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New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

J IheOdOrOWiDZ
Of the Kneisel Quartet, second violin, and O. Ferir
viola Subscriptions for the series Of concerts TO
l,e given I'm New York VIII open Monday morn
ing at Mendelssohn Hall.
AIscha Elr1an is due arrive in New York on
December L. accompanied by his father his &C
cornpanst and his general manager, Daniel Mayer
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler win open her tour in
Buffalo on Thanksgiving evening. and will play
nearly every day thereafter until she this
city for her only recital here Of the season which
will be given IN Carnegie Hall on Saturday after
noon, December T.
The choir Of the Musical Art Society. under the
direction of Frank Damrosch. is rehearsing a
varied programme for the first concert, which will
be given Thursday evening. December It. Old
French Christmas carols arranged by Gevaert will
be rendered
Programme OF Hermann KIeins popular concert
III tie German Theatre:
PART I
Quartet plano and strings nat op- ID. Beethoven
I,udolph Ven werden5eG Friedrich Hegar
Ccoaddetor a5t.g. Lon sai'tS n Kramer1 l.sl1Sz
alasikant hugo Wolf
S''"s CLAUDE Cunningham. ' ''''h'rd Strauss
Solos, violin, Serensle major ......... Franz Drda
MaIimilian Filz.er' I ANA" iehfeld
C8at alietti '''Rodrigo. } 'it@Iiei
Nine Shanpa
Help OF Cod t'-F-ijaI'' go Mer1eissoh,
Mime. shanHa Cumming and NJ. cunnngfan
PART Il
Quartet pisnoforte and ST. ass Op Saint Saens
THe Atschuer Quartet.
choruses, The Dezerted Village. .Gelbhe
SuudeEteL-1russ = 49,. 1sernaT
ihe HaleFy Singing Society.
Reveile James H. Rogers
birth ..-.......-. Franco T'enr1
Give the sea........-....-.-.. R Ii Wood,nsn
Claude Cunningham.
Jacob Altschuier.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
MUSICAL NOTES


Alvin Schroeder 'cellist: J. Theodorowcz formerly
Of the Kneisel Quartet second violin, and q. Ferr.
viola Subscriptions for the series Of concerts 10
be given in New York VIII open Monday morn
ing at Mendessohn Hall.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

The programme to be presented by sousa ana
his hand at their last New York concert TINS se@-
son at tha Metropolitan opera House on SUNDAY
night In aid Of the Firemen's Menorlal unu W., =
incIude several new compositions and some oecloeu
novelties The sooists will be Miss Esteile LAep-
Iir, sonrano. Miss Gacinta della Rocca, viollnlst'
and Herbert L. Clarke, cornetist noVelty on 'iie
programme viii Reeves's episode ne -'ie
Alarm which is q description in music ol d
night alarm at an engine house, the departure u
the horses and engines, the rush anu cla'lei
through the city streets and the arrVai al eiio
fire with the engines and fremen at work Inc
new music will include cornet solo by MI Gar Nc
entitled Caprice Brilliante. composed oy the so
,o,st a tone poem by Foote, Illustrative OF verse
from Omar Khayyam; Sousa's new march' Inc
E-airest of the Fair and violin SOLO oy MISS
della Rocca which is ''Bacchanale' by severn
Miss Iiebling will sing the aria from lie Pre aux
C1erc by Herold with a flute obbligato by JULIUS
SnindIer The instrumental offerings Will lhcIuuo
the Thomas overture Raymond, Sousa sym
nbonic poem 'The Chariot Race" fantasle from
sousa's THE Free Lance and Helmsbergers Re
tween the Acts" which is also new composition
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

nrncipal musical observances planned TOT that
month as tribute to the composers memory
.The Dream of Gerontius," which established oir
Edward Egar's position here, when the OFatoiio
Society introduced this music to New YORK sorne
,,aors ago will be revived on March 20. 1909. while
the "st Matthew Passion" by Johann SEBASTIAN
Bach. will bring the series to culnhnanoh anu
close on April 5.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
THE BOA CONSTRUCTOR IN ACTION.


While waiting at another sPOt the river for
crocodile the hunters day q small head
much like that Of 8 serpent, appear above the
water. They fired at il several times and, after
each discharge Of the rife, the head would sink
only to reappear again closer 10 the shore Finally
a bullet took effect and the animal hoated with its
white belly up. il proved TO be an enormous turtle
While still waiting for the expected crocodiles, q
native discovered . boa constructor in cOmatose
condition, after heavy meal. in the bushes. BY q
skilful throw OF q lance the seTpents head was
yinned TO g log, while his great body twisted.
tossed. cured up, extended. contracted and fogged
the ground for q long time before death put an
end the exercises Meantime the camera man
was ,iischarging his duty to the hackers of the
PARTY, and many striking pictures were made Of
72-foot boa exerting himself TO the utmost.
CRoCoDLEs POSE UNDER FIRE.
Next day a group Of crocodiles was discovered
haskirg Il tbs sun the sandy side Of the stream
The hunters crossed the stream higher up and
anealzed down 10 point opposite the big reptiles 50
90 10 place the water between them II was de-
csS.d 20 rlsn. the camera first and then fire upon
the crocodiIes fast that they would all be killed
before they could scramble back into the stream
As they had creWled away from the bank d little
further than usual. this thought not impossible
10 accomplish. 5espite the almost impeneuable
armor OF the quarry. The camera first snapped
them as they lay bssking in the sun, but they DID
not make very Lively picture so the guns opened
I'D with rattle At once the lazy TeptLes SpfaIis
10 life and began 10 scuttle for the water They
tarashed their powerful tails about at hNely rate
scattering sand and pebbles and impeding one an
other IN their clumsy for the shelterlng stream
xolIev after voIIcy followed and one by one the
srocodUes ceased 10 struggle Not one reached the
water alive Parts OF the flesh are edible. The
skin sells readily. The fat is reduced 10 OH
Pebbles found ia the stomach are valued by the
natives As charms The Myerss are used to make
,,oison Tor lance and arrow heads. The teeth and
claws also md market. Little IS wasted or TINS
ugly customer who IS much more useful dead than
alive.
The chase OF the buffalo gave even more excite
rlell. because il was more dangerous TO the hunt
ers one cannot sit the hank y stream and
puEnp lead into this beast with modern rife until
he gives Up the ghost the spot where the
hunter first him. The buffalo must be hunted
in the tall grass as high as mans head and he
charges the hunter whenever be becomes aware
of tie presence Of the intruder The grass pre-
vents Il man from getting away rapidly, but the
great weight of the buffalo enables him 10 tear
through il at high speed To be oyertaken by
iufuriated buffalo generally means being gored and
srampled 10 death
One day the party mounted hill from the
tap Of which they spied herd OF about sixty
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

Mischa Elr1an is due 10 arrive in New York on
December L. accompanied by his father his ac-
cornpanist ana his general manager, Daniel Mayer.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

owuHa BLUE ROOSEVELT WILL
AoAcow cowrnuoR~ MORE % %N LUNCHEON
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

Albert Spalding the young American violinist
will assist Nine. Eames at the Waldorf-Astoria
In q concert for the benefit of the New York Anti
Vivisection Society on November H. Mr.. Spalding
Will play the violin obblgatO for Nine Eames i'll
the closing number, GOunod's Ave Maria"
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
AN OPEN LETTER.


of
of
held
of
ago. legitimate and extension benefits
AS much honor and credit as due the veterans
IN ther nouu the tomb The
instent that these
that the
ows, pension
final
should
attendant diaiies from earning Ivenod" thr % @ @ Eel y l ~ s %
a brotendovn veteran rna 70 arn hs lihaod % w. So a. ]
and help She has all
the debt of the Nation . as %
years
widows of them
nothing short of cruelty
withhold
should be given
comparison services which the
will
in circulation and
men of pensions Money
of business the
emotest Sections useless for
us to further subject
Gentlemen be the most
broken and aged widows in this country
obstinate qubbng jaoues
coming
with sckening anxiety country
nope OF support during the
bl Every day that herI
hearts and shrouds them with the
tens of
breaVe women sitting by their
Yours in anxious hope,
TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
OUR RIVERS AND CANALS.

An interesting bulletin is that upor
by the Bureau of the Census 1t deals
with the operations on our canals and
| rivers for the year ended Dec. II, 1906
III that year we had 1891 active craft
an increase in 19 years of over 7,00t
vessels. but a far greater increase in
their size and value, as the latter rose
from $500, 100000 to $500.O00,000. The
income increased still more astonish-
ingly, being about SO per cent, with
the wages of the men employed rising
from S41.00O.0O0 to T2,O00,o00. OIL
~ 7-10 per cent
BY far the greatest part of these YES
sells were employed on the Atlantic
Coast and the Gulf of Mexico The
vessels on the Great Lakes did not in
crease so much in numbers as in value
and they were about one-tenth of the
whole; they represented value OF
$3.50, 100000 and earned an income OF
over S65,000, 900. The amount OF
freight more than doubled, with coal
showing the greatest bulk and iron ore
the next.
The increasing use of iron and steel
in the use of construction is remark
able, as now these metals form 81 7-1O
per cent of the material employed On
the Great Lakes the tonnage of wooden
vessels has decreased. The shipments
of lumber and ice have decreased, the
former being due to the exhaustion of
the forests and the latter to the greater
use of manufactured ice. The amount
of freight passing thru the canals and
canaliZed rivers has increased over 4SO
per cent between 1880 and 1906.
The busiest canal in the world is the
st. Marys Falls Canal, connecting Lake
Superior with Lake Huron. In 1906
the net tonnage Of vessels passing thru
this canal was three times as great as
that thru the Suez Canal and more than
seven times as great as that thru the
Kaiser Wilhelm or Kiel Canal This is
the more noteworthy since the St Marys
Falls Canal, on account of the severity
of the cold, is open to traffic for only
about eight months in the year, while
the others are open ~. The increased
use of the st. Marys Falls Canal has
tons went thru; in 1889, 1916, ,022 tons,
and in 1906, 41,276,S62 tons, an amount
3,217.3 per cent greater than in 1880
and 449.2 per cent greater than in
1890
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

GOLD MEDAL FOR PISTOL SHOOT
ING.
United States mint, just as much as
hVe cent nickel piece, or a gold double
eagle, and are distributed to the Cen
erals commandings Army Departments.
These medals are works of art and in
the aggregate for the entire army, cost
lot of money. The gold medals,
which the expert rifiemen receive as
their own property, cost the War De-
partment approximately $40 each; the
silver medals about So piece. In the
earlier days more costly medals were
awarded, but there were fewer of them.
because less attention was given to
rifle and pistol practice and the army
had fewer crack shots, who could
smash target in good percentage of
hits at the maximum distance of 1000
yards and err but little whether at slow
fire, rapid fire, or skirmish fire or
whatever be the target or the condi-
tions. There is a limit of gold medals
that can be awarded to any one team
of competitors and alike of silver med
ais. The bronze medals, less expensive
although like the gold and silver med
ais in design, are distributed more gem
erously.
The ideal army, of course, would be
composed entirely of expert riffemen
and expert pistol shots. Anything like
$4,000 enlisted men of that class would
be the terror of the world The Gov.
ernment would gladly pay every man
of them SS6 year extra. 1t would
be worth the money. The War De-
that ideal more or less spasmodicaIIy
partment has been straining toward
ever since 1854, when General Orders
No. authorized the first target prac-
t1ce. 1t is only during the last "a
years that the work has been prose-
cuted with any enthusiasm Now the
education of crack shots is pursued en-.
ergetically and will be pressed during
the coming target year more vigorously
than ever
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
A MoMENTous DECISION.

Last Monday the United States Su.
preme Court handed down a most mo.
mentous decision. 1t refused to grant
TO General Young, of Mime.
sofa, release from the penalty imposed
by the United States Circuit Court for
contempt in instituting a proceeding
against railroad after the court had
prohibited such a course. The court
also affirmed the decision of Judge
Pritchard in discharging from imprison-
ment James H. Wood, ticket agent OF
the Southern Railway at AshviIle, n. c.,
who had been sentenced by the Police
! Court to serve a term on the stone pile
for collecting greater price for ticket
than the State railroad law admitted
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Justice Peckham and concurred in by
all the members except Justice Harlan,
who delivered long dissenting opinion.
The gist of the Supreme Courts decision
is as follows:
by reason of the enormous penalties
provided in the rate laws, by way of
fines against the companies and fmpris-
onnent of their agents and employees.
the companies were, in effect prevented
from ever questioning the validity of
those laws, as the risk of confscation of
property and Imprisonment of agents in
case the companies failed in their de-
tense was too much to undertake in or
der to obtain judicial decision of such
validity
The question of the suff.ciency of the
rates TO enable the company to obtain
CO
investment has for many years been held
to be one for the courts to decide. as it
would be violation of the Constitution
of the United, States to fix rates so low
as to be confiScatory if enforced
Such laws are, therefore held un-
constitutional, as they prevented the
companies from resorting to the courts,
and therefore deprived them of the
equal protection of the laws"
Justice Harlan was deeply impressed
with a contrary opinion, and filed a dis
senting opinion, 1900 words long, in
which he held that the proceeding in
the Young case was suit against a
State. and therefore prohibite by the
Eleventh Amendment to the Constitu-
ton. He claimed that the decision
would be destructive of the state Courts
and place all the judicial power in the
hands Of the United States tribunals.
1t is singular that if this decision is as
destructive of States Rights as some
claim that all of the four Democratic
members of the Supreme Court, includ-
ing the Chief Justice, should have unit
ed in it, while the only dissent was by a
Republican member. At this moment II
seems to us that the vital point of the
decision is that it affirms emphatically
the right of the United States Court to
review the proceedings in the State
Courts and reverse them If found
wrongful. This is the elimination of the
old fight begun under Chief Justice
Marshall. He held that the United States
Courts could review the acts of the
State Courts, but this was bitterly re-
sented, and President Jackson sustained
the States Rights theory Since that
time the power and dignity of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court has been i'm
mensely enhanced, and the present de-
cision is only in line with the precedents
begun by Chief Justice Marshall
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

GOLD MEDAL FOR RIFLE PRAC-
TICE.
now serving under the colors and tho
War Department wishes they weIs
many more. The sure shooters are
scattered through the ranks of $4,000,
or Whereabouts, in the regular establish
ment. In the course of a few months
the Ordnance Department will put out
an official publication to emphasize the
importance of this branch of military
efficiency. 1t will show something of
the history of good Workmanship in
the army for half century and call
attention anew to the distinction and
to the awards which come to soldiers
who are expert on the trigger
1t pays a soldier in dollars and cents
to be able to shoot well. The officers,
who have keys to the money chests,
are putting out extra allowances every
pay day to every one of the 1000 good
shots. 1t amounts to from 81 a month
to SO a month for every expert accord
ing to the grade in which he has quali-
fed; that is quite a bit for an enlisted
man, serving at an army post. Gen.
orally, money goes farther in the Ioca-
tions where soldiers are stationed than
in the populous centers, whether it be
up at Fort Ethan Allen, in northern
Vermont or in the distant Philippines.
days no longer denotes the highest
efficiency in plunking an object at great
range with lead bullet. There are
in the army to-day
some 5000 of them-who have that Off
cial designation. They are better shots
than some 5000 other soldiers, known
to the Adjutant Generals Office as
but not as good shots as
some 1000 expert riflemen. who can
shoot farther and better than sharp
shooters and marksmen. This applies
equally to shooting with two kinds Of
weapons-pistols and rifles. There is
an intermediary class of distinguished
and distinguished pistol
Shots" which means soldiers or off,
GERS who have won three medals and
The prizes of gold and silver medals,
which the Ordnance Bureau is now
for the forthcoming target
year, are awarded to the expert rifle
men. They must be coined at the
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

March 3 Lieut.. s. B. NJ. Young,
retired, and Mrs. Annie Dean Huntley,
of Montana, were married in Chicago.
The veterans all over the country will
be interested in the happiness of the
couple. Gen. Young, who has been re-
Gently appointed superintendent of
Yellowstone Park. entered the army at
the first call in 1861 in the 18th Pa.
After his three months had expired he
raised a company for the 4th Pa. Cav,
rose 70 be Colonel of the regiment and
brevet Brigadier-Ge He entered
the Regular Army the year after the
war as Second Lieutenant in the 18th
u. S. The opening of the Spanish War
found him Colonel of the Sd U. S. Cav,
and he was Immediately appointed
BrigadierGenera1 of Volunteers. He
was promoted to MajOr-General on ac-
count of good service, and at the re-
turn of peace became Brigadier- Gen
eral in the Regular Army, rising to
Lieutenant-G General in 1903, and retir-
ing in 1904. Mrs. Huntley, his bride, was
a wealthy Montana widow, owning a
fine ranch, where she frequently enter
tanned distinguished guests. among them
being her present husband She is 30
years old, a fine shot and an accom-
plished horsewoman.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

William H. Heiss, who has just died
at Sioux Falls, S. D., had the distinction
of being in charge of the telegraph in
Washington at the time of Lincoln's
assassination and taking prompt steps
to isolate the Capital from the country
at the critical moment. He was assist
ant manager of the United States Mill
tary Telegraph. had therefore had con-
troll of the wires, land within 10 minutes
after Booth had fired his infamous shot
had cut off all communication with the
country He was 81 years old. and had
resided In siaux Falls since 1887.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

France is SO perfectly satisfied with
the operation of her canal system that
she is spending millions of dollars in
traffic on these inland waterways in
creased 112 per cent, until now it
amounts to over 10000, 900 tons year.
The canals are profitable to the State
and still more profitable to the people
in keeping the railroads down to rea-
sonable tariffs. They are a sort of self
acting railroad regulation. since the
moment the railroads raise their rates
merchants find that their goods can
afford to travel at little slower rate.
and the traffic is diverted to the water
WAYS.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
There has been a swing of the PEN

There has been a swing OF the pen
dulum in regard to the marines. A few
years ago it was seriously proposed to
abolish the marines as unnecessary and
a cumbrous organization. 1t was point
ed out that France and some other Ma
tons do not have marines, and that
these had become unnecessary, since
sailors carried guns and were drilled as
soldiers. The old idea of marines was
to furnish the police of the ship. In
the old days, when men-of-war crews
were recruited by the press gang, it was
necessary to have another element
aboard ship distinct from them, and
which could enforce order and disci-
pline. Hence the marines. They also
served as landing parties, their mus
kets being much more effective than
the pistols and cutlasses which the
sailors carried They were the guards
at the naval depots, arsenals, dock
yards, etc. The marines were Differed
differently from the sailors, and on
each ship there was a marine officer
who had special charge of his detach-
ment.
After we followed the example
of France. and made all our sailors also
soldiers, it was felt unnecessary to main
tain the separte body of men, which
was an inconvenience on board ship;
but more recent experience has demon
strated the value of this system, and
the bill now before the House proposes
to add 1900 enlisted men to the Corps
The Marine Corps now consists of 311
officers and 5000 men, commanded by
Brighten. George P. Elliott. The bill
will raise the force to approximately
5000, make the Commandant a Major
General, and add three Majors. 80 Cap
tains, Is First Lieutenants % Second
Lieutenants, six Assistant Quartermas-
ters and two Assistant Paymasters. The
United States Marine Corps is generally
believed to be the best drilled and dis
ciplined body of men in the world, and
certainly no part of the forces of the
United States make a better appear
ance on parade than the marines, nor
has a more glorious history. The ma
rines have always represented the
United States in operations in a foreign
country, and their conduct has been
such as to reflect the highest credit
upon the country.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
"EXPERT RIFLEMEN.'
The War Department Making Every
Effort to Develop Sharpshooters.

A dazzling collection OF articles In
gold and silver is distributed every 18th
month from the War Department to
those wearers of the army uniform
who can shoot straight. The Ordnance
Bureau is now gathering in a fresh
supply for the coming season. Each
article is some form of a beautifully
designed and costly medal, contained
in a daintily built leather case that
would become high-priced diamond
for my lady's finger.
For one soldier, who can shoot
straight. is worth to his country as
much as a dozen who cannot hit a
mark. There are about 1000 of them
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

Judge Gordon, of Kentucky, has In
troduced another serious complication
into the lawlessness of the night riders
in Kentucky by deciding that the in
surance companies cannot plead the
mob or riot" provision in their policies
to avoid payment of losses on the burn
ed tobacco barns. 1t would seem as If
the insurance companies have there
fore good case against the State for
damages for failing to execute the laws
and protect property.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

The earnestness of which Japan is
converting Manchuria into one of her
Provinces Is eviuenced by an order for
100000 yen worth of materials for
an electric railroad. This makes an
aggregate of aboue 50.000.0O0 yen of
orders which Japan has placed in this
country, and certainly indicates that
there is not the feeling against us which
has been alleged. The yen is the Japan
ese counterpart of the silver dollar. and
is now worth 49-s cents. These orders
represent an expenditure in this coun-
try of about s25, 900. 300.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

The New Jersey officials recently gave
a dangerous exhibition to the people of
how well the State might get along
without any of them. The Governor,
Chancellors and Justices of the Su-
preme Court were all out of the State
on the evening of March 10, attending
a banquet at the Hotel Astor, and some
how the solid little Commonwealth went
on just as well as if their hands had
been at the tiller of the ship of state.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

BY decisive vote of 100 to 16 the
Ohio House of Representatives has
adopted the Senate joint resolution pro-
yiding for the submission to a vote of
the people of an amendment establish
ing an initiative and referendum. Let
Ohio try it. as oregon and Oklahoma
are now doing. 1t is merely a fad. and
is as far as possible from being the
panacea that its advocates assert. We
predict that in practice it will be found
TO be another bulky addition to the
mass that now cumbers the statutory
junk room of the States