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SATURDAY. AUGUST 25. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNINO
FOREIGN.— Cuban government troops re
occupieu the town of Juan y Martinez, which
was captured Thursday by the Insurgent leader
Pino Guerra. ■ ■ ■ Rain drove the people of
Valparaiso from their temporary shelters to the
ruins of their homes; it was decided that the
city would be rebuilt on firm lines. ===== The
report that the Russian government would enter
the market this fall for a new foreign loan was
officially denied at St. Petersburg. ===== It was
reported in St. Petersburg that Teheran was
greatly alarmed over the alleged serious illness
of the Shah of Persia. == Alexander Grigei.
m. Russian Councillor of State, and a former mln
ieter plenipotentiary, was arrested at Brest on a
charge of thefu ===== It was feared in Paris
that unless the weekly rest day law was modi
fied the cafes and restaurants might be closed
on Sundays.
DOMESTIC. — President Roosevelt. It was an
nounced at Oyster Bay, has decided to use the
forms of epelllng advocated by the Simplified
Spelling Board in all his private and official cor
resixmdence. - It was announced in Wash
ington that the second secretary of the Japanese
Embassy would visit Alaska to investigate the
poaching incident and be present at the trial of
the men arrested. ■■ Mr. and Mrs. George H.
DeWitt, of New York, who were believed to have
been drowned in Lake Ontario, were reported
safe on Galloup Island, where their boat was
cast In a squall, i Professor H. C. Parker,
the scientist, in an interview in Seattle, said
that cliffs barred the way, preventing the ascent
of Mount McKinley by the Frederick A. Cook
party. - . . j New York, New Jersey, Michigan
and Ohio entered into reciprocal agreement re
garding th* licensing of medical practitioners.
t The Vermont State Bar Association recom
mended a reorganization of the judicial system
of rhat state. . P. A. Valentine, vice-presi
dent of the Armour Packing Company, of Chi
cago, was operated on for appendicitis. =====
One person was drowned and many others had
narrow escapes in a storm at Atlantic City.
CITY.— It waa definitely settled that West
chester County would not be for Hearst as
Covernor. ■ It v.-as said that Stuyvesant
Fish's name had been mentioned by policyhold
ers as a candidate for trustee. ■, The super
intendent of school building* reported to the
board that about 38,400 new sittings would prob
ably be ready by November. ===== Controller
Metz declared $900,000 too much to pay for the
39th street ferry plant. . ■■ ■ - There was con
siderable friction over the arrangements for tho
Bryan reception. ; An attempt was made to
•wreck a crowded trolley car running between
Far Rockaway and Jamaica. . Mrs. Brown,
the companion of Mrs. Eina Verrault. accused of
stealing valuable lace, was discharged. ■ A
6th avenue car exploded a dynamite cartridge
and created a panic en 30th street. : Stato
Senator Marks, it was said, had decided to run
for re-election In opposition to "Big Tim" Sulli
van's wishes.
THE WEATHER. — Indications for to-day:
Pair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 78
degrees; lowest. 87.
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A CRY OF DISTRESS
Tho Democratic Congressional Committee has
been in the main a restful and innocuous body.
Xt has never greatly heartened its supposed
friends or harried Its 6upposed enemies. Its
chairmen bare usually been statesmen with in
dustrious uud vivid imaginations and a gift at
lightning calculation. With the aid of a colored
map of the United States, a pad and a pencil
they hare been accustomed to carry the House of
Eepresentadres the day they opened headquar
ters and keep it safely carried until the morning
after election. They hare enjoyed themselves
'while the campaign lasted, added materially to
the stock of national gayety and faced defeat
With fortitude and equanimity. From the first
of June to the first of November rainbows have
spanned the committee's modest domicile,
whether here or in Washington, and serenity and
confidence have possessed Its working force, from
the heed strategist down to the humblest folder
of speeches selected from "The Congressional
Record." This year, bowerer. contentment is
turned to wrath and optimism to bitterness of
spirit, If we are to judge from the remarkable
effusion for which the committee baa Just been
made responsible by its secretary, Mr. Charles A.
Edwards.
Mr. Edwards seems to have been annoyed by
President Roosevelt's letter to Representative
James E. Watson outlining the Issues of the Con
gressional campaign. That letter put the case
to the voters in a way which Mr. Edwards
wants It understood he does not relish. He
thinks that the President la tat ing a mean ad
vantage of tho Democratic campaign managers
by throwing himself thus irresistibly into* the
fight. "He knows." laments this discouraged
Democratic statesman, "that his Congressional
"campaign managers are not equal to the sitim
**!loa,2£d because of his personal popularity with
**the people of this country, who do not know bis
"motives and do not understand hiai, who, b*-liev
"lAg that he Is fighting in their interests, will in
"dorse bim, be assumes the management of the
"campaign with tb« glad acclaim of the ltepubll
- "can managers." This is certainly no "square
deal" is Mr. Edwards eyes ; for if the country
la with the till Mil and tbe President is with
the Republican committee, what pereeutase of
chance remains to tbe Democratic managers in
tbelr struggle to "redeem" the House of Repre
sentatives?
Yet, if be accuses the Republican campaign
managers of not being "equal to tbe situation,"
Mr. Edwards will never allow 6uch an imputa
tion of Incapacity to r«?st ou himself. He Is equal
to fighting against any and all odds, and since
lie Presidest has refused to remain neutral and
actually bad the temerity to ask the country to
gfHU&cx & Hej"i>"caa Ccz^rtm — .well* U* Prwii
fleet must take bis changes along with the other
obstructionists ■ who' have crossed Mr. Edwards's
path.' The flerv seorotary of ■'■■■■ Democratic
;-.u.initt«. will undertake to convince the coun
try that it 13 utterly mistaken in its estimate of
President Roosevelt, that the man it has learned
to honor as a disinterested, high minded and
public spirited political leader is a pretender and
a humbug, "a fakir" — to quote a sample of Mr.
Edwards's urbane and polisned rhetoric —
"could make more money selling soap at the tall
"gate of a wagon than any fakir I ever beard
"of or saw in my life."
In cheapness and coarseness the Edwards
statement was so offensive that few Democratic
newspapers printed it In full, and the whole per
formance has been condemned in the Democratic
press as a silly and unprofitable ebullition of
malice. Yet tbe incident Is significant in that It
defines the rear issue of the present national
campaign. President Roosevelt's policies are up
for approval, and all the weight of his Influence
Is being thrown to re-elect a Republican House.
That Is the specific indorsement be asks at this
time from the voters, and the Democratic man
agers are naturally at their wits' end to meet
such an appeal. This latest outbreak only
shows their desperation. For after supporting
all the President's important policies in Congress
the Democratic leaders could do nothing moro
inept and futile than to turn around and seek
to break the President's enormous popularity by
cheap and trifling personal abuse.
"LET INDEPENDENCE BE OUR BOAST r
It Is a noteworthy fact that the Democracy
has no straight Democrat to offer to the state
an its candidate for Governor. Both of the as
pirants now before the primaries of that whilom
"organization*' are "Independents," one with a
capital "I" and the other with a small initial.
In the old days a candidate sought his nomina
tion within his party first, and then. If defeated,
became, perchance, an Independent Fashions
have changed, and Mr. Hearst taking his lesson
from Mr. Jerome last fall, is to nominate him
self as an Independent, saying to hi* former
party; after the manner of Jerome, 'Take me or
leave me," working the while with characteristic
energy to Insure to himself the former part of
his alternative.
Last fall had its lessons in practical politics.
Mr. Hearst started as the representative of mu
nicipal radicalism, and prophets allowed him 50,
000 votes. When Mr. Jerome's candidacy flour
ished upon bis attack on party discipline Mr.
Hearst appropriated his issue. Radicalism
dropped Into a secondary place. Jerome's
speeches of tbe night were the Hearst cartoons
In the afternoon. The scourglngs of the District j
Attorney's invective furnished tbe stripes in the j
editor's caricatures of Murphy. Mr. J. Sergeant j
Cram was pictured as teaching the Good Ground ;
boss to eat peas with a fork, to array himself in
ttw conventional costumes at the conventional i
hours, and generally so to conduct himself as
not to put his more sophisticated flunkeys out of
countenance. Every one knew the inspiration.
Said a leading supporter of the District Attornry
to him in the floodtlde of his campaign : "Every
"speech you make is adding thousands of votes tr>
"Hearst." At last the public excitement becaino
bo great that Mr. Jerome's friends began to fear
lest the clamor he had raised should be his own
undoing and the Hearst movement 6bould swamp I
Jerome. Iv this wild whirl of popular passion
"Independence" was born. Independence? It
was emotional insanity; that is the most chari
table explanation that can be made of the be
havior of the New York voters last year.
When Mr. Hearst enlarged the field of his j
operations from city to state he did not chnngo
the name of his party from the Municipal Own
ership League to the State Ownership League.
It became the Independence league. "Inde
pendence"' had proved a better name to conjure
with than "ownership." All the favorite sons of
political misfortune whose independence of
thought and action had been fostered by a kick
outside tbe breastworks of both parties rallied
hungrily in the hope of a new political deal.
Independence was organized. Indifference to
party distinctions, denial of party authority,
was unified, co-ordinated, systematized into h
party, and lo! now "Independence," if you spell
It with a capital "I," is a party. An "Indepen
dent" Is a partisan ! The nomads of political life
have put their hands to the plough ; the Bedouins
have a settled habitation. The spirit of contra
diction has been reconciled to itself. The lion
and the lamb have lain down together. The ir
reconcilables are sworn brothers In a common
cause. The boss of Independence makes a tri
umphal tour through the up-state countries and
the lean klne of the Democracy prostrate them
selves at the portent Independence beleaguers
the Democratic convention. Whoever is nomi
nated by that sore pressed party will be an In
dependent; whether he is a Democrat is a mat
ter of the utmost Indifference.
Before we cease from our boost of Indepen
dence let us mention its most significant triumph.
The chief among ten thousand sinners is a con
vert A chastened spirit cons tbe "sentiment"
of Tammany Hall. "Peccavi! Peccavi!'' cries
Mr. Murphy. The Ik>ss has become the most
notable of the Independents! It is a great day
for Independence! Recent event* adumbrate a
near future when Independence will attain such
distinction that it may be said of it, as was onco
almost said of Liberty: "What humbug is com
mitted !n thy name."
THE LUMBER ROOM OF EUROPE.
The recrudescence of trouble between Greec«
and Bulgaria follows hard upon trouble between
Greece and Rumania, and that in turn had fol
lowed close after trouble between Bulgaria and
Rumania, while to occupy the few brief inter
vals in these tripartite embroilments there have
been troubles between Servia and Bulgaria, be
tween Hungary and Servla, between Rumania
and Hungary nnd between Greece and Turkey,
while Macedonians of various stocks and Ihe
Incorrigible Albanians hare been in chronic
attites of effervescence; all of which goes to
(show bow fittingly he phrased It who first gavo
the name of the lumber room of Europe to that
picturesque congeries of empire*., kingdoms nu-1
principalities where "fragments of forgotten
peoples" dwell in and around the ruggod peulu-
Kula of the Balkans.
If any one, weary of the simple life, desires
to challenge paresis and to defy paranoia, let
him construct or even ttudy and try to master,
an ethnographic map of that southeastern cor
ner of Europe which shall show not only the
ordinary political divisions, but also those of
race, of language and of religion. He will find
the maze of mediaeval Germany as simple as
a checkerboard compared with it For not
merely are there two empires, four kingdoms,
two principalities and two anomalous protec
torates involved, but there are Mahometans,
lews, Roman Catholics. Greek Catholics of at
least three separate types, Protestants, Arme
nians and others, and there are two Roman peo
ples, tbe Rumanians and the Zlnzars or Kutzo-
Wallacli?; four Slavic peoples, the Russians, tho
Serbs, the Croats and the Bulgars; the Illy rums
or Albanians, tbe Magyars, tile Greeks, the Ger
mans aud the Osmanli Turks.
Now these, Inextricably lntemlngled, would
present a sufficiently perplexing medley If they
were all amiably disposed and desirous of liv
ing in harmony. But what shall we say of it
when no two are agreed, but every one regards
every other as an actual or potential foe, an.l
nearly every one cherishes some high h'storlral
ambition tinctured with intolerant pride? The
Greek remembers Marathon and dreams of a
second Alexander, or at least a Constantino.
Tbe Uumauiau boasts that he Is a Roman citi
zen and dreams of tbe days of Trajan, and if
be is reminded of the convict colony, why. in
nut there Australia to show how soon .1 people
can outgrow its ancestry The Serb recalls the
glories of that bervla which was the bulwark
NEW-YORK DAILY TBIBIME. SATURDAY. AJjaVgT 25. 1900.
members when there was 'a .Czar of a Bulgarian
Empire, and ,! .■ Albanian has not forgotten tiie
might of Scandcroeg. For any mm of these to
yield precedence to any other would he to sip
wormwood and gall.
Not one is willing to accept the rule of an
other. Not one is able by force to dominate
the others. Not one can separate Itself from all
the others. It is perhaps too much to say that
any political problem is impossible, even when
it is racial, linguistic, social and ■ religious as
well as political; yet this one surely verge* close
upon it. The irresistible dominance of some
great external power might arbitrarily solve the
problem, for so long a time as It might be main
tained. But where is there a power to do the
thing, or one which tbe other powers would per
mit to do it? Austria-Hungary did it a quar
ter of a century ago In Bosnia and HeMegorina.
But Europe is scarcely likely to give such a
mandate for .Albania, Macedonia and Thrace.
If it were Inclined to do so. there would still be
the unconquered Turk to reckon with, and after
he was turned out, "bag and baggage.** the Inde
pendent but implacably Jarring Christian powers
of the Balkans would remain; and to make
Slav and Greek and Roman dwell in harmony
side by Bide might prove a harder task than
it has ever been to keep the Giaour safe at
Islam.
THE COUNTY COMMITTEE.
An aggressive opening of Mr. Herbert Par
sons's campaign for re-election to the presi
dency of the Republican County Committee
was mad» ou Thursday evening, and Mr. Par
sous iias never appeared to better advantage
than In tha speech which he then delivered. It
is quite true that bis opponents are making a
determined fight against him, and their estimate
of the feeling with which he is regarded by
some of the so-called leaders may not be grossly
Inaccurate. But there Is not the slightest rea
son to believe that their antagonism is shared
by more than a small minority of the Republican
voters in thi* county whose views and wishes
It is their duty to carry out The election of Mr.
Parsons last fall was a response to the demand
that the party organization here should fairly
represent the membership of the party, that it
should exist not to serve the political ambitions
and private interests of individuals, but to
stimulate tho loyalty, enlist the activity and re
cruit \hz strength of the Republican forces and
give them an effective voice. It had too long
made the party useful to Itself, and the meaning
of Mr. Parsons's election was that thereafter it
should be useful to tbe party.
Such, at least was the meaning which Repub
lican voters put upon the choice of the new
president of the committee. That their inter
pretation of tbe act did not describe the purpose
of some who joined in electing Mr. Parsons was,
of course, well understood at the time, and no
body doubted that tbe selfseekers would reveal
themselves when they conceived that the op
portune moment bad come. He does not har
monize nicely with their views or fit snugly into
their plans. It does not suit their policies to
have tbe organization become tho sympathetic
and efficient Instrument of the party whose
name it employs. The reverse of that relation
is the ideal which they cherish. But we can
not conceive, as we have said, that the sentiment
of the voters has altered in any material degree
since last fall. They were weary of a system
which was serviceable to those who had con
trived and controlled It and to nobody else.
They made It plain that they wanted a change,
and they, at least, accepted In good faith the
change which the compulsion of party opinion
brought about.
Nothing has occurred to weaken that feeling,
whereas some things have occurred to
strengthen it since the bast election. Mr. Par
sons has done himself credit m clearly defining
his position and making ft straightforward ap
peal from his personal opponents to the party
at large. If the machinery of politics were well
adapted to tbe purposes which It professes to
serve, there would not be the faintest doubt of
the result
THE REVIEW AT OYSTER BAY.
A disposition has been manifested within the
last few days to object to the naval review
which has been ordered for September 3, on the
score of the expense involved. Inquiry, however,
shows that tbe estimates on which this criticism
is based are ridiculously extravagant Accord-
Ing to the Bureau of Ordnance, the powder re
quired for salutes, about which a fuss has been
made, will cost $22080. The other charges can
not well exceed, if they equal, those often in
curred fur a day's maintenance during the reg
ular semi-annual manoeuvres which have long
been deemed essential to naval efficiency.
A little reflection will convince most people,
wo believe, that the coming review Is of national
importance. Though the Improvements sug
gested by the latest naval war have not yet been
made, the American navy has within the last
year reached a particularly Interesting stage of
development. Five battleships of the Virginia
class have been completed within a few months,
and those which have the same design and arma
ment as the Louisiana are rapidly approaching
completion. Tbe present situation, therefore, in
vites, if It does not demand, a critical Inspection
by the commander In chief.
Furthermore, the belief j.revails abroad that
military reviews on a large scale impart a whole
some stimulus to tbe professional pride of officers
and men in both branches of the service, and
there is no obvious reason for doubting that a
similar effect will be produced here, that the
loyal spirit of tbe navy will he heightened and
that tbe official display and inspection will be
worth vastly more than the cost of bringing the
ships together under the President's eye.
THE ORIGIN OF RADIUM.
Lord Kelviu's recent dissent from the supposi
tion that one chemical element may be evolved
from another has created a stir among those
who are opeuir committed to that doctrine. His
short note to "The London Times" on the sub
ject bas been followed by others from cham
pions of the views which he condemns. In the
course of the correspondence, it appears, the
question was asked by Mr. R. J. Strutt bow the
««xiHtt'uct> of radium in the earth at present
muted for. Laboratory experi
ments iufllettto that that strange substance dis
integrates at su^h a rate that any given piece of
It would completely disappear in 8,000 or 4,000
years. As the world is believed to be much more
than 4,000 ye»rs old, the followers of Sir Will
iam Ramsay hold that the original supply of
radium must have entirely evaporated long ago.
They therefore suspect that there must have
been a fresh production by a process of trans
formation from some other element, perhaps
uranium.
Lord Kelvin points out that at least one other
hypothesis Is tenable. He claims no credit for
originating the idea, but merely shows that be
agrees with otLers by whom It bad already been
advanced. It is possible, he says, that radium
may bavo been Imprisoned in the crust of the
earth under such «*nornious pressures that dis-
Lntegration was impossible. To use his exact
language, the constituent atoms may hare been
"safely protected against the explosive flyings
"asunder by which they produce the beating
"effects discovered by our laboratories." What
ever Ik' tbe final verdict of chemists and
physicists on this opinion, it In evident that the
world is not just now tied down to any single
explanation of tho fact to which Mr. Strutt's
lmiulry relates
Lord Kelvin's reply la interesting for other
reasons than because It shows what be thinks
of the antiquity of radium. It will be observed
that he accepts, provisionally at least, the theory
of Professor J. J. Thomson that atoms are com
posed of partial™ much smaller than them
selves, for it Is by the "explosive flyings
csuESor" of the particles which, enter into tto
structure of an atom of ."radium that Professor
Thomson explains the once .mysterious develop
ment of boat from that substance. When Lord
Kelvin was last in the United States he hesi
tated to express himself regarding the. hypoth
esis thai ■..- atom is a composite.- His present
frankness shows that ho is not m conservative
os might have been supposed.
Full— 111! the cool wave came Just to the
nick ef time to save patrons of the »«»W
from ihe added temperature induced by tje
working of the ooollnc off machinery at tue
Brooklyn Bridge station.
The Hon. Henry M. Whitney was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Governor In
Massachusetts less than a week. Now he is
resting In Canada, This Is a bad year In Demo
cratic politics for men with thin blood, sensitive
cuticle and an aversion to being decorated with
campaign mud.
Tammany's district leaders being somewhat
backward in coming forward. Mr. Jerome, in
his persuasive way, is urging them not to be so
bashful.
The game of politics, as it has already opened
in this city, does not add to the depleted stock
of political amenities. What will It be when
the real battle Is on?
Dr. Cook shows great pluck and persistence.
Three hunts for a practicable route to the sum
mit of Mount McKlnley have failed, but he is
now engaged in another— the eeconA this season.
We hope he will not abandon his efforts until all
the possibilities of the case have been Investi
gated.
It is only Parts that could be expected to
serve horse meat as lark pie. A man who can
tell lark from horse after a Parisian chef has
had his way w!th both would face no competi
tion tn a test to choose a universal taster.
Mr. Murphy probably is not In a happy frame
of mind, but the cartoonist seems to have re
ceived orders, and, apparently, the Tammany
boss te to be spared. This hi something, at
least for which the master of Good Ground may
be thankful.
Even too much breakfast food, as a Pittsburgh
court has held, is not sufficient cause for grant
ing the victim a divorce on the ground of "cruel
and barbarous treatment" It is evident, how
ever, that such provocation approximates the
limit
Chairman Parsons's plain speaking In Harlem
Thursday night shows that the party in this
county has at its head now— as It always should
have— -a man to whom public duty does not spell
private Interest or private opportunity.
THE TALK OF THE DAT.
There is a railway map of the Lancaster & York
shire Railway system painted on the uled entrance
of the Victoria Station In London. The painter
whose work It was had an experience with local
pride. While at work he was accosted thus: "Dost
come from Rochdale?' "No. why?" "Well, tha's
painted Rochdale bigger nur Owdham. Dostna
itnaw Owdham's bigger nur Kochdale and Royton
both put together? Tha'll get punced if some
chaps as ah know fra Owdham cops thee doln' it."
yarlor Car Diversion.— "Porter," said the fussy
lady in the parlor car, "I wish you would open this
window."
The lady In the seat directly across the car heard
the request and drew a cloak about her.
"Porter, If that window is opened," she snapped
testily, "1 shall freeze to death."
"And If the window is kept closed." returned the
other passenger, "i shall surely suffocate."
Ihe porter stood timidly between the two fires.
•Porter." remarked the commercial traveller,
•your duty Is very plain. Open the window and
freeze one lady. Then close it tnd suffocate the
other. '—Puck.
There Is a tree on the Island of Cos, in the
.4Sgean Sea, under whose branches. It is said, both
St. Luke and St Paul rested. It is a huge plane
tree, eighteen yards In circumference and over two
thousand years old. It is surrounded by a podium,
or raised platform, breast high, doubtless built to
support the trunk of the tree after it had become
hollow and weak from age. The lower branches
are still well preserved, and have been shored up
by pieces of antique columns, over the upper ends
of which the branches have grown like caps, in con
sequence of the pressure of their own weight. Close
by the tree Is a solid marble seat, which is said to
be the chair of Hippocrates, the father of medicine,
and It Is supposed that he taught the art of healing
from that seat He was born at Cos. 460 B. C. This
gives a clew to the age of the celebrated plane tree,
which must be considerably more than two thou
sand years old. The Sultan has the tree carefully
guarded against the depredations of relic hunters.
A Dead Loss. — "See here. Aunt Dinah. I sent two
brand new shirts of my husband's to the wash last
week, and you have brought only one back. Now,
what have you done with tbe other?" "Yes. Miss
Lulu, ma'am, I was coming 'round to the question
of dat dar shut You knows dat I ain't a pu*so:i
dat pretends to one thing and protends to anudder,
so Ise gwine to tell d* truf bout dat shut. It
was dls-a-way: My ole man he up and died las'
week, and de 'Bur'al Sasslety' dey didn't do nuthing
but covort 'round, and I nebber had any t' ing to lay
dat man out In. So I helps myse'f to dat shut for
a fao*. An', oh, Miss Lulu, honey, I jes' wishes
you could hab seen how dat nigger sot dat shut
off I"— Llpplncotf s.
A clergyman was unexpectedly callei upon to
preach before the students of a well known col
lege. He chose a sermon from his "barrel," and
without reading It went to the college chapel. He
got on splendidly until near the cloae, when he
amazed the boys with his peroration beginning:
"And now. a word in conclusion to you who are
mothers." ,
BELLS POE NEVER HEARD.
Hear tbe telephonic bells-
Nickel plated bell*.
What a nervous agitation In their p«tulancy dwells;
How our tempera they excise.
Through the day or In the night.
As we hear the operator's shouts and yells!
••Hello," he says "hell-o,"
And we wish he'd thither go,
For no tomcat caterwauling to such helpless wrath
Impels;
And everybody knowa
By the bawling
And the calling
How the jonversatlon flows.
As his ihouguta into the instrument repeatedly ho
tens—
As hi* thoughts with maledictions be continually
tells—
Tells, tells, tells.
And again be rings the bells.
But tbe fellow at tbe other end Is disinclined to go.
So once more be instills
Some hypb-ened syl-la-bles,
Like a Jackdaw in a panic.
And with vigor quite satanlo.
It la wrong to tear your hair.
And worse, they say, to swear
By this or that or bore or there or any other where:
But that was said
Before were made
Those jaalpitatlnK, fast-vlbratlng telephonic bells—
Bells, bells, bells, bells.
And the yells, yells, yells
Of the speakers and :he hearers at those bells.
—Belfast (Ireland) Gazette.
This story sounds American, though It Is dug out
of the German: "Tobacco smoking." said the trav
eller. "Is so common In Holland that It Is Impos
sible to distinguish one person trom another In a
room full of smokers." "But supposing you want
to speak to some one present, how are you to flnd
it out?" "Ah. In euch cases a waiter is sent around
with a pair of bellows, with which he blows away
the smoke from the face of every person until the
right one is found."
"Why have you and Harry ceased to be friends?"
"He wanted to begin economizing the minute we
became engaged."— Chicago Record- Herald.
THEN THEY UNDERSTOOD.
! From Black and White.
The Bart of Wemyss celebrated his eighty-eighth
I birthday last Saturday. He was bom fore Quoen
; Victoria, yet he found hlm.elf on such ,ood terms
I with Hi* that he married a second wife the year
before her majesty's death Whatever Lord
Wemyas tackles he tackles energetically, ami it
Is to his perennlnl enthusiasm that thu volunteer
. army has outlived its early lame as "Saturday to
i Ie" day soldiers" ' and become something well
1 worth a poau.ble Invader reckoning with. For fifty
; years he has been a volunteer, ana he can remene
■ bar days when drill was not what it should have
' been. Once ha was taking the corps ho com
■ manded up Fleet ftreet. and presently gave, the
I order. "Right wheel!" The volunteers- did not un
i demand, and beKan to get Into a rare tangle.
! la another second Lord Wemyas saw the corps
! would be In a hopeless wreck, bo, metaphorically
throwing his drlUbook to the four wind?, he roared
. out, "Damn It all. turn up Fetter Laael" Th« ■ s>
About Teople and Social Incident*.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mr. and Mr*. Cornelius C. Cuyler. who have been
travelling In Germany, are now on their way
home. Mrs. Cuyler wai Mrs. Jarae* Brown Lord,
and her marriage took place last March.
Mr. ar l Mr* James Stillman. who bare b»en
at Bull Point Camp until last week, have rented
Doctors Island, near W.wbetk. N. T.. for the real
of the season.
Hi <r. '. Mrs Arthur Bcott Burden, who hare
been staying qnletly at Isllp. Long Island, since
their return from Durope. have gone to Newport
to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R- Livingston
Beeckman. Mrs. A. a Burden was Miss Cynthia
Burke Roche.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon King, who arrived:
from Europe on Wednesday, have gone to Newport
for the remainder of the summer
DeLancey Nlcoll has chartered the yacht Mer
maid, and after a cruise v? the Sound has arrived
on board of her at New London.
Mr. am MM A. Holland P*M ■*■ ■ motor
tour along too New England coast, have now re
turned to Elm Court, their country place at Falr
fleld, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. WUmerdtng. A Coster
WUmerdlng and Mr. and Mrs. Temple Bowdotn
have arrived from Europe.
Sir Mortimer Durand. the British Ambassador,
who has been staying with the Governor General
of Canada and Lady Grey, at Ottawa, will return
to Lenox to-morrow night for the remainder of the
season, being Joined en route by his daughter. Miss
Josephine Durand. who has been the guest of
Colonel and Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver, at Murray
Bay.
Mrs. C. Henry Rldgway has arrived from Paris,
where she makes her home at No. 10 Avenue
Marceau, and has gone to Newport to stay with
Mrs. William B. Glyn. Mm Rldgway la a sister
of the late John Munroe. the American banker m
Parts.
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth. Jr.. who was Miss
Alice Hay. has gone to Newport to stay with Mrs.
Alfred G. VanderbUt. at Sandy Point Farm.
SOCIAL \OTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Newport. R. L. Aug. 31— The storm of last night
was followed by much cooler weather this morn-
Ins:, ending the hot wave of the last weak. An the
cottagers except the usual delegation from James
town and Narragansett Pier, who feared more ram.
turned out for the tennis tournament, which was
continued. The cottagers attended the fox hunt In
the afternoon, but there was no polo. The final
game In the series will be played to-morrow.
The dinner dance given this evening by Mrs.
Reginald De Koven In honor of her daughter. Miss
Ethel De Koven. took place at Bellevue Lodge, and
was one of the most elaborate ever given here. It
ia<l been Mrs. De Koven's Intention to hold the
dance at the Golf Club, but the change was made
because of the distance to the club. The dining
pavilion at the lodge was elaborately decorated, the
walls and celling being covered with oak leaves
studded with yellow and white flowers, from which
shone tiny electrlo lights. The dinner was served
early In the evening at small tables, during which
there was music by the Hungarian Band. The
guests were received by Mrs. De Koven and her
daughter In the yellow and white reception room.
Following the dinner the pavilion was cleared for
the cotillon, the leaders being Mr. De Koven and
Harry S. Lehr. Several novel figures were Intro
duced. In one, called the witch figure, a large
kettle was wheeled Into the room, a woman In the
costume of a witch distributing flowers to the
guests as they danced around, electrlo lights In the
kettle giving it the appearance of containing fire.
In the floral figure chains and baskets of flowers
were used. The favors were aigrettes, floral wands,
parasols, pincushions, hoops and silver novelties.
A supper was served later from a buffet. Nearly
all the cottagers were there, those not attending
the dinner coming for the dance after the various
dinners In the cottage cclony.
Reports of the condition of Mrs. Reginald C.
WOULD TEST EYES OF AUTO DRIVERS.
Boston Doctor Also Urges Strict Optical Test
for Railroad Employes.
Toronto, Auk. 24.— Many postponed papers, aa well
ac those scheduled, were read at the closing meet-
Ings of the different sections of the British Medi
cal Association to-day.
Dr. Charles H. Williams, jr.. of Boston, speaking
on visual test for public services, emphasized the
necessity of careful examination of the vision and
color sense of men employed on railroads. He ad
vocated the same testa before licensing drivers of
automobiles.
Professor Smith, of London, to his lecture, dis
carded the theory of "feeding a cold and starving
a lever." A typhoid fever patient, he said, should
be fed as often as he desired and In satisfying
quantities. . .
The association concluded Its meeting to-night
with a reception at the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club. The gathering has been the second largest
In the history of the association, 2.200 attending,
compared with 2.800 In London In 1895.
GERMAN TO LECTURE AT YALE
New Haven. Aug. 24.— The appointment for the
coming year at Tale University at Professor Won
nerlin. of the University of Berlin, as lecturer dur
ing the last two weeks of October on "Recent De
velopments of Gorman Thought." was announced
to-day. Dr. "Wonnerlln has written largely on
theological and philosophical subjects. His ap
pointment Is due to the klndnesj of the Germanlstlo
Society of America, which has provided funds to
enable the university authorities to obtain* a lect
urer in the general field of philosophical and
educational thought. His coming to Tale will
mean that two professors from the University of
Berlin are to lecture at the university during the
fall term, the appointment of Professor Nernst.
the physicist, having been already announced.
'
DUCHESS DOWAGER SAILS.
Lily Duchess Dowager of Marlborough was a
passenger on the Cedrlc, of the White Star Line,
which sailed yesterday for Southampton. The
duchess came to New York two weeks ago to at
tend to business Interests. She spent a week at
her country place, Beresford Lodge, at Fort Sa
longa, near Northport, Long Island
PROFESSOR KOPFF DISCOVERS COMET.
Cambridge. Mass.. Aug. 84.— A cable message has
been received at the Harvard College Observatory
from Professor Kreutz. at the Kiel Observatory.
announcing that a comet, visible through a small
telescope, was discovered by Professor Kopff, at
Heidelberg University, on August 22. 6:71 Greenwich
mean time (Wednesday evening in Eastern standard
time). In right ascension 22 hours 49 minutes 33
seconds and declination plus 10 degrees 23 minutes.
The dally motion In right ascension was given as
minus 44 seconds and in declination plus 2 minutes.
■
MR. SHAW STARTS FOR NEW ENGLAND.
Washington, Aug. 21.— Secretary Shaw left Wash
ington to-night for New England. On Monday he
Trill visit Boston to select a site for the new ap
praisers' store building, to be erected there.
"MME. MELBA WILL SING"— OSCA
Oscar Hammersietn denied In vigorous language
last night that Mme. Mftba had refused to come to
this country to s!ng at his new opera house, fear
ing the eff«<.t of the American climate on her
voice.
"The story is a most decided Ue." he said. "Mme.
HeJba will Bin* at ray opera house this winter
Only last Saturday I received a letter from her
saying that her voice had never been In better
condition, and that sho was eager to come lu-re> to
begro rehearsing. Tho opera house will be open
by Sei-tetnber 15."
Mr. Hammersteln aays that he- ts sure that the
istorles that Melha will not appear here are the
worli of his rivals.
ADMIRAL TRAIN'S BODY COMING EAST.
Seattle, Auk. The gunboat Princeton ar
rived from Victoria la« night bringing the body
of Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, late of the
Asiatic nquadron. who died at Chefoo. China. Ad
miral win burn, commanding th* Pacific squadron,
went to Victoria aboard the Princeton. Th*- body
was shipped East.
ARCHBISHOP KEANE HOMEWARD BOUND.
Southampton. Aug. at.—- The Hamburg- Ai
LJuu naini-r BlUcher. which sulled front here toe
New York this afternoon, vii among its paas^ngpra
Archbishop Keane. grot—ear W. 9. Cray and Dr.
14. ... KaytaonU,
VanderbUt were encouraaing to-day. Mr. \i-^
*bilt statins that ate was rapidly recover <"*"
qulries have been so numerous that Sir. Taaisßssi
has decided to Issue a bulletin each day tt&tt 1
present. . •■***!
A delegation from Newport went to Xarrs ?■>-,...
Pier this afternoon for the horse show. * a~''-'""a ~ ''-'""
those taking parties being Mr. and lira. Aifra*r
Vanderbilt and Paul J. Rainey, the latter in •<
yacht. . ~'
The first cottage rented for the season c; lv .
the Perkins villa VllHno. taken to-day by Mr '.'!
Mrs. William Payne Thompson, who are c* --'-!<*
this season. The cottage is occupied this yei- I
Mrs. Natalie Schenck Collins. T
Mrs. Joseph £. Wtdener gave a luneaea* ttr
afternoon at Plnard Cottage No 5. '
Cottage dinners' this evening were numerous, ti
largest being that given by Mrs. Robert Seagate?
at the Clambake Club, mostly for young j^'.'-,
after which the guests were taken to the De Keren
dance. Otners were given by Mrs. J. Thompesß
Spencer. Miss Ellen Mason. Mrs. Mac Brady jV-
Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mrs. J. R. Solej. i:]'
William Storrs Wei la. Mrs. George S. Scott. 31: i.
Klsna Dyer. jr.. and Mrs. C. M. Thomas.
Mr*. Btvyvesant Fish Is to give a large dinner te.
morrow evening at Crossways for the older •*■
after which Campanaxl will appear at a ssMkjsl
entertainment. Dancing will follow.
J. W. Wadsworth. Jr.. of New York, Is th» | sj
of Llspenard Stewart at White Lodge.
A. H. Barney la the guest o« Mr. and Mai I
Townsend Burden at Fair Lawn.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[By Telegraph to Tho Tr.buiM.]
L*n«vc. Mass.. Aug. Sl— Cool and clear wettber
brought out a b!g gathering to the Lenox Clua.
where the preliminary games for the tebnis treats*)
offered by Robert W. Paterson were played, ia
the gallery were Sir Gilbert ar.d Lady Carte-. '4r.
and Mrs. John EL Al«xar.dre. Mr. and Mrs. G.uud
Foster. Captain and Mrs. John S. Harass, Mr. sb4
Mrs. D. P. Ortewold. tha H'.i. *tolard Ll&daay. of
tho British Embassy. ai>d Mr. and Mrs. Robb De?.
Ty:us. Many of the sets wsre hotly contests! la
the semi-finale the match between Mrs. William R
O. Field and R. C Oreenleaf. Jr.. againat Miss
Emily Bacon and Malcolm S.oane develops* ewit
lng sets, and the vantage hi the last game waverei
back and forth till the close. Mrs. Field sad ate
Greenleaf will piny the finals against Mra Fretfc.
Ingham and Mr. Sturgte at Blantyre. Mr. Pateroon't
country place, to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 a'cletk.
Previous to that contest there will be singles be
tween Lawrer.ce Rand and Clark Voorheta To
day's scores were: First round. Mrs. W. & a
Field and Richard C. Greenleaf. Jr.. defeat** Vsj
dale Bacon and W. B. D. Field. S— t. *-i Miss Cs*.
nella Barnes and John Codman defeated Miss Con
stance Bacon and Arthur De Pury. 8-4. «-l Xls>
Charlotte Barnes and Francis Jacques defeated Hiss
Oretchen Hoyt and David T. Dana. 7-5. 7-8. Mm
Samuel Frothinghara and 8. Warren Sturgls de
feated Miss Richardson and Samuel Frothtagbsss>
•— 8. 7—3.
Second round— Miss Emily Bacon and Malcolm D.
Sloano defeated Mre. George Fahys and Hertsit
Shaw. t-X 1-4. fr-1- Miss Barnes and Mr. Coo
man defeated Miss Yvonne 9hepard and For •
Wlckes. 8-3. «-2- Mrs. Frothlngham and Mr.
Sturgls defeated Miss Barnes and Mr. Jacques, *-*
Seml-flnals— Mra Frothlngham and Mr. Stun*
beat Miss Cornelia Barnes and Mr. Codman. 'Ml
6-4. Mrs. Field and Mr. Graenleaf defeated Msa
Bacon and Mr. Sloane. 6—3. 9—7.
Frederick 8. Young, of New York, is a goart
of Edward A. Burdett at the Judge Bishop cot
tage.
Cottage dinners were given to-night by Ms»
Helen Parish and Miss Anna B. Shaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac V. Brokaw and George &
Brokaw have arrived at the Hotel AspinwaU from
New York. Other arrivals are Mr. and Mra, C. a
Scott and Mr. and Mrs. James W. Randau. whs
have been In the White Mountains: Mrs. Janet
Montfort Scbley. who has returned from Man
chester. Vt.. and Joshua W. Rhodes and A D.
Wood, of Plttsburg. who arrived by motor frem
Watch Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Pliny Flsk. of New York, whebaaj
been at the Hotel AspinwaU for some time, statist
this morning for their country place at Rye, XI
Alexander M. Grlswold arrived in Lenox to-esj
from abroad.
OFFICERS ASCEND NET VOLCANO.
Rever.ue Cotter Peny VwU Peak Wi:a
Sprang Up on Fire Island.
Washington. Aug. »•.— The Treasury DepaiUiian
received to-day a report of a visit made by the
officers of the revenue cutter Perry to the peak
which recently sprung up on Fire Island, ef the
Bogoslov group, of the Aleutian chain. The sauth
era end of F!re Island consists of tws long tptta
from a half to five-eighths of a mile in length and
about fifteen feet above high water.
On the western spit the new volcar.: alt has
sprung up. rising to about seven hun.l: feet. In
shape greatly resembling a monster beehive, with a
base about nine hundred feet in diameter. From
the numerous crevices columns of steam and sul
phurous gases continuously arise, and form a cloud
which is visible for more than thirty miles. Al
though the surface of the new peak was warm and
soft In places, the officers succeeded !n reaching the
summit. In recognition of the fact that the officers
of the Perry were the first persona to visit the sew
peak they have named It "Perry Peak."
POISON IVY ATTACKS GOVERNOR HA" 3.
Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 24. — Governor Harris B suf
fering from a severe attack of Ivy poisoning, the
result, he says, of his visit to the maaaaveTssS
grounds In Tuscarsws County. Tbe ailment tesaa
to have attacked the whole body.
INVITE MIL " BONAPARTE.
Kansas City, Aug. Sl— Charles J. Bonaparte. S»
rotary of the Navy, has been tnvtted to attend tha
session of the Transmlasissippi Commercial Coo
gresa. te be held In this city en November 3L
mr FA<R3ANK3 TO ADDRESS NWMI
Columbus. Ohio, Aug. 24.— VJee-President Waif
banks and Booker T. Washington are scheduled V
be here to-morrow to attend the Ohio State Colwet
Educational and Industrial Exposition, which optse
on Saturday and will continue for a week, at Gro
City, about tea miles from here. Mr. Fairtaej*
will speak.
MAY BE DELAY IN CRAPSEY HEA= n^
Rochester. Aug. 24. -James B. Perkins. coubssl
on behalf of Dr. A. S. Crapsey. in the appeal east
which is to be argued before the- Episcopal Coait
of Review early next month. Is of the opinion that
there will not be any hearing of the case at that
time. From what Mr. Perkins says it api -ars that
the record of the heresy trial at Batavla has sot
been submitted to himself or Edward M Shape**
bis associate counse?. Th# latter wrote to Bisbof
Scarborough, president of the Court of Review,
asking to oe supplied with the records, but nasjß
had any acknowledgement so f ar ac Mr. Peratne)
is aware.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
Among the passengers who arrived from Euraj»
yesterday were:
THE BATAVIA. FRO3I H.OtßUltGk
Professor O. H. SchoOde and Mr*. O. W. 3:oaa.
Mrs. Schodd*. ! O. 11. Plerc*.
LVCANIA. FROM LIVERPOOL
A. C. Carruth«T». I Frank J. Mro'upt. k
James p. Coate*. I Monstgnor Hugh 3. 8^" Tt *
Adrian Devlne. 1 1v.!,: 3 -»t-\- i isoa.
Reginald Gray. Attorney J.imea M. TullT
i tncral of B«nauda. !
Uk SAVOIE. FROM BAVJtE.
Hasting* O. Burroughs. ' A. II GTtasoa.
Robert C. Baal , I R. r. K*Uy.
W. K. Cowan. ~T IJJt. VlUart.
Captain Futiralar |
Among the pa&stngers who will sail for Eusav*
to-day are:
THE CALEDONIA. FOR GLASGOW.
air. and lira John Bairour.l Visa Mam Brakiae.
Profeaaor Murdoch C%merua : H«nry P. Pratt,
ami Miss J. ,v CUmeron. , John U«nd<snoa.
TilK KOEMO ALBERT. FOR GENOA. *•
Mm A. 1. CnnlMn I Maraui* and M* .--"
M.. Wtrahrtli r.Hiitda*. | EiuWio Sac German*
THE ETRURIA. FOR LIVERPOOL.
Robert Applet on. I R. B. M. Taylor. . _
XI. p. Seabrook. Mm UabaU* Cutabert* ■
THE UXNNEUAHA. FOR LONDON. ._
A. R. Anthony. The Right Ho«. I*nS < let
I "avid Uellamor*. ': Kanm-tly.
Miss Praaeaa Ward Thwart V navia.
THE SEW TORK. FOX BOtrrfIAMITON.
Captain Guy V. Ileory. f.|Mr. and Mrs C I* •*
S. A { Jtunwa. . _». _-;-.
John Hill Morgan. ILUutenans General Sir r- 3*3 *-
- . awry Schuylar. I art aiuUrasjD* eww*iu