CONDUCTORS MUST GIVE BONDS.

The Public Service Corporation, which operates

the trolley lines in Hudson. Essex. Bergen. Paesalc

ar.d Union counties. N. J.. announced yesterday

through Secretary Frederick Evans, that on Janu-ary 1 and thereafter conductors would be required

to give a bond of $Coto guarantee the companyfrom loss by dishonesty. It is said that many ofthe conductors will find It difficult to furnish thebond and may lose their Jobs.

A VOTE OF THANKS FOR THE TRIBUNE.

To tha Editor of The Tribune.Sir: At a meeting of the exeeuthr* eommlttos

of th© Rapid Transit League of Maiittattaa andThe Bronx (comprising fifteen property owners'associations), held this evening at the ofSee of thesecretary. Rfc -®>i Third-aye.. a vote of thankswas paased acknowledging your services in behalf

of East Side rapid transit, and also for the activeInterest displayed heretofore In the welfare of clti-t'er.9" ar.c property owners' associations.IIIs my pleasant duty to communicate the action

of the com^^Mo^ m^-rrat. Secretary.

New-Tortc Dec 17. 19C3.

MME. MELBA'S FAREWELL.Mme. Me-lta last evening bade adieu to New-York

for the season in a miscellaneous concert at Car-negie HalL ItIs to be hoped that there was noth-Ing prophetic In the eon? she chose on her finalrecall. The song was Tostl's "Goodby, Summer."and Its closing words, the last heard from her lips

last night were "Goodby forever, goodby. goodby."

It was an evening of well meaning effort ar.d.much welldoing, with nothing of novel or notableachievement, except the renewed demonstration ofMme. Melba's wonderful vocal art and the admiring

esteem in which it is held. She chose for her num-bers three pieces, the first by request, which give

her superb voice full opportunity— the mad scenefrom "Lucia." with flute obbllgato by Mr.North: themad scene from "Hamlet" and the waltz 3ong fromRom£o et Juliette"— two. Needless to nay. being

for the most part in splendid voice, she entrancedher hearers once more with the beauty of her gifts

and the marvellous art with which she uses them.Next to that provided by Mme. Melba, the highestpleasures of the evening were found In the singing ofM. Gilibert, In an air from "LaJolie Fille dv Perth."by Bizet, and three eighteenth century songs,

one by Martini and two arrangements by Wekerlin.M: Gilibert sang with taste and feeling, and for thssongs. In which he was accompanied by Mlla.Llewella Davies. he. too. was rewarded with a re-ca!l. The other vocalist of the evening was Mr.Ellison Van Hoose. who sang his one number.Vfalther's Prize Sor.g. from "Die Melstersing-r,"

with fine, manly voice, but In a matter of factmanner, as Ifhe were Indifferent to sentimentand enthusiasm. Rather a novelty In New- Yorkconcerts was the harp playing of Mile. Ada Sassoll.who played a choral and variations by Wldor. ac-companied by the orchestra, and a "Nordische Bal-lade," t$ Poe.ii:z. This was a charming bit. playeddel.cately and with pretty effect, and received theusual reward. The orchestral port of the concertwas cared for by the Philadelphia Orchestra, led byFritz Behesl, a flying trip from the Quaker City

having been made to play two numbers and theaccompaniments. The opening piece was Beetho-ven's overture, "Ignore No. 3." and the closing theoverture to Thomas's "Mignon." The orchestrawas received with much favor by the audience anddid Its part successfully and well.

TUT. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.The third evening concert of the Philharmonic

Society will take place in Carnegie Hall this even-Ing; the usual attendants on the public rehearsalenjoyed a foretaste of its noble pleasures yester-

day afternoon. There was nothing to excite specialcomment in the programme, tnough It containedone composition new to the repertory of the so-ciety, and th:3 its solo feature. Leo Schuls playeda suite in F for violoncello, composed by Brur.oOscar Klein, a local musician. The artistic dimen-sions of the work >,which Mr. S-'hu'.z had previouslyplayed with pianoforte accompa.nla.-ent at musicalgatherings in the city) are not Imposing, and it wasfortunate that long years of training had taught

the society's patrons not to hope always to findthe centre of gravity la either the solo performer orhis music. There is muea to commend In Mr.Klein's suite. It Is sententious, lucid, melodiousand free from turgidity. It does not strut, and

fume and sputter and attempt proclamations too

great for its vehicle and unjustified by Its form.It aims to be music simply, and to us« Idiomsnative to the solo instrument. But its message lanot large, and forced into the company of master-

pieces by Brahms, Wagner and Liszt it seemed to

don a disposition which It could not carry with any

show of grace. Played as well as Mr. Schulzplayed It, it would be an agreeable feature In apopular concert, it ought not to have attempted

to walk In so stately a procession as Erahms'ssymphony In C minor, Wagner' 3 symphonic frag-

ment which he called "A Faust overture," and

Liszt's fluent and swelling "Preludes." Inevitably

It had to suffer by comparison.

But led by a master leader the orchestra, of the

Philharmonic Society is always a star performer.

Herr Kogel was at the he.:u yesterday and willbeagain this evening. His scheme offered no oppor-tunities for superficial glitier, save, possibly. In the

Liszt music, which is more remarkable for elo-

quence of utterance than depth of lleas; but he

made of the Brahms symphony a period of ex-quisite delight, by the elasticity of his tempi, hisbeautifully graduated nuances, his charmingly saneand poetical readings of the different movements

(the Ar.dante especially had the dewy freshness ofa Mozart piece) and his freedom from even a hintof affectation. The last movement was superb in

Its strong; manly, jubilant sweep. HU reading of

the Wagner overture was profoundly Introspective

and in lovely harmony with Wagner's own inter-pretation of the work. This evening's audience hasa treat In prospect.

"Lohengrin" at the Opera.Mr Mottl's reading of a score has a delightful

rectitude, a sincerity which made the perform-ance of "Lohengrin" last night, for example. Inter-esting, even at those points where the singersfailed to co-operate with him to the b«st advantage.He led his band through the pases of the operawith the truest feeling for the wistful tendernessin its more purely iyrical passages, with the surest

-ouch in the rich climaxes. The slogan took somelittle time to warm to th^lr task. For a while thefirst act seemed to be tryingin nlo to "2nJ Itself."The gradual Improvement of th' performance Inthis act owed most, perhaps, to Mr. Van Rooy. whohas a clear conception of the part of Teiraxa .. ar.d

acts and sings It with power and distinction. Mr.Kraus is a Jebonair Lohengrin, musical enough.yet coming on the scene curiously untouched by

thosa trailing clouds of glory which cast a kindof unearthly charm upon the part when the fullest

Justice is done to It. The women In the cast wereMme. GadsiU and Miss HjHWa.ker. The formermakes E.sa plaintive and touching; she has thedramatic side of the character well in hand, andher voice brings out the poignant note in taeheroine's music. Miss Walker misses completelyall that is formidable in Ortrud. She Is gauche

In her postures, and the malignant susurrua whichshe keeps up does not even remotely suggest theeerie Individuality which makes Ortnid one of themost haunting of Wagner's tragic figures. Hermelodramatic style accords 111 with the atmos-phere of "Lohengrin." The preposterous littlepages, by the way, In the second act. remain astroublesome as they were at the first performanceof this opera a week ago. They should be abol-ished and performers capable of good singing sub-stituted fur them.

MUSIC.

In "The Virginian," the dramatization of theOwen Wlster book of the same nine, by Klrke LaShelle \u25a0\u25a0* the author fclsssei;. to be presented atthe Manhattan Theatre on January 4 th,re areseven cha:acters quite Important, who do rot haveany lines to spamk. and yet manage to make them-selves heard The names are L*-ontdas and ray-

ett* twins Alexander Dow. Christopher and Alfred.John James and Agamemnon, Joint ages leas thantwo years, and at one time so mixed up that theirown parents do not know them.

The following puzzle paragraph has been atr.t

forth:

James K. Hackett ha« begun rehearsals of "The

Secret of Poiichlnelle." adapted from the French of

Pierre Wolff, which he will shortly exhibit in thiscity. not. however, appearing himself In the cast.

His own season wl'.l begin again In Springfield,

Mass on Christmas Day in a play by George H.Broaclburst. called "The Crown Prince.

Sydney Roeenfeld has resigned from the secre-taryship of the National Art Theatre Society, owing

to his new enterprise, the establishment of a stockcompany of high grade in New-iork. He will de-hv>r un add-ess a week from Sunday at the Man-hattan" Theatre on "The Urgent Need of the Play-house."

Mra. Fiske and the Honest TJsher—

Plans forJames K.Hackett.

Night before last Mrs. Flake, who Is resting forthe Christtr.as holidays, attended a performance of•'The Marriage of Kitty" at the Hudson Theatre,

and placed several valuable rings In her opera glassbag when she removed her gloves. After the per-

formance she left the tag In the theatre, not miss-

rac it until \u25a0raraiaff- Mhm at once called up thetheatre and learned tbat an usher had found thebap and returned It to the box office, were Itawaited her. the contents intact.

NOTES OF THE STAGE.

NANCE O'NEIL STJED FOR $100,000.Chicago. Dec. 19—For an alleged breach of con-

tract to produce- certain plays, the W. S. Cleveland

Amusement Company has brought suit for H0O,i«O

damages against Nance O'Neil. McKee Rankln. hermanager, and two other members of her company.

It is charged by the plaintiff that the Clevelandcompany expended $10,000 in preparing scenery andcobtumts required for four plays which Kankin. onbehalf of Miss O'Neil. agreed to produce for atleast thirty da.ys at the Cleveland company's thea-tre. It is charged that the refusal of the defend-ants to live up to their contract resulted in theclosing of the Cleveland Theatre, causing a loss ofthe amount of damages asked r'or in the suit.

CAPTAIN EVERETT E. BENJAMIN.Rlvexhead. Long Island. Dec. IS.—Captain Everett

K. Benjamin, U. S. A., whose death at Manila wasreported in yesterday's Tribune, was a native ofthis place and lived here the greater part of hislife. He was forty-three years old. He was the•on of Horace H. Benjamin, of Rlverhead. A sis-ter, Misa Ernestine Benjamin, resides in Brooklyn.

He was a captain tn the 27th Infantry.Captain Benjamin was appointed to West Point

by President Arthur, being graduated in ISS2. Formany years he was in the Ist Infantry. In Cuoa.In the Spanish-American War, ht was promotedfor bravery. He was subsequently made supervisorof customs for a port on the east side of Cuba.It is said he was the first man to preet PresidentPalma on his return, and the first to hoist theAmerican flag over any of the piiblic buildings inCuba.

Captain Benjamin returned to Riverhcad and re-mained two months. He w.is sent to Cuba a year

a£O and placed in command of a company In theCTth United States Infantry and ordered to Manila.Of late he had been president of a commission to

• proofs of claims agamat the United States.He pxpected to start for home on January 10. Itwas not known that h° was Ul until the teie^ramannouncing his death was received. It is expectedhis body willbe brought here.

WILLIAM T. BLACK.William T. Black, who died yesterday afternoon

at the home of his son. Frederick A. Black, in Alle-gheny, Perm., was an old New-Yorker, who formany years was closely identified with the growthof this city. He was a civil engineer, and fortwenty-elgrit years he was surveyor to th© TaxCommissioners. His father. Job Lippincott Black,

was a friend of Henry Clay, ar.d served for sorr.-years as superintendent of public buildings. Wi;i-

lam T. Black was born In this city ir. 1535. Afterfittinghimself as a civil engineer, he was appointedCity Surveyor. Mr. Black lived in East Sixty-nrst-st., and he was for many years the treasurer of theRepublican organization in the Twenty-first dis-trict. Mr. Black gave up his professional work fif-teen years ago. He became Interested in the manu-facture of typewriters, and he was the financialbacker of the Yost company He was a director Inseveral corporations. Mr Blank was one of theoldest mt mbers of the New- York Historical Society.i:" married Josephine H Appleby. of New-York, in1857, and she ami trree children— Freder.B:ack. of Allegheny; William T. Black, jr.. Of thiscity, and Mrs. George B. Mallon. of New-Rochelle—survive him.

OBITUARY.

Stolen from Home of Miss Cameron

—Held Up at Theatre.Four tickets to the Madison Square Theatre

may lead to the detection of two menbroke into the Cameron house, No. ISS Madl-Bon-ave., yesterday afternoon. At the time thehouse was entered Miss Isabella Cameron wasupstairs, and John Stuart and his wife, thecaretakers, were In the basement.

Miss Cameron, entering her room, saw twomen ransacking her dressing case. She screamedfor aid, and the two men fled before Stuartcould tret upstair*. They escaped from thehouse without

"much of value, except a few

trinkets, but Miss Cameron discovered t^iat theyhad taken four tickets for the performance lastevening of "A Girl from Dixie," at the MadisonSquare Theatre. She remembered the numbersof the seats and informed Police Headquarters.

Two detectives were stationed at the door

of the theatre last night, and when two youngmen presented the tickets they arrested them.The two men were taken to headquarters,where they gave their names as Charles F.Hope, a painter, of No. 43J East Fifteenth-eC,and Edward Nelson, a driver, of No. 307 EastTwenty-flrat-at. The young men had all fourseats which had been taken from the CameronHouse. They made no statement except to st>they purchased the tickets of a speculator. Theywere held on suspicion. Miss Cameron will try

to identify them to-day.

December 17—

Baltimore, and the Castlna. at KeyWest; the VLUalobos. at Hankow; tbs Monterey, a!Canton.

SAILED.December 17

—Petrel, from Mare Island for Aca-

pulco, en route to I'tianu; the Buffalo, from New-York for Key W«Tt; the Solace, from San Frsmeiicofor Honolulu; tho Adams, trom Santa Barbara forSan Diego: the Saturn, from Bremerton for SanFrancisco.

The Pair.panga. commission -I at Cavlta October ft.

TICKETS CAUSE ARREST.

Commander A. B. WILLITS. to Norfolk Navy Tart, da-parunact of steam eaciiuarlag.

Ensign H. Cl COCKE. to the Abar*n4a as axscatlTSofficer.

MARINE CORPS.First Lieutenant W. R. COTLE. detached from battalion

of marines aboard the Prairie and ordered to bead-quarters marine corps, Washington.

Captain B. F RITTE.NHOL'SE. detached from marinabarracks, Olongapo. Philippine Islands, and ordered tomarine barracks, naval siaiioa. Guam.

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.— The fol-lowing movements of vessels have been reported tothe Navy Department:

ARRIVED.

G and H. with regimental headquarters and band,left Washington to-day for New-York, where theywillembark on Sunday on the transport Kllpatrlck

Jor the Philippines. Six other troops of the 3dyavalry. from Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont, willjoin the Washington contingent at N#>w-York.Jjl*.remaining two troops already hare left Fortiii

a,P for San Francisco, from which point theywill sail on January L

ORDERS ISSUED.— The following army andnavy orders have been issued:

ARMY.Captain EUIORE F. TAGOART. quartermaster, to San

Francisco as assistant superintendent of transport ser-vice.

Tim Lieutenant HERBERT J. BREES. signal corps,from Fort Myer to office of chief signal officer, to rs-ll»ve Captain USONAKD D. WILDMAN. signal corps,who willproceed to Fisher's Island In chares of wtr«-less telegraph operations.

First Lieutenants GEORGE P. REED and HENTtT DTHOMASON. aaMst&nt surgeons, to Presidio or exam-ination for promotion.

First Lieutenants WALTER D. WEBB, WILDRIF TURN-BULL. and RALPH 8. PORTER, assistant surgeons,to Army Medical Mussum. Washington, for examina-tion tor promotion.

First Lieutenant JAMES R. POTTUE. from .rnasalgnad listto &4th Company, coast art-nary- y

Second Lieutenant JAMES E. WILSON, from 77th Cbm-paxy. coast artillery, to unasaigned list.

Second Lieutenant EDWARD GOTTLIEB, from lOTth to"7th Company, coast artillery.

NAVY.

TROOPS FOR PHILIPPINES.—The second

sauadron ot ths 2d Cavalry, lncludin* Troops E. P,

SECOND FLOTILLA AT CHARLESTON—Th*second torpedo boat flotilla, under command of

Lieutenant Marbury Johnson, arrived at Charles-

ton S. C. from Norfolk this afternoon, and prob-

ably will'leave there for the South to-morrowmorning The fleet Is composed of the Lawrence,

th* Stewart the Truxtun. the Worden and theWnipple They report having an easy passage,averaging fifteen knots on hour the entire trip.

The? convoy, the battleship Texas, was soon dl»

tanced. She has not yet reported here.

TORPEDO BOATS REACH KEY WEST.-Thetorpedo boat flotilla arrived at Key Weat this after-

noon after a pleasant run from Port Royal having

anchored for Thursday night In Hawk Channel;i'loridd.

The court in its findings substituted the words"silKhtly under the influence of liquor" for theword

•4 drunk" in the specincation luid under the

XXXVXlltiiarticle of War. ami -'not guilty"of thechar"c but "guilty of conduct to the prejudice ofrood order and military discipline." This is a dis-crimination tiiat cannot be solely encouraged in theSSSSttuSf of cases arista* under the XXXVIIIArticle of War. The effect or" this article is to en-force that measure of sobriety which is essential tothe full and calm control of both the mental andlihvsical faculties, and thus to protect the military

administration from the great mischief to which it

rrav be liable from the ulurders and excesses of itsa-e'-us attempuns to perform their duties underthVinfluente of urink. Any intoxication which issufficient to Impair the rational and roll exercise oftrYmental and physical faculties is drunkennesswithn the meaning of the article, and the evidencein this case is conclusive that the accused was not

In the full exercii of tho?e faculties, and. there-fore, was drunk within the moaning of the article.

OFFICERS FOR THE TACOMA.—The following

officers have been detailed for duty on the newcruiser Tacoir.a, soon to be commissioned at Val-loio ('a' " Commander. Reginald Nicholson; Lieu-Unant Commander Harry George executive officer;

KnsiK-i H X Cage, Midshipman \V. W. GalUaith.and Ftr»t Lieutenant Paul L\ Chamberlain, who isto' drill and instruct a marine guard for the ship.

REFITSKS TORESTORE CADET—Senator Pen-

rose. Representative Olmsted and Charles H. Mul-

lens to-day urged the President to remove the orderof suspension against Cadet Stees. of Pennsylvania,

who was suspended from the Military Academy forone year" because of misconduct. The President saidthat he would not be able "grant the request, asSt-es had received extremely Tight punishment forhis offence.

"DRUNK" DEFINED—General H. C. Corfcln has

contriouted to sOoisJ literature a military defini-

tion of drunkenness in a rebuke administered to acourt convened by his order as commander of theDepartment of the East. A corporal of artillery

imbibed too copiously of ardent spirits, and wasbrought before the court, which dismissed thecharge of '-drunkenness" and found the accusedRuJty of "being slightly under the Influence ofliquor." and sentenced him to reduction to theranks, three months" confinement at hard labor and$30 forfeiture of pay. General Corbin. in remitting

the confinement, makes this interesting comment in

his indorsement:

ENGINEERS TO ELECT OFFICERS.— Much in-terest is taken in the election which will be held

on December 26 in the Bureau of Steam Engineer-ing Navy Department, for officers and council ofthe' American Society of Naval Engineers. Thereare three candidates for president. Rear Admiral

J. D. Ford, retired; Commander W. B. Bayley and

Commander John K. Barton. The selection of thesecretary-treasurer rests between Lieutenant M. K.Reed on duty In the bureau, and Assistant Engi-neer R E Carney retired, on duty in the office ofNaval Intelligence. This office carries a salary, theincumbent being also the editor of the quarterlypublication of the society.

BECRET MAPS.—The War Department is makingarrangement with the Geological Survey by whichth-? excellent maps mad<" by the former branchwill Include certain information of advantage to

the army. The details of the plan have not beenperfected, but it is deemed an easy matter to ob-tain this Information and place it. on the prelimi-nary maps puDtished for ihe private use of thesurvey. i.ne committed map issued to the publicwill not embrace the military information, whichis r«gr.rd«"i as confidential, and which would be ofespecial value to foreigners.

PROTEST FROM ANNAPOLJ3.— The NavalAcademy authorities have filed an emphatic pro-test against the restoration to the institution asmidshipmen of J. F. .Lofland. of Iowa; Joseph E.

LJttle. of Ohio, and E. W. Chaffee, of Wisconsin.These young men were summarily dismissed byorder of the President from the Naval Academyfor hazing. This action was taken on the recom-mendation of Captain Brownson, the superintend-ent of the academy, who was influenced by thedetermination of the President to stop the practice

of hazing, which had reached serious proportions.The support of the President and the Navy De-partment was promised to him. and when theleaders ware identified they were sent home. Anappeal to have them restored was promptly andemphatically rejected by the President. Now the

friends of the young men at the Capitol hays de-termined to replace them by means of legislation,and Captain Brownson has promptly forestalledsuch authority by a letter to the Navy Department

which will be prepared and communicated to thenaval committees of the House and Senate, advis-ing that the request ior restoration be disapproved,and if possible pigeonholed. Captain Brownsonsays the return of these young men to the academy

would be a great blew to discipline and that hemight as well give up the attempt to control theconduct of midshipmen if Congress U to interfereinadministrative matters In th.s way. Itis inter-esting to know that the officials at Annapolis havecaiieu attention to the employment of influence inbehalf of the appointment to tne academy of can-didates who under ordinary conditions, wouldstand no ctiance of becoming nud*nlpm«n. Thesurgeons say that some of tne young men whohave been reported as not up to the physical stand-ard have been admitted in tne face of tnat protestby autliomy from Washington. These ucpart-mental instructions are plainly the result of in-fluence employed by the candidates, mainly throughmembers of the House and Senate miutary com-mittees. The point made by the surgeons Is thatthe physical standard should be ma.»nLained, asultimately the health ami endurance of graduateshave an effect on the efficiency of the service.

NEW-YORK DOCK.—The experience the NavyDepartment has had with drydock contractors andthe numerous delays on the work of constructingships and buildings at various points is somewhatdiscouraging. It will probably lead to greater carein securing bids hereafter submitted, and an at-tempt to confine awards of contracts to firms whichmay be trusted to carry out the contracts faith-fully. Ithas been decided to open bids on January80 for a big drydock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.Bo far only one or two bidders have expressed adesire to see the specifications, which were drawnby the Bureau of Yards and Docks.

NEW-YORKERS IN PAY CORPS.— Among theyoung men who are designated for examinationwith a view to their appointment to vacancies inthe Navy Pay Corps are two New-Yorkers. OneIs Robert P. Lupton, who is credited to New-Jersey.

and who Is employed in the Hanover NationalBank, in New-York City. The other is W. L. F.Simopietre, who now lives at Ponce. Porto Rico.and who belongs to a New-York family. His pro-visional appointment is due to New-York influence.

[FBOU TOT TniBUNE BCHEAr.]Washington, December IS.

NEW-TORK MILITIAINSPECTION.— The an-nual inspection of the militia commands in New-York will take place between January 1and May 1.and tha adjutant general of the State at Albanyhas been Informed by General H. C. Corbin thathe will hear further in reference to the matter.General Corbin has been instructed to detail of-ficers to conduct the examination, which will bearranged at dates to interfere as little as possible

with the militiamen, and will be held at the timethe State authorities make their inspections, thearmy officers accompanying the State inspectors ontheir rounds, providing the New-York authoritieshave inspections in the first four months of theyear. Blank forms and other Information will besent to commanders in advance so that they mayknow Just what is expected of them.

TROUBLE WITH CONTRACTORS.— The NavyDepartment is laving a great deal of trouble withIts contractors. The builder of the big drydockat the Mara Island Navy Yard has submitted aplan which completely changes the method of con-structing the dock at that place. The work ismore than a year behind time. Ithas been foundnecessary to revoke the contract with F. J. Carlin,of New-York City, for the construction of the seawall and power house at the new Naval Academyat Annapous, and to-day a board of officers, ofwhich the president is Rear Admiral Fields, visitedthe Naval Academy for the purpose of appraisingthe work done and that which remains to be ac-complished. The Navy Department has also re-voked tne contract with the Perm Erecting Com-pany for the construction of two Large buildingsat the League Island Navy Yard. The value ofthese contracts was nearly* JoOu.OOO. Arrangementswillbe made, if possible, with the contractors' sure-ties to build the work without going to the troubleand expense of readvertising.

-SkeetoS** Illustrated Account of This Exciting

Winter Sport, bee to-morrows Tribune.

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY A!«T> tTXDAY.

For New-England, fair and not so cold to-aay; Sunday

snow- fresh to brisk north to northeast winds.*For the District of Columbia, partly cloudy and wanner

to-day- rain or snow at night and Sunday; colder Sunday;

fresh northeast to southeast winds to-day.

For Eastern Pennsylvania, partly cloudy and warmer to-

day; fresh northeast to southeast winds; rain or «now at

night and Sunday.For Eastern New-Tork. fair and not so cold to-day;

Sunday rain or snow; fresh to brisk northeast to southeast

"F^'r'l^aware and New-Jersey, partly cloudy and wannerto-day, liean to br;sa nurihrtst winds; Sunday rain or

"*For \u25a0restsra Pennsylvania, Increasing cloudiness and

warmer to-day, followed by snow or rain; Sunday er.owand colder In north, fair and colder In south, portion;

fresh to brisk south winds, becoming northwest to-night.

For Western Ne»-Tcrk. partly cloudy ant: not e<> coldto-day; snow at night and Sunday; fresh to brisk south-east to south wind. t^>-day.

ir, this dlarram th* continuous white line shows the

rhJnses'n pressure as Indicated by The Tribune's self-«cVrdTng barometer Tae dotted line .how. the tempera-

Recorded by the local Weather Bureau.

The owing official record from the Weather Bureau

•hows the change. In the temperature for the last twemy-

tour hours. In comparison with the corresponding date of"1ye*r:

it** VOX' I*o3. 1902.- _

2<< »2 4 p. m 23 40* "- ™ Zc, 31 « p. m 1» Its*•\u25a0 m •"

24 «- i. p. \u25a0». i* «7•"- m it 3VII p. m 15 87'I

•- ™ :: 23 40 12 p. m—

87Highest temperature yesterday. 28 degrees; lowest. 15;

era*' 21 utrage for corresponding data last year. 8«;

average for'corref pending data last twenty- five year., £3.

l.oca! forecast: Fair and not so cold to-day; rain or«aow fcunday. fresh to oclak northeast to southeast winds.

Yesterday's Record and To-day's Forecast.

Wa*hl:.*rtor.. Dec. 18.— disturbance that was over

the Mwass* plateau Thursday ci«ht has moved eastward

to Southeast Nebraska, with increasing energy, and la

caus'rir mm or rala In the Mississippi Valley and East-

ern Texas There were also ll*htsnows In the lower laic*

region and locally In the north portion of the Middle At^

Untie State*. Temperatures have risen considerably In

the slope region, central valleys and upper lake region.

and hare fallen In the Mlldle States and New-England.

West of the Rocky Mountains snows and rains hare been

quite r*en«rai. with somewhat lower temperatures. The

Oh-o River Is gnr».«<l with Ice at various points between

CatlettsbuTK. Ky.. and Cincinnati. The situation la some-what critical, and there are apprehensions of much dam-

an to property should a general breakup suddenly occurThe disturbance In the I»wer Missouri Valley willmove

eaat-northeartward. and there will be rain or snow Satur-day In the slop* end Central Rocky Mountain region, the

central valleys. East Gulf States, the upper lake and

west portion of the lower lake region, and by Saturday

night or Sunday In the east lower lake region and the

Atlantic States generally. It will be warmer Saturday In

the lower lake region tn the Ohio Valley and Atlantic

Sta-es ar.4 colder In the slope and Central Rocky Moun-

tain r*S*>« and Missouri Valley. It willbe colder Sunday

in Us* lake region, the Ohio Valley and the Middle and

South Atlantic States.On toe New-England Coast the winds willbe fresh to

brisk north to northeast: on the Middle Atlantic Coast

fresh to brisk northeast: on the South Atlantic Coast fresh

XAS-^^^S0-^^^- on the

'SSS?»STSSS«rft""Eu

Erc££ port, win

h£TSS nortSTto northeast wind*, with fair weather to

the Grand Bulks.

THE WEATHEE EEPOET.

The owners of rare books have to pay thepenalty for exclusive privileges. When they findthe value of their own treasures Impaired by

the discovery of rival copies they must protect

themselves by buying out the claimants. A

Hampstead collector plumed himself not long

ago on being the possessor of the only copy ofShelley's suppressed book. "Original Poetry by

Victor and Cazlre." Another copy was unex-

pectedly discovered in an English country houseand advertised for sale at Sotheby's. There was

brisk competition for It when it was auctioned

off. but it was finally knocked down for £GOO

and sent to Hampstead to be deposited on theshelves with the other copy. The noise madeby this amazing price for a volume of no

value except on account of its exceptional rarity

stimulated researches Inseveral country houses,

and a fresh copy of the suppressed book was

found high among the top shelves. The title

page bore the inscription, "Given to me at Eton

by the author. Percy Bysshe Shelley, my friendand schoolfellow. 1810." The Hampstead col-

lector was promptly communicated with andthe third copy was bought by him at high fig-

ures. He now has the entire edition, bo far as

the r»cord has been made up, but rummaging

continues in country houses and old book stalls

and fresh demands may be made upon his purse.

The purchasers of Impressions of Mr. Whistler's

etchings that are advertised as the only exist-

ing copies may have a similar fate in reserve.

Additional Impressions may be produced and the

unique value of their possessions may be dis-

credited.t

L *\u25a0 Ft

LEAVES PAILROT TO MISS ADAEEHAN.

Brother of the Actress Divides All;His Prop-

erty Among His Three Sisters.By the will of William Crehan. of No. 164 "West

Ninety-third St.. filed for probate yesterday, his

sistsrs Ada Rehan. Kate Byron and Hattie Rus-

sell receive all his real and personal estate, thevalue of which Is said to be undetermined. Mrs.

Byron, who lives at No. 172 West Seventy-seventh-

st is named as sole executor.

Of moneys in bank and personal property, one-

SSeWS &ViM^S^'aK. Js^-SS-lIT. at No. 164West Ninety-third-et.

the fall of the curtain, with a message from theoriginal Caleb Plummer: "A merry Christmasfrom your old friend, John L. Toole."

The Goupll Gallery, subdivided Into sectionsand redecorated, contains a most delightful col-lection of drawings and pastels. In the firstroqrn there are black and white drawings frommany hands. Six Corots. with village roads andmassed foliage, glimpses of lake and valley anda picturesque moathouse; several Jacques, withhorses drinking or flocks of sheep grazing oryoung lovers smiling; characteristic work % -yMillet, with faultless draughtsmanship; cattlesketches by Troyon, sylvan pools by Rousseau.a dair.ty oratory by Daubigny and equally deli-cate drawings by Diaz; portraits by ProfessorLegros, Mr. George Clausen and Mr. Rothen-stem; sketches by Mr. Muirhead Bone and cari-catures by Mr. Llr.ley Sambourne and Mr. P.C. Gould. There are over seventy of theseFrench and English drawings, and many amongthem are masterly bits of black and white work.The second room is filled with water colors andpastels. The largest group Is Mr. H. B. Braba-son's— mainly Venetian drawings, with charm-Ing blends and contrasts of color. There arelow toned Lhermittes, Eeveral brilliant pastelsby M. Besnard, M. Gaston Latouche's animated"Avant le Ballet." and work by many Knglishpainters. In the third room, among water colorsand pastels by Mr. Albert Goodwin. Mr. George

Clausen. Mr. D. Y. Cameron and other English

painters, there is a group of thirty-five minorexamples of Mr. Whistler's art. The most beau-tiful are the pastels with Venetian themes andglintsof subdued color, and the most interesting

are the studies for the portrait of Ca.rlylo anddainty drawings of models and half-draped p'c-

tures. Pastel was a medium admirably adaptsd

to Mr. Whistler's refinement of style, and heInvariably softened the tones and conveyed animpression of reticence and economy of means.

There are etchings, lithographs and pen and Ink

drawings by the same master, the lightest trifles

from whose hand are now in demand for private

collections.

\Zood Government Clubs Plays,

Jfctc and Old—

Collectors' Risks.London. December 5.

Mr. Chamberlain Is not the only Mlssionerejrlth a moral Issue. Mr. Bryan, in the course of

a fortnls'ht, has explored the Midlands and Lan-

cashire. Ireland and Scotland, rivallingPuck Inrpeed and Hercules In energy; and wherever

lie has halted he has epoken •with fervor of the

arts of peace, the brotherhood of nations andthe science of government. Each of hjs Lon-don speeches has been brimming over with op-timism, and his voice has vibrated with earnest-ness and his eye has flashed as he has pro-claimed the obligation of every race to set agood example by Improving the conditions ofgovernment. He has Interested himself in themarvels of local administration in the Scotchax.d English provincial cities, and has declared

that American towns cannot do better than toIntroduce aomt of the policies which have beensuccessfully carried out in Glasgow, Manchester,Birmingham. Liverpool. Leeds and other great

towns. With commanding gesture he has dis-missed the Idea that English and Scotch Influ-ence and example can be shut out of Americaby even the highest tariff walls. Certainly Dr.EhaWs books, containing clear and compre-hensive views of municipal government InGreatBritain, have not beer, taxed out of existence byprohibitory duties during the last decade. Thesubject which has kindled the enthusiasm of theDemocratic Missioner Is not a novel one, atleast to Tribune readers who have followed theregular correspondence from London. It hasa: ways been dealt with In a sympathetic spiritIs these letters, for Ihave never swerved fromthe conviction formed soon after my arrival InEngland that local government, as It is con-ducted here on progressive lines of municipalownership, .s the best in the world.

The Missioner of the "Science of Government"has been Impressed with the results of collect-ivism or municipal socialism as illustrated In theownership and operation of gas and electricsupplies, tramway services and other publicT-orka. Iwonder ifhe fullyappreciates the dis-tinction between partisan politics as it is knownordinarily In American cities and the strictlynon-partisan administration o? the great Eng-

lish and Scotch towns. Policies markedly so-cialistic In character have been adopted withabsolute security in these British towns becausethere were good government clubs to regulate•.nd direct them. Of "bossism' 1 or partisan poll-tics there is no trace in the municipal govern-

ment here. The Mayors are ornamental func-tionaries, without power of appointment or priv-ilege of veto, and their election does not Involveredistribution of offices and patronage. TheMayor is the presiding officer of a Town Council,

whlrh Is recruited from retired merchants.wealthy landowners and active business men,and which governs the town through commit-tees piacd in charge of the principal depart-

ments and services. This body Is an efficientfood government club, whose members havenothing to make out of local administration ex-cept a good name. They are content to devotea large share of their leisure to the businessa?Ta!rs of the town and have no other recom-pense than the honor of serving on the Council.It Is this sense of moral obligation to renderuseful service to the community that has car-ried the best men into the Council. Local gov-«-:.;..e;.t has not only been made efficient, butprogressive as well, and Investments have beenordered in municipal works and undertakings

Yhicn will ultimately become highly remunera-tive, and reduce the burdens of taxation. Va-rious measures of municipal socialism have beencarried out In a conservative spirit of enlight-

ened sfeif-ir.terest, and po long as the TownCouncils are influenced by this high standardof civic fluty they minister to the welfare ofthe masses without sacrificing the material In-terests of the community. Mr. Bryan cannotsafely dispense with these good governmentclubs '\u25a0'. he undertakes to introduce the princi-ples of municipal ownership in American cities.Tl".t'«r must be the same sense of public obli-gation to devote time and labor to the businessaffairs of the town, or municipal socialism willbe a reek-ess experiment in American cities.

Laiy Trowbridge has been writing a peculiarT-iay for the entertainment of the smart sets.Itis er.titled "Mr?. <"ir:kl-;sh." and has been pro-duced by Miss May Pardoe and an excellentcompany at the New Theatre for a trialmatinee.Itrecords the adventures of a wanton without aredeeming trait, who saunters through thegardens of Horr.burg with coquettish wiles andsweeps across the stage in gorgeous gowns.

Ehe has been wrecking her own and other repu-tatioris, but not without exciting the resentmentcf her tolerant husband, and suddenly she isseized with a violent passion for George Stan-may, a man of pith, with handsome eyes and amusical voice, who is devoting himself to Mrs.r^rrucnt after flirting madly with Lady EstherHurr.phn»ye. Mrs. Oakleigh lyres her bird, and

declares that she is in love for the first time intier life, and then she loses him. for as soon asher past experiences are revealed he abandonsher ar. :r.arrles Lady Esther Humphreys. Mrs.Oakieigh is discovered in the final act pininganddj-ing of love lr. Mrs. Clarence's flat; end her

f:it:.c:. after a consultation with Lord Jarvis,

succeeds in drawing Sia.nway into the sickroomto assist the convalescence of the patient byr-.aJcir.g love to her. Mrs Oakieigh dies while heIs repeating his vows of love, and his wife, Lady

Esther, is brought on the scene at the last mo-ment and witnesses the embrace: and a group ofmen and women, apparently decent and respect-

s.i.ie. 6-.fed tears while arranging flowers about

her and smoothing the cushions. The author ofthis farrago of Immorality and morbid sentimentresponded to a flattering call from the audience

after he fall of the curtain, and was received*lth great enthusiasm by her fashionablefrienin. It was none the less an abominableplay, without morality or reason.

A more suitable entertainment for the Christ-teas season is "The Cricket on the Hearth" at

the -rick Theatre It is the Boucicault ver-

esM of Dickens • Christmas story, which Mr.

Toole produced at the Adc-lphi forty years ago,

In H has been enriched with tinsel splendors

tr-i fairy revelry. There is a swarm of elves in

a raocr.;:t wood, with Oberon. Tltania, Puck and

Ariel among them, and the Kettle waddles in

ar.4 the Cricket is transformed into a fairy

Ciarlian. v.atching with Home over the fort-ui.efc of John Peerybingle and Dot. Fairiestrip Inand dance out throughout the play and•** whimsical forces for good or for evil in thebackground of the story. The genuine Dickens«fc.VQtee may be embarrassed by all these riches

cf Fairyland and cUspcsed to complain becausethe Cricket end the Kettle are not allowed to

BafJs and to end the supernatural byplay, butthe ..cireri gain by Interpolations which con-cert the piece iuto a Christmas pantomime. WithJUry epertacle arid schoolboys' game at snow-belling, with visions enacted and Dot's song to

tt»l real «*. ompauilment of blind Bertha's harp,

tad \u25a0AH an old fashioned "Sir Roger de Coverky" briskly danced at the close. It is a merry

evening, and the mirth is clean. Mr. Bourchieracted with force end fine feeling as Caleb Plum-leer, the toyrr.aker. and, while the performance*as illuminated with humor, there were pas-sages of tenderness and pathos. Miss Violetvaxbrush was intense and emotional as theWad girl, but the part was as uncongenin.l toher as was that of the returned sailor to thatexotilent young American, actor. Mr. Frank*£2is. There was an attractive Dot. but Tilly'">••«j was not bo funny as she might have•sen. One of the i/leasanteat touches on thewsMlas; ci*ht was Mr. Bourculer's speech after

ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

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Died.-

CLARK— Hackensswk. N. J.. EUliimbbt MlHst CMwartce A. widow of the Uk* Joshua A. Clark, m »—83d year fun*- from ncr Ut« resMacto*. AndersonSquare. South, on Saturday. December I*,at 1p. as.

FREEMAN—On irsday. December 17. JuJia A. rise

man. widow of Warren Frsejmaa, M. D. Fwsersu esr—\u25a0vlces at her late residence. Xv 10 West »7t!»-«t.. •*Saturday. Dec«rnS«T 19, at 10 a. m. latarmsat laSleepy sMI w Cemetery. Kindly omit Sowers.

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By a»J| toyi.\ml. Fla.. an! thane* tv steamer, eleawa at 11:30p. m. «n *rnniay

tßeciitared Mall do***at « p. m. prrrtous day.

Pontofflce Notice.fShuulil b« read DAIX.Y by all Interested, a* »sns—

Bay occur at any time.)Foreta-n malls :tt tne week ending December Uk HMS.

wi.. cioae (promptly in ail ami ax lt>« ii«nerai IMol-rice «s (ulluwa: r'arceis-i'i.st ..» close one Qour earliert*j.n •losing time shown below. Parcels-Pest Balls forGermany doss at 3 a m. Monday, per *. a Kaiasr Wll-fcelm 11. and F-i.iay ocr a. a. Graf Wilier***.

Kesuiar and \u25a0<up;,Momentary mails cioaa a( Foreign Sta-tion half hour later than closing 11319 arjowc b«low («-»-cept :r.at supplementary Mails for Europe and CentralAmerica, via Colon, close one oaur U:«r at Foralga §*•>-Matt

E\KER—At Philadelphia, os December IT, ta tss ••th

»ear of his as*, tiie Rev. <i«*urii» Danielaon Ba*«r.I) D pastor d trt« First Pr-sbTterlaa Churca of taat->-» Funeral **-vi—at t*« Ftr»t Presbyterian Churcnof PhiladelpMa. on Monday afternoon, at 2:30 oclock.

BERN'AP.n— At her late r*tHene«. Kiaeston. N. T. T>*-c bfm« Ifl lOTO. of hsart failure. Jane C. Crtsssl. wlf«of Heuben Bernard and daughter of th« lat» Q. U\x Boiac'rispel. M L>. Funeral and Interment private.

BOGrE— On Thursday. D*r-«mber 17. Amelia LovaU In-vaii> «i> o.' Ur tdwic-o A, J'*ii* Funeral servicesat her Ute residence. N>. V*l!ey Road. UonteU.r.

M j.,at 3Aj lUturtiay. December is). Train from tea*of ;jia;., Urle Ilaulruad. vi.«*nwood Lake Division, atS.IO. or Psu*.-at. station. Boston aa4 BuSaio paj>«rs

piaoJ* aopy.

Died.Death notices appearing in THE TKIBI'SB willbe

rrpublisbed In Toe Tri-Weekiy Tribune without ***\u25a0»

charge.

Bak»r Itrv. n«orn D. Murrtir. Viands 1CF.rr:*.ar<i. Jan* C. C. rerltins. Ruth.Uo;iu«. Amelia L. L Po»••»!;. b.t.rc;u3iwiv.

Clark. Catharine A. Taylor. Alfred B.Freeman. Julia A. leu tore*. r.renca,Ketcfcam, Rev. William E. Wuson. Harry W.