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New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
II. B. PLANTS WIDOW DIES
Nrs. Robert GraUes Contested VII
Of Her First Husband.

Mrs. Margaret J. Graves. wife of Robert Graves
wall paper manufacture. and widow Of
Henry 4. Plant. a prominent steamship man. died
Yesterday at her home. No West 5lst street, from
sclcrosis Of the arteries OF the brain She was
sixt y-four years old Mrs Graves taken I'll
about two years go while abroad. She was hurried
home from Paris and spent several months In St
Luke Hospital
She Margaret L0uEhman when she vas mar
ried Henry r. Plant He died iu 1895, and a long
fight over his viii ensued. In 1902 his widow pre-
sented the Margaret J. Plant pavilion to ST Luke's
\ year later she married 10 Mr. Graves She
leaves her husband and two nephews. Funeral ser
vices will be held At her home Wednesday morn
ing, and her body will be buried in Woodlawn.
1t Is estimated that when Henry T. Plant died
he left fortune Of more than f2f.0oogo. out OF
which he left his wife only 10000 year. with a
similar allowance for his son. Mrs. Plant contested
this Viii. and after many years litigation she sue
creded in obtaining about one-third Of tile total
amount. In this she opposed by her son, Nor
ton = Plant.
Although Mrs Plant Roman Catholic. she
did not Conhuc her charities. which were various.
any particular denomination. One of he~ special
lesscies was tho establishment of free beds for
uniformed members or the Fire Department in the
New York Hudson Street and Presbyterian hos
pitals.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
IN THE BERKSHlRES.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune


Lenox MAY 30 Hundreds of sutomobilists
entered the Bsrkshires to-day from nil sides -
enjoy the excellent state highways. and tho hotels
have SLED up with their advent. Teuox PITTS
field and Stockhridge are tho tourists headquar-
ters Nearly all viii remain Tor the holiday to-
morrow and the balloon race from the littsAcd
Aero Park
Mr. and Mrs J. Nelson BorIand are spending tn,
holiday With Mrs George Griswoid Haven. at
Sunnycroft
Mrs. Alexander J. Mcclure and Miss Juliana cut
ting arrived to-day by automobile from Albany
Air and Mrs $ Parkman Shaw. ir, Of Boston.
are with Mr.. and Mrs S =. Shaw. at Redwood.
Among the arrivals a. the hotel are Mrs. George
H. Morgan. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Greenleaf Sykes. Miss
Helen N. Oicot;. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward 2. Fields
and Nj. and Mrs. Charles II. Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter drove their auto
mobile up from Noroton, Conn. TO the Stokes villa.
on Lake Mahkeenac.
Philip NJ. Lydig is a guest Of Frank K sturgs
At CIipston Grange. before sailing for Europe.
where he viii spend the summer,
Mr.. Robert Woodwork is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Thatcher NJ. Adams
chester G Burden is spending the holiday wan
his mother. Mrs. Joseph ". Burden. at Under
ledge
Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Loriilard and Louis /.
Lorinard, jr. are at the Red Lion Inn in Stock
bridge.
Arthur G. sedgwck. who has arrived with his
daughter. Miss Susan Sedgwick, will occupy Miss
Virginia Buffers villa for the early season Miss
Butler Is spending the early season III new lbIh
Mr. and Mrs Howard Van Sinderen guests
Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas $ Southworth at the
lngerson cottage in Stockbridge.
Mrs II. NJ. Schieffelin Will arrive at the hotel
tomorrow for the early summer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A Manice who have been
en- owing tour in the Berkshires departed to-day
for New York
Mr. and Mrs. L. \. Morgan, Miss Robbins Of
New York: NJ. G. Humstone and Mr. and Mrs. n
q. Pratt. OF Brooklyn. are at the Maplewood, in
Pittsfed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Westinghouse, jr-, are en-
tertaining Miss Julia Colby. To-day they d<ove
their car to Cheshire Harbor and made hvemile
climb of Greyiock Mountain foot.
FIihu Root jr., MIR. and Mrs. Eben Stevens Mrs
y g Riggs g. II. Crane and H. y. Morgan. ~
New York are the Red Lion Inn, in Stockbridge
Mrs John Swami entertained at luncheon to-day
for Miss Susan Sedgwick and Dir. Arthur G. Swami
who are 10 married In St Pau's Church in
JuIv Dr. Swami is ahle to drive about Stockbridge
each day and is rapidly recovering from recent
operation.
Nr and Mrs Harry W. McNickar. Joseph +
stevens. Frederick II. Belts and Mr- and Mrs. ROD
ert II Wilson at Hotel Curtis.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
WHAT Is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission 80 the Of Natural HIS
tory.
Review OF main Memorial Day parade by Mayor Nc.
Clellsn. Soldiers and Sailors Monument. f'l'eisl17
and STth street morning
Memorial exercises Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Riverside Park following main parade
Memorial the unknown dead in Poters Field
Bovery Mission. No. 81 Bowery. 8 a m
Meeting ~ the Association American Railway Ac
counting Officers Hotel Astor- 10 a
Annual wokhorse parade OF the Society for the Freve
tion Of cruelty 10 Animals. worth Monument, Mdui-
son Square. 1890 a m
Memorial exercises United IrshAuerican Soce-
ries churchyard Pauls Chapel, Broadway and
street noon
Parade of the unemployed Centre and Duane
I D.
Letter carriers. parade City HaH $50
Address bv Governor Hughes at services ot the l.
Grant No. 81. q. A. r, Grants IoIno : D m
Conference Of the Union Theological Seminary An
Efficient Ministry Adams Chapel. No. 700 Park ave
nue. 230 D
Annual meeting Whitman Fellowship Hotel
Brsvoort. 3 p. m
Lambs. Garnbo for the Actors Fund Met
ropoIitan opera House. evening
Omen air performance twelfth Night the Coburn
PLAYERS New York University. evening
,lerral exercises Army OF the Republic
Carnegie Hail. 2
Commencement exercises the New York Medical col
iege Hospital FOR Women. Wa'dorf-Astorla, $40
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
HUGHES TO SEE HISTORIC PAGEANT
Governor and Many Prominent Guests VIII
Attend State Performance.

Governor Hughes and his stan will attend the
state performance OF the Westchester County ms
tor!cai pageant IT Brnnxville this afternoon. Inc
Governors party will he met at Grants tomo a''''
his address the New York veterans by members
of = Rronxvue reception committee with four auto
mobiles. ,,.
Al the Westchester County line mounted heIa'uS
will escort the Governor with a blare OF trunPf's
10 the paeeaut grounds. He will be accompah'tH
to the pageant grounds by Colonel George 'uI IDS
rroadDeu his military secretary. and BTigadler
General Nelson 4. Henry
Others who will attend the state performance AT
the Colonial Danes ef the State OF New h"'N'
daughters Of the American Revolution. 6rohN
Chapter: Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke. Genera lioI9'7
Porter. Joseph H. Choate, Andrew Carnegie, Sn-
rror,e court Justices Keogh and Mills and the
1,,-ors Of all the towns in Westchester FOLLOW
in- the performance Governor Hughes ana 'o'N
guests will he entertained at dinner at the i'o'"e
of Arthur Lawrence. IN Lawrence Park
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
wooLF PICTURE FOR CITY COLLEGE.
Graduates Raised Fund to Present PORTRAIT OF
Veteran Drawing Instructor.

Thousands Of graduates Of the College Of 'he
,-i., Of New York have cubbed together TO pre-
sent 10 the college June Il portrait OF ITO
f,ssor Solomon WooIf who taught drawing IN me
institution from 1859 1902
The portrait was executed by Professor No"l :
r-aFevr Samuel J. Woolf. who was student "'
drawing in City College under his uncle Inc
,ictfre was hung in the recent exhibit or th'
National Academy Of Design Mr No'h mas
nainted portraits of Mark Twain, President Joih
II. Finley and others
The collection OF funds made by = commit
Tee OF which Edward LaUterbach is chairman ana
Frederick ". Sperling secretary and treasure
Among the others the committee are justice
Vernon NJ. Davis. Bashford Dean, David LeVen-
tritt AIdck NJ Man Bernard Naumberg William
NJ * Olcott Ernest NJ. Perrin. Ira Remsen, Ed
ward NJ Shepard. Samuel Schulman. H E IRE
main and Barlow : Weeks.
Professor Wooit born in Mobile, Ala. jan
uarv s. 1871 lie attended the New York public
schools and in 1854 entered the Free Academy, as
CITY College was then called. He graduated
in 1873 with the degree of bachelor Of arts In 1851
he was given the degree Of master OF erts, and in
1876 was elected professor OF drawing. descriptive
geometry and aesthetics. Al his own request he was
retired on December !. 1902. with the title Of FRO
fessor emeritus.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
URTU TALKS ON PEACE.
Praises annapolis Academy-His
Social ENGAGEMENTS.

Washington Nav 3o-Vice- Admiral Baron Soto
kicm Uriu. OF the japanese navy, and Baroness
Uriu returned to Washington this morning from
Annapolis. The admiral found a huge stack OF ir-
vitatOns awaiting him. ard spent nearly all or the
morning reading them and debating replies II Is
impossible for him. with the limited time at his as
posal. 10 accept the hospitality of more than fe"
Wa hingtonans
Lieutenant Colonel Haines entertained the sd-
mral and the baroness at luncheon informally TO-
day. and this evening they were the guests OF the
japanese Ambassador and the Baroness Takshira
Yesterday spent some of the happest moments
OF my life said Admiral Uriu to-day FOR again
stepped within the precincts of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis. to which much of the train
ing that has been of the most inestimable service
to me in my career. How beautifully it has grown
IN the years which have elapsed, 1t IS one Of tFe
greatest institutions for the training of officers in
the world
You ask of I speak only for peace I am
mere as visitor, and / will not speak on such
SUBJECTS Peace, peace, and plenty L see around
me, and Of that Will always talk.
why should not this great nation have all Of
that and more? II has abundant resources, it has
10 be among you, for 1 love this great nation Of
the west"
On Monday, after a visit 10 the Japanese Am
oassador. Admiral Criu will be the guest of honor
~ luncheon given for him by the Secretary Of
the Navy. at which he viii meet many Of the most
prominent men I'm official circles IN washington.
In the evening the baron and the baroness will
b7 the guests of honor at a reception given BY Mr..
and Mrs John Wingate Weeks at their home IN
New Hampshire avenue, for which several hundred
invitations have been issued
on Monday night Admiral J-riu will leave for
New York City 20 attend the dinner to be given
in hts honor by the Japan Society Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31

especially the imperial carriage was always
driven at tearing EaIIop, almost surrounded by
escort of Cossacks
1t was this dummr that took the place Of the
Emperor his daily drives. and II was this
dummy that received fair in the breast the bullet
Of the pistol fred by Nihilist would-be assassin
Solovieff- An inch lower down and il would have
smashed and stopped the mechanism AS 1t was,
the dummy continued TO bow and salute. just IL
nothing had happened. and Reuters correspondent
in describing the affair for the foreign press over
the wires that evening wrote as follows:
Luckily the Emperor. who was accompanied. as
usual. by Count Adlerberg, was untouched. As so
often happens in such cases. the assassin. doubt
The remarkable thing was the GOODNESS and courage
dispIayed by his majesty So far from evncing
tho slightest alarm, he continued to salute the
crowd on either side smiling though nothing at
all had hapuened Later in the afternoon, when
the news of the attempt on his life had spread, a
vast crowd of people collected in front OF the
Winter Palace. and the Gar in answer TO their
continuous cheers at length appeared on the bal
cony and bowed repeatedly.
OF course il was the Emperor in flesh ani blood
who appeared on the balcony The only sufferer
therefore in this whole affair was the would-be
assassin For not only did ne get credit for
his roolness and courage and for the excellence
Of his aim, but he suffered death on the SalloWs
for having after all. done nothing worse thah
shoot at a dummy. although, of course. he IN
tended to shoot the Gar. But II would nave oeeh
impossihIe 10 let him off without revealing 'he
whole truth Skepticism regarding TINS story VIII
ha car n rest h, the discovery of the dummies Of
ex-Sutan Abdul Hsmtd and of the ingenious USE
TO which he applied them
AfAPOJ-ISE DE FONTENOA.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
THE WEATHER REPORT.

OF1ciaI Record and Forecsst.-Vssri1st MAY so
a rain area attending the disturbance hay 81
vsnced steadily eastward rains have fallen in the as
tvsn,-four hours in the the Ohio VALLEY
the lake region Mississippi and Missouri valleys
Fair weather continued during the lest ventyfour hours
, the middle Atlantic Atlantic the
trere upper Ohio Valley. Western York the plains
states except North Dakota South Dakota the Rocky
Mountain and plateau regions There were thunder
storms on Sunday Gulf Tennessee the Ohio
Valley and the upper Mississippi Valley Heavy ioca'
rains occurred Gulf The temperature has
Increased somewhat in the northeastern states the
plateau region the Pacific Coast II has tailen
considerably in Mississippi Valley and the west Gun
states weather Will be unsettled Win s3qNrs OF
cept England states. and in the upper
Valley and the Dakoss on Lues9siy si II Yss and he
lake region There viii be fair weather on MoRaay S
~ RS Mountein and plateau regions. and on TUESDAY
in the Mississippi and lower ONO Vse,s @ 5,,s+ Witt,
temperature is indicated for any district "h
'h Tb % Winds along the New England coast viii be light
coast light TO variable mostly
Gulf coast light 70 s.1 uJtb
depar,ing on Monday for European ports will
israta variable winds and partly cloudy weather
roIie,raS M, showers to the Grand Banks.
Forecast er Ioe in north portion; Tuesday showers
light TO moderate variable winds -, .
I,nass showers by tonight Tuesday showers. light
TO moderate varI Penpsvvania unsettled continued
arn, Weather with showers to-day or tonight Tues
dav showers. light to moderate Fariao'e WuS' os'E
tern pennsylvania showers to-day and Tues
day; 12oera W,n New YORK showers Tuesday
r,o5nrate variable winds, mostly soutnsrly
Ioc,I Official Record.-The following Official record
,-orr The weather Bureau shows the changes in the
a,atre for the last hours in comparison
i,b ,he corresponding date Of last year;
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
ECLTPSES NEXT MONTH.
One Of Moon on June 3. AuOther of
Sun on nth.

Washington, MAY 50.-Two interesting spectacles
in the astronomical world will occur during the
coming month These will be eclipsea of the moon
and sun the former June and the latter on
Tpe Il The moon will rise totally ecIipsed and its
tnts1ity will last about an hour, while the sun viii
he in totaIitv only near the North Pole.
OF chief interest will be the lunar eclipse, which
will be visible over about half the earth. Only
few white men namely. Commander Robert E
Pesrv and his crew. who now on an Arctic ex-
nedirion and perhaps a few whalers. will have an
oDportnitv of observing totality the eclipse Of
the sun While this eclipse will be visible In its
martial Dhases the region near the North Pole IS
the only part the globe where it will be seen as
total eclipse
on June the moon will emerge from the total
nbase at O'Clock. Eastern standard time, and
will leave the shadow at 1914 p. m. 1t continues
in the penumbra or parted shadow till 1l:2l o'clock
n M but this latter phase is not an interesting
one. Further west the moon will fise later and
emerge from the shadow at o'clock, Central
standard time.
The eclipse of the June l. begins in IT'S par
tiat nbases in Central Asia and China and extends
down to the Philippine Islands. The partial phase
also covers the eas stern part of Asia and nearly the
whole Of North America. Greenland and Iceland
and the northern part of Finland. in the vicinity oil
North CAPE The eclipse will he visible fairly well
IN the western part of the United States near sun
set and in tho eastern part sunrise II may be
observed through smoked glass
The lunar eclipse is visible practically through
ont FlIrope Africa and South America. but in west
arn Asia and North America the eclipse will be vsi-
bic ONLY I'm part except I'm the extreme northwest OF
the latter, where the eclipse will be invisible
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
TRAINING DEFIC[ENTS
Wrs. Henry ParsonSs Interesting
Erperiment on School Farms.

Mrs. Henry Parsons. who is directing the school
farms at sd street and Eleventh avenue, is max
ing experiment with class of deficient children
which promises results far beyond what had been
expected. Mrs. Parsons believed that the mentality
of the boys, fourteen in number. ranging from
eleven to twelve years Of age, could be improved
by means of application to the simple work the
school farm Miss Whiteley, who has charge or the
ungraded class in Public School 81. agreed to the
experiment. and fourteen of the by foot plots
were put aside for her deficient pupils Mrs. Par
sons said OF the progress made so far and Of the
hopes of herself and Miss Whiteley:
Few of these children read write. Practi-
cally do the simplest sums in arithmetic.
They truly deficient It looked rather hopeless
when they first Miss Champion. my assist
ant. and began the task. Now. how these de-
hcienis. so called. can reason. explained, when 1t
came 10 the planting. that the beans were TO be
planted span apart the onions two spans apart,
and so on One span was the exact width of the
rake. One OF the boys this like flash. and
said they did not have the hand. that the
rake would answer. and he explained this to his
fellows The response instantaneous These
boys supposed 10 know how to think. but
there thought the possibility of mathematics
When the vegetables began to grow the boys
titled the soil of course. and to enable them do
this most effectively I got wooden meat skewers.
which had the boys grasp as IL about 70 write
With the point they stirred the soil around the
plants and many made the motion Of
writing. It very simple. Soon all we're using
the skNwers if they pens, and each plot
thoroughly titled. Their teacher Will follow
that up and we believe I'm short time the children
will have grasped the OF pen and be able to
learn write
We have found that children who deficient
I'm normal things have elements that can he bent
toward tho normal if taken rightly. recall a girl
who could be taught 20 count. but she could
remember names and when asked to set table
for four additional persons shook her head, and
then wanted to know the names of the four. She
remembered the names and set the places, but the
number four sh, could grasp II is so with
defcients rule. and expect to find a means
of bringing the little minds into the normal path
through the school farms. oar expectations VIII
be realized # the work done FAR Is a criterion
The first crop the five hundred plots at the
school farm is coming up in most promising shape
and hundreds Of children swarm over the farm
after school hours and Saturdays instead Of play
ing in the streets.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
NO MORE LIBERTY BELL JAUNTs.
From The Philadelphia Ledger.

T1rom The -PhiIadeIphId beusCI'
Although nothing was done about It by the
lIy jn are clearly in favor of declaration by that
uoIis a. Favor OF keeping the Liberty Bell per
BODY ~ "a a. &c nlace I'm Independence Hall 1t
p we'll that no legislative body bod can bind
lts sue c5nance tending 10 discourage the further
ilom nevnes % of the Revolutionary relic about the
count , t,,e subject that 1t will prove an ehectual
deterrent n, the past and perhaps the natural
desire Of Councmen 10 see TN the al 'ns
puDc ~. ,titb respect 10 the bell that is now
opr'SfG regretted AN the associations OF ba ,
neii are Ne ,,ropetic inscription which 1t hears
fultiiieu ',;-red iifeftv throughout the land ana
and piocid IL. ,nfs thereof It Is one of tze
to a. b{storic atfractions OF The city 81 tne
great t5iadelpha does neither justice 20 iss
icll ai1 listers when II holds the PEI 50 chta-
a. 70 ALLOW SIS use as I,aTps of the country.
,oral exhibitions in various Pa4 : v w
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
TO MAKE STUDY OF SUNS RAYS.
Director of Smithsonian Astrophysical OBJ
servatory Goes to Mount Wilson, Cal.

Washington. May 50-n order to study the IN
tensity of the suns rays and the effect of any
variation in them on the earth C c. Abbot. direc-
tor of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
has left here Mount Wilson, Cal, where he viii
remain during the summer and fall, making OBJ
servatons
DR. I. r Ingersoll of the University Of Wis
consin will study with him. The two will spend
some time also on the summit Of Mount whitney,
1850 feet high. where the Smithsonian Institution
plans to erect in July shelter Of stone and steel
for the use of scientific investigators engaged IN
researches of any kind for which high attitudes
dry air and clear skies are desirable.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
soTHERN AND MARLoWE SIGN.
Shuberts Say Actors Will Appear Together
in Shakespeare for Three Years

The Shuberts announced yesterday that r IT,
Sothern and Julia Marlowe had signed contracts ny
which they would continue under the Shubert man
azenlent for The next three years. BY this
raneement MI sothern and Miss Merlowe win ap-
pear together in Shakespearian repertory. For the
last few weeks Miss Marlowe has been giving occa-
sional performances with Mr.. Sothern out Of town
Tonight they Will begin a special engagement at
the Academy Of Music. appearing in Shakespearian
productions.
sotlern and Marlowe. under the Shuhert direC-
tfcr, viii he seen not only in New York but also
tne country in the principal cities They
have been selected TO open the more important or
.ba theatres which have come recently under the
S;iI1hert management. making the Journey to the
pacific Coast and back
New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
HIS RESPECTS TO DREAM OF PEACE.
DR.. Haldeman Thinks Carnegie Knows More
About Pittsburg than Prophecy"

Andrew Carnegie knows about steel than
religion and more about Pittsburg than propheCy''
IN the estimation or the Rev Dr. l. NJ HaldeInan.
pastor OF the First Baptist Church 10Th street and
Broadway. Tie steel referred to last
night IN tho course OF DR. FIadeuau's sermon on
THE Fuhlment of Gods Political Forecast
Concentration Of the best Warships Of the Euro
pean nations upon the waters Of the Mediterranean
Is accepted by DR.. Hademan pointing 10 the
restora ton Of the Roman Empire under ten kings
and an eleventh central king" He said:
There must be conflict when things viii be
smashed. governments torn down the existing
der things abolished and great military gov
3rnmeut erected embracing Europe and Asia, with
five kings In the East and five kings in the West
The Word OF God forecasts this revival and the
,re political deneanor Of the nations involved IN
yindicating the Word Of God. The ultimate Teal-
zatiOn is nearing
This new nation. according 10 Dr. Haldeman. viii
usher III a religion. an anti-Chrst religion.
religion cf humanity-the deity Of man