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THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1906.
THE XEWB THIS MORXIXG.
FOREIGN.— dispatch from Helsingfors early
this morning said it was rumored there that the
mutineers at i al><">rg i had. surrendered; the
cannonade lasted through the day and ceased
about 11 o'clock; troop? are pouring into Htl
dngfor.s. ■'• — Grave fears are expressed in St.
Petersburg In regard to the loyalty of the crews
Of the Baltic fleet; a rumor says that four war
chips are on the way to attack Cronstadt. —
The Workmen Councils nt Moscow and St.
Petersburg have issued orders to prepare for a
general strike. - - Communication with Cron
ctadt was restored an.i a message said that there
had been no mutiny at the fortress. ■ ■ - The
Governor General at Warsaw has informed the
government at St. Petersburg that he will leave
his poet unless he is permitted to adopt stern •
measures. The British Association for the
Advancement of Science met at York under the
presidency of Edwin Ray I^nkestcr. _ = The
new Persian Grand Vizier, according: to a dis
patch from Teheran, is about to institute radi
cal administrative reforms; the refugees at the
British Legation are threatening to cause
trouble. - . Debate on the Education bill be-
San in the House of Lords; there were indica
tions that the peers would not reject the meas
ure, but would make drastic amendments.
DOMESTIC. — Governor Cummins was renom
lnated by the lowa Republican State Convention
at Dcs Moines. by a vote of 933 to CO3 for George
D. Perkins. „ " A man was shot and Instantly
killed an hour after his marriage. in North
Carolina, by the brother of a woman whom h©
had promised to marry. ===== The Kansas wheat
crop has far exceeded all expectations, accord-
Ing to a dispatch received from Kansas City.
: ■ ■ ■ The feature of the Hartj<» divorce case, in
Plttsburg. was the arrest of two of the libel
lanfs detectives, who testified to- robbing jthe
corespondent's trunk. ===== Albany County Dem
ocrats. It wan said at the capital, would favor
Hearst for Governor. == Associate Superin
tendent Stevens of the New York City schools,
in a speech at Ithaca, blamed education for i
juvenile crime in this city = Ex-United <
States Senator Smith, receiver of the United
States Shipbuilding Company, reported. in New
ark, a balance of about seventeen thousand dol
lars after paying the company's indebtedness.
* Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, at Newport,
gave a summer house to Charles M. Oelrichs.
— Rocks were strong. = The Demo
cratic State Committee selected Buffalo as the
place for the state convention; the conservatives
held the Hearst element in check. = Mrs.
William Thaw, won over to the view of her
•on and daughter-in-law, dismissed ex-Judge
Olcott from the case. ===== It was said that
the failure of the aldermen to act on the tax
rolls might cause the lo6s of rebates to early
taxpayers. —^-rr The business in the stock mar
ket exceeded 1.325.000 shares. ===== Colonel
Shook, of Tennessee, denied that he had given
his consent for his name to go on the Mutual
administration ticket. — It was announced
that speculators In Maine and up-state were
holding the Ice supply for higher prices. . ■
A man arrested, detectives say. Is a member of i
a Black Hand gang which has been threatening !
an Italian grocer with death, trying to extort
5500 from him. - The Brooklyn Ferry Com- |
pany was unable to pay the Interest on Its Brat ■
mortgage bonds, owing to the loss of business
caused by bridge traffic.
THE WEATHER— lndications for to-day:
Partly cloudy. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 75 degrees; lowest, 7.'5.
We desire to remind our readers vho are
tbout to leave the city that The Tkibune will
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THE "OVERSEER?, GET* BUSY.
Colonel Bryan. In a recent address accepting
the homage, nbefgatkoe and loyal assurances of
Democrats of all shades of opinion and grada
tions of -sanity.'- likened himself to the lord of
the vineyard in the New Testament parable.
Ho had no prejudice, lie said, against taking ou
eleventh Lour laborers. The gate stood always
open for retarded applicants. They could enter
and have their names put ou the payroll. But
they could hardly expect to live on fatted oalf
■odlwould do well to avoid arguing poiuts with
the "overseer." What the "overseer" said would
have to "go."' because he had been on the ground
longer and knew all about the business. Borne
of the eleventh hour recruits from conservatism
were disposed to accept tins notice as a harm
teM piece of persiflage. They thought they ere
hiring out on their own terms and that the
••©Torseer" had as n^cli reason for being polite
to them. at» . they had fur being i>olite to the
*Vw»rsßfir." How far asiray they were in. this
judgment !s demonstrated by th« curious ejec
tlon order just served from "higher up" <m
Boger Sullivan, a distinguished «-x-"safe-and
g«ne" statesman from Illinois.
Mr. .Sullivan represents Illinois on tbe Demo
cratic National Committee, with a commission
holding good until after the adjournment of the
next national ocnventlun. Like his chief, the
Hon. Tom Taggart, he contends that vacancies
on the national committee can be created only
by death or resignation, and, like the Indiana
worthy, nothing is further from his purposes
than to die or to resign. But Colonel Bryan
seems to have come to the conclusion that Mr
Sullivan's room in a reformed and reunited
party organization Is more desirable than his
company, and from the far off Trossflehs the
-lobe-trotting "overseer" has wigwagged Mr
Snllivan the code signal "23." If the blacklisted
statesman will at once resign and "make the
matter public/* he Is to be allowed to go on
noting the Democratic ticket; for, as Colonel
Bryan says, "there is room in the party for all
"who honestly favor Democratic principles,
•though the leadership must be In the hands of
"those who have the confidence of the party and
"whose prominence will strengthen the party."
But If Mr. Sullivan refuses to take a friendly
hint be is to be dispossessed as national com
mlttee>uen by the next Illinois state convention
and read cut of the party as a traitor and a
mutineer.
It is hardly necessary to go Into the merits of
the charges nmde against Mr. Sullivan. He Is
accused by Colonel Bryan of owing his election
as national commltteeman to "a fraud." Tbe
Illinois leader retorts that he wits legally and
property chosen, the Democratic National Con
vection of 1904 having given a certificate of
**-i~2rlty to the delegation which elected him.
It is notorious that the Illinois state convention
of ; 1904 i was dominated by force and trickery
and thrf a conservative minority, through -gross
Irregularities upset the will of a radical "• ma
jority. At ST. Louis Colonel Bryan cliamploucd
the cause of. Ikl 'outwitted and defrauded rad
icals, but, though be clearly got the ocst of the
argument, the Parker machine hold together well
enough to outvote him in defiance of fairness
and decency. Technically, it may be admitted
that Mr. Sullivan's title is unimpeachable. But
morally it is worthless, and public opinion will
undoubtedly aide with the absentee "overseer"
In bis desire to annul a successful piece of polit
ical larceny. But the main point is that Colonel
Bryan, instead of gently deprecating, aa he did
a month ago. tbe suggestion that he resume lead
ership, has now thrown aside all pretence of
hesitation and aloofness and begun to regulate
and discipline tbe party with a cowhide whip.
IXDEPE\DEXCE WITH AX IF.
The Hearst Independence League has de
cided to be independent under compulsion and
with an if. The cause of its being ha* found
unexpected if not insuperable obstacles in the
path of his campaign for a Democratic nomi
nation. His intrigues with the monopolists not
bearing satisfactory fruit, and his tenderness
toward Murphy, whom be used to describe as
a robber, being apparently wasted, he concluded
it was time to emphasize th? anti-monopoly side
of his programme and his independence of De
mocracy. Accordingly ho assembled his follow
ers, applied to them the gag, and put his cam
paign manager to rule over them- which was
right, for they were his own, having been called
Into existence as mere manifestations of his en
ergy and his money. Since it was evident that
the "safe and sane" persons In control of th«
Democratic Committee, even if they could not
finally dominate the convention, would !<o able
to fix its date so late that Hearst could not
afterward well nominate himself as an Inde
pendent if his campaign for the Democratic
nomination failed, he was also obliged to come
into the open and fix a date for his own con
vention.
Except for advertising purposes, however, his
convention will be quite useless. Its selection
of a candidate is a foregone conclusion. The
committee has already bailed Hearst as its can
didate, and pledged him the support of his
league, which also is right, under the Scriptu
ral rule of rendering unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar**. As the nomination will have to
Vie made by petition anyway, the committee is
as competent to nomirate as the convention.
An excuse for a meeting at which carefully pre
pared enthusiasm may be uncorked is, however,
needed. Hence, the convention, to be composed
of the same persons who now compose what
the Hearst organ describes as "a remarkable
body of brave, clean, earnest, able men"— so
brave, clean, earnest and able, in fact, that
they could not bo trusted out of the grasp of
Max Ihmsen. or allowed to debate the address
which was prepared for them— if by old line
political bosses.
Let it not be Imagined, however, that Hearst,
like Cortez, has tempted fate and burned his
boats behind him. The Independence League is
just now very independent. If its proclama
tion cannot frighten the Democracy, then the
Democracy has stronger nerves than has com
monly been supposed. But frightening the De
mocracy into an accommodation is something
quite different from finally defying and de
nouncing it and determining irrevocably to form
no combination with it. but to make a run on
high principle in opposition to it. The exact
balance has been carefully preserved, as is
seen from the statement of the aforesaid
Hearst organ: "This is a notice to all concerned
"that the league has a well defined programme
"and purpose which do not depend entirely
"upon the action of any other political organi
"zation." "Do not depend entirely." Do depend,
therefore, somewhat. if the Democracy will be
good and not go after any of the sane and safe
mediocrities on Judge Parker's list, or seek to
rob Hearst of his dues by appealing with Jus
tice Gaynor to the radical sentiment which
Hearst has created and paid for. then the In
dependence League's Independence will evapo
rate as Hearst's regularity develops. But this
is to give notice lhat the league will do terri
ble things if put in a corner, and that liearst
will lie Just as independent of Democracy as he
has to be.
THE TRAXBVAAL COXSTITVTJOX.
Memories of Lord Durham's days in Canada
and of the Reconstruction period in our own
Southern States migget-t to the reflective mind
something of the difficulties which confront the
British government in its task of formulating a
constitution under which the Transvaal may
pass from the status of a Crown colony to that
of a self-governing commonwealth. Theoreti
cally It might seem easy to some to perform the
task on the equitable basis enunciated by Mr.
Winston s. Churchill, of treating Briton and
Boor alike. Practically the crux of the situa
tion Is found In the attempt to do that very
thing. For Britons and Boors have each shown
themselves intent ujkjii gaining the advantage
over the others, and of the alternative schemes
of suffrage and representation proponed one
seemed obviously in favor of the oiie and the
other of the other.
The Boers liHVe been campaigning for a sys
tem of representation baaed upon the gross pop
ulation rather than upon log strength, and
perhaps also for a laud owning qualification for
suffrage, such as prevails elsewhere in South
Africa, and eveu. according to some, for plural
voting, such as prevails in some b]uroj>eau coun
tries, under which the head of a family would
have two or three votes against a bachelor's
one. They have jilso deuiauded the division of
the country into ronstitueucit* on the old 1 Mitch
magisterial lim-s. with Ihf districts made equal.
not in population, but in area; (so that a uuudrcil
square miles of veldt, with a hundred scattered
families on it. would hare the same representa
tion and power in the legislature as a similar
area of crowded town and city, with tens of
thousands of inhabitants. Under such a sys
tem, not in its extremes* form, but simply on
the population basis, the Boers estimated that
in a legislature of sixty members they would elect
thirty-Jive members to the British twenty five,
and that then they would be able to refashion
the constitution at will and make the Transvaal
a Dutch state, again. It was such a prospect
which inspired Mr. Kipling's strenuous muse
to the utterance of his latest political verse. On
the other hand, the British party strove for a
system of "one man. one vote: one vote, one
value," with the country divided Into constit
uencies equal not in geographical area, hut in
voting strength. Under that system it whs esti
mated there would be a small British majority
in the legislature, though of not more than two—
thirty-one Britons to twenty-nine Boers — in a
house of sixty members.
So far as can be determined from the sum
mary disclosed, the British government is seek
ing to pursue a course of compromise. It pro
poses to adopt the principle of "one man, one
vote," and thus to make the British bachelor
and tenant the peer of the Boer paterfamilias
and land owner. 80 far its scheme will be ac
ceptable to the British party. On the other
hand, it proposes to deny the principle of "one
vote, one value," and to grant one representative
for each of the old Boer magisterial districts
regardless of population. That, there Is reason
to think, will result in a marked inequality of
representation, such as now exists among vari
ous constituencies in the United Kingdom, and
also in Congress districts in the Northern and
Southern states of this Union ; and such inequal
ity, It Is believed, will be greatly to the advan
tage of the Boers.
Under this system the result of the first elec
tion must be regarded as most uncertain. Tho
Boers are sot likely to win by so large a ma
zffZw^viwl^iJATTji^TWmTttEj^H/^GB^^
jority 'as that which they reckoned upon if the'.r
own ■ scheme adopted, yet it Perms quite
doubtful if ill*' r,rit ; can licne to secure even
■' ■■ narrow majority .which they expected to tret.
under the system prop.-- , by them. The esti
mates formerly made, which we have quoted,
will not exactly apply now, since they were based
upon a house of only sixty members, and the
government proposes to make it somewhat
larger. It is possible that this Increase of num
bers of the whole bouse will enable the British
to win a bare majority of one or two. but even
that seems doubtful. In case there should be
such a British majority, it might be questioned
whether it were for the. good of the country to
have the house so evenly divided at such a time.
If, on the other hand, the Boers secure a ma
jority, there is no doubt that the British ele
ment of the colony will feel great dissatisfac
tion, peeing that if has, by universal admission,
a substantial majority of th;« voters and con
tributes more than three-fourths of the revenue
of the colony.
The other features of the proposed constitu
tion are of minor, though still not insignificant,
Interest. That the ballot would be withheld
from the masses of Negroes was a foregone con
clusion, practically determined upon in the
peace negotiations at the end of the Boer War.
The granting of universal and equal suffrage to
all white men marks a new epoch in South
African history, no other colony or state there
ever yet having granted so extended « suffrage.
The retention of an appointed instead of an
elected upper bouse for 0 time is a prudential
measure which will be widely commended, as
will most other provisions of the constitution.
The crucial feature of it is. as we have paid, the
disposition of the suffrage and representation
questions, and upon that we shall expect to hear
of some vigorous controversies, both in England
and in South Africa.
IMERICA WITH THE WORLD.
There is probably no feature of Secretary
Root's wholly admirable address to the Pan-
American Congress at Rio Janeiro which will
appeal with suggestion and inspiration to tho
thoughtful mind more strongly than will his
reference to the potential place of America nt
the next worlds conference nt The Hngiie. At
the first conference at Tho Hague, it will be
recalled, only two American states— Mexico and
the I'nited States — were represented, among
four Asiatii and twenty European powers.
Consequently, and not unnaturally, there was
a certain Inclination on the part of some to isc
nore the existence, or at least tbe equal sov
ereignty, of tho other American states, and
there has since been a disposition on tho part
of some of the American states, or at least of
their statesmen, to ignore Europe in return.
But at the next Hague conference, snid Mr.
Hoot, with profound significance, "for tbe first
"time the recognised possessors of every foot
"of soil on the American Continent can be rep
"resented, with acknowledged rights aa equal
"sovereign states." That is entirely true, and
its truth is emphasised by the circumstance that
the second Hague conference has l»een post
poned expressly in order not to interfere with
this I'an-Amerlcan Congress and in order to
permit and facilitate the fullest possible Ameri
can representation.
In all this there is a dual significance of the
highest interest. The first part of it was tersely
expressed by Mr. Root when he said: "This will
"be the formal and final acceptance of the dec
laration tJiat no part of the American conti
nent is to be deemed subject to colonization."
The lojrio of that is irrefutable and convincing.
The very power which eighty years ago took
the lead in tho Holy Alliance for the resub
jugatlon of the American states now takes the
lead in recognizing those states, one and all,
us equal sovereign powers, members of the
Internationa] House of Peers. From Mexico to
Argentina, from Guatemala to Uruguay, they
aro welcomed by Russia as her equal in inde
pendent sovereignty. We do not know that a
more Impressive and gratifying vindication of
the Monroe Doctrine could bo desired or con
ceived.
Nor is the second part of the significance of
these things less Important. If the American
states -and we count the United States among
them without discrimination, just as Mr. Root
did— are thus recognized by the rest of the
world, It is Incumbent upon them to recognize
the rest of the world in return. They are under
a moral and logical Obligation to comport them
selves not only as American states, but also as
members of the world-wide community of sov
ereign powers. The time is past when Euro
pean powers might consider the American Con
tinent subject to colonization. The time is
equally past when American states might scorn
fully demand, "What do we care for 'abroad*?*'
America must care for "abroad." since it ex
pects and demands that "abroad" shall care for
It, We may have hero whatever Pan-American
or iutra-Auierican arrangements we please, so
far as purely inte-r-Americau relations are con
cerned, and they are none of the business of
the rest of the world, just as Europe may have
whatever arrangements and alliances it pleases
to preserve its "concert" and its •■balance of
power," which are none 'of our business. But in
the wider am] higher affairs which involve
world-\vi'ie relationships America must give
due consideration to European rights -uul Inter
ests, just as it requires thai Europe shall have
regard for American rights and iut<*rt**is.
There is nothing more .true than what Mr.
Hoot epigfaimiiatieally repeated and re-empha
sized, that "Nn nation ran live unto itself
alone and continue to live." If it tries to do
so, it inevitably puts itself Into Lord Salisbury*')
category of "dying nations." "The growth of
"each nation is a part of ihe development of
"the race." and that nation grows most which
most fully and harmoniously identities itself
with the development of tile race. The need
of commercial and social Intercourse among na
tions is universally recognized, and it is roc.
ognized, too, that such intercourse to Ik* profit
able must be mutually agreeable. No less nec
essary is it to maintain a mutually agreeable
political Intercourse, in harmonious compliance
with those principles of ethics and Interna
tional equity which the common sense of most
prescribes as essential to the general welfare.
Once it seemed to be America against the worl I.
Now it is America with the world.
THE PROGRESS OF VOSGESTIOX.
The default of the Brooklyn Ferry Company
yesterday on its bonds is ;m Incident which
"brings once more impressively to attention the
stupendous folly of the city Of Now York in
dealing with the East River transit problem.
The company, which controls most of the fer
ries t<» WilHamsburg and Ureeupoint, is unable
to me«t its interest Charges because of de
creased earnings. The business, it is explained.
Ims steadily fallen off since the subway v::s
opened, and a great many people who formerly
us°d the ferry have i.'<>ne to the Brooklyn Bridge.
though it is otherwise less convenient, because
only there is there a subway connection.
Meanwhile tho wiseacres in control of trans
portation have been wondering how to decrease
congestion on the Brooklyn Bridge and devis
ing plans to congest traffic still further by
bringing to it *till larger crowds. And that has
been the history of every attempt in the last
ten years to improve conditions which even ten
years ago were pronounced intolerable. Every
administration declares tho bridge indecently
and dangerously overcrowded, and then pro
ceeds to make It less and less convenient for
passengers to cross the river in any other way.
The through trolley service, while unquestion
ably a convenience, operated to divert traffic
from the ferries at a time when the bridge was
not adapted to caring for the new crowds. So
the subway accommodates not merely the old
users of the bridge, but induces thousands who
formerly crossed he f prries to co n round :by
the bridge, thus crowding it still more. ;._" ;
Obviously : the subway ■ was % <i™i -nt the.
l/rltlcro- Its patrons nrc fully cnlitlod to that
scrrlco. Mm rl-e otHi-inN should liave foi-c.<e».in
from the itoflriiiiiliiK tliai n niU.wnr station meant
further coukosUou at th« krMffl and ■*«« pro
vided means to relieve it. Away back In the
Van Wyck administration The Trlbuii* urged
immediate efforts to noire the bridge problem,
not by trying to make the fnnnel carry more
than it could carry comfortably, but by the
provision of now funnels. It urged the scatter
ing of the traffic, while every official effort was
making" for Its further congestion. Tunnels
should have been begun then to care for the
crowds which the projected subway whs sure
to develop. They should have been sent under
the river from Chatham Square or some other
convenient point as soon as the subway itself
was running. Then all surface or elevated lines
convenient to ferries should have been kept
at their highest efficiency and every effort made
to induce the public to use them. Instead, the
city authorities and the railroad companies have
made the ferries more and more Inconvenient
and so added to the congestion of the bridge,
till even the ferries running to far off Green
point, miles from the Brooklyn terminal of the
bridge, surrender their passengers to the bridge.
The authorities by their lack of foresight have
created where they don't want it a tide of traffic,
so strong tbßt the public will not run counter
to it even to avoid dangerous crowds.
The forthcoming promotion of the Hon. Charles
E. Ma goon from the Governorship of the Isthmian
ofuifil zone to the Vice-Governorship of the
Philippines, with a pretty well assured pros
pect of further "advancement to the Governor
Generalship of the Philippines, and thence to
the Cabinet, which was some time ago pre
dicted in The Tribune and was yesterday au
thoritatively announced In our columns, will be
generally applauded as a well earned and amply
deserved recognition of abilities and public ser
vices of an exceptionally high order. Before he
was sent to Panama. Mr. Maroon had done Im
portant work as one of the most trusted legal
advisers of the government. On his first brief
visit to the isthmus, in 10W. he was a valuable
aid to Secretary Taft in his delicate and im
portant mission, and since his dual appointment
v.s Governor of the carnal zone and United
States Minister to Panama— and also Canal
Commissioner— his services have been invalu
able. Those who have followed closely the
progress of affairs will confidently testify that,
with all the honor due to the other devoted and
efficient men who have been laboring there, the
chief credit is to be given to him for the suc
cessful sanitation of the canal zone and general
Improvement in the conditions of life and work,
for the maintenance of friendly and confidential
relations between the United States and Pan
ama and for the benevolent guidance of the
young isthmian republic In peace and safety
through the menaces which beset its first con
stitutional election. The recognition of such
achievements Is gratifying, and the transfer of
Mr. Magoon to more extended and Important
fields of usefulness provides an assurance of
further advantage to the governmental service.
About the easiest Job now in sight in St.
Petersburg would be that of taking the census
of the American residents of that city.
Under her new license law Ohio flnds she has
fewer saloons and more revenue. That would
seem to be a fairly satisfactory solution of the
temperance question in the Buckeye State.
When thieves begin to carry away steel gird
ers in open daylight, as they are now doing in
this city, burglary has reached the status of a
solid mechanical art.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Rural communities are afflicted with the servant
maid problem. A newspaper In Horton. Kan..
tells of the worries of the women of that olace In
securing maids. It says applicants for employ
ment ask these questions:
I. Have you any children? 2. Would you want
me to do the washing? 3. What time would I
have to get up In the morning? 4. Wou'd I eat
at the table with the family? 5. Could I receive
my company in the parlor? 6. Would 1 get two
afternoons off each week?
HOW HE WON HER.
I was her abject slave: her will was mine;
Had she a wish I hastened to obey it.
A want within my power? Just a sign
Was all I'd need; she did not have to say it.
1 never dared, indeed I never thought
Of •!' ins any mortal thing to tease her.
In all 1 Oid in those days I but sought
A way to please her.
She flouted m* however, I confess.
Vet her severity I thought delicious—
The toy she seemed to take In my distress.
I didn't mind it if she was capricious.
I took my snubs with meekness and forbore
With saintlike patience when sn«» sot snappy
I only wanted (I asked nothing more)
To make her happy.
Thai for n time. At last, though, I proposed
I <liil so in a most persuasive letter.
With her reply the incident was closed:
It could not he. She begged me to forget her
Of course I tried. It's funny, is it not?
But just in thai one way ! came to strike it
When Hh< imagined that 1 had forgot
Sfc< didn't like it.
—Chicago News.
A young woman called at a house where .-i maid
was wanted. She asked the mistress of the house
if they had any children, to which she replied that
they had live. "Then I can't work for you," saM
the girl. "Oil, do stay." »aM the woman. "We
will kill the children!"
Naturally. Two Irishmen, much disturbed for
the future of this country, were recently discussing;
the matter, when one or them observed.
"1 tell you, Carroll. t!>un furriners is gettin' an
awful bold in the United States." B >n
"Ye mv true." assented the second Celt "Why I
«.•- rendin' over the list of mtii naturjiiia*.? he the
circuit court ylsterday, tin' Ivery wan of thin was
furring—Harpers Weekly.
The agitation in favor of "rVstarlnjc*' the Helde!
berster Scbtoss has been abandoned. The Chamber
or Deputies of Baden has refused to appropriate
any money toward rebuilding" ths ancient pile, but
has offered a prise for the best plan for the pres
ervation of the buildings In their present condition.
Tn an article descriptive of the castle. Cornelius
Gurlits says in the Vienna "New Freie Presse":
"It would have been a *: .; to kill our old friend
the Otto Helnrlch Ban. s'mply because we feired
he could not stand on crutches. Lot us rather sup
ply the crutches."
"Why do they op|' t'.i^p" dentists' offices dental
parlors?" naked Smith of his friend. ueniai
"Why. pArl->r is tre o!<l- fashioned name for draw
ing room.""- Youth's Companion.
The Indus In India Is cro?s?rl In nome of Its re
mote parts by rope bridges. These bridges are
remarkably Ingenious, for t'.iey c insist of no other
material thnn twisted fwie-s. ret they are Strong
enough to hold a number of coo'.l^s and their loads,
nr.d long enough to .twin? from cliff to Cliff across
the river. Such bridges are composed of three
strands of twlps. one for each hand to grasp, one
to Ktiido the feet. Th"v sag gracefully from the
tops of the mighty cliffs that flank the river, occa
sionally swaying slightly In the wind, but ure us
Arm and sate as a bridge of Iron or stone.
THE GIRL IN WHITE.
She's ■ daisy, she a hummer, she's a white rose
of th? summer.
Oh. dainty latest comer, she a vision of delight!
She would charm c'en sages wary, cool and deli
cate and airy.
Coming like a young snow fairy Is the summer
girl In white.
From big hat to little slipper and a gown for style
a ripper.
With lace shade and gloves all chipper, a soft
veil tied 'neath her chin.
She's a symphony In whiteness, a delicious dream
of brightness.
A sprite of grace and lightness whom the sternest
heart could win.
How the summer's torrid anguish, how the heat
which makes men languish.
Just her softest step can vanquish as she beams
upon one's sight;
She's the queen maid of the season, past all argu
men or reason, . .
And the world is hers to seize on— the sweet sum
mer girl in white!
—Baltimore American.
About People and Social Incident*.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Glen Cove will become' to-day .the ■■••■ A - the
masculine element of New Tort society, and m-u
will assemble there from all points off the. compass
to take part in the siaty-second annual cruise o.
the New York Yacht Club. Americas premier
yachting organization. The rendezvous of tn« CWt.
which will number several hundred boat*. Is •■' lor
this afternoon, and the start will be made to-mor
row morning, under the command of the new com
modore. Cornelius Vanderbllt. who is using his
steam yacht, the North Star, as flagship. Th
Itinerary of the squadron has already been pub
lished in The Tribune, and Includes, as usual, a call
at Newport, where the races for the King Edward
trophy and for the Aator cups will take place.
At Bay Shore the annual ho:*e show will open to
day, and will attract, as u«usl. a large number of
people from the various sutnm-r resorts and coun
try, seats on Long Island. Many house parties
have bren orjraniied In connection therewith. .
Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Van Buren are spend
ing the summer at Moo«ehead Lake. Me.
Mr and Mrs. August Belmont. Jr.. as well as Au
gust Belmont. sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bishop
have gone to Saratoga, where they will remain
until the end ef the month.
Mrs. W. Everanl Strong and Miss Alice Strong
are at the Point, their country home near Sea
brtßht. for the summer.
Mr. and Mm. H. De Berkeley Pursous have gone
to Lenox, where they will stay during tv.e next fort
niKht at the Aspinwall Hotel.
Prescott Lawrence. Center Hitchcock, O. H. P.
Belmont and Harry F. EMridge are the executive
committee In charge of the Newport annual homo
■how. which will take place this year on September
3. 4 and 5 at the Casino.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. J
Newport. R. 1.. Aug. I— Bad weather Is getting
to be bo common here that the cottagers now pay
little attention to.it, and to-day the downpour of
rain did not prevent the holding of two affairs
which had been arranged some days ago. One was
the picnic given by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbtlt
to the Sunday school scholars of a Newport church,
which was held at Southwick's Grove, and the
other a plcn!? given at Lawton's Valley by Mrs.
William H. Sands. The party for the latter affair
gathered at the villa of Mrs. Sands during the
morning, and were taken to the valley on a coach
driven by Paul A. Andrews. Mrs. Sands occupy
ing the box seat, and in automobiles. A tent was
pitched on the grounds, and little attention- was
given the weather. The party returned this after
noon, when the rain had stopped. The rain also
Interfered with the playing of the finals in the
mixed doubles at the Casino, which were started on
Monday, but which have since been put off on ac
count of the weather.
A number of social affairs are to be given for
Rear Admiral Evans and his officers during the
stay of the fleet In Newport waters. In the ad
miral's honor to-morrow evening a dinner will be
given by Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin, widow of Rear
Admiral Baldwin, at Snug Harbor. On Friday the
officers have been invited to attend the fair at
Sandy Point Farm, and on Sunday evening a dinner
will bo given for Admiral Evans by Mrs. Edward
J. Berwind. Monday will be the occasion of a gar
den party In the admiral's honor at the villa of
Mrs. Richard Gambrill.
Mrs. George Henry Warren is to give a dinner
for young people on the evening of August 22. In
honor of Miss Constance Whitney Warren. At the
close of the dinner the guests will be driven to
Snug Harbor, where Mrs. C. H. Baldwin will en
tertain them with a dance.
Mrs. Pembroke Jones entertained at a luncheon
this afternoon, at which it was announced that on
the evening of August 27 she would give a dinner
dance at Inchiquin.
The evening of August 24 will be a gala night
with the cottagers of Newport, as It will see the
reopening of the country club for a large social
affair. In years past the country club has been
the scene of balls and dances, but of late years it
has not been used; in fact, last season it was not
opened at all. Now it is announced that on that
evening Mrs. Reginald DeKoven will give a ball
In honor of the debut of her daughter Ethel, and
that it will be mostly for young people. Although
Miss DeKoven has never been formally introduced
ENTERTAINING MR. ROOT.
Trip to Summit of Mount Corco
—Review of Troops.
Rio Janeiro, Aug. I.— Secretary Root was
the guest of Dr. Muller. the Minister of Public
Works, on a trip up Mount Corcovado to-day.
Corcovado is two miles from Rio and rises 2.000
feet above the sea. There were several hun
dred guests in the party, and tea was served on
the mountain top.
The dinner in honor of the president of the
Pan-American congress. Senhor Nabuco. will
take place to-morrow.
There was a special performance at the oj*ra
this evening in honor of the delegates.
Secretary Root this morning reviewed two
thousand men of the garrison of Rio Janeiro,
followed by five thousand police, cavalry ami
marines, who marched down Central avenue.
As Mr. Root was preparing to leave the
pavilion for the Botanical Garden, he was in
formed by Dr. Joaquln Xabuco. president of
the consress, that the President-elect. Vice-
President Dr. Alfonso Penna, was coming from
Sao Paulo to Rio In order to meet the Secretari
at President Alves*s dinner this evening.
A bouquet was presented to Sites Root on the
steps of the pavilion.
Van Leer Polk, the last of the United States
delegate* to the congress to reach Brazil, ar
rived here to-day. . -
I>r. Muller has presented to Secretary Root
a piece of silver service which belonged to Dom
Pedro 11.
SENATOR CRANE TO GO ABROAD.
Dait >n. Mass.. Aug. I.— United States Senator W.
Murray Crane and Mrs. Crane will leave here for
New York on Monday next, and on Tuesday they
will sail for Europe on ■ North German Lloyd
liner. i hey expect to remain abroad for about six
wet'Ks.
EARL GREY AGAIN AT ST. JOHN'S.
St. John's. N. F.. Aug. 1.-Karl Grey and Gov
ernor MacOregor returned here last night, having
taken thirty salmon on five rods in two days'
fishing. To-day the car: and countess attended
the annu?l recatta here, and were warmly greeted
The earl presented the prises and made a brief
speech, promising to return next year.
SPANISH SOVEREIGNS AT COWES.
(.'owes. Aug. I.— King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
of Spain arrived here to-day on the Spanish royal
yacht Qlraida. escorted by the armored cruiser
Fr:nces3 de Astoriaa, Salutes were -hanged,
and there was a great display of bunting afloat
"JL d :I ?J] <:ro a f a wlfftm ' to th«!r majesties,
ho will remain here over Cowes yachting week.
eeS!pe»VhSre O ta n< n^* ° build a racins y * cht to
AN APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Oyster Bay, Aug. President Roosevelt has ap
pointed Fred Morris Dearing. of Missouri, second
secretary of the American Legation at Havana.
Mr. Dearlng Is private secretary to Setor Quesada.
the Cuban Minister at Washington, and Is well
equipped for his new place.
There was a circus here to-day, and the young
people of the Roosevelt family accepted the invita
tion of Frank A. Robbtns and occupied a box at
the afternoon performance.
Secretary Lc*>b said to-day that Attorney Gen
eral Moody was not. as reported, on his way to
Oyster Bay to confer with the President regarding
the Standard Oil prosecution?. No visitors are
expected, he said, for several days.
»
DAMAGES AWARDED TO MASCAGM.
Rome. Aug. 1..-A court of appeals has awarded
Pletro Mascagni. the composer, damages against
the Rossini Lyceum, the musical conservatory
at Pesaro. for having deprived him of the director
ship In the Cummer of 1.--.1. 1 . 1 , because he. had under
taken to make m concert trip in the United State*,
to society she. ,iia_s b»<*n -i*)pi:!ar -with th- y , .„„_ ■
act r^r iir» .n«r i»o s**n»*m^
Mrs. J. -^•1.-.:;:.;=,,.,- / Mr ! [,-,,; r^
entertained M luncheon tMstafteiMoon, ea&fik'-'l,' •
wee yen this) evening by 21 ra, Elbrtdge x. Cer--*
F. J. Otis and Mrs. Edwin D. Morgan. *'
Mrs. Oliver I P. Bslmont is to give adi - -
the evening of August » at the Bungalow, tn «w
ocean I' rive, which nes been'taken by a naia;«-^
women who s=:yFJ tha—ilrns the Bridge Ciulx *
It to expected that Prince and Princess Caataou
sen*, the latter formerly Miss Julia Dent Gnat.
will visit Newport whllo hi this country, and ausa.
her of social affairs will bo arranged In the!* hose-
It was announced to-day that William Watts
Sherman and Lucius WUmerding have been select,
ed as auctioneers for the fair to be given en Friday
at Sandy Point Farm. A special stand will as
erected for them, and they will auction off a <;
goods which are not disposed of at the fair dads*
the day. *
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Thomas will leave Xewyan
on Saturday for the racing season at Saratoga. *
Rear Admiral sand Mrs. Chadwtck will leave Xc».
sort on Friday and sail tor Europe, where ta»
will bo gone for*,about three months.
Atherton Blight arrived at his cottage tht? sssaji
ing for the season. His daughter preceded t; a 4
few days.
R. W. Code: ha* contributed HOOHo the "main
police relief fund.
IN THE BSRKSHIESHS.
(By THcgiapb to The Trlbuae.J
Lenox. Mass.. Aug. I.— The beginning of August
made many changes In the Lenox colony, ceverri
cottager* starting for the shore and others retara*
Ing from the coast and mountain resorts.
Miss Elisabeth Remsen. of New Tork, has Tin
turned to the* Bishop cottage from Europe.
Among r the arrivals in Lenox to-night are ]•*,
and Mrs. Paul McOorcnlck. Henry Livingston I*.*
J. H. Livingston. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lay. t~i
Miss Nancy Lay. of New York: Dr. and Sin.
Robert Janney. of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Walker. Mrs. M. H. Ettas,
Miss Elton, Mrs. Emily A. Watson and Miss A. X*
Faye, of New Tor*, are at Heaton Hall, in St*ea>
bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Billinston. of Savannas?
William Billtngton and the Misses Biliiagtoe. a*
Liverpool: Klngsloy Swan, of Brooklyn; Mr. ana
Mm. G. W. Wathe. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Diets aai
John Lionberger, of Omaha, are at the Maplewoal
In Plttsfleld.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Meek.*. Miss Tttaaiw
Meebs and Eugene Meek.-, of Weehawken. tir
gone to Nova Scotia for August. Later they wtl
sail for Europe.
Francis E. Leupp. Indian Commissioner. Is build,
ing a new cottage on his estate in Tyrlngham. 2*-
Leupp will arrive there during the month fa
several weeks.
A. Cortland Van Renseelaer. who has been at Fa!.-
Acres, in Storkbrtdge. has gone to the Mi?sacfca
setts coast for a month.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Crafts and Miss Elisabeth
Crafts, who have been guests of Mrs. Robert O.
Shaw, have returned to their country place, at Be?.
erly. Mass. —
Mr. and Mrs. Pliny Fisk and family, of New To.-:.,
arrived in Lenox this afternoon In their private
car. They have apartments at the Hotel Aspin
wall. Mr. Fisk brought his motor car and ridbg
and driving horses to Lenox. '
Mr. and Mrs. David Lydig have closed TMstle
wood for August and gone to Bar Harbor.
Miss Maude Adams, who has been a guest el
Charles I .inter at Allen Wynden. has returned to
her cottage in the Catskllls.
Miss Virginia Roosevelt, who has been at Lenox
for July, started to-day for New York.
Miss Virginia Field' has returned to StockbrMss
from a visit in Bennington, Vt.
Mrs. H. C. Copeland. of New Tork. Is vtshtag
Mrs. W. C. Brown In Great Barringtoa.
Richard Brown, of New York, arrived to-day at
the Greenock Inn. in Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Scott, of Chicago. wh«
have been at the Hotel Aspinwall for several weeks.
will start to-morrow for the White Mountains.
Mrs. William H. Read and Miss Read, of Sev
York, are guests of Mm. C. M. Robinson at tie
Hotel Aspinwall.
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Pierce. Percy Pierce, the
Misses Mary. Helen and Myriam Pi?rce and Kiss
L. J. Moody, of Buffalo, arrived in automobiles this
afternoon at the Hotel Aspinwall from the Brenots
Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Benjamin and Xr. and
Mrs. E. K. Kir. of Buffalo, who were also on ths
GlMden tour, have arrived in Pittsfleli.
Miss Henrietta C. Johnson, of New Tort, is a,
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos M. D* Heredl* at
Wheatlelgh.
SUES GOV. WISTHROP.
Brooklyn Man Xames Eight Porto
Rico Officials— Robbed, He Says. \
Eljht of the past ami present American official*
of Porto Rico, including Governor Beeknaa \Tfc
throp and ex-Governor William H. Hunt, are ac
cused of conspiracy In a damage suit which has
been, brought against them in the S'jp"^* Court
in Brooklyn by Hobart S. Bird, a lawyer, at Xo.
13) Broadway, who formerly was editor *-!>! proprie
tor of "The San Juan News." Mr. Bird sues for
$100,000 alleged damages, declaring that the defend
ants robbed him of his newspaper property at 533
Juan and drove him out of PorJo Rico. Among t«»
defendants »re R. H. Post. Secretary of the colonial
govc-rnmert and formerly an Assemblyman froa*
thl* city: Willis Street. Attorney 0— of Port*
Rico; his predecessor In office. Jarne3 S. Harlaa:
John D. H. Luce, a banker, at San Juan; Associate
Justice Juries H. McL#ary. of the Supreme Court
of Porto Rico, and Jesus M. Rossy. prosecuting at
torney of the District Court of San Juan.
Mr. Bird says that after he exposed i:i hi* new **
paper certain alleged frauds of the g^vernxnen: . m
'orto Rico some of the defendants took »siawSj
possession of his omce and frightened his empires
in order to stop the publication. They also .-'.•oagas
fifty-nine suits for criminal libel against hiss. 1K»
of the suits resulted In a conviction, he says, anil
Governor Winthrop commute! the seiuer.ee t* »
tine on condition that Mr. Bird shoul.l consent to
leave the colony and not return for six or s ? r ?r
years. Fearing that he would be put to deals n
Jail If he refund to accept Governor Wintr.ropi
terms. Mr. .tftrd says, he consented to leave ins
island. " _^
Mr- Bird says he also was forced to s. 1". fc.s news
paper property for 12.-H.io a cash and a rote _w.
53.500. which he has not been able to collect r TBJ
note, he says, whs signed by Abraham X.ope.. cu
the real purchasers of the paper were l»nf. ro«
and Street. He also asserts that in the conspiracy
to drive him out of Porto Rico a fund was ***"£*•
to which Post contributed J3.<>» and Governor »B
throp and Judge Hunt each contributed i~'*>
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KILLING RATS BY BURNING THE BAR.N*-
From The Elmira Advertiser.
The heavy, respectable body of Temocrats-t£'
men who yet fondly entertain the Idea that «— *T
are still germs of principles in their party rot"
for public weal— will have an unusually itm x.XTZ
task to discover Just what great and goon puou»
service Is likely to ensue from the yellow *»
green combination of Hearst and Murphy • •,*
Unfortunately for those Democrats who are asm
and sane, their party machinery Is in "f B***"8 ***"
possession of political buccaneers, driven to jTlr
atlon by long deprivation of the powers and oppff
tunltles of office. The fond nape of Democrat^
managers is to capitalize and syndicate what tney
are pleased to call "popular unrest and discontent
The old familiar calamity howl is suffering rr©=*
the blight of universal prosperity. There may w
some unrest and seme discontent. but it is or »
peculiar kind. It does not spring from hard V.tom,
from low wages, from non-employment, from «*»
nation nor from unredressed wrongs. v. hate ;w.
there is of It springs from dissatisfaction over v*
division of the fruits of our unparalleled pros?f«2Sl
This sentiment is fostered and stimulated by t>e™»
cratlc yellow Journals and yellow orators. who ■■»
vocnte the startling, but by no means new. doctraai
that the way to kill rats is to burn the barn.
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Ml IDEAL TICKET.
From The Boston Advertiser. .
Why not itoran and Jerome for MOS? An i*« 2
combination, a timely bringing together of the «•
tremitie* of the party. The Hot Head and the Co->-
Feet. What a magnificent, sonorous, political *>?
ran! Could anything be finer? The -Man *■?
Dares" (but never does), and the Man who 41 **!?
(and also doesn't). Wou:d John B. heat up "
voters beyond the safety limit? Jerome would enu»
them by a recital of Moran' » record in office. . *"«•
the populace dimor at the Jerome inactivity.
John B. could supply all the activity of an autowj
bile with a slipped cog-whirling all arountV»>«
n->t much forward. There's the cold water vote.
It would, of course, follow Massachusetts to joa
B. with hilarious enthusiasm. And close *>«"?*
would crowd the phalanxes of the icemen. *»*•* r?
•ay a good word for the masterly inactivity "•
Jerome. At least two cities in the South couJO"
no less than cast their whole ballot for J«'S^;
What John B. couldn't get in the way of supjur*
of non-voters Jerome couldn't miss, and >''* ? ,\ c »r!
ape«rhmaklng. though unnecessary. wooia »„
worth the admission fee. It Is an Weal bleq«»»
of everything. The Hot Head, end ti-« OsM « ••-
Whit un cpporcntiy: