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New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
MORE BANKS IN TROUBLE.

The predictions by farsghted observers of the
financial situation that despite the return of near
ly normal conditions in the money market, the
stress not ended for certain institutions have
been fulfilled by the financial history of the week.
-Four principal institutions, with dozen more
branches in two boroughs of this city. have been
forced 10 suspend The involved institutions were
all identified with interests which had exploited
chains of banks in the way that other busi
ness enterprises had been hoated and made inter-
dependent, that when link in the chain
gave way the whole suspended superstructure
went down with a crash. 1t only be by the
thorough elimination of such unsafe methods that
future security will be attained by institutions
Hich pass through the peril of panic 1t is curious
u note that the day that the Secretary of the
Treasury set forth his reasons for the steps he
took to stay the spread of depressing financial
conditions should be marked by the renewed fad
ures. The end justified the means is the keynote
of Secretary Cortelyous explanation, and he
showed how well the crisis met by the pro-
posed government plans which restored confidence
without being put to the test of practical opera
ton in all its details The task before him
slight one. and 1t is greatly to the credit of
the incumbent of the chief financial Office of the
nation that he met the emergency in so mastery
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
hans hut that would cost far more than tho
tunnel md never he as good anyway

haps but that would cost far more thdh iiA0
tunnel and never be good, anyway
We'll. what did the engineer say about cross
inC Rondout Creek and the Waikiki River
same thing there; rock has been round
and they must have it. But none OF EN- Is !"
anv hurry TO find it. They've got long years
ahead and the job must be kept alive. You can't
find single soul who will set any time for the
completion of this great job not one ana
dom, believe il ever will be done. Why there
big railway line which must be moved ana
built somewhere else before even the Dig reser-
voir can be built at all. and before gallon OK
water can be stored to put into this great aque-
duct they talk about
Well, Jim don't you know that can be con-
demned by the City the same as your little farm
is taken"
Yes. | see but notice they haven't tackled
that lob vet When they begin on that little
parcel of property there's goin to be music right
away / know the who owns and controls
that railroad and he wants it right where II Is
now He's got money enough to keep II there
long spell. too: and he'll do it If things don
go about right; mark my words.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
MR.. JESUP'S BEQUEST.

The generous bcGuest of the late Morris X Jesup
of Sl,oe000o to the American Museum of Natural
History only supplemented the noble work done bv
He also left 100000 to the Brick PRESBYTERIAN
Church, on condition that it shall not remove from
Its present location. Mr. JeSup was one of the
most liberal supporters of the efforts of Com
mander Peary to find the North Pole but so far as
is known he left no bequest to aid this enterprise
No more striking contrast could be imagined
than that between the sumptuous Scenes described
in the novels of 'Ouida and the squaor in which
her last days were spent. After securing fortune
by the brilliant work of her pen she had nothing in
her old age pension from the British gov
dogs which she persisted in keeping around her
even in her penUry. While known to all lovers of
fiction by her pen name few knew that Ii was
merely a childish INSTRUMENTATION of her own
Christian name of Louisa. just the pen name of
Charles Dickens, attached to his earlier works. of
Boz. mispronunciation of Nose the nick
name Of his brother Moses. 'Ouida was writer
Of scathing criticism we'll s of dashing novels
and her views in her magazine articles were ap-
parently diametrcalIy opposed those in her pop
ular stories and the Mays based on them.
those of Cardinal Richard. Archbishop of Paris:
the Rev. Dr. ]. e. Edgren, of the Baptist Church;
Franklin b. Lord a well known New York LAWYER
and Arthur w. FERGUSON long the secretary of the
Philippine Commission and OF the important
men in the conduct of affairs in that part of the
world
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
MRS. EDDY'S MOVE.

Little light has been thrown on the mysterious
fitting of Motheo Mary Baker G. Eddy from Con-
cord n. H., to the vicinity of Boston, but 1t is
probable that the made because of the
court proceedings in the last year con-
troll of some of the funds which the aged head
of the Christian Science faith is supposed to have
in her custody. Following closely upon the state
ment that large IS be expended in aid of
the poor, it may mean decided change in the
management of great enterprises. The fact that
some of those supposed to be in the inner circle
of authority in the organization left in igno-
rance of the projected movement until II prac-
tcally completed serves to show that all is not
harmonious in the management and that there are
some things unknown TO the world at large. The
splendid new home for the head of the faith is not
in Boston Itself, exactly in the separate sub
urb OF Brooklne. Mass, with its many handsome
homes, but just outside the latter, In Newton.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
NO ROCK BOTTOM.

a big engineer friend Of mine here in Kings
tor calls this thing siphon. and he says it
ost be tunneIled through solid rock, and ought
TO have 80 feet OF rock above IL, below the
river. When / asked him uhy they couIdn [
put the blamed thing piles like they did
those subway tunnel tubes there in New York
Hsrpor he laughed al and called me an idiot:
said / didn't i8age the least idea of the strenetn n
required 10 stand the treme ndous weight ana
pressure, and there giyin' any
figures about Is Besides. where they going
20 find foundation for any such massive piers
he asked. Impossible he said 1T might be
carried over the river q great oridge. per
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
Constant Reader Tells What he
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

.,ybat are the new things of the week? repea'1u
49, Cons,ant Reader when his friend the busy '
Mon mt the question TO him. Let NE see' ~
.,c.s - Of the men most in the pubic eye III
tbeir respectve countries always arouse = -.
.. president Roosevelt has set forth at iehs III
his views on a variety Of burning questions ~ ~
49, ,.....r,- MESA 90 10 the people through oo'l-
eress He evidently did not exhaust niS 80
:. "a. ornnaI message in December, despite
its extraordinary length and the variety ol 'p,ls
- -, ;r # Taking occasion now OF tie ue
cisiop of the United States Supreme court .,, &c ~
,a,,ors, liability law the passage tof Whch ne
seoured bv dint of repeated efforts Is uiCo ~,
-, 90 ,,rga The enactment of an act that WIN
ha in accord with the courts he goes o'i ~ va
ar,ong them are limitations of the use OF 'Juiie
- 80. to the Interstate Commerce Co1hiis
sion 10 fix railroad rates, restriction ol .11or
80 o,i,c~ earnings amendments of the SHERMAN
a,,it,,,st statute and the forbddins OF the use Vi
tho mails for stock gambling. as for io''eiie'
the president proceeds apply the iash 10 go
,orstione and the critics of the course OF ms au-
,,,i,ist7ation He declares that he is not a''achis
,,ro,or,,- hut only seeking to right Wrohse' 60
while assailing what he again calls preda'o.s p
oa1t,, he asserts he is making no attack on Ia"
abiding property He sustains the acuoh =. |
-. ,.hi,t ionosed the s29 GD0 600 fine on the o'ahu
ard Oil Company and fined the Santa re nan -
zo1ori.,, that the attacks his course nave oeeii
in the interest of the Oil Trust and notorious > To-. ,
uo.a combinations In regard to the respohsloih'S
for the financial panic, he declares II was ho'
20 ,ba course of his administration, but says 'ha'
even if it were he would not stop In the coui sc '
hay lSn6
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
IN THE FOREIGN FIELD.

King Edward opened the session OIL lhe i'liOs"
Parliament in the course of the week with HIS GUS
tomary speech from the throne devoted 10 'ie
tonics which are of most lively interest in the re-
cent history OF Europe, such as the VISIT OF ms
nephew the Emperor of Germany; the death OF the
King of Sweden, the Russian convention, the
Hague peace conference. conditions in Macedonia
affairs in the Congo Free State and immigration
in Canada In a supplementary speech TO the
House of Commons he outlined the measures whtch
are expected TO ne acted on at the session IN reia-
,io7 10 the affairs of the United Kingdom. An
incident the session of the House of LORDS was
the effort Of an unrecognzed claimant to extinct
peerage to secure d seat from which Vlgilaht
official elected him. The demonstrations of the
advoca.es of wouen's suffrage also decidedly
in evidence The state of the health of the Prime
Minister Sir Henry Campbell -Bannernan. is such
that he was present at the opening or Parlia-
nent. Already the conduct of his government In
regard to the outrages Ireland has come in for
caustic criticism and comment The condition or
the unemployed in London has led John Burns the
labor' leader, 10 condemn ndiscrminate charity.
and he told how in a crowd seeking free soup he
had no difficulty in passing person in need,
desnite the fact that he dress. since he
had a bowler hat pulled down over his face.
In Germany the Emperor has celebrated his
arrival AT the age of forty ynine the age Of Pres-
dent Roosevelt Emperor William is planning
trip to the Mediterranean in March. and King Ed
ward expects to make like trip in April. King
Alfonso of Spain will probably visit Mexico next
summer and King Carlos of Portugal, if his coun-
try is in a of quiet at that time, will go to
Brazil some time this year.
Our batteships have reached their third stop
ping place their long voyage, having gone over
two thousand miles in eight days from Rio de
Janero Brazil. TO Punta Arenas SANDY Point.
Chill. This will be their only stop in that coun-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
kA FOR THE BUSY MAN.

try, as when they go out of Magellan Strait into
the Pacific they will go past Valparaiso, and not
stop until they have steamed three thousand miles
TO Callao, Peru. In the same way they passed by
the capital of Argentina despite the efforts to get
them to stop there. and the only Argentine wei
come was rendered by warships which sailed out
to meet the American fleet and speed them on
their way, although the welcome given at Buenos
Ayres to the torpedo boat fotilla shows the spirit
of the nation The of the battieshps are
now as far south OF the equator Labrador is
north of it, and they still of their start
Ing point. despite the fact that their ultimate des
tn;itiOn a he est NarH
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
VIEWS OF PRESIDENTS WORDS.

1.-The speech of Governor Hughes ou'hhlls i"o
views in regard to public affairs Is iesa
his rolitical platform for the coming cd'hpaiS.'
I'D b;s admirers see in il added reason for theh
enthusiastic support of his candidacy He SET lor''
sane and sensible attitude in regard 10 the a"eS
tions of moment heartily indorsing the course VI
the national administration. as he mas aohe i'ei
fore on the tariff question he. is IN laNof Vi d
,,o;.sior to consider revision. The attitude OF
tho Governor toward the restriction or the powers
of CORPORATIONS favors the sentencing or ocels u
terms of Imprisonment rather than the lmposltoh
Of fines which ultimately fall on innocent stoCh
bo,ders Mr. Hughes is inclined to regard the
,obts of the states in regulating internal matters
rather than to advocate sweeping federal control
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
HIS REPERTORY.

A Camden. y. J., recently reached the
clusion that his eighty ear-od boy is trihe too
bright.
tcrtainlrg number Of friends from Philadelphia
With funny story. This dessert Tie
SoUnSster thd been very quiet iEroughuu the
previous courses, but here lie the occa-
sion in fine style.
When the laughter induced hy his fathers
humor had ceased the boy, with fine affecss II on
Now, dad do tell the other one.- Harper's
Weekly
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
SCHEHERAZADE
NOW EMULATED.
1RT or STORY TELLING
IS REVIVED.
- -
Glasses for Learning and Ctubs for
Practising Narration Become
Popular.
By VI. W. Mount.

The evenings of Arabian Nights Entertainments
are with Us again. and the modern Scheherazade
NAV learn to charm her Schahriah with tales too
in the good oldtime fashion, 10 the Tightening OF
that knot which the famous Sultan was wont to
sever in a somewhat summary manner
The modern story teller is not the proouct OF II
renressible genius spurred to its utmost endeavor
by the wholesome fear of having stranguiauoi
casually put an nartistc termination 10 the taie
an, its narrator should either fail To Interest
Far from, IT. The truly up-to-date Scheneraza"e
has constructed her story in college, anu IL P"'
sesses every quality that a story ought 'o nav
Js material has been carefully selected from foiS
lore history fairy tales. fables, poems ana myths
q has been anaIyzed critically put together WIN
due regard to the atmosphere OF time country au
characteristics appropriate to the storS' anu y
iii ,.,, , correctness of dictior and niceness Oh
s,n o,cu,a+ed To satisfy the most fastidious OF
listeners. ---.,.x -,
A cult for reviviug the art or narra"o" ~
.nrun1 IN In New York, and among us oeNo ~
orc no,abIe men and women. including cohes
nres,dents and those distinguished IN the arr -. ~
sciences as well in other "aiNs oi ~ ~ 90
bore formed two social organizations. tne i'oiiu "
,rab,. and the story Telers' Club. Membership III
o,,bar ,resunnoses willingness to tell story "'
,b,t =. more TO the point and quite As 'iyime %
,nr Masonic Initiation could POSSIBLY oe . as =,
t,sten with a pleasant smile to tho criucisni VI
o,ber members upon the quality. styie u" - a.
,,r;ncn,es. and general worth OF that s'ofs a
is told 1t takes great courage oi !, ,r.h,e
us,,ns In become member of the Founo 49,
and glance mt its roster s"o"
principal qualification .. .-. ~;vfnx
Ga AZ the hest brains in the country arc e.e
u;o,s Thought 10 the kinds OF stories tha' , =,
.oyd tn the Young to the principles c"'s c"' -
t,.as W. the impressions they produce ana the
stvle of language in which they snouo '
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
TAUGHT IN COLLEGES.

story telling after q lapse OF centuries. "' o.
becone a fine art and is being treated as sa. o.,
oeoon1 =, ,.s,itut,o,s which maintain chairs Tor
Go. telling At Columbia University iof n
tarcs two classes are industriousy iearn'hs h
to tell good stories, and from what SOU ..,1,,
NAV he drawn while third class mas recenuy ,
been organized for the benefit OF tnose WHO "'U'N
bacon,e proficient in this gentle ART.
p.tos,;o,s, story tel,ers have been more ana
,cors in demand in recent years, TO ehaf" YIN
the vigor and vvacity of well INTERPRETERS .aie.
q little while this ever increasing &'"y vim ~
added the college trained teller OF narratives -
Add a delightful element to soc1aI NE
story telling was first taught in colleges IN oroer
hotter to equip the kindergarten and tne primary
teacher for their work. member Oh this Soi' "
.1ss .,udies the various forms of literature
+brougb which the life of humanity has expressed
t,s.,f i, the different stages OF its development.
To do effective story writing and story teiins-
for both are taught-the pupil must iesrn SOM
thing Of the scenes and people that existed IN he
times and countries in which the stores are isiu-
Practice work is provided for the student teacne.
In the kindergarten and two elementary schooi
grades where she tells her stories under the oo-
servance Of instructor.
More centuries ago than history takes cosnf1ance
of the professional story teller the bard ana tne
reotative dramatic poet were welcomed guests
under every roof in every nation
Who knows what songs the older Chaldee poets
sang: what tales the of ancient EeSpt toio,
what wonders we're narrated to the daughters OF
men" by the sons of God" in that ancient Nhi-
nese Empire whose inhabitants wore that ute oe
for. the Flood. rose up beyond it's outer barriers:
We know that the ancient poets had neea 10 oe
orators and oftentimes songsters as we'll; that 'he
stories of old were given living meaning IN the
Inns of their narrators. What has been may De,
saws some philosopher. Now that we have the cult
of story telling may not look for such exalted
recftatives as the Hebrew Scriptures anoro; for
such t-songstress she whom Homer CHAR
actertzsd thus: 20 violet crowned and sweetiy
singing Sappho" for some such tempestuous bard
as Oss,an or some modern Petrarch to sing his
sonnets beneath the windows Of his Iaura's New
at9
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

kelley secretary Of the Consumers League. an0
Miss Mary E. wooey. president OF Iount HoiyoS~
College
The Story TeIIers' Club. Of which Richard Wychs
is president is a somewhat less ambitious orsanf-
za.fon than The Round Table. although ambitious
to attain the ends, namely, the deve1opnient
of the story In narrative form
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

-Ths 1ystAndar.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Here stories of three who stand well.
did stand for many years, in the COM
munity in which they lived. An interesting
question is: Do they deserve to stand well.
or are they enemies Of the common welfare?
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-23
MCALISTFR AND
AVERY SLATED
FOR DISMISSAL
Handsome Sammy" Ordered to
Washington for Retirement
as Morally Unfit"
Captain Who Lost Himself Amid
City's Red Lights Chooses
to Quit Service
Misappropriation of Preside
Club Funds Will Cost OFF,
GER His Commission

On account of his disappearance
from his post last week Captain Sam
uel D. McAlister of the Thirty-eighth
company, coast artillery, stationed at
the Preside, has been ordered to
Washington, D. c., to go before the
retiring board on the plea of being
morally unfit for service in the
United States army"
Captain McAIster, known in social
and other circles as Handsome Sam
N.Y." has been before two court mar
tials already for similar offenses. On
each of these occasions he was let off
easily, his punishment being the drop
ping of a few files. Last week he again
disappeared, losing himself in the glare
of the red lights of the city, and even
his warmest supporters could do moth
ing for him. 1t was case of a third
court martial-or the retiring board.
And Captain McAlister chose the latter
With the big guns Handsome Sam
my" has been recognized as an excep-
tionally able officer. His greatest fault
has been penehant for forgetting that
the Preside existed and therefore be-
ing absent from duty. Mrs. McAlister
has left for New Orleans to visit her
parents pending the outcome of Nc
Alister's peccadillo
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-23
MAY BE A NEW RECORD
FOR WIRELESS MESSAGES
Flashes From the Coast Said to
Have Been Recorded in
Honolulu

HONOLULU, Sept. 22.-The local
wireless telegraph station reported at
500 o'clock this evening that a mes
sage evidently sent from some Pacific
coast point and to be delivered at the
Fairmont hotel, San Francisco. had
been caught by the receiving instru-
ments.
Local experts in wireless telegraphy
united last night in declaring that il
a message from the Pacific coast of
the United States had been picked I'm
in Honolulu a new record for wireless
transmission had been set. About two
months ago a claim was made that a
wireless dispatch from the Farallones
had been received in Honolulu, but this
was never officially verified
At the same time, no such MESA re
as that described was received here
yesterday. Neither the United wireless
the Pacific wireless. nor the govern
ment wireless telegraph stations in
San Francisco had any report yester-
day concerning message received for
the Fairmo ont hotel, nor did the Postal
or Western Union telegraph companies
handle such a message. At the Fair
mont hotel nothing was known Of any
wireless message received by a guest
during the day.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-23
DISCHARGE FOR AVERY
Finding of CourtmartiaI Awaits
Presidents Approval

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Captain
Avery Jr.. who was tried by
courtmartial at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, on the charge of misappropriat-
ing the Preside club funds, will, in all
probability, be discharged from the
United States army, this statement
having come from the highest authori-
ties. Nothing now remains but the
signature of the president sanctioning
the finding of the courtmartial.
Avery was accused of embezzling
$1,400 of the club funds and was sub
jected to a courtmartial 1t was at
first given out that this court had
whitewashed him and that a second
courtmartial for the embezzlement Of
$1,000 from the funds of the Tenth
coast artillery had taken similar
stand. Latterly, however, it developed
that Captain Avery had been found
guilty and the papers of the courtmar-
tial sent to Washington.
1t was at first thought in army cir
cles in Washington that Captain Avery
would be imprisoned, but it is now gen
orally understood that his sentence
will take the form of a discharge with
out Imprisonment. Mrs Avery is now
in the east visiting her relatives
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-23
NED GREENWAY'S
SCfPT[R COVETED
Mrs. Charles @. Alexander Orr
ganizes CotiIIon That Includes
Society Leaders List

Really, 1t is too bad, When all So
ciety asks is to be amused; to be saved
worry and effort; to have Mr.. Greenway
arrange things and decide dates and
manage everything as he always has;
then to have another society leader
boldly enter the social field and to have
a suggestion of unpleasantness already
enter the affair and to be threatened
with an actual break in the social
ranks-really, it is too bad!
1t has all happened so quietly, too.
Why. for years people have been say
ing that some day-oh, years from now,
some one might reach for the social
scepter that the genial leader has
welded for so long, but when Mrs.
Charles O.. Alexander issued innocent
looking little invitations for series
of cotillons a week ago no one dreamed
that the writing was on the wall.
But since then the storm has been
slowly rising until now the topic is the
talk of the smart clubs and of the fash
ionable lunchrooms. Because there are
two sides to the question, and when
there are people always take one side
or the other.
"The 400 people who will attend my
dances are the ones that belong to what
is known as the Greenway set" said
Mrs. Alexander yesterday. "At first 1
intended to have only the younger girls
and boys, but the thing has grown so
that 1t embraces about the same crowd
of people. But / don't see why that
should make Mr.. Greenway angry, as
1 understand it has made him. 1 would
much rather consider my dances as
supplementary to his than as opposed"
The social leader later in the evening
expressed himself as entirely unwilling
to consider the two cotillons as at all
connected.
Il never saw Mrs. Alexander" said
Mr. Greenway, nor do I know any
thing of her plans for these dances. 1
shall carry out my winter plans quite
without reference to what other people
may think or do.
Mrs. Alexander is sister of Mrs.
Mountford Wilson and mother of Miss
Harriet Alexander one of the years
debutantes. With her son and daugh-
ter she has been occupying the Wilson
house for some months.