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New-York tribune., 1908-01-08

system, in its repair shops. on its branch hnes
and in its central offices should he put by
Congress on the same level as the small NIL
nority actually engaged in conducting inter-
state traffic Justice White concludes thae
the statute while it embraces both subjects
within the constitutional power of Congress
and subjects beyond that power, is non-eh-
forceabIe only because 1T so interblends tnoSe
subjects that separation becomes impractcabie.
II does not follow that an act drawn more
skilf,llly and making distinctions between dlt-
ferent croups aud classes of employees. would
not he approved by the Supreme Court. Four
of the iustices-Messrs. Harlan, Mckenna,
Holmes and Moody-held that the act oil i.oo
was valid either in whole or in part, and JUS
tice White has indicated his belief that IL
could be redrawn in such a way as to be valid
Apparently only three justces-Messrs- fuiiet'
Peckham and Brewer-think that any such
rar1,lation as Congress attempted is repugnant
to the Constitution and voidable as departure
from strict construction theory.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CoNGRESS-Senate: The emergency cur
rency bill was introduced by Mr.. Aldrich: ad-
House: MI. Bennet. Of New York, introduced
bill approprattng s550,000 for improvements at
Ellis Island: Mr.. Gill; Of Maryland. introduced
& resolution asking for all official papers bear
ing the recent naval controversy
DOMESTIC The Prohbitionists sent
organized party of workers TO Washington 10
urge national legislation - The second sec
tion Of the Collver special on the Southern
Railway was wrecked between Hiram and Dallas
Ga and some twenty persons were injured, two
pointed Edward s. Clinch, of New York. CON-
missioner 10 hear the testimony on the charges
brought by the Independence League against
william Leary. Superintendent of Elections in
Metropolitan District - 1t
nounced Albany that Assemblyman Hart
would introduce anti-racetrack betting bills to-
day imposing minimum penalty of six months
Imprisonment - James H Higgins was in
augurated Governor of the State Of Rhode Island
for the second time at Providence - One
burned death and 100 others had
narrow escapes when a Salvation Army lodging
house burned at Worcester. Mass = The
t5renock Inn. at Lee Mass, a well known Berk-
shire hotel. was burned, with a loss Of $4,000
FOREIGN-The Mount Royal steamed into
Queenstown Harbor after rough trip, which
forced her TO seek port after trouble with her
boilers: all on board are well - The Russian
imperial family celebrated Christmas quietly;
the Emperor thanked the guards and CosSacks
at Tsarskoe-Selo for their service: the health
Of the Empress is reported improved =
Ctlilian villagers between Santiago and Nalpa-
ratso attacked German pleasure party, mis-
taking il for band of outlaws; OF the Ger
killed and five wounded, in
Guiding a naturalized American - Count
okuma issued a denial Of the report that in a
speech at Kobe he had urged the natives Of
India to rise against British rule.
CITY-Stocks declined after early advance
- F Augustus HeinZe arrested
indictment charging him with GENERALIZATION
- Three Thaw jurors were sworn and four
more were accepted professionally. - Bishop
Worthington died in France. - In letter
written before committing suicide H. Grey
Duberly bitterly reproached Earl Grey, Governor
General OF Canada, for not granting him some
favor - II was learned that the diamond
business was now in state of Stagnation. -
Two floors OF a new house collapsed, killing
man, injuring seriously five others and probably
burying alive two who are missing. - Theo-
dore Whitmore was arraigned in court and held
without bail for the murder of his wife. -
Samuel Fessenden. of Connecticut, died -
1t was thought probable that by the end Of the
week Mutual Reserve officials would be fighting
for the company's existence
THE WEATHER-Indicatons for to-day:
Rain The temperature yesterday:
Highest, As degrees: lowest 2S-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
FEAR.
judgment

-Four years ago Christian Henry resident
of Brooklyn, was bitten by a dog. The dog
never displayed the faintest symptoms of mad
ness according to the reports, nor did Henry's
wound give him any local pain or trouble. But
he died apparently of hydrophobia last Friday
night and an investigation discloses the inter
esting fact that for four years the unfortunate
man had been constantly worrying over the
possibility of rabies from the old, long healed
wound Was this case of auto suggestion? :?
1t would be unsafe to say positively.
There are three possible explanations of the
incident One is that baclli introduced into the
victims system when he bitten remained
dormant or required a certain long period of
development. such the bacillus OF eprosy is
now supposed to require. The second possibil-
ity is that the original infection may have been
slight that Henry's blood corpuscles could
have overcome the murderous micrU-organisms
had his constant fear of hydrophobia NOT low
cred his general vitality rnd hence his power of
resisting bacterial invaders. Or. finally there
may have been absolutely infection from
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF CURRENCY.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings issue you quote WITH az
prevail President Garheld's statement that NO
currency meet the wants OF this country that
is not founded business Here is something
else he said which is equally true:
There never did exist this earth body CT
men wise enough TO determine by any arbitrary
rule how much currency is needed for the business
of a great country
We ought to bear this in mind at the present
time. when 1t is proposed to cloths the Controller
OF the Currency. the Treasurer OF the United
States and the Secretary OF the Treasury with au'
thority determine whether such emergency
exists would justify the issue OF additional
bank circulation.
Were banknote issues based upon CONNER
cial paper. with a safety fund. gold reserve and
IL proper system OF redemption provided
for. business transactions themselves would infal-
hbly regulate the supply OF banknotes- The de-
mand for currency expresses itself through the
banks just the demand for meat Is expressed
through the butcher shops.
Let us also bear in mind. especially in a country
OF such vast extent ours. that the granting OF
bank credits-whether in the form OF banknotes
or otherwise-can be regulated most efficiently BY
bankers who know their clients BY dealing with
them face face.
ELMER FL NOUNGAAN
Editor Bankers Magazine"
New fork,-Ian. !. l9os
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
THE pAN-AMERICAN RAILROAD.

The convention Of the Central American
states for the development of transportation
lines among them is one Of the most interesting
and most practically promising on all the elghr
treaties recently made by them for the con-
firmation Of peace and the promotion of national
unity, since it is q step toward the realization
Of the long cherished project OF Pan-Amerlcan
railroad, extending unbroken from the United
States to Patagonia and connecting this coun-
try, Mexico the Central American states and
the chief countries of South America by rail.
In its early days our Pacific railroad was the
longest in the world, but it has been surpassed
hv the Canadian transccrtnental system, and
still more by the Siberian line while the rapid
progress which is being made on Cecil Rhodes
Cane to Cairo route bids fair presently to
provide the world with another long railroad,
the first of great length running north and
south. 1t now rests with the various govern
nnents of the American continents to complete
here a system which shall be second to none In
extent and Importance and which SHALL indeed.
be the longest north and south railroad In the
world.
The ultimate achievement will perhaps be
railroad from Alaska to Patagonia, but at pres
.nt the practical aim is one from the United
States to Chill and Argentina, so that through
train might be run from New York to Buenos
already in existence, and the gaps to be filled.
which are altogether in Central America and
the northwestern states of South America, are
shorter than most persons probably realize. At
the south there two lines, one from Buen0s
Ayres on the Atlantic littoral and one from
Puerto Montt, on the Pacific, in latitude AZ de-
grees south, extending practically unbroken
northward TO Cuzco Peru, in latitude 13 degrees
south. At the north the system is complete from
New York and all points in the United States
through Mexico TO Guatemala and across the
latter country from the Pacific Coast to the
Caribbean. A short link would connect it with
a line now running across Honduras from the
Caribbean to the Salvador frontier and the Gulf
of Fonseca on the Pacific. But from Honduras
to Peru there is a great gap remaining to be
filed much of it in difficult places.
Much light on the Central American part of
the problem is provided in paper prepared by
Mr.. Theodore Paschke and presented by the
Costa Rican delegates to the recent Central
American conference i'm Washington, where, we
may assume, it vas largely instrumental in ef-
fecting the adoption of the communications con-
vention to which we have referred. Mr..
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08

Paschke who was the chief constructor OF the
railroads of Guatemala ana Costa Rica. points
out that to complete railroad from the Mex
lean line to the city of Panama by the most
direct route it would be necessary TO build Sbf
miles In Guatemala, 1868 miles in Salvador
III miles In Honduras 1868 miles In Nlca-
raylIa 36O miles in Costa Rica and .34 miles
ia Panama, total of 1,12o.o miles Ihe esu-
mated cost varies greatly from S12,3S6 Il mile
in Guatemala TO S51124 mile In Honduras
the average being S1S467 mile and the total
cost of the system 2O,7S4,2 ,2S5. That would
give us an unbroken route of more than five
thousand miles from New York TO Panama
Thence there would be another long and diff
cult gap to f1l through the eastern part Oh
Panama Colombia. Ecuador and Peru where
now only few miles exist in short. scattered
stretches
Mr.. Paschke dweIt briefly but eloqyently upon
the benefits both commercial and political
which would accrue from the construction or
such a highway of communication ana trans
nortation. These are too great to be ignored.
Their appeal is strong and direct. both to pub-
lie and to private interests This the Cen
trail American states recognize, and they are
even now taking steps toward the performance
Of their mart of the task. 1t may be problemaec
whether they are able at present to do 1T with
ont external aid but it may be expected tnat
the action which they have taken for the assur-
ance of peace order and integrity will make 1t
not difficult for them to secure such assistance
as they may need. AS for the South American
part of the work. there is hope for it in the I'M
proved condition of Colombia and the better
ment of relations between Peru and chill
About thirty y-eight hundred miles OF new roau
will be needed between Mexico and Peru. But
when Z is provided there will be direct railroad
connection among all the states of North, Cen
tral and South America, with the exceptions of
Venezuela and the three Guianas. AS ma
terfal corollary to the Monroe Doctrine nothing
could be more logical than that
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
WEDDINGS.

Miss NJ. Adelaide Gould. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Elgin R l.. Gould, married yesterday
afternoon In St Bartholomews Church to Charles
Ingram, Of Baltimore. The bride, who given
away by her father wore a gown Of white satin.
made with a court train and trimmed with point
lace. and used her mothers point lace veil, fast
ened with orange blossoms. Her bouquet consisted
OF lilies-of-She-vaey. Mrs. Lyttleton r. Purnell.
Of Baltimore, was the matron OF honor. Her En-
pre gown of yellow chiffon trimmed with
satin, with which she wore a white lace hat with
yellow plumes and carried orchids. Miss
Florence Ingram and Miss Carrie Warfeld, of Bal
timore: Miss Gertrude Tower. of Boston; Miss
HERNIA Let's, OF Evanston, Ill., and Miss Helen
Moffett and Miss Dorothy Worral of this city,
the bridesmaids They were dressed alike in En-
pre gowns of yellow chiffon with white lace hats
trimmed with yellow roses. and carried bouquets of
the flowers James Ingram was his brothers
best man. and the ushers included E Mulford
Crutchfeld. of Richmond, Va: AIvar OfRrien who
took the place Of r. II. Crimes I.yttleton & Pur-
nell. John Hurst Purnell. W. j. Clarke Dulany and
Clarke Matthai. of Baltimore.
The ceremony was performed by Bishop David
H Greer. assisted by the rector the Rev DR.
Leighton Parks and afterward there was a recep-
ton at the home of the brides parents, No. 81
West SD street. Mr.. and Mrs Ingram after a
Albany JAN Miss katherine Buckley. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Josephine Buckley, of this city. was
married here to-day to Edward IL Hawke
jr.. formerly assistant corporation counsel and a
member of the bar OF New York CITY The Right
Rev T. M. A. Burke. Catholic Bishop OF Albany
oficiated. The bride given away by her broth
er, William III. Buckley, of this city The bride
groom was attended by Judge Edward F. Swan of
New York. and the bride by Miss Frances A
Hawke. daughter of the bridegroom and by Miss
Mary A Brown. of New York Mr and Mrx
Hawks willivs In SSsulXos<Ciks
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
NATION TO SAVE OLD JACKSON HOME.
Bill introduced in the House in Accordance
with Presidents Message.
from -ThA Trihuna Bureau. l

TFrom The Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-After a conference with the
President this morning, Representative John Wes-
ley Gaines of Tennessee, completed the draft OF
a bill which he will introduce tomorrow, asking
that sufficient appropriation be made to maintain
The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's old home, IN
suitable condition The bill provides that 800
be appropriated three years to the Ladies Her
mitage Association for this purpose, and that
81 600 be appropriated each year thereafter
The proper care Of The Hermitage was one or
the recommendations made to Congress by the
President In his last annual message He told Rep
resentative Gaines this morning that he was de-
cdedly in favor of the bill and gratited that
his suggestion should meet with the approval or
Tennesseeans. He also told the representative that
he considered his speech delivered at The Her
mitags on Jackson the best of all his Presl-
dental speeches. because the subject was such an
elevating one.
Representative Gaines expects opposition to
the bill, saying that it is not at all "a partisan
measure but one that will appeal to the patriot
ism of all the members.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
A TARIFF COMMISSION.

Senator Beveridge's bill providing for the ap-
pointment of q tariff commission deserves seri-
GUS consideration. Its details may need 10 De
altered for il is not clear that permanent
commission. established as a bureau Of the De-
nartment of Commerce and Labor, would secure
as good results as would special commission
chosen to consider the needs OF g particular slI-
uaton permanent bureau. with nve meil-
hers at salaries of $4,000 apiece might degen-
crate into perfunctory, humdrum board OF In
ouirv. duplicating the work Of other govern
mental bureaus 1t might be better to select a
commission to perform a single prescribed duty
and to pick out men for the work of class not
to be greatly tempted by an offer or S0,oOo
wear for a six years term of employment
But the general idea of paving the way Tor
tariff revision by the creation of an investigating
commission is eminently sound 1t is probapie
that Congress will undertake to revise the Dlns-
Icy schedules at a special session called In the
sprng of 1909. The chances of an 1ntelllgenC
and equitable readjustment of rates would De
greatly improved by thoroughgoing inquiry
into the workings of the old schedules and
presentation of the changes which have taken
place in industry and commerce In the last
decade Conditions have greatly altered and
tho role of the United States manufactur-
ing and trading nation is vastly different now
from what it was when the Dingey act was
passed in 1897. Congress needs information on
which to act and the country would welcome
the report of a competent, non-parusan tariff
board
Despite occasional efforts to revive the Old
sectional and partisan agitation of twenty years
ago, the country has steadily set its face against
treatment of the tariff as factional or sec
tional question. The great mass OF fmerlcans
in every section want to see the protective sys-
b,,tfh nrltecttOn
eouitablv and intelligently, SO as to bring the
greatest good to the greatest number. 1t is
foolish to try to treat free trade and protection
as mere party cries sectional fetches The
country seems convinced that the Dingley tariff
should be succeeded by a tariff adapted TO new
conditions. Before legislation is attempted 1t
would be we'll to have that general conviction
confirmed and fortified by an array of inform
ing and indisputable facts
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
MONUMENT TO BENNINGTON DEAD.
Sailors Killed in Explosion Honored IN Ma
tional Cemetery at San Diego.

San Diego Cal. Jan. TN the presence OF tho'f-
sands including the officers and sailors OF the
Pacific squadron and citizens OF San Diego ana
other cities. the memorial monument TO the Ben
uington dead was unveiled az the National Gene
tery on top of Point Iona. this afternoon Ihe
plain shaft within the plot where are buried
most of those who lost their lives in the explo-
sion on the gunboat July q. 1903. and Is composed
Of seventy-four slabs of San Diego County granite
roughly dressed and towering 80 feet above the con-
crete base capped by pyramid OF polished granite
The principal speech made by Admiral Good
rich commandant OF the navy yard, who was COM
mander of the Pa>ifc squadron at the time of the
accident An address made by Colonel r v
Dodge president of the Bennington Memorial As
sociation and closing address and benediction
were delivered by Bishop Johnson
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
NEW YORK SOCIETY

In spite Of the inclement weather there was Isrzs
attendance at the OF the Junior Cotilon last
night at Sherry s, for which the entire large bali
room suite used Mrs Arthur Murray Dodge
and several other of the patronesses received the
guests many of whom came from dinners which
Mrs Frederick W Whitridse. Mrs Augustus
Heckscher and Mrs Edward Landon had given IN
connection with the affair Stowe Phelps led the
cotiIlon dancing with Miss Eleanor Mortimer
Among the patronesses of the Junior Cotilons tnis
winter in addition Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge.
are Mrs John Borland. Mrs J. West Roosevelt
Mrs J. Hood Wright. Mrs. Edward II. Wales. Mrs
Reginald W. Rives and Mrs John Z Alexandre-
Members Of the Amateur Concert Club. which in
cIudes Mrs John Henry Hammond. Miss Beatr1cs
and Miss Constance Pratt Mrs W. b. Ossooo
Field Miss Eleanor Alexander. Mrs H w Nc
vfcxar and Mrs. II. Mason Rabors. visited the
Fowery Mission last night and sang and played
for the entertainments OF the frequenters OF the
mission Dave Hennen Morris. Miss Gladys Hnce
and Miss Marie Keickhoefer played a trio for
violin and cello; Lawrence Butler. son Of Mrs
Prescott Hall Butler; Miss Dorothy Innes and Mrs
E. Berry Wall. sang Miss Mary Gaylord played the
harp. and there recitations by Miss Corneiia
Barnes and Evert Jansen Wendell
H. .,a Mrs " Seward Webb have returned
town from Shelburne. their place IN Vermont.
where they spent the Christmas and New Year
holidays.
Mortimer by Mrs Lucius K Wilrnerding, by Mrs
Ogden Mills and by Mrs. Warren c. Beach
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish has issued Invitations for
dinner on January q at her home. IN East 18TH
street
Mrs Hermann OeIrichs has left town. and IS no"
in San Francisco
Mrs Frederick Pearson gave a luncheon yester-
dav at her home, IN West 57th street
Mrs Charles H Marshall will give a large theatre
nartv this evening for her daughter, Miss Evelyn
Marshall a debutante of the season A supper WI
follow at Sherry's-
Mrs Frederic ]. de Peyster will give a dinner at
her home in East s6th street, on January 3
Miss Caroline DeIaho. who has been III with
ryphoid fever at the Washington Square house o.
her father. Eugene DeIano is nov on the road to
recovery
Mr. and Mrs Giraud Foster left town yesterday
for the South
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
AT THE VICE-PRESiDENTS.
(From The Tribune Bureau-i

tFron The Tribune Bureau
Washington, JAM 7-Vice-President ana MIS-.
Fairbanks gave their annual dinner in honor OF
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at their h street
residence tonight. Invited to meet them were
Associate Justice and Mrs. Harlan, Associate jus
tce and Mrs. Day, Senator and Mrs. Elkins. SEN
ator and Mrs. Beveridge, Senator and Mrs carter
Senator and Miss Hemenway, Senator and MIS-
Frazier Rear Admiral and Mrs William Shefleld
Cowles, the former Ambassador to Austrla-fiun-
gary and Mrs Addison c. Harris; Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Nelson PAGE Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Curtis Mr. and Mrs Charles Major, Mr.. and Mrs.
James r. Mckee, Mrs Mark Hanna, Mrs Rich
ard III. Townsend, Miss Boardman. Mrs John TIM
mons. DR.. Bristol, Colonel j. J. McCook, George
Adee and Clarence Douglas
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau-I


Washington JAN 7.-Brigadier General and Mrs
Clarence p Edwards were hosts at a dinner to-
night complimentary TO Miss Gertrude Claggett
and Paynlaster Edmund W. Bonnaffon, u s. NJ.
whose marriage will take place in this city on
Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Mckim gave a musical
TO two hundred guests at their 18th street home
tonight
Occupying boxes at the Boston Symphony this
afternoon besides Mrs Roosevelt and Baroness
Won Sternburg were Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs.
c. A Williams and Mrs Herbert Parsons. eacn
with a party. Othes present included the Secre-
tary of the Interior and Mrs James r Garfield
the Secretary Of Commerce and Labor and Mrs
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

lSy Telegraph 70 The Tribunal
Newport, r. L, Jan Edwin d. Morgan. wos
has been here TO inspect his estate started
for New York tonight
Henry F. Eldridge. after a few days visit, has
returned to New York
William Watts Sherman. who is member cf
the Newport City Council. was here on Monday 70
attend the, inauguration exercises. He returned 10
New York to-day.
Miss Mary Appleton and Miss Frances Skinner
who have been visiting cottagers here. have re-
turned TO New York
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
FUNERAL OF THE REV. DR. STAFFORD.

Washington. jan THE funeral OF the Rev
Dr. d. ]. Stafford. for many years pastor OF s..
Patrick's Church In this city. held in that
edifce to-day The burial at Mount OliEst
Cemetery. Vice-President Fairbanks, Speaker
Cannon, many Senators and Representatives. Jus
tices Of the Supreme Court OF the United States
and the Supreme Court OF the District OF Colum-
bia, Cardinal Gibbons. SIonsignor E'alcorio and
many others notable IN the Catholic Church ard
in other religious fields were among those present
President Roosevelt sent wreath OF carnations
and HIes-of-the-val1sy from the White House
conservatory
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Buresul

From
Washington Jan. THE President rec'Ns' ."
number of social and business callers To-Day oe
fore the Cabinet meeting, which convened at IL
a m and adjourned at L p m Among the caiers
were Senators Carter Clapp, Daniel bourne r"es
and Hemenway Representatives Hayes. Kahn and
Tackett. Charles A. Prouty, Interstate Commerce
Commissioner; Admiral Cowles, United States Mar
shai Abernethey. of Oklahoma and Robert Bacon
Assistant Secretary of State.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee. came to con-
suit the President about bill he has prepared for
governmental support of the Hermitage. President
Jackson's home and tomb, Nashville.
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