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THE SEWS THIS UORXiyG-
FOREIGN.— The Hague Tribunal is about to
consider it, fix* case, a dilute between the
United States and Mexico over • clauns_o£ reli
glous orders involving $1.900.000. ==— The
White Star steamer Cedric. of twenty-one thou
nad ions, the largest liner *fl«^«f ?£%£
fttlly launched at the yards of Hartand & worn,
at Belfast. ===== King Edward and yueen Alex
"ndr-a. on board their yacht, left Cowes for_a
cruise alone the west coast of ,. E " ™V — —
A French decree was made public fixing^« ex
port bounties on su ar. ===== Emperor WiUUun
will pay the King of Italy a return vi ; to
■Rome. ; French feeling against Germans
was strongly manifested at a^ «**«««<*«£
battle of Mars-la-Tour. on the border of Lor-
Sne! == General and Mrs. Bctha arnvedm
Brussels, and were heartily welcomed In the
nonulace =^ Johanna Jakobaon, wife 01 a
New-York merchant, killed herself by taking
poison to a Berlin hotel. = It * reported that
[n. French budget will ** balanced by .^e floa^
hW of a large loan. == Bessie Bo nem.l . «« I
known waodeviUe actress, died at bei nonw m
Portsmouth. England.
DOMESTIC-Ex-Corporal O'Brien was com-
It, the PhiliotJ — ■ A change in the Cuban
Arthur. U. S. N., and Miss M. H. McCalia,
daughter of Captain Bowman H-iMcCaUa. V.
S. X, were married at Newport. ===== John « .
Gates is confident that he will win in the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron right, and has several month*
<n which to marshal his forces. -.=. The trial
of "Tom" Co-krill for the "Ben" Hargis mur
der, in Breathitt County Ky.. has been trans
ferred to Wolfe County. === The Doher >
brother* won the tennis championship in doubles
at Newport. = Senator Hill and Bird S.
role- spoke to the Pioneers' Association of
Or!ea^«» Count y at Oak Orchard- == In the
anthracite region many of the mines are being
cleared up, ready to resume operations ■ — —
Justice Russell, of Canton, resigned from the
Supreme Court.
ClTY.— Stock market experiences reaction on
profit taking- = Peter Power admitted he
had been a "dummy- in the suit against the
Northern Pacific merger; Lamb said \\ . bourne
Cockran, Camllle Weidenfeld and others had
been back of his suit. ===== The Republican
Executive Committee chose the dates for the
conventions and approved the Assembly dis
trict representation for Congress conventions.
=== Chief Croker was subpoenaed to apper at
the Ryan hearing to-day. == C. M. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel Corporation,
sailed for Europe. ===== What is said to be the
biggest greengoods haul ever made in this
neighborhood was made public; an entire plant
was captured In a raid at Newark on Wednes
day. and Fix arrests were made there and in
this city - There was an unconfirmed ru
mor that Bishop Potter had persuaded Mr. Mor
gan to meet President Mitchell. ===== The po
licemen who were indicted in connection with
the riots at the funeral of Rabbi Joseph were
transferred by Commissioner Partridge. =====
The Hotel Bayard property was sold to a syn
dicate for $400,000. and on its site will be con
structed a twelve story apartment hotel at an
estimated cost of $600,000. ===== Dr. Franz
Sip.: died at his borne in this city.
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-dayj
Fa;-. The temper yesterday: Highest, <■•
degrees; lowest. 64 degrees.
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A WORD TO SOUTHERy LEAD
President Roosevelt is credited in Thursday's
dispatches from Oyster Bay with giving some
wholesome and seasonable advice to party
leaders in the Southern States. For the last
twenty years the Republican party in most of
these States has been aT best a slowly crumbling
organism. Its impotency In State and national
elections has come to be accepted as almost a
part of the order of nature; at national conven
tions alone it galvanizes itself into some sem
blance of genuine life. What vitality it ex
hibits between conventions is consumed, in the
main, in the pursuit of federal patronage. Its
dependence on the Republican organization of
the other sections of the Union is therefore as
eelf-confessed as it is absolute. Yet the obli
gations which this dependence entails are often
too little observed by Southern leaders. In
many States the spirit of factionalism is chronic,
end selfish personal rivalries intervene to cloud
the occasional opportunities which come along
to do the party at large gone n^oded and timely
B«>rTice.
The President was entirely right in emphasiz
ing the duty which Southern Republican man
agers owe the party of struggling to maintain
cb large a representation us possible in the
lower house of Congress. Control of that branch
may easily turn on the loss or rapture of a
dozen districts. Every seat gained or saved in
the South makes so much easier the Republican
party's task of holding its strength in other sec
tions. But too often the hope of a timely gain
or two In the South i? blighted by the foolish
excesses of factional rivalry. In Texas, for In
stance, there Is an opportunity, under the ap
portionment act of 1901. to make a promising
2ght In one or two of the new Congress dls
triers. But Republican prospects are darkened
by a strangle between two factions for the pos
session of the party machinery; and President
Roosevelt frankly told the Texas leader who
visited him on Thursday that such indifference
to larger national Interests could only be viewed
with irritation and impatience.
In Arkansas, too. the Republican minority has
split into two discordant factions, each of which
has nominated a candidate for Governor: and
the only aim of the rival leaders Is. apparently,
to determine which one of them is to be beaten
worse by their Democratic opponent Virginia
is another State in which factionalism ha« re
duced the Republican party to a shadow of its
former strength. In other years three or four
Congress districts in the Old Dominion could be
counted on as hopeful fighting ground; and even
under present conditions there seems to be still
a chance of building up an effective Republican
organization in the western and southwestern
Vrtion of th' Stat<». But a united and Tigoroug
effort has been lacking here, as elsewhere in the
South tr> do that special political service which
the party at targe has had substantial reason to
The President's sugg<»stion that credit should
be given hereafter more to the men who make
their fights in the various Congress districts
than to those who conduct inert and shadowy
campaigns for State offices is a sensible and prac
tical one. The South has sent to Congress in
the last ten years Republicans of undoubted
force and capacity. But these are not the men,
M a nil* who have figured most conspicuously
in national conventions or have had the largest
part in the distribution of the federal patronage.
On them the real burden of spreading an« main
taining Republican doctrine has fallen, and it is
both expedient and just that they should have
I larger voice in party management. Through
the'r" efforts alone, moreover. If Republicanism
is to have a new growth in the South, can an
organization truly national in spirit and purpose
be recruited and built up.
A FIRE DEPARTHEyT MYSTERY.
Commissioner Sturgis is more and more mys
tifying His reasons for suspending Chief
Crolcer have at no time been plain, but there
has been a seneral disposition to believe with
out seeing that there were substantial reasons
for sending the Chief away from his office.
Even in the absence of charges or any expecta
tion of making any. the Commissioner would
unquestionably be justified in putting Croker
« leave of absence if he found that his com
mand of the department was in the slightest
degree hampering the investigation into the
misdeeds of others. His suspension or detach
ment from active duty or enforced vacation,
or whatever else Mr. Sturgis wants to call it.
has Inevitably suggested that as the cause.
Now Mr. Sturgis says that he has no objec
tion to the presence of Croker at the investiga
tion and declines to give any alternative reason
for his action. Of course, there is a difference
between the Chief bejng a spectator at the In
vestigation and beins ai his own desk. In pos
session of the books of The department; but
unlcs there is more thnn a mere suspicion that
Croker might be in the way. It seems hardly
fai*- to throw discredit upon him.
W« do noi for an instant credit the insinua
tion that Commissioner Sturgis has a settled
prejudice against the Chief and is determined
to make war upon him. iuuch loss that he is a
party to any spoils hunting conspiracy. Doubt
less Mr. Sturgis Is. with a single eye to the pub
lic interest, trying to weed out abuses and raise
the standard of his department. That there
bases is perfectly apparent. How could
it be otherwise after the reign of BcanneH and
Marks' The Commissioner is a man of honor
and determination, and the reason for his action
may be awaited with full expectation that it
will ultimately be found adequate. It is use
less to deny in the mean time, however, that
his curves are a trifle too intricate to be gen
erally comprehended, and nothing Is known to
the discredit of Chief Croker which gives any
dew to die possible reason of th<> Commission
er's present attitude.
OUR GOD SENT COAL OPERATORS.
Strict construction theologians have before
now insisted upon the close relations between
Calvinism and coal. It is something new, how
ever, to find a hardheaded financier setting up
as a doctrine of the business world the pre
destination of the Pennsylvania coal mines to
the all wise control of President Baer and his
fellow presidents of coal companies. Doubt
less good Calvinists have accepted the man
agement of the coal operators, like everything
else that is, as being somehow or other In some
mysterious way in harmony with the ultimate
designs of a God Who endures evil and makea
even the wrath of men to praise Him. But few
of them have reached the point of considering
the so-called "coal barons*' as shining examples
of God's perfect work, in which His loving de
signs for the welfare of the whole human race
were made manifest. It seems, however, that
is the true doctrine which all religious men
should hold. To a religious inquirer who was
concerned about the moral Issues of the present
>;triV'- Mr. Baer has written a letter In which
he cays:
I beg of you not to b<» discouraged. The rights
a: : interests of the laboring men will be pro
tected and cared for. not by the labor agitators,
but by the Christian men to whom God in His
infinite wisdom has given the control of the
property interests of the country and upon the
successful management of which so much de
pends.
Do not be discouraged. Pray earnestly that
right may triumph, always remembering that
the Lord God omnipotent still reigns and that
His reign is one of law and order, and not of
violence and crime.
Now, that is certainly handsome of Mr. Racr.
It will take a load from the consciences of many
earnest people to have this authoritative dec
laration that God. through the kindness of the
coal operators, will be able to manage this
strike in accordance with the dictates of in
finite wisdom. There have been some persons
who believe In law and order, and have no
sympathy with riotous strikers or demagogic
apitators. who have not hitherto been able to
detect Infinite Wisdom sitting at any of the
coal presidents' desks, but doubtless they were
mistaken. In their blindness they have said It
was the duty of the operators to operate; that
they should either meet their men half way and
settle the difficulty, or. under the protection of
the State, put other men to work and mine coal.
They have had a notion that God put the coal
in the earth to furnish heat for men's needs, and
thought there was some slip in the cogs of the
universe when they could not buy coal because
President Baer. God's vicegerent at the mines,
would not work them. But if It is a part of
the divine order that we should all pay 510
a ton till the surplus stock is worked off, co let
it be. Only we should like to ask a question or
two. Are the coal operators infallible indi
vidually, or only when they are gathered to
gether, like a church council, about an office
table to fix rates and say what each retailer
must s«>ll his coal for on pain of having his God
given supply cut off? Was the agreement of
two yean ago, which the operators pay was so
unwise and hae made so much trouble, also dic
tated by Infinite wisdom?
There has been an Impression abroad that a
great many mistakes had been made by mine
owners. They have seemed in the past careless
about the welfare of God's children, both those
who -worked in the mines and those who bought
the coal, and. whatever may have been their
right to control their own property, the conduct
of company stores and the condition of the
working classes at the mines have not suggested
the highest type of Christianity, But we are
glad to know that this is a mistaken impres
sion. We believe in law, and we do not see how
a reign of terror which prevents free men from
working In the mines because some other free
men do not want to work can be tolerated. We
shall support the managers in operating If it
takes every soldier in Pennsylvania to overawe,
and. If need be, shoot down the mob. It is
therefore a great satisfaction to know that the
operators whose property it would be a duty to
protect have not abused their power, but that
infinite wisdom lights their path. It Is. as we
say, a great satisfaction. The only thing that
makes us sceptical Is the fact that one of these
God sent steward; should have wri^en this
epistle. We feel a little as we do la the face.of
the claims of spiritualism. It may be true that
spirits appear. But If the medium's acquaint
ances really nr»* spirits acquainted with- the
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heavf-uly mysteries, why, oh why. do they on
/\irth talk such egregious nonsense?
THE BOER GENERALS.
The thre* Boer generals now in Europe are
heroes of a unique episode. Nowhere in the
history of the world i? there to be found any
thing like a parallel to the manner in which
they have be^n received, both in England and
on the Continent. In the British terms of peace
some saw a partial resemblance to the gener
osity of Grant at Appomattox. But immedi
ately after Appomattox Lee and Johnston and
Wheeler did not visit Washington and New-
York to shake hands with the President and r »
be entertained as welcome and honored guests
by representative men of the North. Nor is
there elsewhere to De found a precedent for the
visit of the Boers to England and for the spirit
shown by both guests and hosts. It was amus
ing to observe the glee with which some in
veterate Anglophobes on the Continent hailed
thp declination of the Boers to be received by
the King on the day first set. A crushing rebuff
and rebuke for perfidious Albion, they called
it. The truth was. of course, that instead of a
rebuke it was a compliment, for the Boers de
clined only because they had not then clothes
which they considered fine enough to wear be
fore the King, and they merely postponed their
reception by him until such time as they could
procure fitting raiment.
There was no false note in the English visit
Upon the part of the Boers there was no truck
ling, no subserviency, no humiliation, and on
the part of the British there was no patronizing
and no exultation. The King and the generals
met as men should meet, in a manner proving
again th.it
there is neither East r.nr West. Border.
nor Breed, nor Birth.
When two strong men ptand face to fac»».
though they rome from the ends of th°
earth.
Just such a spirit was indeed often shown on
both sides during the war, showing that there
was no real hatred on either side. Such a
spirit is auspicious of sood faith and loyal co
operation in healing the wounds Inflicted by
the war and in establishing in South Africa a
lasting pence beneficent to both parties to "the
late unpleasantness."
Nor is the visit of the Boers to the Continent
le^s noteworthy or less admirable. They are
received with all possible cordiality and honor
by those who. by a harmless fiction, are re
garded as th<'ir racial brethren— for of the three
only on<\ if indeed on<\ Is of Dutch descent.
There is no chiding of them for their visit to
England or for their outspoken and aggressive
declarations of loyalty to the British Crown: or
noue, save in one now negligible quarter. Mr.
Kriiger's unhappy attempt to keep them away
from Eneland and his reported disapproval of
thpir acrpptnnce of the terms of peace are
wholly ignored by them, and will be regarded
by the rational public with regret, as nothing
n:oro than .t manifestation of the infirmities of
a mind possessing many noli*' traits. The
tributes paid to the Buer heroes arc worthily
paid, the mere so since there is in them no
rancorous attempt to repudiate the g I faith
of their peacemaking and of th<-ir new alle
giance. When In turn the three general* come
to Ajnerica, as it is pleasingly announced rhey
win do. they win be greeted here with un
feigned cordiality and enthusiasm as men who
fou.cbt nobly that which they believed to be a
pool fisrht. and' who ar~ now as nobly striving
to pin, - Fatherland 1 1 c ont
of th* 1 very Jaws of defeat In war.
A FAVORED CLASS.
Some of o\ir patrolmen rind time so heavy on
their hands, even In their hours of duty, that
they play craps to amuse themselves when they
should be patrolling their beat?. This slgnlfl
ennt fact has been brought out with ample evi
dence in recent arraignments of unfaithful
wearers of the uniform. Do such public ser
vants need a change In the platoon system?
If our guardians of peace and order are over
worked or 111 treated, why Is it 'hat the press
ore to pet places on the force la at fever heat
all the year round?
If they are oppressed or unfairly governed In
any manr t, why should there be all the I
so great a rush for appointments? To ask
these questions is to answer them. The mem
bers of "ur police force are a favored class,
well paid, well clothed, wen fed, and with ample
leisure. Almost without exception they are stal
wart, vigorous and hearty, and show bo siens of
lack of sleep, excessive toil or wearing responsi
bility. There is no sense or reason In the outcry
for* a revolution in the platoon system. Men
so generously paid, and so sure of retirement
on a liberal pension if they are loyal and faith
ful, occupy an exceptional position iv the tuuulc
ip;u service. They ought to b«» grateful be
cause they are so well off, and not follow the
bad example of the daughters of the horse
leech by always trying to get morp thnn is
fairly due them.
Another advantage they enjoy above many
men on the muni- ipa! rolls. Our policemen get
medical and surgical attendance of excellent
quality at the expense of the taxpayers. In
how many other departments of the adminis
tration are the employes of the city cared for
when ill out of the public funds V The members
of the Police Department appear to be amaz
ingly short sighted. Don't they know when
they ar<' -well off? It would seem not.
CANADA'S lltO\ TRADE.
In connection with the organized demand of
Canadian iron workers and other manufactur
ers for higher protection agairst the United
States Bnd the rest of the non-British world,
and a discriminatingly lower tariff with Great
Britain aud the other members of the empire,
some facts concerning the iron industry of the
Dominion are pertinent and suggestive. That
industry is expected to become, next to agri
culture, Canada's greatest. The Dominion con
tains enormous deposits of iron ore and of coal,
both of excellent quality and conveniently
placed. It is said that in some parts of Canada
pig iron can be produced for S_' 45 a ton less than
at Pittsburg, and considerably cheaper than in
any other country in the world. Moreover, ;n
Sydney, which is one of the Canadian cities at
which iron is produced most cheaply, there is
an advantage over Pittsburg of at least $2 a ton
In cost of transportation, making for Sydney an
advantage of S4 4f> a ton, in addition to the
bounty of ?2 70 a ton paid by the Dominion
Government.
In such inspiring circumstances it is not sur
prising to find the iron and steel industry of
our Northern neighbor just now "advancing by
leaps and bounds." From lSo4rol!W> the produc
tion of pig iron increased from 44.701 tons to only
86.0D0— less than doubling In six years; but in
1001 it sprang at a bound to 244,976 tons, almost
a threefold increase in one year. What further
increase the present year will show is not to
be estimated. It should be great, for the
bounty of $2 70 a ton is in it6elf an important
consideration, though it Is not as great as the
$3 of last year. The rate changed on April
21 last. On July 1 next it will fall to $2 L's, and
successive yearly reductions will cause It to
vanish altogether on July 1. MW7. But while
it lasts all possible profit will doubtless be made
from it; though it is difficult to see, in view of
these boasted natural advantages over Pennsyl
vania, and in vtew of the existing bounty, on
what grounds further protection above the
present liberal tariff cau well be demanded.
Thp increase in Canada's iron production .last
year was, as we have seen, enormous. Yet the
total remained really insignificant beside that
of Pennsylvania. Canada produced nearly
245,000 tons of pig iron. The Keystone State
produced nearly 7.365.000 tons, or thirty times
as much as the Dominion. Moreover, the
Canadian iron industry rests largely upon a
basis of United states capital. In almost every
iron manufacturing centre of the Dominion
United States capital and I'nited States enter
prise are dominant. These also are circum
stances which strongly disincline the Canadian
Government to listen to the demand for more
protection. The natural advantages of Nova
Scotia over Pennsylvania are said by Canadians
themselves to be equal to S4 45 a ton. The gov
ernment bounty on pig iron and steel is $2 TO a
ton. Tie duty on structural steel is $7 a ton.
There is a total advantage to Canada of $14 \o
a ton. or about on.?-half the price of the goods
in the United States market. No wonder that
the Laurier government, which, by the way.
came into power on a free trade or low tariff
platform, thinks it is already doing enough for
the enterprising Yankees who are running the
Canadian iron and steel industry.
What Cuba needs Is not so much a loan as a
fair chance to earn her living.
It Is well to let a contract for the construc
tion of the gTeat Parkway and Concourse In The
Bronx. But the Central Bridge ought to be
kept free from trolley tracks and wires, so that
Manhattan people can get up there to those
splendid works. Also, there ought to be a rail
road bridge for trolley lines across the Har
lem, so that through cars can be run between
Manhattan and Th* Bronx.
The death of Franz Sigel ends a career of un
usual and varied activity, and crowded with
materials of romance rarely stumbled on in our
own prosaic days.
The Democratic managers In Maryland are
standing nobly by the Hon. James Griggs and
his tabulating department. They announce
that they have already made arrangements for
carrying four of the six Maryland districts this
fall This assurance will encourage Mr. Grigg3
to go ahead and carry a lot of other States
which at present have solid Republican delega
tions in the House.
Tho 'largest steamship afloat" was launched
yesterday. To-morrow may see the keel of a
larger one laid. _
Current reports from Wantage agree that Mr.
Croker is devoted to his dairy. In former days
he milked the body politic. Now he relieves the
Btatel' matrons of his lowing herd of their
liquid riches, and finds the farmer's lot a happy
one. Rustic retirement is just the thing for the
ex-Boss of Tammany; and there are other Dem
ocratic politicians who have not yet gone abroad
to keep dairy farms, much to the sorrow of their
fellow citizens.
Every trolley company should be compelled
p its cars with effective power
brakes of the latest patterns. Then accidents
would be less frequent than they are now.
Georgia has an even stronger hold on the
affections of people who like luscious things
than in any previous year, because the water
melons and the peaches which the Empire
State of the South has b*en sending to the
Empire State of the North have been bigger.
finer and more delicious than any shipped in
earlier summers. Father Knickerbocker re
turns his thanks to the great commonwealth
v.-hlch so fully represents th- energy and de
velopment of Ihc New South, which Henry W.
Qrady foresaw and extolled.
TEE TALK OF THE DAT.
A Pittsbu'rg business man who happened to be in
Ffcrkenburrone day last week met Judge Jackson
at the S-a'c encampment of th« West Virginia Na
tloral Guard. The ju.3ge. whoa* recent injunctions
have caused much discussion, spoke, freely on the
nubj«:t and expressed treat amusement at the let
ters received from different parts of the country.
•Why - said he. "people seem to think I am con
ducting a wholesale and retail business In Injunc
tions of all kinds. A man In Chicago wrote to get
an injunction to re.-train his neighbor's bis tomcat
from annoying him.' 1
Authoritative.— for myself." bummed
thtmoSaufw. 'and my pr&rence for certain, colors.
I don't deny that I am fond of flesh tints. — (Chi
cago Tribune.
-Strange, indeed, la the heller of some religious
Beets in regard to what will happen hereafter, and
still more strange is the Krim satisfaction with
which they hug to themselves the most horrible
hypotheses." says Henry Labouchere. "Recently I
happened to say. during the debates on the Educa
tion bill, that I was a Universaltst. by which I
meant that X was not of any particular religious
sect A Non-conformist friend of mine subsequently
told me that. If this *;as my intention. I ought
not to have called myself a Ur.iversallst. for there
Is a sect thus named. 'They believe.' he said, 'that
all will be saved. We have a happier faith!' "
Mabel- I should 0 Ink one would need a steel suit
for the social swim in New-York.
Ethel-On a divorce unit Is quite as effective and
distingue.— (Town and Country.
It Is hard for Americans to believe that only
forty years ago the use ft bank checks in Eng
land for sums less than CS was unknown. It is
sfll harder to believe the statement mad? in Eng
lish papers that the late Chancellor of the Ex
chequer supposed that it was the rule Still "Ho
was not alone in his Ignorance." says "The Spec
tator." "At least two Liberal statesmen of Cabi
net rank shared his delusion. 'Did you ever know
a check drawn for loss than £5* was the question
one of these gentlemen put to a colleague on the
front Opposition bench during the course of the
debate. It seems Incredible to any one acquainted
with modern business methods that such Igno
rance should have prevailed in high quarters."
•Whit ran I do for my little boy." asked
mamma! ™o that he won't want to eat between
m^Have the meals ticker together." replied the
young hopeful.-(Tit-Bits.
The aß<tat!ona ß <tat!on about Skinkcr Road, the great
boulevard of the St. Louis World's Fair, is still
going on. "The St. Louis Republic" Is offering a
prize of ?25 for the best protest against changing
the 'nine and Colonel Thomas Sktnkar. lineal de
scendant of the original Colonel Sklnker. offers
to make it ISO, "But what Is the use?" asks "The
Chicago Inter Ocean." "Now the exposition dl
rectory has turned the n-ime loose upon the coun
try, it would b$ Impossible to change it. It can
not be chang->l. The mind of man Is unequal to
the task of substituting Bochambeao for Bklnker.
To attempt to change tie name now would be to
run the risk of wrecking some ot the finest lntol
!f''tS ill tilt; liilnV
OMAR KHAYYAM. JUNIOR.
Little wa learn beyond our A B C—
Except D E F G H I It be.
OrJKLM N O V Q R
And then BTUV 09 X V Z.
The farmers of Walla Walla County. Wash., are
trying the experiment of laying their roads with
straw to improve them. The county will have Us
second annual straw day next month. Every fall
the highways became deep with dust, making
travelling hard on man and beast. Heavy rains
meant mud. and the dust could not be removed
without destroying the roadway. It then occurred
to an enterprising Individual that if all of the
farmers would contribute straw, and all hands as
sist in laying it on the ro.ids most travelled, there
would he a great change for the better. The ex
periment was a decided success. The farmers
turned out in force, plenty of straw was offered,
ready hands laid It to the depth of a foot or more
on the main thoroughfares of the county, and
travelling became easy. Three hundred miles of
roads ■will be covered with straw.
An Earnest Salutation.— "Ah!" said Bißgs, as a
prosperous looking man who had cordially saluted
Diggs passed on. "That's the way I like to hear
a man speak. He seemed sincerely glad to find
you alive and well."
"Yes." replied Diggs. "He pro*>pb!y was. He's
the president of the company my life's insured in."
— (Brooklyn Life.
About Teople and Social Incident^
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.
A number of people are leaving town to-day for
Newport in order to attend Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish s
Colonial ball at the Crossways to-night. One of
its features will" be the minuet, in which the new
Spanish Minister. Senor Imilio Ogeda ; the secre
tary of the Spanish Legation. Juan Wan©: Baron
Gruenstein. of the German Embassy: Baron***
Oppenheim. of the German diplomatic agency at
Cairo; Charles Hoague. of th- Swedish m**"*"
at Washington, and Herman Norman, of the B.u
ish Embassy, as well as Francis J. Otis » ill take
part. Among their part- ?rs will be Miss^ Gwen
dolyn Burden. Miss Xat.ca Rive?. Miss Onthia
Roche and Miss Laura Swan.
Bishop Potter ieft town yesterday afternoon for
Cooperstown. N. V.. en a visit to Mrs. Alfred
Corning Clark, his fiancee. The Bishop will not
return here for pf\eral weeks.
.Mrs. Ogden Goelet has issued invitations for a
dinner dance on Tuesday eve-ing next at her
villa at Newport. Elisha Dyer. jr. will lead the
cotillon, dancing with Miss May Goelet.
Reginald W. Rives. Robert L. Stevens and Frank
X Sturgis will be the judges at the annual horse
show which opens at Southampton to-day, and
which will continue until to-morrow .night. The
show takes place at Interlaken-by-the-Sea. the
grounds of the Southampton Horse Association,
and the entries number more than two hundred.
One of the earliest features of the fall season
in town will be the show of the Ladles* Kennel
Association at Madison Square Garden. Upward
of $10,000 in prizs money has been offered and ' tt _ 1 ?
far as can be gath« red at present, more than two
thousand dogs will be on exhibition.
Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who are staying
with the Secretary of State and Mrs. John Hay
at the latter's country place at Newbury. N. H.,
have leased Mr. and Mrs. Almeric Hugh Pagefs
house. No. 11 East Sixty-flrst-st.. for the winter,
and will take possession of it next mo ntn. Mr
and Mrs. Aimeric Paget will spend the winter
abroad, owing to Mrs. Pagefs health.
Colonel Oliver H. Payne, who has been cruising
on board his yacht, the Aphrodite, has returned to
town, and is at his house in Fifth-aye. for a few
days.
M. Jusseraud. v.-ho. it is rumored, will be the
new French Ambassador, enjoys one Important
advantage over his predecessor. M. Jules Cam
bon. He speaks English perfectly, having ■peat
many years in an official capacity in London.
He is 'recognized both in England and on the
Continent as the erreatest foreign authority on
English literature, his two volumes on the subject
being classed as standard -works.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Wr town yester
day for Newport.
Mr. and Mr?. TV. D. Sloan- have gone to their
camp in the Adirondacks.
Announcement is made of the engagement of Law
rence Bosert Elliman to Miss Edith Coppell, daugn
ter of the late George Coppell. of No. ■ Fifth-aye.
The wedding win take place In Grace Church In
November. Lawrence Elliman is B member of the
St. Nicholas Society, and a brother o{ Douslas E.U
man. who married Mi3s Trowbri
Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston have left South
ampton for Newport, where they are staying with
Mr and Mrs. Oliver O. Jennings. Robert S. Prew
ster is likewise among the latter"s guests.
Mr?. John Lawrence Lee. who Is now at Bar
Harbor, will spend the fall at Staatsburg. N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dalziel. of Paris, are
staying with Mrs. Dalzlel's grandfather. John W.
Ellis, at Newport. Mrs. Daiziel was formerly Miss
Kn::.y Hoffman.
Harry Payne Whitney ii •>.r-"' v l In ■ tew >ays
at October Mountain, hia fatli - - hi the Berk
shires, where- he will entertain a shooting party.
Mis* Adelaide Rar.doiph, who arrived or. Wednes
day from Europ* went yeafrday to Saratoga to
vtatt her stepfather. WSliiam C. Wmtnax
whicb she will go on to Zfei
Mr «nd Mrs Jules Vatable were in town yester
day—also Fradartck G- bhard.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Fitzhugh XThitehouse. who have
Yen yachting along the ooast of Norway are cx
: next month at Newport.
The Duchess of Martborough is booked to sail for
England on September 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Rutherfur.l Stuyvesant return from
Europe next month and will go to their place In
New-Jersey for a time before openin; their houso
in Stuyvesant Square.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Coming, who were at
Morrtetown during July, are at Bar Harbor for the
rest or the season.
NOTES OF THE NEWPORT SEASON.
fBT TEt.E'-.RAPn TO THE TKIBCXE-l
Newport. R. 1.. Aug. 21.— Mrs. Ogden Mil's enter
tained about thirty persons at dinner to-night.
American Beauty roses were used for the table
decorations. After dinner there was informal danc
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Taylor and family are guests
of Henry A. C. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitney, of Philadelphia,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thoma* Janney.
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer entertained at luncheon
to-day and Mrs. Lloyd ? Brlce at dinner to-night.
Robert L. Gerry gave a moonlight sailing party on
the Elect™ this evening.
Mrs. George Scott gave a pretty dinner at Bel
mead to-night. After dinner there was a musical
and informal dancing. Mrs. H. McK. Twombly also
entertained at dinner to-night.
The weekly hop at the Casino was again largely
attended, the hostesses of the different dinner par
ties bringing their guests for the dancing.
ARRIVALS AT LENOX.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TUIBrNE.)
Lenox. Mass.. Aug 21.— The entries for the Lenox
horse show exhibition will close on September 1.
There has already been a big entry. Those who
have entered their horses are George Westing
house, John Sloane. Carlos De Heredia, Joseph W.
Burden. John E. Alexander, William D. Sloane.
David Lydlfj, B. R. Wharton. Miss Marion Haven.
Charles Lamer, Giraud Foster. Mrs. John E. Par
sons. Thatcher M Adams. Miss E. W. Fiddle. Miss
Kate Cary, Captain John S. Barnes, Newbold Mor
ris. Miss Bliss. James A. Burden, jr.. Frank K.
Sturgis, William A. Reed. Charles Aster Bristed,
Henry C. Haven. Miss Rosamond Dlxey and Mrs.
John E. Parsons. There will be twenty classes in
the exhibition.
Governor Crane of Massachusetts and the mem
bers of his executive council and his staff made a
tour of Southern Berkshire to-day. The party
had luncheon at the Red Lion Inn and visited the
studio of Daniel Chester French, of New-York.
who la working on a statue of General Hooker for
the Massachusetts State House grounds.
Mrs. Frederick Nellson arrived In Lenox this
evening from Newport, where she has been for sev
eral weeks. Her daughter. Miss Cathleen Neilson.
will arrive here early in September.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sloane are at Dr. W.
Be ward Webb's camp in the Adirondack*.
Mrs. William H. Bradford and Mr. and Mrs.
Thatcher M. Adams returned this evening from
Bar Harbor.
Miss Georgians Roberts, of Non-York. Is to give
a series of readings next month under the dlrec
tlon of Mrs. Morris K. Jesup. Mrs. William D.
Curtis, Mrs. Charles Lanier. Mrs. William IX
Sloane. Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis and Mrs. Robert
Wlnthrop.
Mrs. William B. Bacon entertained this evening
for a party of young people.
The entries for the Lenox golf tournament are
coming in fast. Grenville Kane, of Tuxedo: C. B.
Corry. of Boston; Harry Sweeney, of Albany: Rob
ert A. Phifer. )of Newport, and J. C. Moller. of
Appawamis, are some of the well known players
who will take part.
The arrivals this evening at the Hotel Asplnwall
are Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Jackson, of Provi
dence, R. I.; Miss Ditmas and Miss P. Ditmas of
Brooklyn; H. Staples Potter, of Boston; Professor
J. R. Miller and E. C. Poole. of Philadelphia; Mr
and Mrs. Jacob Le«*ds. of Philadelphia; Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Pike, of Chicago: Mrs. W. T. Trow
bridge and Miss Molile Trowbridge. of New-Haven
and George E. Heyde. of New-York.
Mrs. Frederick Crowninshield. of Stockbridge. has
issued invitations for a luncheon on Saturday at 1
o'clock in honor of Mrs. Grannis, of Boston who is
her guest at Icy Glen cottage.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Reginald Belknap of Call
fn^tockbrid 11 ! 513 ° Mr and Mrs " Chester *"»
The committee appointed for Use Icy Glen parade
for early in September, in Stockl.rl.l3e. consists of
Allen T. Treadway. Walcott Tuckerman. Dr. C. S.
Southwonh. Mrs. Wilson and Miss Welman.
M £' *i T i d Hi 3 , George Westinghouse ha. arrived
at Ersklne Park. Lenox.
William Stanley, the noted inventor, is expected
in Great Barring tun from Europe on September 1
The arrivals at Great Barrington this evening s
elude Dr. and Mrs. Simmons, of Brooklyn, Mlsa i
M Trumbell. Miss A. L. Hallock. Mr. and Mrs -
E Damon and Miss G. E. Andrews, of New-YoiV*
Charles Lanier. of New- York, will have J. pi«
pont Morgan, of New-York, as his guest 1- Lea*
ear ly In September. ?
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos De Heredia and Mm*. r.
La Barre, Mr. De Hereoia's sister, have retard
from -York and are at WheatleigQ cottage.
MUSICALS AT BAR HARBOR.
fBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBtTVB.]
Bar Harbor, Me.. Aug. 21.— Except for the hor*
show the day has been a quiet one with society
General and Mrs. Samuel Thomas gave a imssici
this morning at Am Meer. at which lima, Blatn^
sang. Among the guests were Count Cassinl, j^
Dennison. Count and Countess Laugier-VlU^
Mrs. Edwin Gould. Parke Godwin. General and ja^
Brooke, General and Mrs McCook. Charles Ho»
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ketterlinus, Mr. Seely and jjj
and Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Edward Morrell gave a dinner to-night at Thi-,
stan». Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. »
ward Browning:. Charles E. Mather, Mr. and H;i
A Y. Stewart. Mrs. Morrell. Mrs. James Pott*
Mr. and Mrs. A. J- Cassatt. Mr. and Mrs. r*
Plunkett Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander VajJ
P.ensselaer. Miss Ca33att and Clarence Moore.
Mrs. Musgrave gave a musical at Eden Ha3ta.
night, at which Evan Williams sang.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gould left to-day on tia>
yacht for Newport.
Mrs. Gouverneur Morris gave a large lunciecj »*
the Malvern to-day.
BERNIIARDT TO PLAY IN BERLTSt
Berlin. Aug. 21.— Sarah Bernhardt is to P'.ayfcjj
for a fortnight in October, at the Royal Theaa»
in half a dozen of her leading roles. Thence ife
will go to Dresden. Leipsic. Halle ano Weimar.
Lilli Lehmann Is about tc publish "My Sin^m
Art," giving her experiences as a singer and hi
observations and persona! reminiscences of must
cians.
SEANTOR FKYE NOT ENGAGED.
Lewiston. Me.. Aug. 21.— Senator William P. Frr*
who is at Poland Springs, to-day asked The Asa*
dated Press to send out an emphatic denial of &
reported engagement to a Le-wiston woman. Hi
states that there is not the slightest foundaaji
for such a report.
ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE CZARINA NEi£
St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.— The accouchement v.
the Empress of Russia is expected shortly.
C. W. DAYTON A DELEGATE.
John G. Milburn. president of the Xew-Tork Star*
Bar Association, has appointed Charles W. Dayton
as one of the three delegates to represent the 3tai»
Bar Association at the neetlng of the Americas
Ear Association to be he'd m Saratcg-a on Arsgrat
27. -■ an-1 2ft. Mr. Dayton has accepted the ap
pointment.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Professor Grmond Stone, of the University of
Virginia, has beer, appointed by the executive cot
mlttee of the Carnegie Institution as an adviser
In relation to original research In mathematics.
There are three advisers, the other two being Pro
f«>sscr Moore, of the University of Chicago, aad
Professor Morley. of Johns Hopkins.
The King of Uganda Is not six years old. Hk
name la Daudi Chua. or. in English. David Chsa.
Chua betas a same which has beer. Some for mam
years by Uganda km** He is an Intelligent Ucla
fellow, though rather spoiled by the flatteries ?
bis subjects. It is not unlikely that he 2;-; *
s»nt to England for hi 3 education, an r.n;|3l
tutor aiready having been engaged. At present Ub
-salary" from the British Government la 8,506 a
year.
Albert yon KoUker has been professor of asatoay
In the University of Wurzburs. Germany, for tia
last lifty-flvs years.
Professor Henry S. Graves. head at the YaM
School of Forestry, will leave early la September
to take charge of the work in forestry la taa Phil
ippines.
The Rev. Michael Hi 1 .'., rrcNssor of rhetoric of
Loyola College. Baltimore, has gone to Rome, and
will '■■-•■ other European cities in search of fc*xr
nation to be used in his volume, "Tae ulßtory c.
the Jesuits in North America."
The Rev. Stephen O. Becton. of Fall River. Mass,
has been elected secretary c! tie board or man
agers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Ctarch.
The Kaiser has sent to Lor.: KM k-BBM a press
ing lnviiaticn to visit Germany before ha goes to
Russia. This letter states taat (ha enure German
army wo.. esteem it a privilege to be allowed U
welcome so atatlnaul a adßter.
M- BaKoor sleeps at least twelve hours a Cay
sometimes aa߻jar-a**a a writer in -Tie Ktet
aiM though he does not prepare his speeches wort
for word, like Sir William Hat court, or dictate t2ua
gm jFjl
Mmmmmm
w^rd buE when he requires time to J fetakoC £■
next argument he sips from a giasa of wite..
HORSE SHOW AT BAR HARBOR.
MANY WELL KNCK-N PERSONS PRESET
AT RACES-THE RESULTS.
isr nuoura »c on TSIBOTM
Bar Harbor. Me.. A, ? . Cl.-The fair W*^***
to the last, and the third animal horse show
in the proverbial blaze of glory. The tert day «
full of features. Socially it was the cost succe^
of the week. Luncheon parties were ***£??*
the various coaches. The Vanderf.it box was oe»
pled for the first afternoon of the show. -'••*■
Mrs Vanderbi'.t. Mr. and Mrs. Gardta« Sh«n«
and Mr. and Mrs. Fabbri were in the pa..}. »
and Mrs. Edwin Gould had a large party D icw
box. as had also Mrs. Fleitmann. Mrs. Morre^-
Cassatt. Mrs. Simpson and Mr*. De urasse . .&■
The horse trots in the KM class rroved o»
bard races and called out much er.thus-.as.nxi -
were many books made up In the boxes, i £e so
cial match running race of a m:!e
Livingston's thoroughbred and A. L>- *»»
Kentucklan was won in a drive by the «*^r^
the afternoon Ivan Fox's entry in the ~- e ~i_
half hurdle race beat out Morrell-. entry *s ■ *J»T
length. It was ■ good race and brought the ...o*3*
?£££s±*B. Present of the ~***£~
ated a sensation by driving Into the r.r.g h a ,*r
cia! read coach and four, which he proposes i to ■
between Bar Harbor. Seal and *<**«* JJJ
'The body of the coach was mark attn tne »
time fashion. When Mr. Morreli dro«up«^
stand he was presented with a mounted [»MP
behalf of the women. The general nafie c ; e^
his ready replies of thanks from the top o- "
coach. Another picturesque feature wa * e J"Z
hunt by Clarence Moore's entries from ta V"
Chase hunt. Six couples of English »A j
and the course lay around the track and • arJJ »"
the park, in full view of the audteiw*. j
The jumping contest, which came late ■- .
afternoon, had more excitement ia it t~aa
management. Several bad spills were nafl£»
averted. Th* jumpers were unruly, anu ro-s I
against the Mais, with the result that th** 1.. y
good deal of Impromptu roush riding. Tne ""^
base Hunt entries won. M $&
A splendid contest in the show «as»e3M«* *
of victorias drawn by the best pair * *«* * pai r
Held of a dozen entries, including the ' tLZtt.
Charmer and Claire, beioogins to a. J ;Jhf w ait
They finally received the award, alter a Ion? Tii
William M. Fleitmann. of New- Wk took .t er.
ribbon with a fine pair of chestnuts. J. v. /jear
linus. who won the blue with the same team a je
ago. received third honors _ k woa
Mrs. William Lawrence Green of New-"'^^
the blue with Con Brio in the class to. Bi
horses, women to ride. It wa?> a P«"Vr"£wic*
well tilled. Mrs H. R. Hatn... on Bru-s^
took second. Miss Grant riding Golden B*^*^
Livingston's entry, was third. Mi*s *»«»»■ vu HH rj r
lev appeared riding astride her tmtry.Mumim
horsemanship was splendid. Summaries.
Class for »taKlons. tUTee yews or °^-,?7"m^EJ^»r d
Cleveland bays. G«rrcan coach hojrae— ln^rnaam aMOR*
Morrem. first; ■Wiillam Penn i (Edward MfrrelH. Mrs. M>
Clara for ponies under saidl*. •*•» °£«*f J£ n > first:
Bml*r Duaca^-DoUy (William Jay fjbiefM; i 3^^).
Bo Peep »A. J. Cassatt). aeoond; Judy tfaaaja i- °"
1 Clasa for horses In harness. ov»r 13 h * n f* n * r^ 5T
iaif 15.5 hands, suitable for park use P* 2B °"? or*
Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen— lH«nry lUseEnjJ" Flan-
Dolly (William G. Part), •aoond: RoUo tWHU*n» v
mini). third. „ ._,•«_ women •
Class for saddle horsaa under U.- **5rZcSSr&
rid*. P rt» cfT*r.<t by Mrs. Edward Morrell-CSiPPi «^_
T. Pi — ID first: Lady Lorna (Miss K. 11. Granw.
end ; Quickstep Qu J. CaoatO. third. B rlx» »••
Class tor best hi«h-«t*rp*r 15 hands and over. ££^0,
ferod by Mrs. A. IX Addlsoa— Charrper t A- J^*^ nil^.
first: Claire .A. J. Ca»satt). second; Folly (w. «- wun>
"^s. for nM3» horses over 13.2 hands. *%£*,?* (£?£
Com Brio <Mr«. W. L. Green), flrst. BrunswicK gpe.
Hatfleld.. second: Golden Rod .Philip Livingston) • U"™^
Class for horse* in harness, not exceeding '^3 °^i
to bo driven by a woman— Xinlsh «G. J. Stafford). >^**
Jerry »Dr. Horaca ? Stok*s>. second. Victor!*.
>■;.■;.-. for best pair of horses shown
prize, offered by Mrs. C. D. A bercromble— Ciarmer
Claire (A. J. Cassatt) first: Ron© and Harry CwLIJ^
Fleitmann). second; Harry and CiL*ri»y W. I* *••"" r j
llnus). i.-...
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