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New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
THE STRAY DOG.

When the proposition TO rid the streets Of this
city OF stray dogs is carefully considered there
appears TO be no adequate means OF carrying lt
into effect If an animal behaves in such way
as 10 create panic. and no one else interposeS,
a police officer will often feel warranted IN
shooting il. Much further than this the Police
Department does not undertake TO go, doubtless
because no special duty in the matter has been
imposed upon it by law. What it does is done
wisely but largely in its own discretion.
Such dogs rs are seen in public thoroughfares
with nothing to show that they have been IL
censed are liable TO seizure. in the boroughs Of
older New York, if not in the whole city. II
complaint is made TO the Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty TO Animals. an attempt will be
made TO capture the vagrants. The act by which
that organization was incorporated authorized it
10 collect the tax. If, however, officials of the
society are asked 10 enforce the ordinance which
prescribes the use of muZZle or leash during
certain months they decline TO act They
frankly say that they believe that the wearing
of a muzze is a hardship and that they do not
believe In hydrOphobia. Indeed, they deem it in
cumbent on them to issue a statement every now
and then TO correct the suppOstion that there Is
such a disease.
No doubt this attitude is assumed Conscien-
tiously. Perhaps the society is not TO be blamed
for stopping when ii has secured the largest pos
Slble revenue from the dogs. netuer llS con-
victions are to be accepted by the public is an
other question. If the owner of dog deems the
muzZle too distressing he can adopt the alter
native of the leash permitted by the ordinance.
As 10 the genuneneSs of rabies the safest guide
is the judgment of the men who have studied the
subject most closely, the experts Of various Pas
teur institutes and the bacteriologists Of we'll
equipped boards of health. These heartily
agree, that there ought 10 be no further discus
sion Of the point. Though the frequency of its
occurrence has been exaggerated and though
there is resemblance between the symptoms of
hydrophobia and those of other canine disorders
which is sometimes temporarily misleading the
records of the New York Health Department
impute the loss Of twenty-cight human lives
last wear to the bites of dogs. often the most
convincing testimony TO the nature of the
maladF. both in dog and man. is obtained only
after death Examination of the brain then
shows that the texture OF the organ has been
modified ana that certain characteristic microbes
have developed in 1t.
Inasmuch the owners of valuable dogs rs
well as the public need protection from vagraat
animals. the question arises. Who shall be au-
too obvious To make 4 recital of them necessary
the Board of Health is best qualified for the
task. 1t lacks the money required and without
an appropriation for the purpose it can accom-
pish little If. however. that handican should
be removed by the Board og Estimate, which -
expected TO discuss the subject this week We
believe that valuable public service would be
promoted.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
4 RIGRTEOES DECISION.

The decision OF Judge Morschauser that Ihaw
is insane and unfit TO be at large is in accord
ance with common sense. At his trial Ihaws
counsel introduced strong evidence that he had
been repeatedly insane, and his experts ldentl-
fed his symptoms as those of dangerous type
of recurrent insanity. Every scrap OF evidence
went to show that his alment was OF chrome
and incurable variety, and it was upon this that
the Jury found him insane at the time OF the
killing of Stanford White In other words the
testimony went to show not q solitary instance
of "emotional insanity" of the sort so often
urged i'm defence where cures" after acqu1ttal
come with suspicious regularity. but frequent
and perhaps periodic mental disturbance extend
ing over many years. with, as is usual IN sucn
cases, intervening periods Of comparative lucid
ity.
Leaving out of consideration the opinion OF
medical science that cases of the type estapllShtd
by the evidence at the Thaw trial are chrohic
and incurable. how absurd would it be to turn
loose after few months observation person
who was shown 10 have been repeatedly insane
and whose madness had once led him to NOM
icide, At the hearing before Judge Morschhau-
ser moreover, there was nothing TO snow that
Thaw's mental state had improved since MS 'lc-
duirtal While apparently there have Deen no
violent relapses during his confinement, he has
proved erratic under observation and his appear
ance on the witness stand at the recent nearing
BETRAYED the characteristic vaguenesS. incoher-
ence and parrOtlike action of an unsound mlnd
Judge Morschauser deserves the thanks OF the
community for his decision 1t is the kind or
result which we like TO record, for every one
must regret it when the law is brought into con-
tempt and guilty man escapes through the ne
fuddling of jury by expert testimony 1t was
weighty responsibility which the law placed
upon Judge Morschauser. and it was safely re-
posed. But in view of the gravity ct the issue
in such case, involving, as ii does. the protec-
ton of the community from supposed homcldal
maniacs it seems desirable that the law should
he changed and that the approval of the Appel
late Division after review Of the evidence ut
such a hearing that just held, should he re-
ouired for the release of person acquitted OF
crime on the ground of insanity.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
WATERSHEDS AND FORESTS.

The recent proposals of the city of Newark
concerning the enlargement and Improvement
of its watershed in the Pequannock fMleS
contain some suggestions worthy OF cohsldera
tion by all other communities Whlch cohIoi
their own water supplies, and also by ali WHO
are interested in the preservation and increase
of forest growths They will doubtless appear
with peculiar force to Jersey CITY, winch mas
inst won tedious and costly lawsuit which had
been entailed upon it through its adoption years
ago of a plan of water supply exactly opposite
to that of Newark Newark acquired ownership
of its water sources, with a considerable extent
of land and of course has ever since had theil
under IFS own control. Jersey City, on the con-
trary depended upon contractor to PROVIDE II
with water The result has been unsatisfactory
TO Jersey City, especially in the matter OF Keep
ing the water free from contamination, ana tue
municipality has been compelled to conduct lesai
proceedings to insure the purity Of its supply
It has won its suit, but there Is no certainty
that it will not at some future time be com
peed to renew its appeal to the courts
Newark free from such troubles, realizes that
its present watershed Is not sufficient to supply
II for all time Indeed at the present rapid
rate of growth of the New Jersey metropolis the
date of the inadequacy of the supply to the
demand is within measurable distance. 1t is
therefore proposed TO purchase the remainder
of the Pequannock Valley at once, while II can
be secured at reasonable price, instead Of
waiting until need of 1t Is imperatively urgent
and the price Of land has risen several fo,d.
That is sound policy. When 1t is known that Il
thing must be done it is wisdom to do it when
oyer if can he done to the best advantage. There
are those who believe that it would have been
cheaOer in dollars and cents for New York to
acquire manv years ago a much greater extent
of land in the Croton Valley than 70 wait until
the last moment and then spend vast sums on
high priced land to protect Its water supply
from contamination
The forestry feature of the case moreover,
is one which should command wide attention
at this time when the conservation Of our re-
sources of woods and waters is being so Sc
riously considered and is seen to he OF SO
great aud urgent importance. N addition
10 securing sufficient land for Its water
supply and for protecting she same from
poIlution moreover, Newark's plan is 10 utilize
the watershed forest preserve, by retaining
the present forest growth aud by planting thou
sands of Young trees the now treeleSS ex-
paDses In this way It Will actually Increase the
available supply Of water by preventing loss
through evaporation. and il is believed that ~
an Intelligent SYSTEM Of cutting and culture Ic
can derive a certain revenue from the land from
wood as well as water. That Is an example
which ether cities owning extensive watersheds
might rrohtaby emulate. instead of doing as our
own water purveyors did few years ago, when
they started Ia convert the CrOron region into 6
treeiess Sahara.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
THE FILIPINO At DENVER.

The Denver convention, besides numina ting
candidates for President and VicePresident
and reStating Democratic national policies will
have to settle incidentally, an interesting con
stitutional question. This question. il Is true,
has been PASSED upon by the Executive, by
Congress and by the United States Supreme
Court. But until the democratic National Con
vention records its final opinion dyed-ir-the-
wool Jeffersonlans will probably consider Il
solution still up in the air The problem to be
adjudicated is whether the Philippines are ter
ritory appurtenant 10 the United States or
whether they still constitute an alien jurisdc
ton All branches of the government have
united in recognizing American sovereignty
the archipelago But the Democratic
party is Il very deliberate organization. 1t
delights in making after-the-fact discoveries,
and II would be quite in keeping with It's rec
ord If it should first admit g. Denver in 1903
a fact which has been obvious &c all non-Jef-
ferson!ans since 1899
some years ago, when the House of Repre-
sentatives was ehdeavorlng 70 pass bill re-
duclng the tariff duties on products imported
from the Philippines. a number OF eminent
Democrats refused TO support tie measure on
the ground that the Constitution followed the
flag and the Philippines. having been incor-
porated into the American political system,
could not be treated as alien territory tor pur-
poses of taxation. They held that Ii tariff
against the archipelago did rot constitutionaily
exist and could not. therefore he constit:,-
tionaI!y lowered abolished. Get this opn-
ion yofubly expressed by great constitutional
LAWYERS from Texas ana elsewhere did not
deter the Democratic National Convention of
1901 from wiping the Philippines off the Amer
lean map. The convention fatty denied the
Fipnos the privilege of representation in a
Democratic National Convention, although they
extended that privilege to the Inhabitants Of
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
I'M WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from The Tribune Bureau. J


Washington May 25-The Assistant Secretary OF
War Mrs Robert Shaw Oliver were hosts at
dinner party Sunday evening for their daughter
vens of New York who will be married at noon
Byam X Stevens Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Stevens
Miss Stevens. Eben Stevens. the best man. all OF
New York and General and Mrs. George L. GILES
pie of Washington Some OF the brides relatives
who have arrived are Colonel and Mrs Edward
Bowdtch of Albany: the Misses Bowditch. Mr.
and Mrs. Archibald Murray and Mr. and Mrs Jo-
seph H. Choate. jr.. of New York. This afternoon
General and Mrs. Oliver gave a large reception in
honor of their daughter. which relatives of both
families and few intimate friends invited
At the ceremony there will he only thirty
guests including the President and Mrs Roosevelt
and the Secretary of War and Mrs. Taft.
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle gave a dinner for young
people this evening in compliment to her sen, Man
devflle Carlisle and Miss Edith Kent Sanger, whose
marriage will take pIce Wednesday in st. Johns
Episcopal Church. The guests were Miss Sanger,
Miss Edith Crocker. Miss Mary Carlisle, Miss Grace
Jarvis, MandevilIe Carlisle. Walter Howe Reginald
Huidekoper Lieutenant Edward McCauley, Dudley
Blossom, Thomas Cheney, George Reynolds, Arthur
Allen, Allen Richardson, Mr.. Twining and George
Lyon who comprise the bridal party.
Representative and Mrs. Wheeler were dinner
hosts this evening honor of Miss Laura Sherman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HOyt Sherman. who will
be married Wednesday afternoon in ST. Johns
Church to Prentss Gray. Of California Miss
Rachel Wheeler will he maid OF honor and the
brides only attendant. Miss Sherman is a cousin
of Mrs. Reber, daughter of General Miles, and this
afternoon Mrs Reber invited a number OF Miss
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
ORDERS Flags HALF MAST
Bells To Be TOLed Thursday an
Respect for GEORGE Clinton.

Mayor Mcclellan yesterday by proclamation
ordered flags at half mast city buildings and re-
quested the tolling Of church bells from $50 o'clock
to 10 O'Clock Thursday, when the body of George
Clinton is be taken from the Battery 20 the City
Hall, where ii is TO lie in state IN the Governors
Room. The proclamation IS follows:
To the People OF fire City of New York:
The body of George Clinton, brigadier general in
the Continental Army, Governor of New York and
TO this city on the morning of THURSDAY, May 2s
On its way fl from IN the s GsmssGy
y. Y. The body will be escorted from the Battery
and civic bodies and will there lie in state until
o'clock in the afternoon Of May ?S S.
to sunset of May 2S the flags on all city buildings
/ request that citizens observe the occasion in
similar and that the bells of churches be toEled
TO the city Hall; from $50 to 10 o'clock the
morning of May 2S.
The parade on Thursday will include detach-
from Governors Island. headed by General
Grant. the Mayor and his committee OF seventy
five, city and county officers. descendants of Gen
eraI Clinton. the Old Guard. the Veteran Corps OF
Artillery and representatives from these societies.
The Sons of the Revolution the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution the Society of Colonial Wars. the
Order of Founders and Patriots and St. Patrick's
Society.
After considerable confusion and delay and the
. interchange Of kilograms among the War De-
partmert, the Governors office and the Office of
Mayor Mcclellan it was decided yesterday that
the Wasp belonging the State Naval Militia
would be used transport the body OF Governor
Clinton from Jersey City to the Battery and later
TO Kingston At first the cutter Mohawk
assigned to the task. but IL discovered
that she big the slip at Jersey City
The War Department countermande-1 its order de-
failing the Mohawk. after which. on the sugges-
ton of the Governors office. the Wasp was sub
stituted.
The torpedo boats Porter. BlakeIy. De Long
Thornton and Tinaey arrived here Yesterday from
Charleston to take part in the ceremonies They
will act as escort to the Wasp
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26

the existing line. with larger cars OF greater ca
pacity longer trains, extra tracks at the ex-
press stations. side doors To expedite loading and
unloading. straight tracks at the stations, an inn
proved signal system permitting closer headway
if the subway had all these things, if is appaf-
ent that branch lines could be built in The Bronx
and that the section below the Harlem River
would then serve as the capacous trunk line for
traffic. giving all the facilities to the northward
that it is proposed 10 provide by building whole
subway. With little increased outlay the
earning capacity. and the earnings, too, could
have been greatly increased. This idea should
he kept in mind in the planning of all future
SubwaNs.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
BLOUNT BEQUEST TALID.
UM Learing $780, 900 to Yale Ad-
mittfd to Probate.

London. May 25.-The will Of Archibald Henry
Biount admitted probate to-day. after the viii
had been 'so1emnIy proven This unusual course
taken because the relatives OF Mr.. Blount.
who not mentioned in the Will threatened to
contest the instrument or the ground that Mr..
Bount was o. unsOund mind when he made the
Will To prevent the relatives from succeeding IN
breaking the will J. A. Barret, counsel for Yale
University, called a number of witnesses. inclui-
ing a doctor who IS OF the witnesses TO ths
will to prove that MIR RIOUn- was Of sound mind
at the time he signed the instrument and that hs
remained until his death. The value Of The resi-
due TO which Yale is entitled IS about $4,000
The reason why Mr. Biouut chose Yale Univer-
stty = his beneficiary has not been made clear
None of his relatives friends can explain WY
he eft his money 20 the American university. he
paid only short visit to the United states and
had connections there. So far as is known ne
first informed the Yale authorities Of his intention
TO leave the college a sum % money In 1885. when
lie asked for the names of the college trustees Sd
that he could mention them in his Will
Later he sent To New Haven copy OF the VIII
made that year, together with a short note saying
his estate was valued at Ss0oas- IIr Blounr uads
a new will IN June. 1s7 a few DAYS before ne died,
but il was almost Identical with the Will OF lS&
In the mean time his property had increased In
value 8Ir- BIOupt lived for many years at ne
Athenscum Club. but left there a year before hs
died and settled IN cheap lodgings. circInstan's
which led his relatives 70 believe that he wGs NJ
of sound mind Mr. BloU1t died. however n
sanatoriunl attended by the best specialists
Henry Stoddard and Lee McCIurg. treasurer OF
Yale University were present IN court when IA
will was proved.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26

gestiyely forecast by our London correspondent
in his cable letter on Sunday last. fehsionS'
education. license and other pendlhg quee''o''
ara to no disposed of. and then there is to De
brought forward strongly democrahc Dill io,
franchise reform-"one man, one vote win
woman suffrage added. That measure 10 "
nected TO form the predominant issue IN the
next campaign. At least 1t VIII DE put i''
ward as such by the Liberals. in the nope ana
ernectation that it will prove an effective red
herring on the tariff reform trail Ana soch
they think should he the case, no matter WIN.
tho House of Lords may do about it, VI course
if the Lords should accept ana pass SO i"
n measure the government "oui" VIII sie"'
prestige and popular favor, Desides mum pa
tical advantage in the reformed lr"h'hi'' ~
co n,ould have n good chance of winning the
election On the other hand, III the i-oiu'
sbould reject it. or should sadie IL WIN
redistribution amendment unacceptapie !" ."e
government. there would be a capital hghting
ehonoo for the Liberals to appeal to the coun-
trv for popular mandate for the passage OIL
so democratic measure over 'ii' '"P'
veto of the Lords.
There can be no doubt that this is shrewd
strategy on Mr. Asquiths part 1t is also not
a mere political trick but worthy ana s'a'es
manIike device. The desirabilty OF irahchiHo
reform is scarcely to be disputed. Even us
strongest opponents will concede that on IT'S
face the issue is sufficiently important TO ue
serve a leading place among the issues Oh
general election Nor can the woman suHraee
question be dismissed with smile DeSpi'e
the indiscreet excess of zeal and lack OF TASTE
which some of its militant propagandlsts nave
displaved, there Is undoubtedly conslderape
and respecta BILE sentiment in Great britalh III
favor of granting equal suffrage to women anu
il NAV well he held that the question is worthy
of being submitted to the virtual plepSc''lih
of q general election. The weak point III the
plan obviously is the unwillngness or the L'p-
erals to couple redistribution OF seats WIN
franchise reform. One man, one vote HAS "
taking sound but so, too, has "one vote' one
value: and when the Liberals inyeigh against
the JTnionist peers for maintaining System
Under which one man has two or three votes
TO anothers only one. we expect the 'hohis''
will sharply reply with an indictment Oh t"e
Liberals for insisting that one vote III one
constituency shall have as much valne as t"o
or three votes in another. But then no plan'
in politics or in war; is ever without It's weak
no;nt and on the whole, Mr. Asquiths stratess
seems to be about as we'll devised as any Ill
recent British history.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
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New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Buresu.1


Washington May 25.-The President was IN con-
ference to-day with most of the Cabinet oHcers anu
leading members OF the Senate anu Ho"S ~
legislative subjects The Congressman seheraiS
exnressed the belief that adjournment WOULD De
reached before the end OF the week
Secretary Taft spent an hour with the fres"e''
and when he left the executive office was aSheu
~ he had selected the chief of engineers Oh
the army Not yet" he replied Who VIII sue
coed the Secretary of War;" he was theh asheu'
to which he laughingIy retorted There may De no
vacancy.
Callers al the White House included Secretdiie'
afatcaIf and Garfield Senators Kean. Beverage
Dixon Owen and Sutherland. Representatives b"i
ton of Ohio; Sulzer, Kahn, Cooke. cooper Nesu
ham, Malby. Gillian. Douglas, Porter ana AIiei''
Labor Commissioner NeilI; Marcus Braun OF the
immigration bureau: ex-senator Stewart or NeFa-
da and a delegation of negroes from the District
Of Columbia who to protest against Dill
recently passed which removes restrictions Iroiii
lands owned by persons of mixed blood IN Okla-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
STBWAY PLANNING.

Mr.. Bicn J. Arnold. the consulting engineer OF
the Public Service Commission. makes in his re-
port al important point regarding subway con
struction, and one 10 which we ourselves have
often adyerted-namey, that if sUbways are 10
be the accepted form Of transit development in
this city some way must be found greatly TO
increase their carrying capacity. As Mr.. Arnold
puts il. the net earnings the present subway
are only 7.:33 per cent on the Investment. al
though the subway trains are badly oyercrowded
in rush hours. The present line was built VIII N
the cost Of labor and materials WAS lower than
il is to-day and when the city could sell its bonds
1T lower rate Of interest than il can nov.
Duplicated IL the present price. OF labor and
materials and with interest Charges ar the pres
EN- rate, The liue would evidently be q doubtful
iasestn!eLt fer al operating company.
Bur if II small additional expense the carry
H. capacity OF the present subway could be ia
creased from 60 70 - per cent ;he proposition
would lcok very different 10 capital. There are
rgyO er2ys IN which tie failure 10 build and
equip subway OF the maximum carrying Capa-
icy operates against the city. IN the first place
Tie ciry cutgrows its ney facilities sooner than
il should making the duplication Of an exceed
i14sly costly line necessary sooner than il ought
10 be In the next place the possibilities %
profit IN such investments are made 10 appear
lower than they really are, thus discouraging
capital from entering the held. II is said that,
inasmuch as the present subway. built under
more favorable conditions thaQ now exist and
crowded 20 It's utmost capacity, is only nodpr-
aeely profitable the chances OF returns from ad-
d.iicnai lines arg I9t sufficiently r,sy 10 kanpt
capital To eater into an operating contract Ger
tainly not the short one required by the Elsberg
Jaw
sA4s II The Utmost lad been provided for ia