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ACRIAL. QARDBXB— ♦:»»— Governor* ■ 6on.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1900.
THE VEWB THIS MORKIKQ.
FORElGN.— Secretary Root sailed from Mon
tevideo en an Argentine gunboat for Buenos
Ayres; President Ordonez and his Cabinet ac
companied the Secretary to the pier and bade
him a hearty farewell. = Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Sullivan expressed radically divergent views on
the Democratic situation In Illinois. - Mrs.
Craigle (John Oliver Hobbes), novelist and play
wright, died suddenly In London. ===== Ann
O'Delia Dis Debar, th.- notorious swindler, wan
liberated from Aylenbury Prison on ticket of
leave. A large store of bombs was discov
ered in St. Petersburg ; many outrages were re
ported from the provinces. ■ King Edward
•will start on a trip to MarJenbnd to-day, and will
meet the Kaiser on August 15; there was a
rumor in London that the sovereigns would ad
vise the Russian Emperor in regard to his policy
toward the people. ■ Hard fighting between
Greeks and Bulgarians has been going on at
Ahlolu. In Eastern Rumelia. advices from Vienna
say that Greece is expected to sever diplomatic
relations. - A dispatch from Teheran says
that the new Persian parliament will be a con
sultative body, in which all classes will have
representation.
DOMESTlC.— Chairman Sherman of the Re
publican Congressional Committee and 'hair
man Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission
had conferences with President Roosevelt. -
The Navy Department issued orders for the
formation of the Atlantic fleet, which is to be
reviewed by the President at Oyster Bay on
September 3. = . . The annual Grand Army of
the Republic encampment opened at Minneapo
lis. == The Chicago Clearing House banks
offered a reward of $5,000 for the capture of
President Stensland of th» Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank. == There was a great increase in
the number of gamblers at Saratoga on account
of strict enforcement of the law in Albany. „ ..i
A Birmingham <Ala.) bank cashier confessed to
the embezzlement of Jioo.OOO. ===== Seventeen
ice dealers and six Ice companies were Indicted
in Boston, charged with conspiracy to advance
the price of ice.
ClTY.— Stocks were strong. == Acting Po
lice Commissioner Waldo revoked the licenses
Of all Brooklyn Rapid Transit special policemen;
the railroad then made all specials inspectors;
trolley service on the Culver Line was stopped,
and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit said it would
not be resumed until the people decided to pay
the second fare; riots were frequent; the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit's counsel made a state
ment denying that Justice Gaynor's decision
had Justified a refusal to pay the second fare.
l. _ Vice-President IfcCttntock of the Mutual
Life spoke disparagingly of the international
polieyholders' committee. --^-^- James J. Hill
was at his office, and denier! that the Chicago
& Northwestern Railroad had purchased the
Dakota Midland. =— — It was learned that Dis
trict Attorney Jerome would run for Governor.
== It was discovered that many ice dealers'
•were using t';:it-.- scales. == Justice Thomas
W. Fitzgerald submitted to examination in sup
plementary proceedings. ~ It \vfis"announce.d
that the Hearst men would nominate a full In
dependent ticket.
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. is degree*; lowest, <">♦>.
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AMERICA ASH THE WORLD.
Not only students, but .-ill intelligent readers
of history, will agree unhesitatingly with the
Bishop of Ely's remark. In moving an address
of thanks to the American Ambassador to Eng
land for hi-- recent lecture at Cambridge, that
the rise and development of the United States
was an event which had shaped and would
Increasingly shape the destinies of the world.
Indeed, there will lie no riisseut from Mr. Keid'-s
own estimate «»f it as 'the greatest fact in
modern history. " Americans, in their permis
sible self-consciousness, never doubt the Jus
tice of men estimates, nor does the thoughtful
citizen of any country when the demonstra
ble fa<-t« ■■! history and the reasonable deduc
tions from them are fousldered. Epoch mak
ing: events are always both subjective and ob
jective iii their influence. It is easy for »is. on
our Fourth of .luly and at all times. to "praise
"the Power that hath made and preserved us
"a nation.'' It will he at least equally profitable
to bear in mind that in making us a nation
other vast achievements were Involved; and its
succinct but pregnant reminder of that fact
was by no means the least valuable feature of
the Ambassador's lecture, the full text of which
was reproduced In our columns yesterday.
The widespread Interest of tbe civilized world
in this country was indeed manifested in the
very •inciji istan< es of the exploration and set
tlement of the North American continent, a
work in which no fewer than five European
powers actively participate, and again In the
contest for the political mastery of it. in which
the foremost three powers of the world stren
uously and persistently engaged. It Is a truism
of history that the great games of European
diplomacy and war in the century preceding
our Revolution were largely played upon the
American continent, with the American colo
nists sometimes as helpless pawns and some
tlmes as very active and efficient pieces. Nor
was the Revolution— which the le<*turer happily
called a civil war— void of far reaching and
profound effects, objective as well as subjec
tive- It made these states a nation, but it also
checked a reaction in England and gave that
kingdom ait irresistible Impetus toward the
great progress which has marked its subset
quent history, so that, as Mr. Reid said, "the
"British government of the nineteenth century
"was distinctly more advantageous to the peo
••pie. more glorious for the nation and a greater
"beneficence to Europe and the world" because
of that civil war. More than that, the influence
of our Revolution was felt in the French Revo
lution, and iv the rapid extension of popular
rights throughout Europe which followed bard
upon that mighty cataclysm, in tin* broadening
of citizenship and in the freer participation of
the people in their governments. »
He would be blind who did not see. iv almost
innumerable ways, the influence of America
maintained throughout the century and a quar
ter since that great event, and not only main
tained but extended and increased in all part*
of the world and in both *■•<■«<•«• and war. In
*"**'«*£. tills nation, bavins been founded by the
participation of th* majority of the then drfl-
Iwd world, and having from the very beginning
of its independent existence down to the pres
ent time been in more or less intimate relations
with the other powers, and having been impli
cated In many of the most important interna
tional movements, has been, not only since ita
unsought acquisition of some islands of the
sea. but since its own birth, a "world power"
Jn the truest tseuse of the term. It has given
nock to the world at large, and it has received
much In return. It has made Its rights hnd its
wishes respected, aud so. too. let us uot for
get, it has incurred the obligation of respect-
Jug the rights and the wishes of its neighbors.
The United States has risen aud has beeu dc>
veloned. uot unto itwlf alone, uot as a hermit
nation, and neither as a suppliant on sufferance,
nor us a swashbuckler and a bully, but as a
world power in strength, lv dignity. In courtesy
and in Justice.
THI \ (IS SOT IS DOUBT.
Coacemilif the legal point* involved In the
dispute over fures t«» Gooey Island there may be
ground for doubts and for differences of opin
ion. It is potisible that Justice liaynurs de
cision of last week does not broadly apply to the
case. It is also possible that if it does thus
apply it may be reversed on appeal. All doubts
on these and other points should be cleared up
at the earliest possible moment But there are
some salient and essential facts In the case — in
deed, the most Immediately .vnsplcuous and
urgent of all — on which there is and can prop
erly be no doubt whatever.
One Is. that such doubts as «I<> legitimately
exist should be settled by decent legal processes,
and not by ruffianly riotlug and assaults by or
upon the public. Another is that while the rail
road companies, as they boast, aud not the po
lice, run the railroads, they do so aud must do
so subject to the fullest police power of the
local government. A railroad Is not iin
perium In imperlo. Another point is that th«?
special police of a railroad company, while they
often serve valuable and. indeed, indispensable
purposes, are not chartered bravos. free to com
mit violence upon the public which the regular
municipal |W>llee would not commit. Again, the
regular municipal police are the servants of the
whole public, and not merely of Rome organized
or unorganized part of it. To these things we
may add that there can l>e no doubt of the folly,
on the part either of a corporation or of the pub
lie, of obstinately standing out for a technicality
of doubtful validity. The average passenger
who resisted payment of a second fare suffered
n loss. In one way or another, many times pre«t
er than the disputed five cents. The railroad
companies also suffered losses, in disorganization
of the day** business and in the popular ill will
which they incurred, far greater than nil they
would have lost had they waived the collection
of a second fare — and that entirely aside from
the possibility of further losses through In
numerable damage suits, should the ultimate
decision of the courts be against their double
fare contention.
These thlnps are not !n donbt. Their truth
and pertinence must be obvious and indisputa
ble to every reflective mind. That They were
ignored. wi(h disastrous and disgraceful results.
«n Sunday must probably be regarded as an
other demonstration of the tendency, even of an
American crowd, to become a mob.
HIGHER MATHEMATICS /V POLITICS:.
The Democrats of Texas will proceed to-day
to nominate a candidate for Governor in a state
convention. All the other places on the state
ticket were filled directly at a primary wherein
none of the candidates for Governor received ;i
majority of the popular vote. Such a contin
gency is the weak spot of the direct primary
system of nominations. If there is no major
ity for a candidate— and it is antecedently prob
able that this will frequently happen— how pro
ceed to the choice of the nominee? Another pri
mary, after the elimination of nil candidates
save the two having the highest number of
votes, is troublesome and expensive. A con
vention after similar eliminations is a round
about method of procedure. For, after an elab
orate process to get rid of it, the convention re
mains the Inevitable recourse. The Texas law
makers faced this dilemma and tried to solve
it with h convention having minority as well
as majority representation. The assemblage
was •,<> be the Democrats of Texas in little.
The old. crude way of giving each candidate
the delegates of the counties lie carried was
abandoned and the representation of each
county is apportioned among the candidates
according to the number of votes each received
at the primary. Then all except the candidates
possessing the highest three numbers of dele
gates in the convention are eliminated. and dele
gates of those thus dropped are free to vote
as they choose -"emancipated' is the Texas
word.
This is a logical and pretty system, but in
Its practical application seems rather recondite
for everyday politicians, It i.< getting at a
candidate by higher mathematics, and. sis there
is no answer in the book, do ordinary Texan
feels sure, when it is done, of the breathless
stej>s by which the result was achieved. When
the votes for Governor at the recent primaries
were counted it was patent that no one had
a majority, but how many delegates had each
in the convention. mid who would be the three
uuelunlnated candldatejs? Texas was in dis
may at the problem. v...si of the editors frankly
threw up their hands and admitted that they
flunked on the sum. -The I'ialvesto'ii News."
j which seems to he the higher mathematical
authority of the state, laid down a rule for the
guidance of It* brethren, which we quote as
the firs! great formula of the higher mathe
matics of politics :
Multiply the vote of the candidate by the num
ber of convention votes to which the county is
entitled, and divide the Sum by the total number
of votes cast In the county for all candidates for
the office "The News" shortens the calculation
considerably, as follows: Add the votes of the
several candidates for the office in the county;
divide the total by the number of convention
votes to which the county is entitled; use this
quotient as the divisor of the vote (dividend)
of each candidate In the county. This second
batch of quotients will represent the number
of convention votes due from the county to the
respective candidates. Cross foot for proof.
Sometimes a little "fudging" Is necessary on
the terminals to strike a balance.
We can imagine the editors of the country
doing sums like that on election nights in the
enlightened future. Of all the processes involved
in this exact calculation we would rather do
the last, the "fudging."
But this is not all. The higher mathematics
continue in the convention. Tiiat assembly will
have a board of auditors, and "The News" says
it will be necessary for the board to open "a
"ledger account with each candidate for each
"county in the state, or a totai of 1.008 ac
"rount*. as concerns the nflice of Governor
"alone, crediting each of the candidates, in the
"first place, with the votes Instructed for him
"in the primary election. au«l crediting them
■also with the votes transferred to them from
"dropped or withdrawn candidates. On thd
"other side of the ledger there would be debits
"for all votes, in case a candidate withdraws
"or Is dropped, and debits also in case he is
"retained on the roll, but there Ik a new deal
"in the distribution of emancipated votes." Ab
solute accuracy is essential, otherwise nomina
tions will !«■ invalid.
The prorating, according to 'The Newt's"
notable, formula, works out with delightful pre
cision. Mr. Colquitt, for Instance, Is entitled
to a fiftieth of a delegate from Floyd County.
In another county Bell gets 2.13 delegates.
Brooks £28. Colquitt 2.01 and Campbell IJJ&
In ra*e of the withdrawal or dropping of one
of the candidates, tliere is nothing to prevent
those one -hundredth* of delegate* in the confu
sion of a vent ion from dividing themselves
uy among the three other caudidntcs or of their
NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBFXE. TT'ESOAY. ATTU'ST 14. 1006.
becoming *v*n further subdivided upon subse
quent ballots. It Is representation carried out
with mathematical precision. The humblest
T>xan may feel that In the convention the thou
sandth of a delegate Is lifting Its fractional
voice in bis behalf.
PROPERTY OX THE HIGH SEAS.
The tragic Incident at tbe Pribyloff Islands
raises again tbe question of pelagic sealing and
the lurger and fundamental question of property
rights on the high Hens. The right of nations to
engage In peluglc sealing seemed to be confirmed
by the decision in the Bering Sen arbitration,
and is now freely practised by various nations,
though America and Oreftt Britain have by
mutual consent ngreeU to refrain from it for a
distance of sixty miles from the Pribyloff Isl
ands. It ought, of course, not to 1»* practised
at all. since it is one <>f the most cruel and
wasteful things in the world. Not more than
one seal iv every four or five thus killed Is se
cured, the others sinking in the sea. and the
great majority of them are females, either gravid
or with nursing young ashore, which are thus
doomed to death by starvation.
Despite the unfavorable opinion given years
ago, there seems to be ground for hope that the
nations of the world will presently recognize the
existence of valid property rights on the high
seas, in livestock as well as iv other things.
The trend of tbe development of international
law bus for some time been strongly in that di
rection. The next conference at The Hague will
be asked to declare the Inviolability of non con
traband private property at sea in time of war.
even though it belongs to citizens of a hostile
liower and is under the enemy's flag. At pres
ent the inviolability of ■ neutral's ships and
goods, whether public or private, is undisputed.
Surely, then, in time nf peace the public or pri
vate property of si nation should be respected
wherever it may bo found on the high sens.
It was argne,l. w«> know, that the seals were
not American property, in the sense that ships
and their cargoes are. but were wild beasts, tbe
same as whales and fishes, which any one was
free to take anywhere outside our territorial
waters. We must hope, however, for a reversal
of that judgment, nnd for a recognition of tbe
contention that, since they habitually and peren
nially make their real home— that is, their
breeding place- -on our shores, they are a part
of the domestic fauna of our domain, and as
such belong to this country, even when they are
straying outside the three-mile limit, just as cat
tle or poultry would continue to belong to their
owner if they strayed from his land upon the
public commons. We do not mean, of course,
that all seals in all parts of the world should be
considered ours. But all seals found in tlie sea
within fifty miles or more of the Pribyloff Isl
ands are known to belong to the herd which
makes those Islands its home, and it ought to be
possible to secure recognition of American prop
erty rights in them within RUCh a zone.
DUTIES IN MAXCHLRIA.
A change has come o'er the spirit of the dream
of those who have been imagining that Japan
would close the gates of commerce on mankind
in all Manchuria, and it begins to be realized
that that victorious power is contending in the
time of its triumph for only tbe same just and
equitable principles for which it contended in
the days of Russian domination. It seems to be
true that Japan has not consented to the estab
lishment of a Chinese custom house at Taireu
(formerly Talien-Wan and Dalny). But There
Is no perceptible ground for the assumption that
therefore she means to close that port against
all commerce but her own. On the contrary,
her real motive Is apparently disclosed in the
Toklo correspondence of "The London Daily Tel
egraph"—namely, to secure n uniform and
equitable collection of dutieg at all Manohurian
ports and plp^s of entry, on the land frontier
as well as on the coast of the Regent's Sword.
A few years ago. it will be remembered, just
before the Japanese war. Russia Insisted upon
keeping the M;inchurian customs service on land
in her own control. She was willing that at
New-Ohwang and Dalny and elsewhere along
tij<- coast Sir Robert Hurt's excellent system
should prevail, and she readily assented to a
doubling of the Chinese tariff rates on all sea
borne commerce. But she strenuously objected
tr» any increase of rates on overland com
merce. or t<> any Chinese control of the Mnn
churian bonier custom bouses. There was no
secret as to her reasons for tlii«. Practically
;i!l Russian commerce entered China by land, by
way of tl)'< Russian railroad from Siberia Into
Manchuria, nnd If thai commerce were admit
ted free of duty, or under such low duties us
Russian officials saw tit to impose. \t would have
an enormous advantage over American, Japan
ese, British and other commerce which came
by sea and bad To enter coast ports and pay tlie
full duties imposed by Chinese law and col
lected by Sir Robert Hart's efficient staff.
Now Russia Is reported to be attempting to
maintain thai same system, sh ntrols the
railroads running Into Manchuria from Siberia
and Europe and also from ihe (oast :i t Vladivos
tok. If she could continue t<> pass her com
merce Into China by those routes f r >f duty.
she would easily outstrij^er rivals in the Chi
nese market. It is to block any such game that
Japan has taken her firm stand al Talren. she
will -permit the establishment of a Chinese cus
tom house there jusl hs s .on as Russia permits
such custom bouses to be established almg tlie
Mancbu Siberian border wherever Russian rail
roads or oilier trade routes cross (hai border
from Russian into Chinese territory. The prop
ositlon appears to be a perfectly straightforward
iiu.l equitable one, to which It does no! seem
possible that Russia cau permanently < r effec
tively object.
CO-OPERATI] i: B iBY-FARMIXG.
K\^ry new proposal of :i co-operative "com
munity" inevitably recalls memories of other
and earlier enterprises of the kind. The names
of Brook Farm, Oneida, Harmony, Lebanon,
Guise and ninny more places come to mind.
with recollections of high aims and glowing
hopes, and usually, also, of disillusionment and
failure. No two have ever been organized in
quite the same way. Rut when failure has
come, as It has to most of them, it has chiefly
been for the one common reason, that the com
munity system was found In the long run :o
l»e at variance with that Instinctive nnd dis
tinctive Individualism which is one of tbe most
enduring and masterful traits of human nature.
In the present status of the "servant girl
problem." it is true, almost any arrangement
promising relief from that domestic woe might
be regarded as inviting. Yet the native mid
proverbial lnqulsitiveness of the Yankee sug
gests inspection of the thermometer in the
fire before leaping thence from even the most
uncomfortable frying pan. Our impression is
that the average housewife finds !t -sufficiently
irksome find distasteful to play herself the
parts of rook, waitress nnd laundress, without
Inviting her neighbors In to view the spectacle.
It may be true in many cases that "misery
loves company," '»ut there suv types of wretch
edness which are not gregariously Inclined.
The drama ol cold coffee and scorched steak
is l>est enacted us a tragedy o drur.
Still more emphatic is tlie appeal of the nor
ma I heart of womankind, and of mankind, too,
for ;iie privac.v of Individualism and of do
mesticity in the pains nnd pleasures of tlie
nursery. We would not say tliut ••oniuiunlty of
child training would lie <iuite us offensive as
community .of child bearing: but there can Ik»
little doubt that the ;«veraj<e right-minded pur
ents would regard with Insuperable disfavor
the tutruKtiiiK of their offspring t.» a system Of
co-operative baby-farming. Next to knowing
their baby is their own. in flesh and Mood, and
not n changeling, they want to know that it i«
theirs in mind, affection* aud trtuniiig. That
it should receive its earliest sensate Impressions
from strangers, and look la strangers for guid
ance, would be regarded, as a painful calam
ity, endurable only under the Stress of dire
necessity.
Granted that the cooperative baby f«rm
might offer advantage* in tbe way of scientific
equipment which tbe Individual home nursery
might not possess, there would still be in the
latter the Intangible and indescribable, but
quite invaluable, element of motherhood and
fatherhood, which the former, with all Its ster
ilized pretentiousness, could never have.
Contempt has generally been bestowed upon
those reluctant and unnatural mothers who
neglect their babies that they may caress and
disport pet poodles, and there is vast pity for
the poor whose necessity compels them to in
trust their offspring to a public nursery while
they are at work all day. Why, then, should
any one seek voluntarily and needlessly to In
cur such pity or such contempt?
There are some things In which it is not to be
believed that artifice, however subtle, can surpass
or supplant nature, and one of the chief of those
things is the propagation of the human race.
The natural system, In those tribes and nations
which have led and which lead tbe march, of
civilization, is for one man and one woman to
cleave together, to make and to keep their own
home, and to hear and rear their own children.
The scientific incubator may be a commercial
success In the poultry- house, but it can never
replace the mother and her home care for tbe
human brood.
The plan of the Secretary of the Navy for deal
ing with anarchists has a Napoleonic ring. Mere
ly as a suggestion to the Secretary, how would
it do to send all anarchists by rail to Coney
Island on Sunday?
And now even the fi-osttng of the wedding cake
is f.ait! to harbor germs. Thus one more Is added
to the list of obstacles on the road to marriage.
Something besides a false nose, xve suspect, will
be needed to enable the brightest of the monkeys
in the New York Zoological Gardens to talk. It
can do no harm to supplement the natural vocal
apparatus with means for magnifying sound, but
the all important thing is to help the monkeys
to think. The rest Is easy enough.
Mr. Bryan has begun housecleaning in his
party, but he naturally labors under a disadvan
tage In having to handle the broom at such a
d4stance.
There is an unpromising lack of news from
Spitzbergen just now. but there is yet time for
Mr. WHlman to complete his arrangements be
fore the twilight of autumn obscures the region
around the Pole.
Going to Coney Island at present is ranking
well up among exploits suitable only to the
heroic and adventurous.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson thinks It
would be easy for Japan to capture the Philip
pines. But could not Captain Hobson be Induced
to return to the navy in time to prevent such a
disaster?
The story about a mirage seen in Cleveland
is entirely credible. Mayor Johnson of that
city has seen a number of mirages In recent
years.
THE TALK OF 777/7 DAT.
A story is told of John I* Toole, ths comedian,
and Mr. Justice Hawkins, now Lord Brampton.
They were at supper together discussing the events
of the day. The Judge incidentally mentioned that
he intended, on the morrow, giving 1 the man he
had been trying fifteen years, because he deserved
it. As Toole was leaving ho blandly inquired: "Oh,
would you mind my calling at the newspaper offices
and telling them about that fifteen years? It will
be a tip for them— exclusive information, you know
—and will do me no end of good with the press."
"Good God! No. sir." exclaimed the Judge, who
took the precaution of accompanying Toole to his
hotel and seeing him safely to bed.
WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAT.
She isn't very pretty and
She doesn't tf\''c bo very well.
So I can hardly understand
How she could ever be a belle.
She has no money, which I know
• Some mercenary men prefer.
He Isn't mercenary, so
I wonder what he Bess in her.
He's homely and he's awkward, too:
At any sport an awful muff.
He's not one of those fellows who
Can even make a decent bluff;
No business gumption, and I hear,
His salary is pretty slim.
It certainly seems rather queer.
1 wonder what she sees in him.
He sees she's beautiful and wise.
She sees him handsome, brave and strong
She's fascinating in his eyes.
She thinks that he does nothing wrong.
A\o!l If that most deluded pair
Are quite contented I suppose
It's Foiiu thing that we ought to bear
But thai the way it always goes.
—Chicago Xews.
The Taximeter system has been Introduced In
London and one of the pacers there asked a
"cabby" how he liked it. "You see." said the cab
man frankly, "most of us likes a bit o' sport. I
tike my keb out in a mornln', an' T don't know
whether I'm join 1 ... mike my yard money or 'ay«
h quid over for me«elf. You tike my meanin'?
It's like backhV 'osses." All the "cabby" wants
a spoi I ng chance
The fashionable girl had accepted him and the
yoU M ma was wondering how far his *» a week
:;You mtist remember that lire is not all golf and
tem>!s. murmured he.
i "Why of course. it isn't." she responded bright
ly. 1 tif-re s boating and coaching end bridge nnd
ever so man -Louisville Courier-Journal
"The. EdgefleM (S. C I Chronicle" thus describes
a local social function: "Mrs. Pod Ruggles. who
lives down on Tea Ridge, has become quite a social
lioness. She gave a sassafras tea and pigs' feet
luncheon last night to the ladies of the Jesokus
Society, and It was quite a swell affair. She wore
her tailor made suit and henecl.i diamond earhobs
and presided with the grace of a queen. These
Pea Ridge social functions are becoming much
talked about In neighboring towns."
He Found That Out.— "l could never understand "
"aid ( the solemn pexson. "what Is the attraction in
, "Perhaps," replied the beginner, with the ban
rWdeWa AVss^ attraCtiO " ° *-v«tat,on,' -
James Webb, of Peters. San Joaquin County. Cal
celebrated July 27. his 100 th birthday. He was born
in Kentucky. He had thirteen children, seven of
whom survive, the eldest being eighty. He has
fifty-one grandchildren, about 150 great-grand
children, and twenty great-great-grandchildren. On«
hundred of his descendants attended the celebration.
HERESY.
Sylvia go«-s to church to-day-
Much her heart it grieves
That, a recusant. I stray
Tnder glancing leaves.
Sylvia toes to church to pray
Rightly, she believes.
Does she think "His faith is nought!"
Sighing then "Alas'
What cares he for ■must* and 'ought.*
Deep in meadow grass;
While the moments, without thought
Indolently pass? 1 * • '
Does sh« wonder, as she kneels
Gravely in her pew.
If Into my bosom steals
love's great truths anew.
As I lie with careless heels
Sunk In moss and dew?
Ah. my sweet, perhaps 1 drink
Some religion in —
More of Heaven than you think.'—
Musing on my sin.
Mere beside the streamlet's brink
Ml.l the fern and whin.
-Pall Mall Gazette.
. Instead of Looking for Another One. •it» awful
for a young man to lose a good opportunity."
"Yes, because he doesn't do anything all the rest
of his life but lose time talking about It."—Phila
delphia Ledger.
At the Doctors' <*h»b -"; irvui, was that opera
tion you performed on old Hunks successful"*"
"SurresHtul" Yes; singularly si> ."
•Singularly? Th«a he's recovering. U heT"—Chi
cago Tribune.
About "People and Social Incident*.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, sines arriv
ing- In Europe, have been In Bwitaerland with Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Burden awaiting ths opening of
the shooting season in England. They ars mm at
Holwlck Hall, in Yorkshire, which tn«y rent eacn
year from "Lord Strathmore.
Mrs. Vanderbllt and Miss Gladys Vanderbiit are
now In Switzerland at St. Morits.
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander has returned from
Europe and has joined her husband and children at
Tuxedo.
Ijidy William Beresford. who was Mlsn I.ily
Price, of Troy. K. V.. and widow In turn of I«"Jls
Hamersley. of the late Duke of Marlborough and
of I,ord William Beresford. recently arrived from
Europe.
Edmund 1. Baylies and Gerald Hoyt have re
turned from abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 8. Burden, who were mar
ried here In June and have been spending their
honeymoon abroad, are on their way across the
ocean, and will arrive here next Friday cr Satur
day. Among their fellow passengers are Mr and
Mrs James W. Gerard. Peter A. Jay and D» Lan
cey X Jay. who has resigned his post as private
secretary to the American Ambassador in England.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Pulitser. who sre staying
with Mrs. W. Seward Webb at Shelbum* Farms,
Vt will return to their place at Port Washington.
I-ong Island, at the end of next week. Dr. Webfc
has chartered a steam varht. and Js cruising off the
coast of Maine with his two sons.
Mrs. RriHsrt E. Uvingston is the guest of Mrs.
Thomas H. Howard at her summer home In the
North Woods.
Captain Philip M Lydig and Mrs. Lydlg will ar
rive here from Europe on August 28.
Mr. and Mrs. William Earl Podge are expected
back from Europe at the end of -September.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. are at East
Island. Long Island.
Mrs. J. Borten Harrtmati and Miss Harriman,
who have recently returned from abroad, are now
at Mount Kisco. X Y.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport. R. 1.. Aug. 13,-It was a beautiful day to
day In Newport, and as a result there was much
life shown in the cottage colony. During the morn
ing hours, the Casino was the objective point, as it
was expected that the women's tennis tournament
would begin, but it was postponed until to-morrow.
when the first round will be played. After enjoy
ing the concert at the Casino the cottagers drove to
Bailey's Beach, where they spent the bathing hour,
and during the afternoon the drive was crowded
with fashionable turnouts. During the afternoon
and evening there were numerous entertainments In
the cottage colony, and It was one of the colony's
busiest days of the season.
The arrangement for the polo tournament has
been changed, the following dates being* announced
to-day:
For the Junior championship— Wednesday, August
23. Squadron A vs. Rockaway: Thursday. August
33. Bryn Mawr Freebooters vs. Myopia 2d.
Finals Saturday. August 25, winners August 32
vs. Bryn Mawr Freebooters. Senior championship:
Saturday. August 18, Myopia Ist vs. Meadow
Brook Ist; Monday. August 2»>. Bryn Mawr vs.
Bryn Mawr Freebooters; finals Thursday. August
"S3, winners of August W.vs. winners of August 30.
There has been a big demand for parking spaces
at the Westchester Polo Club grounds for these
matches, and it promises to be one of the best polo
seapons that Newport has seen In some years.
The cottagers are showing- an Interest In the So
ciety for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis.
and. although there will be no garden fete this
summer for the benefit of th* society, the cottagers
are contributing liberally toward the treasury.
The late contributions are the following:
J. J. Van Alen. $1<¥); James Bret Stokes.
$100; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs. $100: Mrs. Charles
Robinson. $25; J. Deforest Danieison. $25; C. M.
Thomas, $10; H. H. Ward. $?5.
An event which attracted the attention of the
cottagers was the flower show, which opened at
the Casino this afternoon. It being one of th« beet
ever seen In Newport. The display Is so extensive
that It was late at night before the names of the
winners in the various classes were announced.
The show, which Is being held In th» Casino Thea
tre, will continue for three days.
One of the pleasing: events of the day was the
luncheon given this afternoon at the Clam Bake
Club, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dolan entertaining.
This place is getting more popular every year with
the cottagers.
Th« Rev. and Mrs. George Granvllle Merrill, of
"THE CRY OF WOLF!'
Mr. Carnegie Says Russia and Ger
many Do Not Menace England.
Andrew Carnegie, in an article entitled "The Cry
of 'Wolf!" in "The Nineteenth Century**'
gust, says. In part:
Transferred from New York to l^ondon one finds
himself at once in a new atmosphere. In the
farmer, as a citizen of a continent under one flag",
with no enemies to fear, the exciting incidents of
life are domestic. He is concerned only with in
ternal affairs. What takes place in other parts of
the world, with rare exceptions, is to him matter
of curiosity rather than importance.
Reading newspapers in London for a day, all is
changed. He realises thai he is again in the oW
Island Home, unfortunately "engulfed in the vor
tex '■' militarism." to use Sir Wilfrid Laurter's
phrase. Telegrams from European capitals bear
directly upon the aspirations and generally the
hostile intentions of the various rival countries of
Kurope. In the old home, the cry of ••Wolf!" is
rarely absent. Thtre is usually s..m>- real or ini
aginury danger menacing it from some quarter,
calling for increased armaments on sea and con
scription on land. This is in some degree inevitable
for Kurope being an armed camp, with millions of
men trained and ready to attack or repel the at
tack of each other, the cry of "Wolf! is ready
to burst forth at every rustling leaf in the- forest.
There are occasions no doubt, though rare, when
reason for apprehension may arise, but there seem
to the writer to be two pure delusions which es
pecially afflict Britain. One is the cry of "Rus
sian wolf!" When an Increased army is demanded
It Is against this it is said to be needed. In Mr.
Balfour'a weighty speech upon British defence this
stands In the foreground. A great reserve army
must b» held in Britain, prepared, capable, and
ready to reinforce the army In India when the
Russian wolf appears. How the fear of Russian
attacks upon India arose it is difficult to under
stand. It is true that she has annexed cotermi
nous territory, but never yet have we been able to
obtain from any source a reasonable explanation
why Russia should desire or why she would take,
if offered, such a burden as control of India. Un
like the other regions annexed by her. India Is to
day already fully populated, if not overpopulated.
There Is no room there for Russians any more
than for Britons to settle, and. if there were. th«»
climate, fatal to British, would be equally so to
Russian occupation. Britain obtains no decided
advantage from India, which trades freely with
all nations. It cannot be made to yield revenue to
any foreign occupant without sapping allegiance.
Its occupation can only be a drain upon the mili
tary power of the occupant, as It Is admittedly
the chief drain upon that or Britain. It is not In
the nature of things that seventy or eighty thou
sand foreign troops can hold control of three hun
dred millions of people when these become Intel
ligent, as the people of India are fast becoming"
through British schools. Were Britain free from
India to-day it would be unwise In her to take pos
session if that were offered, because It can never
be colonised. It must be held by force, and hence
remain foreign to the conquering nation, union
being impossible. These considerations are not
likely to be overlooked by Russia, even If she may
"demonstrate." now and then. In tbe tortuous
throes of European politics, as if she seriously had
Intentions of menacing British power In India. It
would not be good sense for Russia to add India
to her responsibilities, even If gifted to her.
Let there be no delusion about tho Indian prob
lem. The atm of the educated there to-day is to
govern their own country some day. and this sen
timent must soon permeate the others, but not
withstanding this the writer can bear testimony
to one Important fact, highly creditable to British
rule: Nt\j one Indian ever spoke (to him) upon the
subject who did not express decided preference for
British supervision over that of any other power.
The safety of Britain lies In this.
There Is a second British delusion, in the opinion
of the writer, ait wild as the first and equally
baoeless: Germany as a rival to Britain upon the
sea. The fear of German rivalry Is well grounded,
but it Is on the land, not on the water. Her industrial
development Is a great fact in the world's history,
which cannot fall to attract attention. She Is al
ready • »' ■ empire, and rapMUy growing greater
BaZalo. are .the quests of Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown at Her cottage, on Haddon Hill.
Count and Countess Gherardescft. who have been
visiting In the cottage colony, have gone to Haw
York, and will sail for Italy this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C, Vanderbllt return*)
to-day from Saratoga, accompanied by Mrs. Georg*
Law. who is their guest. Mrs. Vanderbilt has «a
tlrely recovered from her recent Illness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. R. Thayer. Jr., of Boston, art
the guests of Mrs. Tnayer*» father, F. Mortimer
Brooks.
The first hu.st of the Monmouth County Hound*
In Newport will take place on Wednesday after
noon, the meet to be at the One Mi!» Corner. Great
preparations have been mad* for th« hunts. aaft
there is expected to be a large flelfl of riders.
Among the cottagers entertaining at luncheon
this afternoon were Mrs. Cornelias VandPTbilt, Mrs,
Lewis Cass Led yard and Mrs. E'!.«ha Dyer. jr.
Cottage dinners were given this evening k«
Mrs. Cornelius Var.uerbl!"". Miss Tern Gilbert. Mrs.
Pembroke Jones, Egerton L. Winthrop and Mrs.
Richard Garnbrill. Mm. Gambrill also has cards out
for a dinner to-morrow evening.
Henry Waiters will tak* a large party of cottagers
out for a ?ail and luncheon on the steam yacht Na
rada to-morrow afternoon, taking his yufsts tat
Sandy Point Farm, where they will go ashore aa4
be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. VanderbHt.
Mr. and Mrs. E. «Jiyn have returned from a visit
In Bar Harbor.
Miss Edith Deacon left here to-day to visit friend*
at Bar Haroor.
Mrs. F. K. Sturgls entertained at a card party
this afternoon.
The women's scratch tennis tournament, which
Is to start at the Casino to-morrow morning, win
be the largest that has ever be>-n played at that
place, there being fifteen entries in the l«3t. Thi»
afternoon the drawings were held and the player*
arranged as follows:
Miss Irene Sherman vs. Miss J. B. Walla-h; Mr%
R. L. Agasslß vs. Miss Eleanor* Sears: Miss Sdn*
Barter vs. Miss Alice Potter: Miss Maude Wet
more vs. Miss Ethel DeKoven; Miss Gwendolyn
Burden vs. Miss Margaret Busk: M?ss MUdrtg
Bherauui vs. Miss Louise Scott: Mrs. Barger-\val«
laeh vs. Miss Blanch Oelrichs, and Miss Editlj
Rotch drew a bye.
General and Mrs. J. Fred Pierson arrived at
Newport to-day and are the guests t>{ Mrs. J.
Mitchell Clark at Gray Craig. Mrs. Clark w3J
give a reception In their honor on Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ogden Mills was among the cottagers en*
tertalning at dinner this evening. Henry C. Maya,
of Southhampton, is the guest of Mrs. Regisaii
DeKoven.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[By Telegraph to Th* Ms-am '
Lenox. Mass.. Aug. 13— and Mrs. Jaases If.
Ottley. of New York, touring from Bretton Woods
to New York, arrived at Hetel Asptaxrall to-day,
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Emer3an. of Wilmington. X. C,
have also arrived there by motor car. Mrs Peter
Cooper Hewitt, of New York, arrived this evening
In Lenox by motor car.
Other arrivals by automobile ir.cltide Wiiilasi E*
Putnam, of Boston: Mrs. John Thatcher and iliss
Lenders, of New York: William A. Plersoa. of
Scheneotady. and TV. H. Hammond, of Cambridge.
Howard Potter, who has been a guest of Joseph
W. Burden, at Under Ledge, ha* gone to Boston-
Count Gleiehen. of the British Embassy, arrive!
to-day, and Is a guest of Ambassador- and Lady
Durand. at Deepdene.
Herbert E. Parsons. I*SISiUm Wlckes. 3. XT*
Richardson and Sinclair Richardson went to New
York to-day.
Mr, and Mrs. William D. Stoane started from Ea«
Court to-day by motor for Saratoga.
Miss Rosalie Goodman started today for the At*
lantic coa»t resorts.
The condition of Mrs. Lucius TnckermaTJ. c£
Washington, who is seriously ill at Angles: .le. iai
Stockbridge. shows additional weakness to-nigh"",
and she may not live until morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Van R. Crosby, of "!few>
York, who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geor-»
Baty Blake, at Pin* Needles, will star* to-morrow
for Saratoga-
Mrs. William Scott Pyle and family. who barer
been at Hotel Aspinwnll. started thia morning «#
New York. A£PQ!
Un». Henry De Berkeley Parsons, of New Tor*.
who has been at Hotel Aspinwal! with her family
for several weeks, started for ho- this rnlng.
Automobile arrivals at the Maplewood in Ptrts
field are: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Andrews. New Torsi
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tewkybury and Dr. and Mrs,
Dins-more. Cleveland; Mr. and g*«. Ptnchas Protitr.
Haverford. Perm. : Mr. and Mrs. F. XL Winston anil
Mrs. li. M. Williams, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs, W. J.
Lengle. Mobile.
Automobile arrivals la Lenox include Mr. *n<3
Mrs. J. 1* Laidlaw. of New York, and Grant
MeCTargo and A. J. Darragh. of Pittsburs-
Miss Anna Lapsley. w has been visiting^JL's*
Marion Hague. In Stoekhridge. has gone to Xarra-.
gansett Pier.
Mr. and Mrs. I* R. Matthews, of Sew York. *r»
guest* of Dr. H. Cecil Haven, at Glentmrnie, '•"*
Stockbridge.
The ia.Of«"v square miles of Britain ear-not tote ■■*
support more than three-fifths of the pe°P la
209.0iX> square mile* of Germany can and wu-soca
maintain. It cannot hope to produce as :ct Li!S
and steel, nor to, continue to increase it* perce.._-»
of shipping as rapidly as Germany. AltWin«aWy
tag much more yearly, the percentage or lncrrwa
of Germany must !> greater, since she - ■* com
paratively "so little shipping in the aggregate; »«
because Germany has increased anil la to '!?*•!>
It does not follow that Britain has decreased «T
will decreaiM* thereby in either department. -
This "wolf cry shares the exaggerates «♦■
Dame Rumor with her thousand tongues. **•;
many's alleged ambitions which alarm the tss*
when compared with the means she has -of acco-'
plishing- these alleged stupendous designs. **•
rendered positively chimerical. The supposes
would-be mistress of the seas has a naval tennag*
less than that of America, and according '9 to*
latest figures she has only twenty-four •.u!«M*S
against Briton s fifty-five. tonrui^«- 2Ot£S3 *g*ij'r
T32.4Si>. more than thro.- to one. Britain's slw*»
compared with Germany's is as t^n and i half '•
two and a third million tons (ISOO. say nearly C v a
to one. Th- German "wolf" in both naval as*.
shipping form Is a very small on to r.iak? so V***
a co. Only thos^ who measure it can realixe i* 0 *
groundless the alarm Is.
If the invasion of Britain were ever InurttaW. •
wild supposition. In all probability Amarlea woui*
be found at her side. Th« Briton disturbed aOJB*.
what the German navy might do In MBS I **
with any possible ally Imagines vain tilings. _i~'
There Is another alleged source of apprehend
In regard to Germsrt> ambition to becense »
great colonial empire. The German Eir.perorJ*
truly a great ruler. He has infused his patr!on»
fervor throughout the empire and has •■'in* *
commanding figure In the world, no titular •>*"
ereign but the real leader of hls» people. Ambition
for Germany undoubtedly. Why not? He is fa t»
extolled for his- Intense devotion to Ms cuuilUK •*
King Edward is for his. but fi* is» also create* 2
we believe Justly, with great good sense: amMtfc**
If you please, but still guide.! let na say. by sss»
degrees of judgment. He must know that th« «■•
great failure of Germany so far is Tier colonial 9*
sessions.
„** '•* c . le ? that Germany is Incapable of tecoa^T
a colonizing power. First, she has not tie *r«sl
surplus population needed. Fortunately, tiier* is
work in Germany for her Increase, thanks to **
Emperor in good measure, whose attention to sal
"ense in busings affairs are remarkable. g*crf*
of her small surplus 88 per cent go to Arr»ric*
mostly In relatives and friends already there *&»
nay* sent for them because profitable work awaW.
This startling fact should never be overlook**
Third, assuming that the German Exnp«*-..r and t'->
••avlsers hays only average good sense yet tin*
must see that her emigration, such as that upfl*
• vast scale to America, or In less volume 10 SoutS
STR-Sr** 11 - V '^n upon the smallest scale. &
evitaMy results In th * German emigrant t>ecomtsf
V? !U^5 Of . V** ctunt O- >»* retries »n. and a peas*
•M». Industrious and loyal citizen Tip is
Meanwhile | th *T Briton "who SrVSds eit^e- tin Bus
slan -wt»lf" In India or elsewhe
. w ?J r , on ■•■ or In c«!onial emt »p!J»
Is the victim of Imaginary fear \
apprshended from either, even * ,f his ••»>¥ **•
much 1"'1 "' powerful ami *•* army coa'ideAW
THE LONGWORTHS' PLANS.
J? at ?!.,^ AU " ly ~ U w " •nnounced st Ssf»
more Hill to-day that Repr*sentativ, and JB*
f,r~ 1 will mala as guest* 0? the Presides:
until Friday. On that day they w!ll leave Ors«r
Bay for Washington and Cincinnati.
AMERICANS GUESTS OF KAISER.
Casael. Au . 13-The American Amhassa**
Mr. Tower, to-day presented Herman Kldde:.
of New York, *> Emperor William. The »••
P«ror «nsa?ed Messrs. Rldder ami Tower ta »
long conversation, after which they breakfast*
with his majesty. Th» party Included Jai»*
Spejrer. the Sew York banker.
Nicholas; Murray Butler, president of ColS=^
Wa University, and J. W\ Burgess, dean of **•!
university, yesterday were guests at lunclxeon c-
Kmnsrar WUIUw.