad; rreee5 - Ga, =. r;o.,.nbers
ENrTrKERB CKER-s:lo-- he 1irs ~
IJRFRT-y- SILVA Wireless
TYCFI -N-s-f5-Love Watches
rvRtC-s:IS-Ne Nischief
, = 54TTA% OPERA HOUSE s.so-The JueSie' u
>.z-T-r9y7cII TAN OPERA HOUSE $50 II e1afo-
So s,sSTERTDA -s.la-Lfftle Nerno
.-T-x,- yfSPEl-S. 20--The American loea
soy .ega-Ths Servant in the fteese
e--------e A,lT-s .9a-The Fighting II .--.. see
s. NICHOLAS RINK--ie 4 'n-lce sAs'i"A
80 .1s-The Eoys sid Betty.
r-rr-P-S s.ea-Ths stronger sex
rrs7 FNN-s- IS-CfT3s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
TIE SPIRIT or TARIFF REVISION.

Mr. Csrneeie's courteous refusal 10 appear
before the WAYS and Means Committee an
expert witness adviser on tariff revision
will cause much regret and not a little sur
prise. II is. of course. true. as he reminds the
committee that he has served full time in
Washington upon tariff matters" and that he
might therefore appropriately claim a well
earned rest: and it is also true that he has re-
Gently made public in a magazine article some
pretty frank views upon the subject in hand
Nevertheless Mr.. Carnegie evidently enjoys so
much Of the buoyancy and displays much
of The energy and activity Of youth that il Is
hardly possible 10 suppose that such further
service would be physically mentally bur
densome TO him. while his interest in all the af
fairs Of his adopted country is so keen that we
nay be pardoned for having thought that he
would gladly lend his unsurpassed experience
and knowledge Of one Of our very greatest in
6usIries TO the right solution % problem OF
sllch importance 10 the nation.
II NAV. moreover without ungraci0usness ne
observed that Mr. Camegies Century Maya
zine article. upon which we have already
commented is far from being exhaustive or
conclusive: nor * its entire consistency alto
gether convincing 10 the reader There are
some points In il which need further elucida-
ton than That which i given 10 them within
so brief Il compass. while many pertinent
questions are suggested but not answered in
that article which the committee would doubt
loss like To ASK. which the public would Ike 10
have asked and the answers Ia which from q
man OF Mr.. carnegie, AUTHORITY would he Of
mach value. The fact that he has NOW retired
from the business IF which he long the
head is of course. reason why he should not
give 10 the naiion the benefit of his experience
and Judgment. That fact would invest IFS
testimony with the merit % entire disinter-
estedness.
Ii is conceivable. however. that Mr.. Carnegie
in declining 10 appear was in some measure
inspired consciously or unconsciously. by
lack of sympathy with the spirit IN which the
task of tariff revision is being undertaken and
viii probably be effected by Congress II 50
bis attitude ma- he more easily understood
snd there may he some mitigation of the regret
which il would otherwise cause. Tor while
the Republican party stands pledged TO revisol
Of tic tarif, it is equally pledged to effect that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
7EE UNREST OF INDIA

There seems to be no room for doubt that tie
fftieth anniversary of the Great Mutiny is
marked with the most ominouS unrest. To use
no stronger term which has been known in
India in all the half century. No longer, indeed
is official effort made To- gloss. to minimize to
ignore the facts. Reports come not only Of
sedftious agitation but of overt acts Of crime.
There are murders and attempts AT murder for
ucliticaI purposes. and dynamite plOls. and all
the evident symptoms of such propaganda as
we have been in the habit of assocatinG with
Russia in her desperation more than with the
British Empire. Most significant and most omi-
nous of all. there are open and general mani
festationS of popular approval of the deeds and
sympathy with the doors.
Exclamation of this state eff affairs would not
he easy and ~ he complete would have To be
conplex Some attribute it in part % the vegl
bcnefcence Of England's rule, saying that the
education which has been given 10 The natives
and the Improvement in their economic and So
ciaI condition which has Deen effected through
administrative reforms and public works have
had somewhat the same effect that the first
taste Of blood is said 10 have upon the tiger.
They have aroused passionate craving for Il
fuller measure Of independence for which no
power Of discreet restraint has yet been pro
yded bv discipline and experience Some lay
the blame IN part upon such Incorporate propa-
caudists rs Mr.. Keir Ilardie and his fellow so
cialists who have been. aS they charge. melting
seditlon with the pretended authority of the
imperial government itself. Some accuse the
fiscal and economic system which Great Britain
has imposed upon the empire in the name Of
rohdenisn Some attribute II to s1ch acts ms
the partition of Bengal. Some vaguely hint at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
DEMOCRAT PRAISES THE PRESIDENT.
Senator Gardner, Of Rhode Island. Calls Hin
Foremost Figure of Generation.

Providence. Nov 26.-In THANKSGIVING
Day address to-day Senator RathbCne Gardner
leader OF the Democratic forces in the stsfa
Legislature, heraIded President Roosevelt as the
savior Of the country and the foremost figure
of this generation likening him to John the
Baptist He said.
The President has attacked the problems in
VOWED with a courage which win make him ne
foremost figure OF this generation when Us his
tory is calmly written In doing so he has IL
CURED the bitter hatred OF those who seek TO
grow rich at the public expense John the Bap-
fist wasn't a very tactfuI individual and MS
language 20 the scribes and Pharisses vas
doubtless resented
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

IFronl The tribune BuTeEu-I
Washington. Nov 2e.-The Nice-Fresldeh' ana
Mrs Fairbanks dined with ex-senator ana MIS-
SJohn T. Henderson tonight
Mrs Metcalf, the wife of the Secretary OF the
Navy met a number of her friends at tea this
afternoon at which Miss Isabella l. Hagner vas
hostess.
pAnraxa,tatfye and Mrs Bourke Cochran enter
tainad thu Secretary of War and Mrs Wright az
dinner to- night and asked TO meet them MIS-
Cockrsn's father Ex-Governor Ide; Count Hermann
Won Hatzfeldt- WIdenburg. German charge q Al
faires. Miss Anna CoCkreT. Miss Ide. Commando
Retzmann German Naval Attacne, and William
Newton Guck.
General Horace Porter met number Of guests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Igy Telegraph 10 Th- Tribune
Newport. Nov 26-Nrs. Frederick " VardersHe
a former summer resident OF Newport for the ST.
teenth time entertained the news and messenger
boys Of the city TO-DAY with a Thanksgiving dinner.
Though Mrs Vanderbilt was not present. the four
hundred lads cheered her most Justify
After spending Thanksgiving with his family
here. Colonel =. l. r Robinson returned 70 New
York tonight
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Sedgvick will close their
season this week and return 70 New York for tire
winter.
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt entertained a. luncheon
to-day Early in the week in honor q her sons
seventh birthday, Mrs Vanderbilt gave child-sns
party II is said that Mr. Vanderbilt gave his son
a substantial money gift
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27

mysterious and inscrutable movements alii ''
oil Oriental races. involving the manifestation
az priInal ethnic anita gonsms and hostiiitieS'
Whatever the explanation may Oe-it D." ~,
hlv inc Iutles all those which we nave ci.0u az"
,nore--there can be no doubt either OF the SER
business of the present situation or OF Tue "p9'
lute necessity of the assertion and maintelaleo
of the imperial authority. To the loriher an
ronorts including official, bear witness. Cph-
,ernino the latter we some time ago clCed lhe
impressive testimony Of Lord-then Mr.-Nior
Low, tastin,opv the more impressive because Oh
tho naromount anti -imperast' and nome RUE
nrocJiyities of that philosophic statesman. we
might rs readily have suspected Edmund Burke
of catering IN the Paris mob John Morley or
approving the continued domination OF one peo-
Mo over another a moment longer than there
was need transcendng in exlgency the de
mands of suppositltious natural right IL woulo
no difficult to conceive a more appalling catas-
tronhe to India itself than for the imperlai
mower suddenly to he withdrawn. or to be with
drawn under compusion and as the result 9f
ipsurrection. Whatever may be the future or
that domain nothing is more certain than that
of the present time India Is of all great countries
III the world the most untitled to stand alone as
an independent commonwealth Mosem. Mogui
and Mahratta have run their course there ana
none of them could now be restored to supreme
power. ncr is any other native supremacy. single
or compound conceivable which would not invite
chaos But the task of averting tine threatened
attempt to produce chaos is such as To test the
best abilities of the British Empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tFron The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington Nov 2S-The President spent an
hour at his desk to-day. but received no CARERS
Before noon he went for horseback ride with MIS-
Roosevelt his daughter Miss Ethel ana senator
Lodge.
Announcement was made OF th@
roI, raacb as Public Printer and the appoint
rnent of Samuel E. DorneIIy, of New York, to sue
coed him December l.
The President deli Jered an address at the corner
stone laying of the negro Young Men 'hl'S''ai'
Association building
Cr1, members Of the family present AZ the
Thanksgiving dinner which served at 80