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Rathbone asking Con gress to investigate his case: Messrs, Deboe and Blackburn engaged in a lively discussion of Kentucky politics; a large amount of miscel laneous business wag transacted. — — House: The seat of Mr. Butler, from the Xllth Mis souri, was declared vacant; most of the day was spent in considering conference reports. FOREIGN.— King Edward's progress toward recovery continued, his condition at midnight last nig-ht being highly favorable; the physi cians announced that the King was out of im mediate danger, though his wound gave discom fort at times; many of the festivities planned for the coronation will be carried out; Queen Alexandra received Mr. and Mrs. Reid at Buck ingham Palace. ===== The Dreibund. or treaty Of alliance of Germany. Italy and Austria, was renewed, the signatures of representatives of the three rowers being attached in Berlin. - The United States training ship Monongahela Arrived at Queerest own from Newport, R. I. — ■ The recorder of the board at Manila in vestigating- the charges brought by Major Gar dener in regard to conditions in Tayabas Prov ince said that the major would not be imposed •upon, though the board felt that Major Gar dener Intended to accuse it of unfairness. DOMESTIC— It was announced at the War Department that civil government will be es ttblished throughout the entire Philippine Archipelago on July 4. ===== Admiral Dewey. testifying again before the Senate Committee on the Philippines, described Aguinaldo as liv ing like a prince en bribes received from Spam and the proceeds of plunder. ■■■: ■ The coal strike losses in the anthracite region are now estimated at $40,000,000: President Mitchell's sudden departure for the West was not ex- j plained. ~ Miss Jessie Morrison was convict ed of murder in the second degree in killing Mrs. Olin Castle in El Dorado. Kan., on her third trial. — ■At the International Sunday School Convention In Denver It was proposed to have regular courses of study leading up to • graduation in Sunday schools. CITY. — Stocks were strong and dulL == It was learned that no attempt to serve the war rant for the arrest of Louis A. Disbrpw would < be made btfore next Tuesday, when his counsel promised to produce Disbrow at Southampton. , ■ Assistant District Attorney Rand wrote VsT. Bourk* Cockran that there was no evidence with which he could proceed againßt Thomas ¥. Ryan and James B. Duke en a charge of conspiracy in a tobacco deal. === A house collapsed in Fifty-eißhth--t.. burying six men Tinder the debris, but injuring only two of them. === It was said that Timothy D. : Bullivan would spend a great deal of money to j defeat John F. Carroll in the XlXth Assembly District. --:- . Commissioner Dougherty in his quarterly report advocated the division of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec tricity. ===== Harvard defeated Tale ij the final game of the baseball champions!-; -Ties at the Polo Grounds, by a score of 0 5, amid the wildest enthusiasm. ===== Controller Grout j BdvocstPd the erection of a large building to be used by the city for municipal offices. = ▲ daughter of the late Theodore Runyon, Am bassador to Germany, sued for absolute divorce. THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day: Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 78; j lowest, 62. K|i The Tribune si!! be :ent by mail to any y^addtess in this country or abroad, and pr Address ck&nged as often as desired. Sub * scriptions ma: be given to your regular dealer before leaving, or, if more, conven 1 ient, hand them in at or, if Tribune ient, hand them in at The Tribune office. See opposite pa«e tor subscription rates. TEE RIGHT OF PRIVACY. The decision of the Court of Appeals that the ••right of privacy" cannot be protected by the equity courts -will come somewhat as a surprise to the general public which had been under the impression that the safeguards against in vasion were well established. It had been com isonly assumed, after Justice Davy's decision holding that a young woman's picture could not be used without her consent for advertising purposes had been unanimously sustained by the Appellate Division in the Fourth Depart ment that the law was determined with practi cal certainty in harmony with what every right thinking person "would wish. The Court of Appeal*, however, by a vote of four to three, reverses the lower courts and decides that the principle Invoked to prevent this undoubted out rage upon a modest young woman could not be Incorporated in the law by judicial ruling with out opening the door to eccentric and absurd actions. The prevailing: opinion of Chief Judge Parker declare* that the ''right of privacy." If it exists at all as a general legal principle to be applied by an equity court, would forbid not merely the •unauthorized publication of a picture of a pri vate person, but would forbid writing or speak ing of such a person by his neighbors. It would «dbrae« the publication of a word picture, a comment upon one's looks or conduct. There fore the Chief Judge says: : An examination of the authorities leads us to the conclusion that the so-called right of pri vacy has not as yet found an abiding place in our -jurisprudence, and. as we view It. the doc trine cannot now be incorporated without doing violence to settled principles of law by which the i profession and the public have long been "gnitti. • Tbis doctrine leaves unjustified Euch inva sions of privacy .is the Rochester woman bring- j ing this suit complained of. The law as it stands j . may offer her no relief. It Is easy to see how ■ the establishment of a broad legal principle . tinder which alone this action could be upheld might; result most unfortunately. That objec- i tioo. however, does not apply to statutory safe- j guard* cf privacy. It is intolerable that a 1 i woman, no matter bow retiring her life, should ] r be at the mercy of every advertiser who can , beg, borrow or steal her photograph. This is i a great cvii. and is not the less real because it ha* only recently been discovered. New con ditions have prepared the way for it. and new prferaedlt-s are needed. The demands of the •d^ertising business were never so great a3 Sow, and the processes of pictorial reproduction never before so Invited reckless and unscrupu lous enterprise of this sort. The art of pbotog- T*pliy has been 60 developed that private per sona almost ur.ivei»ally . have their portraits Biade without the slightest thought of inviting Hggttfr attention, a DhotosraDii is like a per- sonal letter, and is entitled to similar protec- cepted as authentic, despite the dainty and tlon. It onrht to be possible for the legislature decorative beauty pieces which some would-be to pass a law securing the right of privacy in rival artists have drawn from their own iruagi photograpbs, so drawn as not to interfere with nations. reasonable liberty and to avoid all the dangers Admiral Dewey has performed, in depicting which the Court of Appeals foresees from the this scene and this portrait, a service to the establishment of a general principle. A definite nation second only to that performed by him enactment applying specifically to such cases as four years azo in Manila Bay. The Democratic this, making a portrait the property of the per- members of the Philippine Committee, too. son portrayed so far as rights of reproduction have made themselves parties to that service. are concerned, would answer the purpose. It though perhap^ without their own intent or would not be hard to limit this so that legiti- wish. There used to be an old country saying, mate publication of pictures of persons in pub- "If you pick him up for a fool yoiril drop him. lie life could be safeguarded, and the liberty of We do not know with what estimate of him the speech and the press to criticise and comment Democratic members of that committee picked by picture or word on actors in public Rflain up Ge; rge Dewcy. We are inclined to think could be nrotected ' they are uncommonly glad to drop him, and ' are now blowing upon their fingers and wanting to kick themselves for ever having picked him up. But it is too late for them. The work is done. The picture Is pointed, and it will endure. THE KIXG'S PROGRESS. It had been planned that on each of two days last week there should be a royal progress— to use the quaint old phrase — by King Edward through tbe chief thoroughfares of his capital. Prepn rations therefor had been made, by court and by populace, upon an unprecedentedly mag nificent scale. Then suddenly all such plans were abandoned. There was such a surprise and there was such a disappointment as a nation had seldom if ever known before. In stead of moving in stnte before admiring myriads the King was scut into close seclusion, leaving his subjects to wait outside In anxious silence for tidings of life or death. We may now happily believe that the tidings are of life and health. The King is making progress. It is not a progress through the be decked and roaring streets of London. It is something better than that. It is steady and substantial progress away from the shadow of death toward the light of life an^ of restored health and strength. That is a better progress than the other, which had to be for the time abandoned. It is one for which his people will be profoundly grateful, with gratitude even creater than their edmiration and acclamation would have been had the original plan of a royal progress been fulfilled. It is regarded by this nation, too. and by all the -world, with pleasure and with thankfulness. There have boeu many reports concerning the King's condition, some of which have not been judicious. There have been pessimistic fore bodings and even direct statements of peril and despair, for which there was no apparent foun dation In fact. There have also been some wild flights of optimistic exultation, which it would have been gratifying to accept as well inspired, but for which at the time it was impossible to discover adequate authority. To say. as some did, that all hope was absolutely abandoned, or to picture, as others did. the King as resuming his normal occupations and habits of life only a few hours after the operation, was altogether unwarranted and extravagant. The fact Is that in such a case as this there is no such thing as a royal progress. The King is dealt with by disease acd by tbe healing art just as any other mortal would be. and his j condition and progress are to be judged by just such ordinary rules. He was not exempt from i disease because of his kingship, and neither • was he doomed. Now, the iact is. as we have j hitherto pointed out, that the case from a mcdi- I cal an-1 surgical point of view is a simple and ordinary one. Thousands of men have been : thus stricken and h2ve been thus operated i upon; and the vast majority of them have sur- ; vived and have recovered their health, 'me i majority of such patients who have been of age and physical condition similar to the King's j have been restored to health. It seemed to us at the outset, therefore, that on the principle of l probabilities the King's recovery was to be expected. Such expectations now seem day by day more j and more justified. The King is making steady j pron-ess. It would be an error to proclaim him j out of all danger. No man who has even the j slightest ailment Is out of danger. The draw ing of a tooth, the par'.ne of a corn, the extrac tion of a splinter from the hand, may be at tended with fatal results. What is to be said with unhesitating r-oundence Is this: that the King has been making steady progress toward , health: that such progress continues at the | present time unchecked; that there !s no per- ' eeptible menace that it will be checked; that if ' it is not checked by some now unforeseen ob stacle or disaster it will lead to complete res toration of health, and that every hour of con tinued progress reduces the danger and the ; possibility of such check. To this we may J add that the King's physicians appear to have acted throughout with exceptional judgment and sincerity, having made no mistake In their management of their patient and having not deceived the p^ Dlic concerning him in the j fiichtest degree, either by commission or by omission. It is fitting that our earnest -wishes and prayers for tlie King's recovery shall continue unabated. It is also happily fitting that we shall besin to join vitb them onr congratula tions and our rejoicings at the auspicious out look for a triumphant ending of the present steady progress. "BEWEY PIXXITr A new picture hangs in our national gallery. It portrays a noteworthy historical scene. It includes several historical portraits, drawn with photographic accuracy and at tbe same time with the utmost impressionistic v'gor. It Is, we think, the peer, In verisimilitude, in dramatic effect, in artistic finish, in color, in atmosphere, in perspective, in every essential element, of any other work of art that adorns the Capitol or any of our museums. It is painted on an enduring cauvas, with perma nent colors, and by a master hand whose work must ever command the highest respect and confidence. The sign manual In the corner is sufficient to tell Its story and to establish its rank. It is simply "Dewey pinxit." The 6eene is laid in the Far East, in the spring of 189 S. There are various Filipino con spirators, harbored and enoourasred on foreign soil. They make no pretence of seeking Inde pendence or any such thing. They profess to be zealous to fieht the Spaniards— for loot, or for the sake of fighting, or what else; it does not matter. There is talk of thirty thousand of their compatriots rising at the sound of the Srst pun. But wh^n that gun and several more are fired not one rises. Even the zealous con spirators are not all at the front, lacking tooth brushes and other essential equipments of war. The American commander makes no "alliance" with them, and does not salute nor recognize their "flac:." He simply permits them to do whatever they care to do on hi? side, but pres ently finds they are more bother than they are worth. Conspicuous In the scene Is a portrait figure of i Emilio Aguinaldo, who has been called by some j "the Washington of the Philippines." He Is ' portrayed as a tricky, self-seeking man. At the ; outset he has no expectation nor purpose to secure Independence. He Is there for personal gain, for money, for loot, and for nothing else. > "I don't think he was there for anything else," ! declares the painter. "I swear I don't." He uses for the purchase of arms money which was paid to him as the price of peace. He is not loyal to the Americans, not even at the begin ning. And all the time he is there for loot, j "taking everything in sight." That is the por- j trait of "the Washington of the Philippines." painted by the man who saw most of him and who knew him best. We are inclined to think Jhejaartrait .will last, and will be generally ac- kew-york: datct trtbunt:. sundat. June 29. 1902. PREJUDICE AGAINST AUTOMOBILES. Mobb!ng a woman is discreditable work. We canuot conceive a provocation which would justify it. Done by Yahoos in a savage land, we should say it was characteristic of the place. Done by reputedly civilized people In the streets of New-York, it is a disgrace to the community, which it is pleasant to see resented and which might be not unfittingly treated to something sharper than mere resentment. Yet It has been done several times of late In the streets of New-York, in circumstances which Uave to some seemed almost to afford a degree of palliation. It cannot be conceded that those or any circumstances could afford anything like justification. But at least such incidents sug gest the existence of an abnormal state of popu lar mind, the origin and responsibility of which may profitably be considered "by all whom it may concern." There can be no doubt that automobiling, in i its illegal and defiant forms, has "got upon the i nerves" of the public. There was a time when I bicycling was similarly regarded. Wheelmen - j some of them— habitually and defiantly violated ! the law. to the terror, peril and actual injury of | the lawabiding part of the community. It was no wonder that people came to regard the "scorch- Ing" wheelman as a public enemy, to be set upon with vlolerce whenever and wherever found. That state of niiod has passed away, with the passing or reformation of its provuk ing cause. But now certain automobile drivers are arousing It agMn. directed toward them selves. They arouse It by their persistent and defiant violation of the law and by their con temptuous attitude toward the law and toward their victims. When admonished by a police man that they are going too fast they put on still more speed to escape being arrested by him: and then, after a mile a minute race, when they are finally brought to book, they de clare that they were not conscious of going faster than the law permits. When pedestrians or other vehicles are in the road they do not try to avoid them, nor do they give them their due share of the road, but Instead keep right along in the middle of the road.^nierely clang ing a gong or blowing a horn as an arrotrant order for everybody else to "get off the earth" or take the consequence. When they do run Into or over anybody. Instead of decently stopping to see what harm hns been done and to render assistance. !f possible, they put on full speed and hasten away to avoid recognition. If ever they are brought Into court and fined for Jawhresldng, they pay the fln*», either ns r Joke or with an Intimation that they regard It as blackmail, charge It to the Inevitable profit and loss of the sport, and go their way to re peat ihfMr illegal performances. As we have said many times before, thore are only a few autoraobilists who do such things. In proportion to the wh'Me number, yet there are enough of thpm to crente an Intoler able nuisance in city and country, and so to exasperate the public mind as to lend to pnch outbrenks as those which we have boon deplor ing. People have come to look upon the scorrb ing autonsobilNt as a public enemy, and when ever he commits any mischief they are rc-ndy to tflke the law Into tbf>tr own hands and In flict summary punishment upon him. It Is not right for them to do so. It Is disgraceful for them to do so wheu a woman Is Involved In the case. But the best way to stop them from do ing It Is to suppress the cause, for that cause is itself as unlawful ss its deplorable effect. A RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. The estarjllshment of the new Jewish Theo logical Seminary in New-York, under the leader ship of Dr. Solomon Schechtex, deserves more notice than we have given It in another part of tbis !6sue— not because It Is the first Institu tion of the kind to be founded in New- York, for there have been others, but because Its estab , lishment Indicates a revival of interest lv an i clent Judaism, which many people in this coun i try, Jews as w?ll as Christians, believed had died out or had been driven into the remote background by the spirit of the time. The Portuguese Jews who came to the Unite.l States in the early days of the republic, and those who followed them many years later from Englnnd and the German speaking coun tries in Europe, were with few exceptlois of the orthodox class. The Portuguese remained true to the teachings of their fathers, estab lished houses of worship on the old lines, and have maintained them to the present time with only slight modifications. The Germans became "Reformed" Jews, and under the leadership of ■wise nion threw off forms and ceremonies which smacked of the Orient, and by the introduction of English In place of Hebrew In the ritual made the services interesting to the young peo ple. But in time reform ran wild and over stepped the bounds laid out by Wise, Einhoiu and other pioneers In the reform movement. It was this tendency to extreme reform which mnde It apparent to prominent Jews in the United States that competent leaders and teach ers must be provided for the Jews to prevent ciislnteurntlnn. This feeling made itself mani fest In the establishment of the Jewish Theologi cnl Seminary of America, and the remarkable feature of tbe movement Is that the men who stand at the head are not of the orthodox class. but of the national reform party, with which reform ooes not moan annihilation. Dr. Scbechter, who will be the bead of the faculty of the seminary. Is nf the orthodox clnss. and the fact thnl men who have for years been prominently identified with reform con gregations are his chief supportPrs ndds dignity to the undertaking and stifles criticism which misrht come from the fnshinnnble world. The po sition taken by these men will do much toward enlisting the ro-operation of young Hebrews, and on the whole It is tho first great step In a revival In Juda:sm in America. If this should have ffT one of its objects the uplifting of the people of that faith who come to us from dis tant shores, burdened with the ignorance begot of misery, the revival will prove a blessing to the whole community. Admiral Dewey Is positive In the belief that Aguinaldo was never an unselfish patriot, but was always jrreedy for loot. V/hat a future there would be for the Filipino schemer as a Tammany district leader! A French investigator. Rosensthiel, told the Paris Academy of Sciences a few days ago that he had satisfied himself that the bouquet of a veil known vintage depends less on the quality at Dm mt~"t tlitiri Uaa nature of Urn v»a«t which grows on the latter. The flavor of some of the ir.ost famous dairy products has been traced t< microbes, and such bacteria are now an article of commerce. Should M Rosensthiel's discovery be corroborated, the independent cult ure of yeasts for the wine grower may become an important industry. The new public park at Coney Island has not involved an excessive outlay of municipal funds, and the money has been wisely spent. This place of recreation is easily reached, and will undoubtedly become popular. With the generous facilities which the Speed way offers to those who own or drive nimble road horses of the swiftest class, and with the frequent and interesting contests of the harness horses at the Empire City track, the giving up of famous old Fleetwood is no longer regretted by New-Yorkers. In fact. Fleetwood is almost forgotten already. Have the plans for the relief of the jam at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge al ready faded, like the baseless fabric of a vision? Mr. Cleveland's placid enjoyment of the fish ing In Buzzard's Bay is not likely to be seri ously disturbed by any verbal brickbats from Nebraska. The range is too long for one thins, and even at a moderate distance political mis siles of the Bryan make up are not destructive. Improved methods of constructing trolley roads have lessened the leakage of current into the earth, and thus reduced the damage done to water and gas pipes. The evil is still widely prevalent, though, and the discovery of a new way to meet it is a cause for public congratu lation. In Waukegan, 111., the introduction of rubber packing In gas mains at intervals of 1,200 feet has exercised a discouraging influ ence on stray electricity. Rubber is about as good as an insulator as glass, and proves a for midable barrier to the michief maker. TVhat extensive vacations some of our local officeholders intend to take this summer! The less the official has done of genuine hard work for the public good the longer rest he Is looking for. In an ancient Egyptian papyrus recently dis covered there is a complaint of a householder against a police captain because discipline was so lax that a bold robbery was committed while the patrolman was off his beat. This complaint is thousands of years old. Police departments in some respects are like the pyramids. THE TALK OF THE DAT. To what limit Is the "Americanization" of Ens land going! Here Is a Boston man writing to "The Spectator" to protest against the use In that Jour nal cf the word "expect," followed by a verb !n the past tcr.se. "The Spectator" rises to the defence of its usage, and this week publishes a couple of letters supporting Its position. One writer quotes from the examination papers of the Scotch Edu cation Department, an authority "equal to the French Ac-ade-nle in th» matter of correct Eng lish"— whatever that may mean!— this sentence. •'The Sultan expected he had got Kinsr Richard." The other maintains that " 'I expect you have lost a tenant' is a natural abbreviation for 'I expect to find you hay* lost a tenant.' " We "expect" this ts an Anglicism, but H will require a c.»refu! con sultation of the authorities of Boston. Chicago and Indianapolis to learn whether there Is good usage In this country to support it DOPP€R AN" BRITON, TOO (With acknowledgments to Mr. Kipling.) An I wiis ridln' over the veldt, thinkln' o' Eng land's Isle, . I seed a man I had fought asalnst got up In the Br!tl.«her style: He was .•houtln? 'Three Cheers for Edward Rex. and 1 set to lm. "Oo are you?" Sez 'c. Tn » Briton— 'ls majesty's Briton— Dopper an" Briton, too!" Now. "is English Isn't the Board School sort, and 'is blooo Isn't arrient blue. 'E Isn't one o* the ole De Verea. nor '• isr. t a Cocknry true; _ 'E's a sort o" a bloomln' Brltafrtcan— Doppsr an Briton, too. 'E doesn't think much o* the foreign coves who swore they would help him fight. An 'c can't get to see Sir Henry C. B. in a strictly relisrloi.B llßht: But > kind o' Kits on with chaps Ilka us, who have •it 'mi. and fought "im true. An' *c Isn't ashamed o' the Union Jack— English an* Popper, tool Now there's croakers who sez 'c will rise again, mat we're rr.akln* a Irish stew. But it Isn't th« men who 'avf cnased De wet, ana It Isn't, ole Bur-her. you— You're a sort o' Canadlan-Comstalk-blkh— Dopper an' Briton, too. "E 'card a lot o' confounded bosh, ugly o" you An' 'c's oniv woke up just now tn know 'c's a pentl^man. proud and free; 'E's fought 'is way to Britannia s arms; sne s cua dlln' "lm wine as you. An' sez >. "T'm licked, but I feel set up— Dopper an' Hrlrnn. too!" _ . Now, you'll find, if you treat 'Im same as I, steady. en" firm, an" true. That "ell stick to the flaß, and 'el! do the Barn-; as the other Colonials do. _ Par the war it "as doubled 'is self-respect— c » Dopper an' Briton, too! vv —(London Globe. Tho Scottish Patriotic Association is doing val iant deeds against the "Intolerable usurpation" in volved In VII after the name of Great Britain's ruler. The preceding six Edwards were sovereigns of the "tight little Island" before the union with Scotland. Hence the queer coronation medal struck off by the association. On the side that bears the portraits of the King and Queen is the following legend: "King Edward First— not Seventh— of Britain and the British Empir«^-Queen Alex andra." Penned.— "Pa." said the little mosquito, "what does "perseverance' m*>an anyway. ••Perseverance, my child," replied the wl?e oM in sect, "means find'n- a hole in a wire screen. — (Philadelphia Press. The Rev. W. W. Lucas, a negro minister, secre tary of the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress, preached a sermon in Macon, Ga., recently In which he told In an original an-1 forcible way some homely truths to his race. He said: "I have decided that the on'.y way to get rid of the 'Jim Crow' car ts to get rid of the 'Jim Crow negro. If I could use 200.000 bars of soap on the unwashed negroes that travel on trains and hang around depots I would solve the negro problem about 20 per cent. Lazy, ragged, barefeet fellows, longing for silver siippers and long white robes and countii.g themselves worthy; neglecting to provide a home for their families on earth and yet claim ing a house not made with their hands in Gods heaven! The white man is trying to make this earth blossom as a rose and the negro is getting ready to die! The white man Is organizing business enterprises and the negro organizing societies to turn out at their funerals! Now. 1 object to a $100 funeral for a &0 cent negro. The negro eats up and dresses away all he makes. One square mt-al on Sunday sweeps away all the wages of the week. He reminds me of the mule which ate the slipping tag from his leg. An old negro exclaimed: 'Gee. Dat mule dun eat up his whar-he's-gwinel' That's what the negro does. He ents up his living." The Mobile negroes welcomed and applauded his words, as If they felt their vital truth. A hunting party of ladies and gentlemen were detainrd by a storm at the hut of a Virginia back wcodsman. Dinner being served, thtre was an em bairaßsing paucity of knives. The mother, wishing to impress her aristocratic guests, callfd In a commanding tone to her young daughter. "Fetch some more Tvnlves. Sairey; you know we've got thousands of 'em." "Law, no. mam; they're all thar! Thar's 'Big Butch," and 'Littie Butrh.' and 'Razor-Back. 1 and 'Bur.ty.' "—Harper's Magazine. Engineers say that a tunnel under the Strait of Canso. between Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, would be Impracticable, and an ambitious bridge over the stormy waters la projected. The cost is expected to approach $5,000,000 Bridges over our East River are vastly more expensive, but no great outlay for approaches will be required in Cape Bre ton. It may be predicted safely that the problem of dealing with huge masses of pushing, jostling people at either end of the Nova Scotia structure will not overwhelm the local authorities for many a generation. They are fortunate. Sunday had been a fateful day in the life of the King. It was on a Sunday when in the winter of ]?71 he contracted typhoid fever, which near.y cost him his life. On a Sunday he took a decided turn for the tetter, to the intense rfl.ef of the nation. On a Sunday he slipped on the staircase in Lord Rothschild's house and injured his knee. On a Surday be was shot at by Slpido in Brussels rail way station Also, .>n last Sunday his majesty found himself disabled by a chill caught at AJder »hnt - li""^"fl Chronicle* -^.'--— --.-■-■,<, •.— -—i-.. •„•_.-- About People and Social Incident*. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL- Washington. June 2S (Special).-The second day at the new White House was spent in disposing 01 pending matters as rapidly as possible, in the_ hope that the President may not havi to return to wasn ington after he leaves here on the evening of jmy 3 for Pittsburg. It is believed cow that he will De able to go directly to Oyster Bay in the same car that takes him to Pittsburg. without stopping in Washington. This plan will, be carried out v possible, so that he may reach his summer home the evening of July (Special).— second day at <• new White House was spent in disposing el odtns matters as rapidly as possible, in the -hov* it the President may r.ot hay. to recurn M W«» ? ton after he leaves here on the ever.ir.g of Jui> for Pittsburg. It is believed now that he will be le to fo directly to Oyster Bay in the same car at takes him to Pittsburg. without stopping in ashington. This plan will be carried out i *slble, so that he may reach his summer home the evening of July 5 or the morning of the t>th. This decision Indicates that Congress will a «° urn by next Tuesday. The annual appropriation bills yet to be passed may be read and signed in a short time, so that the most important business next week will be the approval of the Canal bill and the Philippine bill. In these, of course, the President may find objections to certain details which will re ire some time for explanation and adjustment. In the forenoon to-day he conferred with Admiral Walker, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commis on, with respect to the Canal bill, as passed by the House and Senate. Another appointment was made for a conference next week, so that the bill ay be handed to the President in such shape that he will be readily disposed to approve it. There was some discussion of the appointments to be authorized, as well as the selection of a commis sion, but these details may be attended to at Oys ter Bay. where executive acts, of course, are legal as well as in the temporary White House. The President may also postpone consideration of Commissioner Wright's report on the coal strike until he sees home. From a statement by Secre tary Cortelyou. a denial is authorized of the story that the Department of Justice will proceed against the coal companies. This rumor was probably a revival of the story printed two months or more ago. that the District Attorney of Kansas had been instructed to investigate the affairs of an alleged coal monopoly, which was perfectly true. But that action by the department had only a local significance, and was not Intended to create the impression that a general movement would be set afoot to prosecute all the American coal com panies. Plans for the President's visit to Pittsburg were practically completed to-day. He will be accom panied by Attorney General Knox. Secretary Cor telyou and the usual clerks, leaving Washington at 7:45 p. m. on July 3. His train will arrive in Allegheny about S o'clock the next morning. The military organizations of Pittsburg and Allegheny, including several regiments of artillery and in fantry and a troop of cavalry, will meet the Presi dent and escort him to Shenley Park. Here the President will deliver a speech. In the afternoon the President and the Attorney General will take luncheon with H. C. Fr-ek. A dinner will be given In Mr. Roosevelt's honor In the evening, and he will witness the fireworks around the illuminated fountain in Sher.ley Park, starting for Oyster Bay about midnight. M , After office hours to-day the President mounted his bay lumper and went for a ride alone through the northwestern suburbs. The President has not yet announced his decision on the appointment of a Sub-Treasurer for Balti more. Representative Mudd is understood to be away from the city. The appointment of a candi date to be named by Representative Mudd will be made next week. 2 _ , Among the callers to-day were Senators Hale, Millard. Burrows. Proctor. Allison, Burton, Platt, Warren Pritchard and Mason, and Representatives Payne, Crumpacker. LUtlefleld. Lacey, Jones, Bartholdt, Campbell and Sparkman. Soon after the hammc ing and t> :lrg of the workmen repairing the White Hous<. ceased, the Marine Band plnyed the first piece on its concert programme. The usual Saturday evening con certs, at 7 o'clock, will be held on the White House lawn this summer. _ NEW-YORK SOCIETY. The week has been unusually quiet. The bad weather of a week ago Saturday Interfered with all the suburban entertainments, and they were post poned until yesterday, when they took place under admirable climatic conditions. The number of house parlies at all suburban resorts over the week end Is very large, and many of these will be con tinued until after the Fourth, which, falling on a Friday, divides the week in two. and renders busi ness on the exchanges and In Wall Street very dull. The one feature of the last week has been the race at New-London, to which a great number of fashionable people went. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, with a targe party f.oin Newport; Mrs. Alexander Van RensseUer and Mrs. George W. Childs-Drexel. from Philadelphia; Mr. ar.d Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt. Mr. and Mrs Edwin Gould and 1.1 am E. Iselin. and H. L Drummond. of St Louts. The Fourth will be celebrated after the usual patriotic fashion by society, and a: Newport. Southampton. Oysier Bay and New-London, as well as all the country clubs, moat elaboiaie prepa rations are being made for the day's festivities. Thanks to the propitious weather all the outdoor entertainments scheduled for yesterday afternoon turned out successfully. Elsewhere in The Tribune to-day will be found a description of the gym khana races at Mrs. Trenor Park's country seat, near White Plains, and also of Miss Helen Gould's lawn fete at Lyndhurst. her place at lrvington-on the-Hudson Tlure were also the yacht races of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club at Oyster Bay, followed by the usual dance at the clubhouse in the evening, while many went out to Van Cort landt Park to watch the po.o match between the Squadron A team and that of the Lake wood Polo Club. George Gould and his two boys being com prised in the latter. The Morris County Golf Club dinner dance last evening proved a great success, many of the own ers of the country seats In the vicinity who are entertaining house parties over Sunday bringing their guests. There is to be another dinner dance at the club on next Thursday. In the middle of the week— namely, on Wednes day — the marriage of Miss Julia Pierrepont Ed wards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierrepont Ed wards, to Reginald Mansfield Johnson, of Boston, will take place In St. Saviour's Church at Bar Har bor. The ceremony will be followed by a wedding breakfast at the summer home of the parents of the bride, the list of whose attendants, as well as the names of the best man and ushers, have al ready appeared In this column. It Is on Friday that Mrs. Harold Farquhar Had den gives her danco for her debutante daughter. May. at her country place at Seabright. N. J.. and a number of people are going down from town to Seabright for the occasion. Among those who are giving house parties at Seabright over the Fourth and the week end are Mrs. W iiliam Warner Hop pin. Mrs. James A. Scrymser and Mrs. Wiihani A. Street. Mrs. J. Plerpont Morgan will spend the summer at Bar Harbor, where she has taken the Sweet Pea cottage. Miss Rnett will be her guest during a portion of the season. Mrs. Roland Redmond and Mrs. Buchanan Winthrop have likewise taken cot tages at Bar Harbor, where Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gallatin are occupying the Devon cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Yon Gaertner are at the Ladd cottage. In xiigh-st.. while Mrs. Edward Wharton is at the Newport. Mrs. Alexander Maltland has her mother. Mrs McCosh. of Princeton, staying with her at Bar Harbor, where the annual golf tournament of the "ebo Valley Club begins on Tuesday. August 12. Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. who have been spending the early summer at the old Dimock homestead at South Coventry. Conn., have taken the Canary cottage at Bar Harbor. Their daugh- j ter. Mrs. T. Cary Hutchinson, and her husband will stay with them there. Mrs. Edward Mcrrell has arrived at Bar Harbor and opened her cottage on Malvern Hill, and Mrs. Charles Carroll Jackson has likewise arrived for the season, and is occupying LlangoUen. Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore have closed their house in East Fifty-fourth-st. and have left town for their camp at Moosehead Lake, in Maine. Next month ..ley go to Newport, where they have taken a cottage for the season. Mrs. Ward McAllister and her daughter Louisa have closed their bouse in Madlson-ave. and are at their country place at Greenwich. Conn. Miss Mc- Allister will go on to Newport in August. Mrs. Beverley Du<_r. who Is now staying with her father. John Poole, at Harrisons, N. V.. will spend the remainder of the summer with her chil dren at Bar Harbor, Me. Mr. and Mrs. S. Montgomery Roosevelt and the latter's daughter. Miss Boylston, are at Roosevelt ; Hall, their country place at Skaneateles. N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting are still In town at their house in East Stxty-seventh-st. They will spend the summer at Newport. _ Mr. and Mrs Charles C. Edey have returned to town from Atlantic City, and are at their new i house in West Seventieth-? L Mr. and Mrs. Fred erick Edey have left town lor their country place at Bellport, Long Island, for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. William A- Perry are at Ridge lawn, their summer home near Bay Ridge, and leave It next month for a trip through Canada to the Pacific C-iast their son Henry starting about the same time with several college friends for a trip around the world' by way of Japan. Eujtena AloiL Twoxably and Rhiaelander Waldo. U. S. A., are at the Garden City Hotel Gam^. City. Long Island. " .^ ' • . Mrs. Francl« B. ftevsns, jr.. is entertaining »,.. i mother. Mi B. F. Horwitz. at her place at West f bury. Long Island. Mrs. Horwitz returns to Ban more in a few days, before going to : for the summer. vu * t « _ -^ — Mrs. . Livingston Ludlow has issued tr.ntatioe. for a large luncheon party at her cottage at X« w I port on July 3, for her daughter. Mrs. Hem; I Parish. VI g Harry Payne Whitney and Herman Duryea haii 1 formed a new racing firm, under the naan v 1 Duryea & Whitney. They are forming a «tron» I stable, and their colors— with white b»» on sleeves — are likely to be seen in most of »Sa ! horse racing fixtures for the remainder of th» S season. * I Mr. and Mrs. James B. Haggln leave town ta morrow for Newport, closing their house in Ftftk. aye. .■;. ■ ; - ; ; t G»ne"ral and Mrs. Francis Roe. accompanied }• their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Prj^ cott Slade, leave their country place at High^ Falls, N. V., next week, and sail on Saturday fa, Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons sail froa : here on Wednesday. .. ■; Mrs. Frederick Bronson has left town, and i 4i 4 staying with Mis. Vander'jilt at the Breatira Newport. Prince Leopold de Croy has been staying wfti Walter George Smith at his country place near Torresdale. Perm. Lady Naylor Leyland, who was Miss Jeaa^ Chamberlain, has been placed in mourning 67 tha 1 death of her mother-in-law. SOCIAL NOTES AT NEWPORT. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBC.VE.] Newport, R. 1., June 2S.— owners of the *. j ! footers are preparing for the opening of iheb • 1 racing season here on July 4. The Carolina, ow-ed ; by Pembroke Jones, has been in commission (or : some time, and was out this afternoon. Mr. Jones i j having as his guests iliss Natalie ScQenei: aai ' j Miss De .Veufville. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish arrived here to-day for the ; season on board the steam yacht Taurus as guest j of Joseph Lelter. Mrs. Fish will be the guest of I | Mrs. Harry S. Lehr for a few days before opening j her own villa. To-night Mrs. Lear gave a dinner | In her honor. Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks entertained at luncheon this afternoon at her villa. Rockhurst. her guests I being Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin. Mrs. Burke Roctie, i Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mrs Harry S. Lehr, Mrs. I L. L. Lorillard. Mrs. Frederick Sheldon, Its. | Cornelius Vanderbllt. Mrs. J. R. Livercnore. Mrs. ; James L. Van Aien. Mrs. E. J. Berwind, Mrs. [ T. Burden, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr., Mrs. V. Sterrs Wells, Mrs. John Clinton Gray. Mrs. Victor Sorchan and Mrs. George Henry Warren. Ths i guests we seated at one long table, the decora- I tions being pink roses from thss greenhouMi of ! Rockhurst. Mrs. J. C. Mallery gave her first dinner party 1 of the season this evening at her new villa in Kay-st. Mrs. Edward Willing entertained at dinner this , evening at her cottage, in Webster- st. Mrs. Henry Clews is at her villa for a few days. i On Monday she will go to New-York for a short j stay, returning to Newport a few days later for the season. Miss M. Kate Brice. accompanied by her brother. j W. Kirkpatrick. has arrived at the Hone cotiaga i for the summer. Mrs. Elisha Dyer •ntertalced a small dinner i party at Wayside this evening. Atherton Blight and his daughters have arrived at thftir cottage in Be!levue-ave for the season. Basil Savage, of London. is the guest of Mr. and : Mrs. Seth Barton French. Mr. and Mrs James B. Haggln are expected a: ' White i-odite for the season on Monday. This will be their first season in Newport, and they will oc cupy the cottage of Uspeaard Stewart. MEDAL OF HONOR FOR GEN. PORTER Washington. June 2S.— A Congressional medal of honor ha* just Seen awarded to General Horse* Porter. United States Ambassador to France, tor distinguished gallantry in action at the battle «f , Cbickamauga. September 20. ISO. while chief erf nance officer of the Department of the Cumber land, and volunteer aid to General Rosecrus. i General Porter, at a critical moment wtsen the lines were broken, rallied enough, of the fugitives to hold the ground under a heavy fire and facili tate the escape of a number of batteries and wagon ' trains. The board on medals, of which Major Gen era! Young is president, now In session in this j city, recommended the awaid of a medal of r.v*nor ! to General Porter for his conduct on that occasion. I and the recommendation was approved by the sec : retary of War. General Porter is now in uu» country on leave, and the rr.edal will be presented to him' as soon as it has been suitably inscribed. COMMISSIONERS TO ST. LOOS. Albany. June 2S.— Governor Odell has appointed the following commissioners to represent the Sea:* of New-York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at St. Louis: Edward H. Harrlrnan. Louis Stern and Lewis : Nixon, of New- York; William Berrl. of Brooklyn: Frank S. Magraw and Mrs. Norman E. Hack, ■ Buffalo: Edward Lyman Bull, of j^****^ E. Jones, of Jamestown: John C. Woodbury. of Rochester: ex-Congressman John K. a ten. art »- Amsterdam: James H. Cailahan, el scheneJtW. and John Young, of Geneseo. DEGREE FOR ISAAC L. RICE. Isaac L. Rice, who is well known in financial 1 circles of this city, has b?en Informed by the trus tees ar.d reg-nts of the State of Maine that Bates College, of Lewiston. Me., has comerred on nun the degree of LL. D. TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS. Among those who sailed on the Union* for Liver pool yesterday • were the following: Mr and Mr,. m P-jMr- -*"£&*£SS ' Dr. B." A Bailey. [The Miss** K«Hey- Mr «- *r, T bOSS « Gib- A W rtnneo. Mr and Mr*. John SleCof Anson Phelps Stokes. Jr. mac*. ..-.ht Mr. an! Mrs. W. F. Wads- Ju*p "« Mr». JO» worth. ! Haw* On the Lucanla. which arrived yesterday froa Liverpool, were: James J- Harden. Ceorse 5. Hoyt. Mr. and Mrs. George S. ; Colonel T. U *£toi t Cox» and family. I Eto.lhe B. f^ l^- T. Cuslck. ilr. and lira. Fra-s» -<"•* Major Alexander H. Davis. ner. jr. „__» west. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Har- Mr. and Mrs. Gears* WO3U vey Ladew. i There sailed on the Kroonland for Antwerp yes terday the following: ■ mmt F. Brown. 'Mr. and Mrs. Ir* V. B»t- J. It H<>roy. I **«• Among the passengers who arrived here jester-: day afternoon on the steamer Celtic from ver " pool and Queenstown were: Mr and Mrs- Charles L' W. C. McClure. ■Hss&»« ... » Sfiha. «- «- I Beran Edwards. S l?t~l. feat Lady Edwards. .i. I*,?1 *,?- o w>tv-r Dr. E. N. Housttoa. I Dr. W. B. Weaver. On the St. Louis, which arrived here from Soata ainpton last night, were: Mrs. W. B. Dlnamore. M s, ' p,^. \ SrSsrsk. c 6 4?JF* * "■*• Mr. and Mrs Frederic Grand R J?*|?»- , S. Arthur .^^^ ** ■ PERSONAL NOTES. - Henry Loomta Nelson, for several f-^gg of "Harper's Weekly." and formerly *wf£ B correspondent of a *»*"?*g a £s?' o t%Meal J Williams, of the class of «>.. Professor Charles S. Palme, profess or of c^ _ Ml at the University of Colorado, J«^ J , elected president of the Colorado M nln? Sc^er l\ succeed President Regis Chauvenet Dr. ra ,; fs a eraduare of Amherst Collie, of the cto O f vi '- 9 & HV was a fellow in chemistry at t 'iC-. degree- ■ I kfns University, where he took his doctors degr^ % Dr. James Schouler. the htatcrl.n will *£„£:s course of lectures next year at John* kw University, on the Ufa of the people dv.ins t- American nevolutlon. g A Lynir n M-3. 1 . ZZ, - ; -TV. ; - r-, ■ CoVor past ,r of tho W i-« ' \-'~.^ «1- .. ;] Church. has been Invited to become •• rf Uge secretary of th> international «^-^'^». the Young Men's Christian Aw**™^ 3 H associated with John K. m ''";k s^. a jaaarwr» ■ li^fji World's Student FeiieraUon. with aeauiiuar*" 1 Cbica&o. • \