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Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt arrived yesterday from Europe with her niece. Miss May GOl t. on board the Campania. They were met on landing by Mrs. Ogden Goelet. who had come on from Newport to welcome them, and by Cornelias Vanderbllt. who had reached New-York on Friday OH board his yacht, the North Star, on which he had crossed the Atlantic. After taking luncheon at Sherry's the entire party, including the children of Mrs. Vanderbllt, and the Duke of Roxburghe, who hal been one of her fellow passengers on board the Campania, started for Newport by an afternoon train. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbllt, with Mrs. Goelet and Miss May Goelet, as well as the duke, will return here within a couple of days for the pur- pose of witnessing the Cup races from th.i deck of tho North Star. Miss Martha Johnson, whose engagement to Dclancey Kountze was an- nounced some weeks ago, will likewise be one of the party on board. The Duke of Roxburghe's mother is a sister of the late Lord Randolph Churchill and of the late Duke of Marlborough, and is a first cousin, there- fore, of the present master of Blenheim. He at- tended the Prince and Princess of Wales as aide de camp on their trip around the world on board the Op'air. served with distinction In the House- hold Cavalry through the Boer war. and is the owner of Floors Castle, on the Tweed, one of the finest Tudor mansions In the United Kingdom, as well as of estates extending over an area of some sixty thousand acres. It may be of Interest to add that he was recommended for the Victoria Crosa In the South African campaign for his gallantry In bringing out a dismounted and wounded com- rade from under fire at the battle of Rensberg. Among the features en the programme of society at Newport for the week which opens to-day ia the dance gU-en by Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton IfeK. Twombly on Tuesday night at their villa, on Ochre Point, for the debut of th'»ir daughter. Miss Ruth Twcmbly. The visit of the Governor General of Canada and Lady Minto. with their daughters, the Ladies Eileen and Ruby Elliott, brought a number of peo- ple up from Newport an 1 Lenox to meet them during their two days' stay with Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, at Mr. Reid's place on the Upper St. Regis. Lord and Lady Minto arrived on Tues- day at Camp Wild Air from Montreal In time for luncheon, at which a number of young people were Invited to meet their daughters. Dinners and re- ceptions at Camp Wild Air, a luncheon riven by Mrs. W. Sheffield Cowles at the Coates camp: attendance at the races on the lake, and visits to the camps of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vander- bilt and Colonel and Mrs. Jacob Peabody occu- pied every moment of the time of the Governor General and his family until his departure late on Wednesday night, certain measures before the. Dominion Parliament requiring his presence at Ottawa on Thursday morning. * Among those who have been staying In the Adirondack^ during the last week, and who met Lori and Lady Minto and their daughters, are Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, who has -with her her niece. Miss Eleanor Roosevelt: Mr?. Moses Taylor, Theoderc Robinson. Oliver Harriman, Jr.. Mrs. Morgan Dlx and Miss Dlx; Mrs. Lev! P. Morton and the Misses Morton. Judge and Mrs. W. K. Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.: Mrs. Robert Win- throp, with her daughter. Miss Albertina Win- throp: Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Dupignac. Mr. and Mrs. I). H. McAlpin.Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, and her mother. Margaret. Lady Williams Bulkeley, sister of the Dowager Duchess of Wellington, have also gone to the Adirjndacks for the rest of the season. NEW-YORK SOCIETY. While Newport. Bar Harbor. Saratoga and Southampton have each of them been gay during the week which came to a close yesterday, the sea- son has been especially brilliant In the Adiron- dacks. Large house parties have been In progress at all the camps that dot so picturesquely shores and islands of the various lakes. Entertainments cf every kind succeed one another with a rapidity that savors rather of town than of the woods. WASHINGTON NOTES. lrro>t tlie TRIBUNEBUEFUr.I Washington. Aug. Rear Admiral Harris. the recently appointed paymaster of th* navy, will start from here to-morrow or Monday to spend two weeks at Narragansett Pier with Mrs. Harris, who has been there about a month. Admiral and Mrs. Harris have taken a house on Connecticut-aye. for the coming season. 11. A. Taylor. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, a«d Mrs. Taylor have returned to Washington from their vacation in Michigan and Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Poe, of Baltimore, hav<» announced the engagement of their daughter. Anne Johnson, to Alfred Tyler, of this city. Captain John J. Pershing, loth Cavalry, now as- signed to the General Staff, and who was in com- mand for several years in the Mora country and made a record In subduing the chiefs at Lake Lanao. has arrived In Washington. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. fVKOM TtlE TririNK BUltE.ll'.l Washington. An?. 15.—Sir Chen Tung I.ianr- Cheng. the Chineso Minister, started to-night for New-York on hi 3 way to Henderson Harbor. N. V.. where he will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster at their summer home. Chung Mun-Yew. the interpreter of the legation, who will close his official residence of ten years here on Wednesday, is being generally entertained. On Wednesday he was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Associa- tion of this city, of which he is a member. Yung Kwai. who is also a secretary-Interpreter of the legation, will succeed Chung Mun-Yew. Yung Kwai. with his American wife, Is spending the summer In the Virginia mountains. The min- ister's daughter and two sons are also of tho party. Mrs. Shaw, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, and their two daughters, who are now in Paris, will return to this country late in September. Miss Krma Shaw, the younger daughter, will resume her studies. . , Mien Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Agri- culture, ended her visit to Islesford. M?.. yf.ster- day. and with Miss Oorham will spend the rest of th« month with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell at their summer home in Nova Scotia. THE CABINET. frrOst TUETT.IBUNE BCREXC.I Washington. Aug. 13.—Secretary Root was the guest of honor to-ni?ht at a dinner given by tie offlc-era of the chief of staff and asseecs of tho general staff of the army at ths Country Cub. The additional guests were the Secretary the Interior. Postmaster General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Colonel William Cary Sanger. Assistant Secretary " War; Ju.lj.-o Magoon. Mr. ScoSeld. Mr. Chance. General Cbaffee, General Bates. General Gillespie. General worth. General Hawkins. General OReillcy. General Humphrey. Colonel Hall, Colonel Symons. Colonel Alexander, Colonel Edwards. Colonel Mills. Colonel Mordccal. Colonel Edgeriy and Major Bcrlven. Secretary Hay vrl\\ remain at his family home In Sunapee. N. If., until October. On the Campania, which arrived yesterday. we?« Mrs. OoneUu-i VanU*rt>ilt. SIT Vil!!a:r. ••• . .>\u25a0'. »• »• Miss Hay Gcwlct. «"- aootfa-TBCtir.^ H^T^AUnuUB-s- g^WHSmi IV. S. Curmlchar!. to.onel J. "•»»*-*• Colonel E. T. UtßKins. Wrnon C, i-vj}- The lU. Hon. L.t.l Strath- JUM M. «r > c*- nt* and Mount Ko>»i. A. M. Bortm^A I-i iy ArathcoiMt. On the F.trurla. which sailed yesterday, were: .^ P. Coc%r Hewitt. *«*?>' ta Jaf * n - MaJ;r 11. S. Logan. A. C. t-Ktt. . Mr. ana Mrs. J. I>. M<h*3. \^'*", *»• r^',-,..!! Utatenaat Kraak MJirbte. I Colonel v.. U.SwweU. Mrs. Marble. p»- * °- Tracers. K-l H. Norris. ' On th Mesaba. which sailed for London yesta* <1. y. »<;re; Rich P'- E. Guenu^ Haakia- AMSbmt T Rich. X Oa«.-»»«T Raakia. Cook. I Mrs. i- !>. «\u25a0>"•• On th? St. Paul, which arrived yesterday. ****! Capiiii, J. U Itarr. ?'""»» V l3t * r J-CeWe> Mr. aua Mr». A. Bryioa. IJ. a. J**?*^. «'Uv« l*urr*f Mr "- J - *•• J*"** H. .>. ivr.n*. J; >£*\u25a0\u25a0 }$£?*• ••'„,„... x»e" Mrs. Wlllljti C. F-s:iott. Mis. Vi iKlartx Ht.rr M 1.43 Louis.- K. Klliott. \u25a0 ' f.t'i'wni' Mias JoKttblM Elliott. T>r. Char}*» Horace H. Furces*. .'r. Mrs Mothe U. j^ofl'- Mr». Homo* H. k'urnesa. Jr. StuiUslww ,t-, t- . tare %. :is \ II Hunim-l Mrs Mm WilllHm W.nter JvfT«- A. J. J»e«*. vr .--ga, NOTES FROM NEWPORT. New-port. Aue 15 (SpeciaD.— Percy A. Rockefsßaf^ of New-York. Is visiting James Stilfccaa at Oak Lawn, tn NatTagnns»tt-av^. Mr*. Var.d#rhlit and Mi a Gladys Vanderbllt returned this SMOaa^ froci Bar Harbor, am! are at The Breakers. Registered at the Casino to-day wer* Robert T. 2lc<3u*ty. J. T. G. Walker, Henry ''• ''"->:"\u25a0 William t! Eldrl<?ge. R. P. Carroll and B. E. Johnson. Dr. James Dwisht. of Boston. Is the guest wt Miss Florence Lyman. Mr?. Pembroke Jonea will g3r« a large dinner party at the Orchard Monday evening. Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks rtaiiMd forty guests at dinner to-ni^ht at The T>a^v» The rations were American Beauty roses. Mrs. Hugh L. Willoughby and Miss \v lucnghby have cone to Maine. Mrs. Burke Roche has returned from the hone show at Bay Shore. II N. Taasat has returned from Saratoga, and '\u25a0% the guest of Mr. and* Mrs. Sidney J. Smith at th« Hartshorn cottage. Mrs. Vanderbiit entertained at dinner to-night at Tho Breakers for Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Van- derbllt. After the playing in the ladies' tennis tournament this afternoon, and while the crowi was -waitlr.s for the carriages. Miss Cynthia Bocae and Harry Lehr. m the letter's carriage, were rreparuig la turn around in a narrow sjiace. preparatory to taking Miss Roche to htr home. Elm Court, when a Mercedes nicir.g- automobl'.ft came along »t rapid speed. Itlooked for a min-rte as 1? the maahluw would run Into Mr. Lehr'a carriage. The coachman saw the danger, gave the horse a cut with th» •whip and the animal went thro . the narrow cpening without a scratch, the automobile follow- ing. Miss Roche and Mr. Lthr maintained t!;eir self-pos"?cssion. while the crowd applauded. After a vacation of more than a week, the rune of Monmouth County hounds were resumed this afternoon. The start was from Oakland farm, and previous to the start Mrs Vanderbllt entertained the hunting party at luncheon on the piazzas of Oakland. The h>unds made a good run. going for the most part over the Wappir.g Road terrirory from east to west, and after forty-two minutes wound up at Honeyman Kill. Alfred G. VaziJer- bilt, on his new hunter. Delight, which he reeer.:^- purchased from Mr. Collier, was first in. closiiy followed by Percy "Wyndham. on Tiny Tim. Sidser J. Colford. jr., and Frn.ncl3 H. Potter made » good start, but Mr. Colford ran the first check, aad Zlz. Potter's horse in taking the nrsz balked and kicked and refused to take the wall. Mr. Potter managed well and retained his seat, but it was some min- utes before he regained control, an.l he fu unaMa to rejoin the chase. A3 the horse had cut himself severely and was unfit to continue the run. At the Westchester Polo Grounds this af- ternoon two teams, the Whites and v R«i». made up from members of the club, had a good practice game of polo. At the close each side had scored eight goals. Those who >--'.l wera P«tef D. Martin. Ogden Mills, jr.. William K. Carter. C. P. Norman. W. P. Burden. Reginald Erooka. F. & TlßllliajSl. W. H. Allen. Arthur Iselm. Rot*/ Collier, Bradish Johnson anJ I*awreneo Vl'atfc. bury. A feature of the game was the unusul wiKht of a woman. Mrs. Reginald Brcoks. 3taocki^ t a polo ball across the lieia. The polo players coni gratulateti her anil offered her a place -in the team. IN THE BERKSHIRES. Lenox. Mass..- Aug- 15 (SpecialX-Charto TV. Hl* ford, of New-Bedford, is the guest ai Dr. Riclurw C. Greenleaf. at Windy Side. Miss Heloise Meyer, who has been in Newport. has returned to Lenox, and is with her sister. ra " Samuel Frothingham. Miss Emily Tucker.: of Washington. *"*£*" let of Mrs. L. Tuckerman. who is » StoclMZl* for the summer, Ibm gone to Newport Judge Gary, of New-York, arrived to^ay at •»• Red Lion Inn. in Stockbridge. WUltea St;mley. Ism inventor, arrived to^ay at his country place. In Great Barriastoa. \u25a0u-.rrv Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Cott. jr.. and Harry Werner, of New-York, are su«ts cf Mrs. n. *>• Slaybaok. in Great Burlington. * \u0084 _,•«\u2666 n , G. Willis Peters, jr.. or Pittsbsrs. is the fu** °* his parents in Great Harrington- v>rit. Mr ami Mrs. W. Doming Goodal*. oi Nsw-^wr*. are at th^ir cottage in South Esremo.it. _„-, Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Gray and family nave pM to Woodstock. Vt. AT BAR HARBOR. Bar Harbor. Me., Aug. 13 <Special>.-Tfce Keb» Valley Club gave its weekly dirir.er dance to-Mpt. and a large number of guest* were entertainer. Those whw gave dinners M'^re Mrs. C. £?• an^ s T worth. J«ir d . c. E. Green. Senator NcwliU'is *=* Mr. and Mrs. W. l". Zcllar. Heath Gregory, of the Crau Opera Coaijaay. gave a delightful recital at Eden Hall the sus- na<?r home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ur.tercyrer. •><• New-York, this morning- . \u0084_ u^rt- Captain Ree>!er gave a dance on >«a*g»P**^g ford this afternoon. The younger Bar hS-O^r attended. \u0084 _._. fa- .Mr and Mrs. Frank Cilis save a d.rn^r to. twenty-four at their cottage to-iugnt. TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS. The semi-finals in the ladies' singles lawn teaa!* tournament at the Casino this morning flavalu|nil two interesting matches, each requirmp three sets. In MM first Mrs. Burger Wallach, against its. Reginald Brooks, gave odds of 3 half 15 ami won i>. > set. In the deciding set the play was "loser, and ten games were necessary to determine tha wfcsrer. In the second match Miss Anna Saads played against Mis* Alary Sands. 88888 Mary Saads anil Mrs. Wafladi will meet In the finals on Monday. The summary: Mrs. Burger "Wallach beat Mr* Reginald Brooks, 6—2. 2—6. 6—6 Miss Alary Sands beat Miss Anna Sands. 6—2. 0-6. B—6. Mrs. P. F. Collier has cards out for a. Cir.acr «n Monday night at the Coats villa for her ruest. Sirs. Reginald De Kovm. Mrs Philip Lyriiic entertained at dinner at tUt Willows, in CatlK-rine-st. Twenty-two guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons are receivia^ cee- gratulationa on th« birth of a son at their vttsi at Newport. Mrs. Parsons is the fiacshtcr of Jir. and Mrs. Henry Clews. The boy has been n*r^ after his father. Among those- who arrived yesterday on beeH % Campania, and who are In town, are Captala ti» lion. Thomas and Ividy !r.i Tr.i««»y. Capta^ Brassey Is the etfest sen and heir of Lord Brasiej He served throughout th*> Boer war in the ansj and Is editor I I "The Naval Almanac."' Mr«. Vasal ; «« Vanderbiit ata* returr.«-ii ;.> Mewpeal 1 intsm Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay was In to-wn yesterday and after taking luncheon at Sherry's return^ £ the afternoon to her cormtry place at Rosbrn. Le». Irlnnd. ' ***« September IS has been »•» a* th« date of the an niKil horse show at Lenox. Maas. It wu; \J, en William V. Sloan* a Highland am srouadi Charles Lanier. Reginald C. Vanderbilt. jofcn Slonne. Frank K. Sturgis. David LydJs ar.it Jfij. Marlon Haven w!ll bo among the eshfMtors. Sound, the win be a number of attr-ctio-s. «•„» the visitors will have the opportunity of' tai2! Ing Mr. Berwick's automobile establishment At Saratoga n thin mnnk of respect for tbe CHECKS TO UAMBLIKG. This is a summer which hordes of profes- sional gamblers will remember with sorrow for the rest of their lives. Most of the rooms in this city formerly used for speculation on horses. for risking money at faro tables aud at other games of chance have been closed by the po- lice. This is no longer "a wide open town." For thirty seasons, and even more, the so- called \u25a0vlnbi.uiise.*." which were really re- sorts for various kinds of betting, flourished openly at Lou;: Branch and Saratoga, and wel- '"];,\u25a0 I multitudes of eager patrons. At Long Branch even on Sundays the games went on without check, and any well dressed man could walk into a "clubhouse" and lose all he cared to lose— and frequently much more. No one would say him nay. OUR ALPHABET FOR JAPAN. Japan seems to be about to take one of the most remarkable and not least important of all her steps toward harmonizing herself with the highest civilization of Europe and America. That is nothing less than the adoption of Roman script—our own English alphabet— par! passu with, if not as a substitute for, her own ancient system of ideography. For the last dozen years a knowledge of Roman script has been Increasing in Japan among the most highly educated. But now it is proposed by the most influential educational organization in the empire to make the teaching of our alphabet and of our mode of word formation compulsory and universal in the public schools. It neems probable that the government will adopt the proposal, in which case, of course, all private schools will have to do the same, with the re- sult that all the children of Japan will pres- ently be learning, not necessarily the. English language, but at least to write nnd read their own language in English fashion. That will be a great tiling for Americans and Europeans who want to learn the Japanese lan- guage. It will make th,at language little harder to learn than French or German, and will ena- ble people to learn it in the same way that they learn the European tongues. At present the great stumbling block in the way of mastering Japanese is the necessity of learning a multi- tude of different ideographs. Once Japanese words are expressed in letters like our own, the task of learning will become immeasurably easier. It will then also bo much easier for the Japanese to learn our language, for of course our alphabet lcally formed words seem as Strange to them as their ideographs do to us. Moreover, it will cause a change amounting al- most to transformation In the Japanese mind. or In the linguistic functions of that mind. The Japanese will for the first time regard words not as indivisible integers of speech, but as com- posite things formed of letters. Perhaps we can partly realize the magnitude of that change by ourselves trying to regard words as not formed of letters, but as indivisible units. Nor is that all. Dual systems of languages are abominations. Wherefore it is to be expect- ed that, having adopted alphabetical script by the side of ideography. the Japanese will soon substitute the former for the latter altogether. It will be greatly to their advantage so to do. and also to our advantage to have them do it. But it will none the less be an extraordinary thing. For the mother tongue, in all its de- tails, is one of the things to which men cling most tenaciously. We need, to convince our- selves of that, to recall only the language con- troversies in Canada*, In Bohemia, in South Africa, in Malta and elsewhere, not to mention the recent clamor about the teaching of Ger- man in New- York public schools. We may also recall Bismarck's inexorable opposition to the introduction of Roman script into Germany in place of the far less legible German characters. That the Japanese should voluntarily make this revolutionary change in their national script in- dicates their possession of an exceptionally high ambition to place themselves abreast of the best civilization of the world—and all this emergence from savage seclusion within the memory of men not yet grown old! Some of Dr. Bell's recommendations concern- ing the automobile are equally excellent. They are made timely, too. by the recent decision in- validating the New-York law designed to re- strict speed- Perhaps the most judicious and practicable of his propositions looks to the in- troduction of a clause in such statutes making injury on the high road with a carelessly driven vehicle punishable. An enactment of that kind certainly would inspire caution. It is further suggested that excessive speed be made impos- sible by refusing a license for any machine which, being officially tested, is found to be capable of exceeding the legal limit on a level road. To this idea it will probably be objected that such a check would deprive the automo- bile of one of Its greatest advantages— the abil- ity to climb steep grades. No one who is famil- iar with its previous utterances on this sub- ject will suspect that The Tribune has any sym- pathy with the kind of recklessness tinder dis- cussion; hut if tho objection just mentioned be based on fact lawmakers ofeftjp well hesitate to disregard it. Perhaps Dr. Bell's paper will draw out helpful comment on that possibility. After simmering down the explanations given by employes aud ottlcials of electric roads for fatal eollißiona, one usually gets a residue of complaint against the brake. Dr. Bell thinks that this is not altogether just On most cars in city streets and on country roads where seri- ous mishaps occur, the brakes are, in his judg- ment, what they ought to be, and are inspected witu adequate frequency. He also credits the average motorman with intelligence and so- briety. The weakest point in the system, then, seems to be the inability of this employe to estimate accurately the distance over which danger should be expected. Recent tests have shown that in order to stop a car weighing eigh- teen tons and running from twelve to eighteen miles an hour a run of from one hundred to two hundred feet is requisite. The best kind of power or emergency brake will do the work in the former distance, while a hand brake needs ah of the hitter. To these figures, however. Dr. Bell would add 50 per cent as a margin of safety. He then strongly urges upon the man- agers of trolley roads the duty of disseminat- ing information concerning this revelation and of training the men practically to know what these distances are. DASGEROVS SPEEDS. Dr. Louis Bell, .1 well known electrical expert living in Boston, discusses for the readers of -The New-York Electrical Review" the dangers attending the development of high speeds by trolley cars and automobiles. He does so with mi. intelligence as to deserve consideration, evert ir we do not entirely agree with bis con- clusions. Whether the number of fatalities on electric railways is still on the increase, as Dr. Bell imagines, or has already attained its maxi- mum can be determined only by statistics. Though he does not supply them, it is rot un- likely that he has collected figures which would sustain the former opinion. It would hardly be safe to dispute the point. -Besides, itis of minor importance. The essential question is, How can such accidents best be checked? From the Bos- ton writer's answer there will probably be little dissent. motloa- the general civilization and intelligence of the negro by raising him up, instead of sys- tematically brutalizing him by lynching and peonage and keeping him In dejection and deg- radation. His Opinion— "l sfe that prisssjghtem fight In a ring," remarked Miss Giddygirl. "What kind of a ring is it?" "An engagement riug la used for sparring.'* re- plied the old bachelor, "but when it to tie .1 nvi.t to a finish a wedding ring is used, 1 believe."— (Chi- cago News. ;- . , The death of the Pope has enriched the argot of Paris with a new wcrd. A policeman Is a "camerlengo." The first constable who heard him- self addressed by that epithet was indeed non- plussed, quite as much as the gendarme who was called "centurion." But the motto of the Paris police Is "When in doubt, arrest yuur man." and In this case the innovator spent a few hours at the police station before being released. According to one authority, the connection between a policeman and 0 eamerlengo la to be found Ik the silver ham- mer used to thrice strike the deceased Pope's brow. A policeman is a "cogne"—l. c.. he who strike?— and this furnishes the connecting link. However that may be, the fact remains that the wcrd is now in common us*, and in every street squabble at present some one Is sure to shout. "Eh, va done, camerllngne!" ilab. l.— Noozey— I've heard a rumor that she is to be mi'.rri'ii. i ildbache— Tea, Koozey— Who's the lucky ore? Oldbacbe— Neither of them, if they only knew It .r\:;adelphia Tress. THE WHOLE SCIENCE OF FEEDING. (According to "The Daily Ohrontrle," an American raze has discovered that vegetable fare has the follow- ing affects: Turnips produce melancholy, beets Jealousy, carrots Kindness ana peas true happiness.) Though I nm mournful and depressed, 'Tis not my sins give me unrest, Oi which remembrance you suggest Should grow to an obsession. But all life's higher hopes seemed dashed, Since with the mutton, boiled and hashed. Dear, yo'J would give me turnips, mashed. And turnips bring depression. Now, though your mien is so austere And your reproaches most severe. There's really nothing in it. dear; You have no cause to blame me. No! 'twas that envy breeding beet. Against my counsel you would eat. Makes you regard as most unmeet My "goings-on with Amy." But ail your food let carrots be: You'll smile on Amy graciously. And never be unkind to me. Nor l sigh "WlUow-waiyi" And then I'll teach you. I profess. The truest, highest happiness. For we will battrn to excess On peas, though bottled, daily. i London Chronicle. The city of St. Paul will reach Its semi-centen- nial next year, and several dates have been sug- gested for commemorative exercises. It appears that on March 4, ISSI, the bill incorporating the city was signed by Governor Gorman; on April 11 the city government was put in operation and on April 18 the first Mayor. David Olmsted. was inaugu- rated. Ihe editor of "The Chinese Daily "World." pub- lished In S.tn Francisco, is a graduate of Yale. and. While retaining all th"! characteristic reticence of his race, he i*. nevertheless, rather clever at repartee, as was recently instanced when a rather dapper your? fellow called at the "World" office to sell a certain grade of paper. The editor af- fects the American style of dress, and the paper house drummer thought he would be smart, and opened toe conversation by impudently asking: "What kind of a 'nese are -you—a Japanese or a Chinese?" The editor smiled blandly, and with a courteous bow retorted: "Before I answer your Inquiry, will you kindly Inform me the kind of a key you are. and tell me if you are a monkey, a donkey or a Yankee?'^ The drummer fled In dismay. The wonderful antediluvian mammoth discovered eighteen months ago in Siberia has at last, after twelves months of labor and great expenditure, been safely secured in the museum of the Imperial Acad- emy in St. Petersburg. It was discovered on the left bank of the river Beresovka, in a region that for ages has been the scene of great landslips at the melting of the snows In spring. The discovery was made by a Siberian hunter, who secured one of the tusks for sale. It was of almost incredible size. Scientists estimate that the beast, entombed by a landslip, has been laid up for quite two hundred centuries in the Ice. which has 50 preserved it that the hair and hide are sttll Intact. So Mice and Sympathetic !—A gentleman, whose one glass eye has served him for years, had the misfortune to drop it. It smashed to atoms. This happened when he was far away in the country. He inquired of a friend where was the nearest place for him to go and set refitted. "Why don't you coll upon the girl you were flirt- in<* with all last night? his friend inquired. "She has a first clnM reputation for making eyes." (Punch. TUE TALK OF THE DAT. At the beginning of every municipal campaign there is talk of nominating a better class of men for aldermen. At the last election we were go- ing to have a board of James McKeens, but son;. \u25a0'•- wor other we got a board which sold out i i Tammany. How would it do this time really to put the good resolutions into practice and stop nominating on the Citizens Union ticket men who cannot be trusted? The opening of new playgrounds In this city is always welcome. Tenement house children have better opportunities for open air enjoy- ment in the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx than they had a few years ago. The music on some of our roof gardens in these summer nights is as melodious and de- lightful as the wailing of lost souls. Where do several of the garden managers engage players of instruments so hopelessly incompetent and such persistent offenders against the concord of sweet sounds? Some of these minor organi- zations of so-called bands and orchestras are little better than noisy nuisances, which ought to be silenced for the relief of the afflicted peo- ple now tarrying in town. The discussion over the rights and the wrongs of early possession and stubborn retention of the end seats in open cars Is becoming not only acldulous. but even acrid, in certain quarters, and may later be so violent as to be vitriolic. What are the chances for arbitration? Tammany complains that there Is still some police blackmailing, but how different is the at- titude of General Greene toward blackmailers from that of Van Wyck's commissioners. N/O\v the administration is the enemy, then it was the protector, of "grafters." Our municipal authorities manifest a generous spirit in providing suitable armories for the or- ganizations in the State militia which are not already housed In satisfactory quarters. This is a judicious policy, and one which the taxpayers will approve. Plans for a new home for th<^ (59th Regiment, which will cost at least $0001000, have been filed. For that sum a dignified and befitting shelter for the regiment can readily be supplied. What's In a name? A. C. Dinkey is the newly elected president of the Carnegie Steel Com- pany. Now, at both of these alhirinc watering places the professional gamblers find their occupation gone. Moreover, the anti-gambling crusade has extended to other parts of the country. Upon the racecourse on the edge of the great city of. Chicago hundreds of deputy sheriffs have swarmed into the betting ring and suppressed the operations of the bookmakers. These are marvellous changes for the better. conventionalities and moralities was worn, and the faro banks were seemingly deserted on the day of rest, although In a quiet way behind closed doors and darkened windows players in considerable numbers handled their "stacks *! chips" and drew their bank cheeks to meet their obligations. The pace was fast in Mon- mouth County and under the elms of the glit- tering Spa in those days— and it was a pace that killed many young men who persisted in frautic efforts to travel at a gait too swift for them. No raids were feared in that easy era by the owners an«l employes of the faro bnnks, who prosiKired exceedingly and waxed fat. They had full faith in "graft" and "pulP— a gen- eration, at least— their confidence was uot misplaced. So we see that events move in a vicious circle. Lynching* beget rape, and rape in turn leads to lynching*, and the lynching fever spreads and begets all sorts of violence, until govern- ment itself is endangered. With these facts staring them in the face, why. then, should Southern men simply kh helpless before the evil and contemplate lynching as if it were some sort of old Greek fate? Has experience shown— even though it be "idle to talk of abat- ing lynching while the crime continues"— that it is idle to abate it if the leading white men of the South really want to abate it, and take serious measures other than talk to that end, In- stead of apologizing for it as a necessary means for the protection of women, which it is con- fessed not to be".' Why not replace the vicious circle by a circle better calculated to secure the safety of women, the circle of law enforcement and teaching in morality and -control? If lynching Increases the crime, stop lynching on the pretence that it decreases the crime. It can- not be done by sending John Temple Graveses about to proclaim lynching as the bulwark of family life nnd encouraging the Southern mob to Indulge in it and so increase the r. imber of ravlshers. Bnt it can be done if the white men who know lynching is evil and ineffective for the protection of women rally to put down the lawless members of their own race and sup port the enforcement of the law against both the negro criminal and the white lyncher. There is some sense in the complaint that the respectable negroes are not sufficiently active in putting down this crime. Their lead- ers denounce it. it is true, but, in view of exist- ing conditions, every respectable and intelli- gent colored man should be aroused to preach in season and out of season morality and respect for women, and to co-operate to punish those of his race who commit crime. But, as the white race is the further advanced and has the great- er responsibility for civilization, it ought to lead in replacing the vicious Mreie of rape and lynching with the golden circle of law and morality. Unless it takes the first step and guarantees legal trials with protection to the Innocent, no matter l»o\v swift and stern the punishment of the guilty. it can hardly expect the more ignorant negro to do his share in solv- ing the problem. When the benighted blacks are not certain what awful fate may await one of their race, innocent or guilty, when accused of crime. it is no wonder they are slow to take a hand in hunting him down. When they have set before them examples of fiendish passion by white mobs, it is no wonder that the feelings of the more vicious members of their race are stirred and that their impulse to wreak their passions on the white race Is shown in char- acteristic and horrible form. The vicious circle, will never be broken until the dominant race does its part. How can it ex- pect negro crime to cease if it. with its superior wisdom, goes on in a course which makes more negro crime, as "The Charlotte Observer" sny.s lynching does Doubtless the negro needs teach- ing to avoid crime, and, if the whites would do their share and stop lynching on any pretext, certainly the negro leaders would be glad to co-operate in a crusade against the negro vav- isher. It is said that the negro Is peculiarly ad- dicted to this crime, but that It largely duo to his general low state of civilization. The crime was not uncommon among Europeans in the Middle Ages. The way to eradicate it is by pro- TUE VICIOUS CIRCLE. To the defenders of lynching who have said that, while it was Indeed an evil, It was the only way to prevent the spread of rape, we have often pointed out that it did not prevent it. We are particularly interested, therefore, to lind a Southern Democratic paper, "The Char- lotte (K. C.) Observer," taking the same view and showing that the lyncbers. instead of pro- tecting womanhood by their lawlessness, as they declare, are merely raising up an added menace to womanhood. It Says: Experience has shown that it is Idle to talk of abating lynching while the crime continues, and the worst feature of the matter is that lynching seems to Increase the number of crimes. Secretary Root's retirement will not become, effective for several months. But whatever dato he may choose for surrendering' his office, he can count on carrying with him into private life the respect and gratitude of the American people. SECRETARY ROOTS RETIIti:Ui:\T. Secretary Koot's decision to leave the Cabinet —now semi-otficiitlly announced— will be gener- ally regretted. Though no fault can be found with his motives in seeking relief from the pub- lic burdens be has borne so long, we could well wish that bis ripened judgment and trained administrative talent were to continue to be devoted to the nation's service. Iff. lUwt bag filled now for four years perhaps the most exacting and difficult post at present within the gift of the national administration. Be has magnified his office. lie has faced hard labor, and in mastering the problems of his department lie has shown energy and remark- able aptitude. To-day he sees the work he undertook to do virtually accomplished. He feels free to return to bis own neglected private interests and private practice. No one can begrudge him his retirement. But the public realizes—and realizes with a *tluß of genuine regret-that in his return to private life itloses a Cabinet chief of capacity and quality, one sure to be ranked by the future historian among our great War Secretaries. In the four years of his administration Mr. Boot has seen the American Army reborn and refashioned. The regular establishment of IS9S —the survival of a century, obsolete in organ- ization, insufficient in numbers and unsuited to the needs of a nation whose growth has far outstripped it— has in that period been remod- elled into a vitalized, modernized, elastic ser- vice. The creation of a General Staff, the establishment of schools of technical and pro- fessional training, with the new War College at its apex; the introduction of the skeletonized company, the three battalion formation, the reorganization of the artillery, the limitation to four years of future details In the staff corps, the nationalization of the militia— these and other reforms have given us an army notably improved and invigorated. It was one of Sec- retary's Root's great services to the country that he saw from the first the urgency of these reforms, and that more than any other agency he wrung them one by one from a reluctant and doubting Congress. It was his other great service that he under- took and discharged the task of carrying, along the shadowy lines of earlier federal policy, a sys- tem of military administration in the dependen- cies taken over by us from Spain which has proved both workable and, from a legal point of view, of notable constructive value. The full measure of this work is perhaps hidden from the lay critic. But some adequate impression of Its importance and its lawyerlike thoroughness may be gathered from an article published in "Scribner's Magazine" for July by Charles E. Ma goon. In the Statehood bill "holdup," might servo again as the basis of a n6n-psrtlsan "elasticity" lav.-. But against any radical or thoroughgoing currency measure the natural sluggishness and hesitations of the two booses Trill bo more than likely to assert themselves. If both :t currency bill and a Onbnn tariff re- bate bill are to be the fruit of the extra ses- sion, October would seem to be a better month than November for calling the two nouses to- gether. THE EXTRA SESSION. As \u25a0 result of Wednesday's conferences at Oyster Bay betw#tß the President and Sena- tors Aldricii, Allison. Platt, of Connecticut, and >*pooj)iT. a speedier summons to Congress to meat in extra session is confidently predicted. \Ve are not surprise*! to find the leaden of the Senate Finance and Meering committees urging the sdvimbilitT of an earlier and longer pes- ficn. A month ago Senator Lodge, just before his departure from Europe, fixed November & as the probable dale on which the two bouses would be asked to assemble in Washington. The Massachusetts leader allotted just four full weeks for the accomplishment of the extra ses- sion programme. Were legislation Carrying Into effect i!.. Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba alone to be attempted, that scant mouth might pos- llsmf prove an ample allowance. But with a currcr.cr bill of. some sort to be framed, digest- ed aud coaxed through the. two houses, it is ap- parent that an earlier Mart will have to be \u25a0safe and much larger drafts on the diligence and patience of the managers Jn the two branches will have to be honored. The passage of a bill making operative the special tariff rates already conceded to Cuba by treaty presents, perhaps, no startling diili- <-ulti?«. The Republican majority In ea<*i branch Is pledged to make good the promises of the Cuban convention, while the Democratic minority Is bound by past professions and rotes to give to Cuba th« l freest practicable entry to our markets. But next year Is a Presidential year, and at least one candidate for the Demo- cratic Presidential nomination— Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland— has already an- nounced that the tariff issue is the only one on \u25a0which the Democratic party can make a hopeful contest. Reciprocity legislation in Cuba's Inter- est may therefore offer itself as a tempting text to an opposition leader anxious to impress upon the country the wisdom and practlcaDillty of a general levelling of the tariff barrier. With a currency bill to be drawn. debated and beaten into such shape as to satisfy the many schools of banking and currency which flourish In the two houses and In the two par- ties, the obstacles to rapid progress become greatly magnified. Unless, as Senator Aldri<h hopes, be can prepare a bill which will meet the npprovai not only of the various Republican jrroup*.but virtually alto of the Ilouse and Sen- ate minorities, the prospect of passing any amendatory currency legislation at the extra session is far from roseate. Such a bill as the Al<srlcb bill of last February, which got the as- pent of every Democratic member of the Sen- ate Finance Committee, and was lost in the Senate only because it somehow got entangled NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. AUGUST It, 10>-,. About 'People and Social Incident^ Index to Advertisement*. Tart. Page. «'ol. •Anmrtrneat* 1 14 5-» Antique* snd Carloe 1 It* 4 Automobiles 1 0 0 B»nlc«rs an* Broken 1 1." S-a JV>ar<* ami R.«mi». 1 M 4 Brooklyn A«lverti»^mfnt« 2 in T Jirooklyn -n.«i:ii r.ts 1 11 1-8 Hrooklyn Property for ?sT» i 11 3 Business Chances 1 10 4 Corp« Ci«»anlng 1 10 4 Oty Hotels 1 10 .1 City rro^oriy to \*\ 1 It •'! '•.!>• Property for Sale or to L«t 1 11 3 Country Hoard 1 13 5 H!vl<}*3<l Mice* 1 V. 3 DomcMi- Situation* Wanted 1 10 7-8 I'res«ijak!n«f 1 l«i 4 Employment Air^neten 1 10 4 KxcoraloTW 1 in 3 For«igr. li«*orts .: a «1 &--« Financial 1 13 I For 9*le 1 10 4 Furnished Rooma 1 1" 4 H*H>Wanted 1 I" '• <'. <*-**• sivA tTtLrriagey 1 « Instruction 1 13 4 « U* Srlivi:? 1 13 4 lawyers 1 10 4 I/»t 1 W 4 lion-far** and Deaths 1 !> f> Ma. >.:.•:\u25a0.- 1 1" .'. Musical 2 I fi O»p.n Reamers 2 13 4-5 rVlntlhjr 1 i" 5 l:al!roa<1s 2 IS C <; r.eai Effete 1 11 3 IVTtsurar.t* 1 1" .'\u25a0 --(ldl Notices 19 0 Kteamboats - 13 4 rage 1 in T. Bhoea 1 1O .*\u25a0 Summer Resorts 1 13 E Teachers 1 13 * 4 The Turf 1 14 <t Trllrjn* Sul-rc! ii tion Rates 1 » * Truu «'t.i;i.t.> 1 13 1-2 To Lei for Bufine.ss Purposes 1 11 ft I'afnrnlatsed Aiiartment3 to Let 1 11 3-6 "Work Wanted 1 10 0-7 i^WJjlxffkiDctiis Wtfbmt SUNDAY. AUGUST 10, I'JO'A. 777/; M:\Vfl THIS Mt)RXI\G FORElGN*.— Russian warships have been or- dered from the Black Sea to Turkish waters in order, if necfesary, to enforce demands for 1 sat- isfaction for the murder of M. Rostkovski. ===== M. Petroff, the Bulgarian Premier, expressed the belief that the Macedonian revolt would be #oon suppressed. -— The Senate committee on ihe canal treaty at Bogota continued to re- fuse to report favorably on ratification; Panama's secession is feared if ratification Is voted down. •-•— Advices from Peking said that, although China and Russia had, it was thought, reached some terms of settlement in the Manchurian difficulty, It was improbable that this country would be asked to arbitrate. :\u25a0 \u25a0*-" J. J. Harty. Archbishop of Manila, was consecrated in the Franciscan Church of St. Anthony at Rome; Cardinal Gibbons has gone to Switzerland. =~. ; The eruption of Vesuvius decreased and became slight. -'- - " Lord Salis- bury passed a comfortable titf*Ht and was re- ported stronger. == Three ministers were rhoren to fill places made vacant by resigna- tions in the Servian C binet. DOMESTlC.— Officials identified with the ad- ministration of affairs in Indian Territory are charged with being connected with companies leasing lands at low rentals for five years, with contracts to purchase at the end of that time for small sums. = More Postofflce frauds have come to light in the money order division, whose superintendent, James T. Metcalf, was recently dismissed, and an effort has been made to Inflict him. - -.— The first meeting of the officers of the new General Staff of the army was held at "Washington. '" = The rules for the patrol by the government vessels of the course of the International yacht races were promul- gated by the Department of Commerce and Ijabor. = Serious Damage by another flood Is threatened at Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. ===== A well known Kansas City man murdered his wife, from whom he was neparated. as she lay in bed. and committed FUicide, \u25a0 Justice Woodward spoke at the Chautauqua conference against the frequency of lynching and the growth of the mob epirit In this country. -Fourteen passengers were injured in a railroad accident in Colorado. CITY. There was a moderate reaction in Stocks. - Joseph Pulitzer has given $1,000,- "ih« outright and $1,000,000 conditionally to found \u25a0 school of Journalism in connection with Columbia University. == Members of the rillllfss and Bridgemen's Union in Newark refused to obey an order of "Sam" Parks, the New-York walking delegate, to engage in a sympathetic strike against the Iron League; Parks eaid the league would have until Monday to make terms. ===== The excursion boat Will- iam Storie was in collision with a tug, and the lives of nearly tnree hundred persons were en- dangered. 1 ir \u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0' By order of Commissioner Woodbury one hundred Italians were evicted from the city dumps. t A policeman In charge of Issuing licenses at the Mayor's office "as charged with holding naturalization papers. \u25a0 1 "'• It was learned that in the last month about fifteen thousand barbers of this city and nenrby counties had registered and received li- censee. t,. - \u25a0 Ah altar for Kan Rocco, Italian patron saint, in Elizabeth-st.. was burned; a large parade of Italians took place in honor of the saint's day. '\u25a0- Many well known peo- ple arrived on the St. Paul and the Campania. THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day: Probably showers. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 77 degrees; lowest, GO. IV c desire to remind our readers who are about to leave the city that The Tribune trill be sent by mail to any address in this country or abroad, and address changed as often as detirrd. Subscriptions may be given to your regular dealer before Icavitig, or, if more con- venient, hand them in at The Trilmne office. See opposite page for subscription rates. The W»*tchestirr County Horse Show opens next Wednesday week at the Empire City racetrack, In- stead of, as usual, at the White Plains fair grounds. It is a show that always very popu- lar with those who own country homes In West- chester County, an.l it will be made the occasion of many house parties in the district. At the me which will be given on Tuesday. An- gust 23. In aid of the Mamaroneek Free Kinder- garten, on the grounds of Mr. and Mr. A. C. Bom wick country home, at Orlenta Point on the On Tuesday the annual horse show at Bar Mar- bor begins, and will la=t until Thursday. M!s3 Dorothy Wh!tn«y, Miss Adelaide Randolph. m> Daisy Lelnr. W. IJutler Duncan on<l Philip Liv- ingston are am^s thes* v.ho have entries for the exhibition, in connection with which many emer- talr.ments an- la be given. The Cup races this week will brir.g a number of people back to town, which, especially after Thurs- >lay. on which -lay the contest fins, will present, from a social point of view, an appearance as if the horse show were at hand. Nearly every owner of a steam yacht has organised parties for Hat occasion, houses which have been closed all the cummer will be opened. an:l fashionable restaurants and hotels crowded, while the theatres are likely to r^ap a gok'en harvest. Worthins,ton Whltehouse and the Rev. Dr. p. Parker Morgan left town yesterday at noon for Newport, where Dr. Morgan will preach to-day at All Saints' Church. 3

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Page 1: SUNDAY. About Social Incident^ · Miss Albertina Win-throp: Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Dupignac. Mr. and Mrs. I). H. McAlpin.Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, and her mother. Margaret. Lady Williams

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt arrived yesterday fromEurope withher niece. Miss May GOl t. on boardthe Campania. They were met on landing by Mrs.Ogden Goelet. who had come on from Newport towelcome them, and by Cornelias Vanderbllt. whohad reached New-York on Friday OH board hisyacht, the North Star, on which he had crossedthe Atlantic. After taking luncheon at Sherry'sthe entire party, including the children of Mrs.Vanderbllt, and the Duke of Roxburghe, who halbeen one of her fellow passengers on board theCampania, started for Newport by an afternoontrain. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbllt, with Mrs. Goeletand Miss May Goelet, as well as the duke, willreturn here within a couple of days for the pur-pose of witnessing the Cup races from th.ideck of tho North Star. Miss Martha Johnson,whose engagement to Dclancey Kountze was an-nounced some weeks ago, will likewise be one ofthe party on board.

The Duke of Roxburghe's mother is a sister ofthe late Lord Randolph Churchill and of the lateDuke of Marlborough, and is a first cousin, there-fore, of the present master of Blenheim. He at-tended the Prince and Princess of Wales as aidede camp on their trip around the world on boardthe Op'air. served with distinction In the House-hold Cavalry through the Boer war. and is theowner of Floors Castle, on the Tweed, one of thefinest Tudor mansions In the United Kingdom, aswell as of estates extending over an area of somesixty thousand acres. It may be of Interest to addthat he was recommended for the Victoria CrosaIn the South African campaign for his gallantryIn bringing out a dismounted and wounded com-rade from under fire at the battle of Rensberg.

Among the features en the programme of societyat Newport for the week which opens to-day iathe dance gU-en by Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton IfeK.Twombly on Tuesday night at their villa, on OchrePoint, for the debut of th'»ir daughter. Miss RuthTwcmbly.

The visit of the Governor General of Canada andLady Minto. with their daughters, the LadiesEileen and Ruby Elliott,brought a number of peo-ple up from Newport an 1 Lenox to meet themduring their two days' stay with Mr. and Mrs.Whitelaw Reid, at Mr. Reid's place on the UpperSt. Regis. Lord and Lady Minto arrived on Tues-day at Camp Wild Air from Montreal In time forluncheon, at which a number of young people wereInvited to meet their daughters. Dinners and re-ceptions at Camp Wild Air, a luncheon rivenby Mrs. W. Sheffield Cowles at the Coates camp:attendance at the races on the lake, and visits to

the camps of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vander-bilt and Colonel and Mrs. Jacob Peabody occu-pied every moment of the time of the GovernorGeneral and his family until his departure late onWednesday night, certain measures before the.Dominion Parliament requiring his presence atOttawa on Thursday morning.

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Among those who have been staying In theAdirondack^ during the last week, and who metLori and Lady Minto and their daughters, areMrs. Stanley Mortimer, who has -with her herniece. Miss Eleanor Roosevelt: Mr?. Moses Taylor,Theoderc Robinson. Oliver Harriman, Jr.. Mrs.Morgan Dlx and Miss Dlx; Mrs. Lev! P. Mortonand the Misses Morton. Judge and Mrs. W. K.Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson.Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.: Mrs. Robert Win-throp, with her daughter. Miss Albertina Win-throp: Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Dupignac. Mr. andMrs. I). H. McAlpin.Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, andher mother. Margaret. Lady Williams Bulkeley,sister of the Dowager Duchess of Wellington, havealso gone to the Adirjndacks for the rest of theseason.

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.While Newport. Bar Harbor. Saratoga and

Southampton have each of them been gay during

the week which came to a close yesterday, the sea-son has been especially brilliant In the Adiron-dacks. Large house parties have been In progress

at all the camps that dot so picturesquely shoresand islands of the various lakes. Entertainmentscf every kind succeed one another with a rapiditythat savors rather of town than of the woods.

WASHINGTON NOTES.lrro>t tlieTRIBUNEBUEFUr.I

Washington. Aug. Rear Admiral Harris. therecently appointed paymaster of th* navy, willstart from here to-morrow or Monday to spend two

weeks at Narragansett Pier with Mrs. Harris, who

has been there about a month. Admiral and Mrs.Harris have taken a house on Connecticut-aye. forthe coming season.

11. A. Taylor. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,

a«d Mrs. Taylor have returned to Washington

from their vacation in Michigan and Minnesota,

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Poe, of Baltimore, hav<»announced the engagement of their daughter. AnneJohnson, to Alfred Tyler, of this city.

Captain John J. Pershing, loth Cavalry, now as-signed to the General Staff, and who was in com-mand for several years in the Mora country andmade a record In subduing the chiefs at LakeLanao. has arrived In Washington.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.fVKOMTtlE TririNKBUltE.ll'.l

Washington. An?. 15.—Sir Chen Tung I.ianr-Cheng. the Chineso Minister, started to-night forNew-York on hi3way to Henderson Harbor. N. V..

where he willbe the guest of Mr. and Mrs. JohnW. Foster at their summer home.

Chung Mun-Yew. the interpreter of the legation,

who will close his official residence of ten years

here on Wednesday, is being generally entertained.On Wednesday he was the guest of honor at adinner given by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Associa-tion of this city, of which he is a member.

Yung Kwai. who is also a secretary-Interpreter

of the legation, will succeed Chung Mun-Yew.Yung Kwai. with his American wife, Is spendingthe summer In the Virginia mountains. The min-

ister's daughter and two sons are also of tho party.

Mrs. Shaw, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury,

and their two daughters, who are now in Paris,

will return to this country late in September. MissKrma Shaw, the younger daughter, willresume herstudies. . ,

Mien Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Agri-culture, ended her visit to Islesford. M?.. yf.ster-day. and with Miss Oorham will spend the rest ofth« month with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander GrahamBell at their summer home in Nova Scotia.

THE CABINET.frrOst TUETT.IBUNE BCREXC.I

Washington. Aug. 13.—Secretary Root was the

guest of honor to-ni?ht at a dinner given by tieofflc-era of the chief of staff and asseecs of thogeneral staff of the army at ths Country Cub. Theadditional guests were the Secretary o£ the Interior.Postmaster General, the Secretary of Agriculture,

the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Colonel

William Cary Sanger. Assistant Secretary " War;Ju.lj.-o Magoon. Mr. ScoSeld. Mr. Chance. GeneralCbaffee, General Bates. General Gillespie. General

worth. General Hawkins. General OReillcy.

General Humphrey. Colonel Hall, Colonel Symons.

Colonel Alexander, Colonel Edwards. Colonel Mills.Colonel Mordccal. Colonel Edgeriy and Major

Bcrlven.Secretary Hay vrl\\ remain at his family home In

Sunapee. N. If., until October.

On the Campania, which arrived yesterday. we?«Mrs. OoneUu-i VanU*rt>ilt. SIT Vil!!a:r.

••• . .>\u25a0'. »• »•Miss Hay Gcwlct. «"- aootfa-TBCtir.^H^T^AUnuUB-s- g^WHSmiIV. S. Curmlchar!. to.onel J. "•»»*-*•Colonel E. T. UtßKins. Wrnon C, i-vj}-The lU. Hon. L.t.l Strath- JUM M. «r>c*-

nt* and Mount Ko>»i. A. M. Bortm^AI-iiy ArathcoiMt.

On the F.trurla. which sailed yesterday, were:.^

P. Coc%r Hewitt. „*«*?>' ta Jaf*n-

MaJ;r 11. S. Logan. A. C. t-Ktt..Mr. ana Mrs. J. I>. M<h*3.\^'*",*»• r^',-,..!!Utatenaat Kraak MJirbte. • IColonel v.. U.SwweU.Mrs. Marble. p»- * °- Tracers.K-lH. Norris.

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On th Mesaba. which sailed for London yesta*

<1. y. »<;re;

Rich P'- E. Guenu^ Haakia-AMSbmt T Rich. X Oa«.-»»«T Raakia.

Cook. IMrs. i- !>. «\u25a0>"••

On th? St. Paul, which arrived yesterday. ****!Capiiii, J. U Itarr. ?'""»» V l3t*r J-CeWe>Mr. aua Mr». A. Bryioa. IJ. a. J**?*^.«'Uv« l*urr*f Mr"- J - *•• J*"**H. .>. ivr.n*. J; >£*\u25a0\u25a0 }$£?*•• ••'„,„... x»e"Mrs. WlllljtiC. F-s:iott. Mis. ViiKlartx Ht.rr

M1.43 Louis.- K. Klliott. \u25a0

'f.t'i'wni'

Mias JoKttblM Elliott. T>r. Char}*»Horace H. Furces*. .'r. Mrs Mothe U. j^ofl'-Mr». Homo* H. k'urnesa. Jr. StuiUslww

,t-,t-.tare%.:isr»\ II Hunim-l Mrs

Mm WilllHm W.nter JvfT«- A. J. J»e«*. vr .--ga,

NOTES FROM NEWPORT.New-port. Aue 15 (SpeciaD.— Percy A. Rockefsßaf^

of New-York. Is visiting James Stilfccaa at OakLawn, tn NatTagnns»tt-av^. Mr*. Var.d#rhlit andMi a Gladys Vanderbllt returned this SMOaa^ frociBar Harbor, am! are at The Breakers. Registeredat the Casino to-day wer* Robert T. 2lc<3u*ty.J. T. G. Walker, Henry ''• ''"->:"\u25a0 William t!Eldrl<?ge. R. P. Carroll and B. E. Johnson.

Dr. James Dwisht. of Boston. Is the guest wt MissFlorence Lyman. Mr?. Pembroke Jonea will g3r«a large dinner party at the Orchard Mondayevening. Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks rtaiiMdforty guests at dinner to-ni^ht at The T>a^v» The

rations were American Beauty roses.Mrs. Hugh L. Willoughby and Miss \v lucnghby

have cone to Maine.Mrs. Burke Roche has returned from the hone

show at Bay Shore.IIN. Taasat has returned from Saratoga, and '\u25a0%

the guest of Mr. and* Mrs. Sidney J. Smith at th«Hartshorn cottage.

Mrs. Vanderbiit entertained at dinner to-night atTho Breakers for Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Van-derbllt.

After the playing in the ladies' tennis tournamentthis afternoon, and while the crowi was -waitlr.sfor the carriages. Miss Cynthia Bocae and Harry

Lehr. m the letter's carriage, were rreparuig laturn around in a narrow sjiace. preparatory totaking Miss Roche to htr home. Elm Court, whena Mercedes nicir.g- automobl'.ft came along »t rapidspeed. Itlooked for a min-rte as 1? the maahluwwould run Into Mr. Lehr'a carriage. The coachmansaw the danger, gave the horse a cut with th»•whip and the animal went thro . the narrowcpening without a scratch, the automobile follow-ing. Miss Roche and Mr. Lthr maintained t!;eir

self-pos"?cssion. while the crowd applauded.

After a vacation of more than a week, the runeof Monmouth County hounds were resumed thisafternoon. The start was from Oakland farm, andprevious to the start Mrs Vanderbllt entertainedthe hunting party at luncheon on the piazzas ofOakland. The h>unds made a good run. going forthe most part over the Wappir.g Road terriroryfrom east to west, and after forty-two minuteswound up at Honeyman Kill. Alfred G. VaziJer-bilt, on his new hunter. Delight, which he reeer.:^-purchased from Mr. Collier, was first in. closiiyfollowed by Percy "Wyndham. on Tiny Tim. SidserJ. Colford. jr., and Frn.ncl3 H. Potter made » goodstart, but Mr. Colford ran the first check, aad Zlz.Potter's horse in taking the nrsz balked and kickedand refused to take the wall. Mr.Potter managed

well and retained his seat, but it was some min-utes before he regained control, an.l he fuunaMato rejoin the chase. A3 the horse had cut himselfseverely and was unfit to continue the run.

At the Westchester Polo Grounds this af-ternoon two teams, the Whites and v *» R«i».made up from members of the club, had a goodpractice game of polo. At the close each side hadscored eight goals. Those who >--'.l wera P«tefD. Martin. Ogden Mills, jr..William K. Carter. C.P. Norman. W. P. Burden. Reginald Erooka. F. &TlßllliajSl. W. H. Allen. Arthur Iselm. Rot*/Collier, Bradish Johnson anJ I*awreneo Vl'atfc.bury. A feature of the game was the unusulwiKht of a woman. Mrs. Reginald Brcoks. 3taocki^ ta polo ball across the lieia. The polo players coni

gratulateti her anil offered her a place -in the team.

IN THE BERKSHIRES.

Lenox. Mass..- Aug- 15 (SpecialX-Charto TV. Hl*ford, of New-Bedford, is the guest ai Dr. RiclurwC. Greenleaf. at Windy Side.

Miss Heloise Meyer, who has been in Newport.

has returned to Lenox, and is with her sister. ra"Samuel Frothingham.

Miss Emily Tucker.: of Washington. *"*£*"let of Mrs. L. Tuckerman. who is » StoclMZl*for the summer, Ibm gone to Newport

Judge Gary, of New-York, arrived to^ay at •»•Red Lion Inn. in Stockbridge.

WUltea St;mley. Ism inventor, arrived to^ay at

his country place. InGreat Barriastoa. \u25a0u-.rrvMr. and Mrs. Richard Van Cott. jr.. and Harry

Werner, of New-York, are su«ts cf Mrs. n. *>•

Slaybaok. in Great Burlington.*

\u0084 _,•«\u2666 n,

G. Willis Peters, jr.. or Pittsbsrs. is the fu**°*

his parents inGreat Harrington- —v>rit.

Mr ami Mrs. W. Doming Goodal*. oi Nsw-^wr*.are at th^ir cottage in South Esremo.it. _„-,

Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Gray and family nave pMto Woodstock. Vt.

AT BAR HARBOR.Bar Harbor. Me., Aug. 13 <Special>.-Tfce Keb»

Valley Club gave its weekly dirir.er dance to-Mpt.

and a large number of guest* were entertainer.Those whw gave dinners M'^re Mrs. C. £?• an^sTworth. J«ird. c. E. Green. Senator NcwliU'is *=*

Mr. and Mrs. W. l". Zcllar.Heath Gregory, of the Crau Opera Coaijaay.

gave a delightful recital at Eden Hall the sus-na<?r home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ur.tercyrer. •><•

New-York, this morning- . \u0084_ u^rt-Captain Ree>!er gave a dance on >«a*g»P**^gford this afternoon. The younger Bar hS-O^r

—attended. \u0084 _._. fa-

.Mr and Mrs. Frank Cilis save a d.rn^r to.

twenty-four at their cottage to-iugnt.

TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

The semi-finals in the ladies' singles lawn teaa!*tournament at the Casino this morning flavalu|niltwo interesting matches, each requirmp three sets.In MM first Mrs. Burger Wallach, against its.Reginald Brooks, gave odds of 3 half 15 ami won i>.>

set. In the deciding set the play was "loser, and

ten games were necessary to determine tha wfcsrer.In the second match Miss Anna Saads playedagainst Mis* Alary Sands. 88888 Mary Saads anilMrs. Wafladi will meet In the finals on Monday.The summary:Mrs. Burger "Wallach beat Mr* Reginald Brooks,

6—2. 2—6. 6—6—

Miss Alary Sands beat Miss AnnaSands. 6—2. 0-6. B—6.

Mrs. P. F. Collier has cards out for a. Cir.acr «nMonday night at the Coats villa for her ruest. Sirs.Reginald De Kovm.

Mrs Philip Lyriiic entertained at dinner at tUtWillows, in CatlK-rine-st. Twenty-two guests werepresent.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons are receivia^ cee-gratulationa on th« birth of a son at their vttsiat Newport. Mrs. Parsons is the fiacshtcr of Jir.and Mrs. Henry Clews. The boy has been n*r^after his father.

Among those- who arrived yesterday on beeH %Campania, and who are In town, are Captala ti»lion. Thomas and Ividy !r.i Tr.i««»y. Capta^Brassey Is the etfest sen and heir of Lord BrasiejHe served throughout th*> Boer war in the ansjand Is editor II"The Naval Almanac."'

Mr«. Vasal ;«« Vanderbiit ata*returr.«-ii ;.> Mewpeal 1 intsm

Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay was In to-wn yesterdayand after taking luncheon at Sherry's return^ £the afternoon to her cormtry place at Rosbrn. Le».Irlnnd.

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September IS has been »•» a* th« date of the anniKil horse show at Lenox. Maas. It wu; \J,en William V. Sloan* a Highland am srouadiCharles Lanier. Reginald C. Vanderbilt. jofcnSlonne. Frank K. Sturgis. David LydJs ar.it Jfij.Marlon Haven w!llbo among the eshfMtors.

Sound, the win be a number of attr-ctio-s. «•„»the visitors willhave the opportunity of' tai2!IngMr. Berwick's automobile establishment

At Saratoga n thin mnnk of respect for tbe

CHECKS TO UAMBLIKG.This is a summer which hordes of profes-

sional gamblers will remember with sorrow forthe rest of their lives. Most of the rooms inthis city formerly used for speculation on horses.for risking money at faro tables aud at othergames of chance have been closed by the po-lice. This is no longer "a wide open town."

For thirty seasons, and even more, the so-called \u25a0vlnbi.uiise.*." which were really re-sorts for various kinds of betting, flourishedopenly at Lou;: Branch and Saratoga, and wel-'"];,\u25a0 Imultitudes of eager patrons. At LongBranch even on Sundays the games went onwithout check, and any well dressed man couldwalk into a "clubhouse" and lose all he caredto lose— and frequently much more. No onewould say him nay.

OUR ALPHABET FOR JAPAN.Japan seems to be about to take one of the

most remarkable and not least important of allher steps toward harmonizing herself with thehighest civilization of Europe and America.That is nothing less than the adoption ofRoman script—our own English alphabet—par!passu with, if not as a substitute for, her ownancient system of ideography. For the lastdozen years a knowledge of Roman script hasbeen Increasing in Japan among the mosthighly educated. But now it is proposed by themost influential educational organization in theempire to make the teaching of our alphabetand of our mode of word formation compulsoryand universal in the public schools. It neemsprobable that the government will adopt theproposal, in which case, of course, all privateschools will have to do the same, with the re-sult that all the children of Japan will pres-ently be learning, not necessarily the. Englishlanguage, but at least to write nnd read theirown language in English fashion.

That willbe a great tiling for Americans andEuropeans who want to learn the Japanese lan-guage. Itwillmake th,at language little harderto learn than French or German, and willena-ble people to learn it in the same way that theylearn the European tongues. At present thegreat stumbling block in the way of masteringJapanese is the necessity of learning a multi-tude of different ideographs. Once Japanesewords are expressed in letters like our own, thetask of learning will become immeasurablyeasier. Itwill then also bo much easier for theJapanese to learn our language, for of courseour alphabet lcally formed words seem asStrange to them as their ideographs do to us.Moreover, it willcause a change amounting al-most to transformation In the Japanese mind.or In the linguistic functions of that mind. TheJapanese will for the first time regard wordsnot as indivisible integers ofspeech, but as com-posite things formed of letters. Perhaps we canpartly realize the magnitude of that change byourselves trying to regard words as not formedof letters, but as indivisible units.

Nor is that all. Dual systems of languagesare abominations. Wherefore it is to be expect-ed that, having adopted alphabetical script bythe side of ideography. the Japanese willsoonsubstitute the former for the latter altogether.Itwill be greatly to their advantage so to do.and also to our advantage to have them do it.But it willnone the less be an extraordinarything. For the mother tongue, in all its de-tails, is one of the things to which men clingmost tenaciously. We need, to convince our-selves of that, to recall only the language con-troversies in Canada*, In Bohemia, in SouthAfrica, in Malta and elsewhere, not to mentionthe recent clamor about the teaching of Ger-man in New- York public schools. We may alsorecall Bismarck's inexorable opposition to theintroduction of Roman script into Germany inplace of the far less legible German characters.That the Japanese should voluntarily make thisrevolutionary change in their national script in-dicates their possession of an exceptionallyhigh ambition to place themselves abreast ofthe best civilization of the world—and all thisemergence from savage seclusion within thememory of men not yet grown old!

Some of Dr. Bell's recommendations concern-ing the automobile are equally excellent. Theyare made timely, too. by the recent decision in-validating the New-York law designed to re-strict speed- Perhaps the most judicious andpracticable of his propositions looks to the in-troduction of a clause in such statutes makinginjury on the high road with a carelessly drivenvehicle punishable. An enactment of that kindcertainly would inspire caution. Itis furthersuggested that excessive speed be made impos-sible by refusing a license for any machinewhich, being officially tested, is found to becapable of exceeding the legal limit on a levelroad. To this idea it will probably be objectedthat such a check would deprive the automo-bile of one of Its greatest advantages— the abil-ity to climb steep grades. No one who is famil-iar with its previous utterances on this sub-ject willsuspect that The Tribune has any sym-pathy with the kind of recklessness tinder dis-cussion; hut if tho objection just mentioned bebased on fact lawmakers ofeftjp well hesitate todisregard it. Perhaps Dr. Bell's paper willdraw out helpful comment on that possibility.

After simmering down the explanations givenby employes aud ottlcials of electric roads forfatal eollißiona, one usually gets a residue ofcomplaint against the brake. Dr. Bell thinksthat this is not altogether just On most carsin city streets and on country roads where seri-ous mishaps occur, the brakes are, in his judg-ment, what they ought to be, and are inspected

witu adequate frequency. He also credits theaverage motorman with intelligence and so-briety. The weakest point in the system, then,

seems to be the inability of this employe to

estimate accurately the distance over whichdanger should be expected. Recent tests haveshown that in order to stop a car weighing eigh-

teen tons and running from twelve to eighteenmiles an hour a run of from one hundred to twohundred feet is requisite. The best kind ofpower or emergency brake will do the work inthe former distance, while a hand brake needsah of the hitter. To these figures, however. Dr.Bell would add 50 per cent as a margin ofsafety. He then strongly urges upon the man-agers of trolley roads the duty of disseminat-ing information concerning this revelation andof training the men practically to know whatthese distances are.

DASGEROVS SPEEDS.Dr. Louis Bell, .1 well known electrical expert

living in Boston, discusses for the readers of

-The New-York Electrical Review" the dangers

attending the development of high speeds by

trolley cars and automobiles. He does so withmi. intelligence as to deserve consideration,

evert ir we do not entirely agree with bis con-clusions. Whether the number of fatalities on

electric railways is still on the increase, as Dr.

Bell imagines, or has already attained its maxi-

mum can be determined only by statistics.Though he does not supply them, it is rot un-likely that he has collected figures which wouldsustain the former opinion. It would hardly besafe to dispute the point. -Besides, itis of minorimportance. The essential question is, How cansuch accidents best be checked? From the Bos-

ton writer's answer there willprobably be littledissent.

motloa- the general civilizationand intelligence

of the negro by raising him up, instead of sys-

tematically brutalizing him by lynching andpeonage and keeping him In dejection and deg-

radation.

His Opinion—"lsfe that prisssjghtem fight In aring," remarked Miss Giddygirl. "What kind of aring is it?""An engagement riug la used for sparring.'* re-

plied the old bachelor, "but when it i» to tie .1nvi.tto a finish a wedding ring is used, 1 believe."— (Chi-cago News. ;-. ,

The death of the Pope has enriched the argotof Paris with a new wcrd. A policeman Is a"camerlengo." The first constable who heard him-self addressed by that epithet was indeed non-plussed, quite as much as the gendarme who wascalled "centurion." But the motto of the Parispolice Is "When in doubt, arrest yuur man." andIn this case the innovator spent a few hours at thepolice station before being released. According toone authority, the connection between a policemanand 0 eamerlengo la to be found Ik the silver ham-mer used to thrice strike the deceased Pope's brow.A policeman is a "cogne"—l. c.. he who strike?—and this furnishes the connecting link. Howeverthat may be, the fact remains that the wcrd isnow in common us*, and in every street squabbleat present some one Is sure to shout. "Eh, va done,camerllngne!"

ilab.l.—Noozey— I've heard a rumor that she is tobe mi'.rri'ii.iildbache— Tea,Koozey— Who's the lucky ore?Oldbacbe— Neither of them, if they only knew It—.r\:;adelphia Tress.

THE WHOLE SCIENCE OF FEEDING.(According to "The Daily Ohrontrle," an American

raze has discovered that vegetable fare has the follow-ing affects: Turnips produce melancholy, beets Jealousy,carrots Kindness ana peas true happiness.)

Though Inm mournful and depressed,'Tis not my sins give me unrest,Oi which remembrance you suggest

Should grow to an obsession.But all life's higher hopes seemed dashed,Since with the mutton, boiled and hashed.Dear, yo'J would give me turnips, mashed.

And turnips bring depression.

Now, though your mien is so austereAnd your reproaches most severe.There's really nothing in it. dear;

You have no cause to blame me.No! 'twas that envy breeding beet.Against my counsel you would eat.Makes you regard as most unmeet

My "goings-on with Amy."

But ail your food let carrots be:You'll smile on Amy graciously.And never be unkind to me.

Nor lsigh "WlUow-waiyi"And then I'll teach you. Iprofess.The truest, highest happiness.For we willbattrn to excess

On peas, though bottled, daily.—iLondon Chronicle.

The city of St. Paul will reach Its semi-centen-nial next year, and several dates have been sug-gested for commemorative exercises. It appearsthat on March 4, ISSI, the bill incorporating the citywas signed by Governor Gorman; on April11 thecity government was put in operation and on April18 the first Mayor. David Olmsted. was inaugu-rated.

Ihe editor of "The Chinese Daily "World." pub-

lished In S.tn Francisco, is a graduate of Yale. and.While retaining all th"! characteristic reticence ofhis race, he i*. nevertheless, rather clever at

repartee, as was recently instanced when a ratherdapper your? fellow called at the "World" officeto sell a certain grade of paper. The editor af-fects the American style of dress, and the paperhouse drummer thought he would be smart, andopened toe conversation by impudently asking:

"What kind of a 'nese are -you—a Japanese or aChinese?" The editor smiled blandly, and with acourteous bow retorted: "Before Ianswer yourInquiry, willyou kindlyInform me the kind of akey you are. and tell me if you are a monkey, adonkey or a Yankee?'^ The drummer fled Indismay.

The wonderful antediluvian mammoth discoveredeighteen months ago in Siberia has at last, aftertwelves months of labor and great expenditure, beensafely secured in the museum of the Imperial Acad-emy in St. Petersburg. It was discovered on theleft bank of the river Beresovka, in a region thatfor ages has been the scene of great landslips at

the melting of the snows In spring. The discovery

was made bya Siberian hunter, who secured one ofthe tusks for sale. Itwas of almost incredible size.Scientists estimate that the beast, entombed by alandslip, has been laid up for quite two hundredcenturies in the Ice. which has 50 preserved it thatthe hair and hide are sttll Intact.

So Mice and Sympathetic !—A gentleman, whoseone glass eye has served him for years, had themisfortune to drop it. It smashed to atoms. Thishappened when he was far away in the country.He inquired of a friend where was the nearestplace for him to go and set refitted.

"Why don't you coll upon the girl you were flirt-in<* with all last night? his friend inquired. "Shehas a first clnM reputation for making eyes."

—(Punch.

TUE TALK OF THE DAT.

At the beginning of every municipal campaign

there is talk of nominating a better class of menfor aldermen. At the last election we were go-ing to have a board of James McKeens, butson;. \u25a0'•- wor other we got a board which soldout iiTammany. How would it do this timereally to put the good resolutions into practiceand stop nominating on the Citizens Union ticketmen who cannot be trusted?

The opening of new playgrounds In this cityis always welcome. Tenement house childrenhave better opportunities for open air enjoy-

ment in the Boroughs of Manhattan and TheBronx than they had a few years ago.

The music on some of our roof gardens inthese summer nights is as melodious and de-lightfulas the wailingof lost souls. Where doseveral of the garden managers engage playersof instruments so hopelessly incompetent andsuch persistent offenders against the concordof sweet sounds? Some of these minor organi-zations of so-called bands and orchestras arelittle better than noisy nuisances, which oughtto be silenced for the relief of the afflicted peo-ple now tarrying in town.

The discussion over the rights and the wrongs

of early possession and stubborn retention ofthe end seats in open cars Is becoming not only

acldulous. but even acrid, in certain quarters,and may later be so violent as to be vitriolic.What are the chances for arbitration?

Tammany complains that there Is still somepolice blackmailing, but how different is the at-titude of General Greene toward blackmailersfrom that of Van Wyck's commissioners. N/O\vthe administration is the enemy, then it wasthe protector, of "grafters."

Our municipal authorities manifest a generousspirit in providing suitable armories for the or-ganizations in the State militia which are notalready housed In satisfactory quarters. This isa judicious policy, and one which the taxpayerswill approve. Plans for a new home for th<^(59th Regiment, which willcost at least $0001000,have been filed. For that sum a dignified andbefitting shelter for the regiment can readily besupplied.

What's Ina name? A. C. Dinkey is the newlyelected president of the Carnegie Steel Com-pany.

Now, at both of these alhirinc watering placesthe professional gamblers find their occupationgone. Moreover, the anti-gambling crusade hasextended to other parts of the country. Uponthe racecourse on the edge of the great city of.Chicago hundreds of deputy sheriffs haveswarmed into the betting ring and suppressedthe operations of the bookmakers. These aremarvellous changes for the better.

conventionalities and moralities was worn, andthe faro banks were seemingly deserted on theday of rest, although In a quiet way behindclosed doors and darkened windows players inconsiderable numbers handled their "stacks *!chips" and drew their bank cheeks to meettheir obligations. The pace was fast in Mon-mouth County and under the elms of the glit-tering Spa in those days— and it was a pace thatkilled many young men who persisted in frauticefforts to travel at a gait too swift for them.No raids were feared in that easy era by theowners an«l employes of the faro bnnks, whoprosiKired exceedingly and waxed fat. They

had full faith in "graft" and "pulP— a gen-eration, at least— their confidence was uotmisplaced.

So we see that events move in a vicious circle.Lynching* beget rape, and rape in turn leadsto lynching*, and the lynching fever spreadsand begets all sorts of violence, until govern-ment itself is endangered. With these factsstaring them in the face, why. then, shouldSouthern men simply kh helpless before theevil and contemplate lynching as if it weresome sort of old Greek fate? Has experienceshown— even though it be "idle to talk of abat-ing lynching while the crime continues"— thatit is idle to abate it ifthe leading white men ofthe South really want to abate it, and takeserious measures other than talk to that end, In-stead of apologizing for it as a necessary meansfor the protection of women, which it is con-fessed not to be".' Why not replace the viciouscircle by a circle better calculated to secure thesafety of women, the circle of law enforcementand teaching in morality and -control? Iflynching Increases the crime, stop lynching onthe pretence that itdecreases the crime. Itcan-not be done by sending John Temple Gravesesabout to proclaim lynching as the bulwark offamily life nnd encouraging the Southern mobto Indulge in it and so increase the r.imber ofravlshers. Bnt it can be done if the white menwho know lynching is evil and ineffective forthe protection of women rally to put down thelawless members of their own race and support the enforcement of the law against boththe negro criminal and the white lyncher.

There is some sense in the complaint thatthe respectable negroes are not sufficientlyactive in putting down this crime. Their lead-ers denounce it. it is true, but, in view of exist-ing conditions, every respectable and intelli-gent colored man should be aroused to preach inseason and out of season morality and respectfor women, and to co-operate to punish thoseof his race who commit crime. But, as the whiterace is the further advanced and has the great-er responsibility for civilization, it ought tolead in replacing the vicious Mreie of rape andlynching with the golden circle of law andmorality. Unless it takes the first step andguarantees legal trials with protection to theInnocent, no matter l»o\v swift and stern thepunishment of the guilty. it can hardly expectthe more ignorant negro to do his share in solv-ing the problem. When the benighted blacksare not certain what awful fate may await oneof their race, innocent or guilty, when accusedof crime. it is no wonder they are slow to takea hand in hunting him down. When they haveset before them examples of fiendish passion bywhite mobs, it is no wonder that the feelingsof the more vicious members of their race arestirred and that their impulse to wreak theirpassions on the white race Is shown in char-acteristic and horrible form.

The vicious circle, will never be broken untilthe dominant race does its part. How can itex-pect negro crime to cease ifit. with its superiorwisdom, goes on in a course which makes morenegro crime, as "The Charlotte Observer" sny.slynching does Doubtless the negro needs teach-ing to avoid crime, and, if the whites would dotheir share and stop lynching on any pretext,certainly the negro leaders would be glad toco-operate in a crusade against the negro vav-isher. It is said that the negro Is peculiarly ad-dicted to this crime, but that It largely duo tohis general low state of civilization. The crime

was not uncommon among Europeans in theMiddle Ages. The way to eradicate it is by pro-

TUE VICIOUS CIRCLE.To the defenders of lynching who have said

that, while it was Indeed an evil, It was theonly way to prevent the spread of rape, wehave often pointed out that it did not preventit. We are particularly interested, therefore, tolind a Southern Democratic paper, "The Char-lotte (K. C.) Observer," taking the same viewand showing that the lyncbers. instead of pro-tecting womanhood by their lawlessness, asthey declare, are merely raising up an addedmenace to womanhood. ItSays:

Experience has shown that it is Idle to talkof abating lynching while the crime continues,and the worst feature of the matter is thatlynching seems to Increase the number ofcrimes.

Secretary Root's retirement will not become,

effective for several months. But whatever datohe may choose for surrendering' his office, hecan count on carrying with him into private lifethe respect and gratitude of the Americanpeople.

SECRETARY ROOTS RETIIti:Ui:\T.Secretary Koot's decision to leave the Cabinet

—now semi-otficiitlly announced— will be gener-

ally regretted. Though no fault can be found

with his motives in seeking relief from the pub-lic burdens be has borne so long, we could wellwish that bis ripened judgment and trainedadministrative talent were to continue to bedevoted to the nation's service.

Iff.lUwt bag filled now for four years perhaps

the most exacting and difficult post at present

within the gift of the national administration.

Be has magnified his office. liehas faced hardlabor, and in mastering the problems of hisdepartment lie has shown energy and remark-able aptitude. To-day he sees the work he

undertook to do virtually accomplished. He

feels free to return to bis own neglected private

interests and private practice. No one can

begrudge him his retirement. But the publicrealizes—and realizes with a *tluß of genuine

regret-that in his return to private lifeitlosesa Cabinet chief of capacity and quality, one sureto be ranked by the future historian among our

great War Secretaries.In the four years of his administration Mr.

Boot has seen the American Army reborn andrefashioned. The regular establishment of IS9S—the survival of a century, obsolete in organ-ization, insufficient in numbers and unsuited to

the needs of a nation whose growth has faroutstripped it—has in that period been remod-

elled into a vitalized, modernized, elastic ser-

vice. The creation of a General Staff, theestablishment of schools of technical and pro-fessional training, with the new War College

at its apex; the introduction of the skeletonizedcompany, the three battalion formation, thereorganization of the artillery, the limitationto four years of future details In the staff corps,the nationalization of the militia—these andother reforms have given us an army notably

improved and invigorated. Itwas one of Sec-retary's Root's great services to the country

that he saw from the first the urgency of thesereforms, and that more than any other agencyhe wrung them one by one from a reluctant anddoubting Congress.It was his other great service that he under-

took and discharged the task of carrying, alongthe shadowy lines of earlier federal policy, a sys-tem of military administration in the dependen-cies taken over by us from Spain which hasproved both workable and, from a legal point ofview, of notable constructive value. The fullmeasure of this work isperhaps hidden from thelay critic. But some adequate impression of Itsimportance and its lawyerlike thoroughnessmay be gathered from an article published in"Scribner's Magazine" for July by Charles E.Magoon.

In the Statehood bill "holdup," might servoagain as the basis of a n6n-psrtlsan "elasticity"lav.-. But against any radical or thoroughgoing

currency measure the natural sluggishness andhesitations of the two booses Trill bo morethan likely to assert themselves.Ifboth :t currency bill and a Onbnn tariff re-

bate bill are to be the fruit of the extra ses-sion, October would seem to be a better monththan November for calling the two nouses to-gether.

THE EXTRA SESSION.As \u25a0 result of Wednesday's conferences at

Oyster Bay betw#tß the President and Sena-tors Aldricii, Allison. Platt, of Connecticut, and>*pooj)iT. a speedier summons to Congress tomeat in extra session is confidently predicted.\Ve are not surprise*! to find the leaden of theSenate Finance and Meering committees urging

the sdvimbilitT of an earlier and longer pes-ficn. A month ago Senator Lodge, just beforehis departure from Europe, fixed November & asthe probable dale on which the two bouseswould be asked to assemble in Washington. TheMassachusetts leader allotted just four fullweeks for the accomplishment of the extra ses-sion programme. Were legislation Carrying Intoeffect i!.. Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba aloneto be attempted, that scant mouth might pos-llsmf prove an ample allowance. But with acurrcr.cr bill of. some sort to be framed, digest-ed aud coaxed through the. two houses, it is ap-parent that an earlier Mart will have to be\u25a0safe and much larger drafts on the diligenceand patience of the managers Jn the twobranches will have to be honored.

The passage of a bill making operative thespecial tariff rates already conceded to Cubaby treaty presents, perhaps, no startling diili-<-ulti?«. The Republican majority In ea<*ibranch Is pledged to make good the promises ofthe Cuban convention, while the Democraticminority Is bound by past professions and rotesto give to Cuba th«lfreest practicable entry toour markets. But next year Is a Presidentialyear, and at least one candidate for the Demo-cratic Presidential nomination— Senator ArthurP. Gorman, of Maryland— has already an-nounced that the tariff issue is the only one on\u25a0which the Democratic party can make a hopefulcontest. Reciprocity legislation in Cuba's Inter-est may therefore offer itself as a tempting

text to an opposition leader anxious to impressupon the country the wisdom and practlcaDillty

of a general levelling of the tariff barrier.With a currency bill to be drawn. debated

and beaten into such shape as to satisfy themany schools of banking and currency whichflourish In the two houses and In the two par-ties, the obstacles to rapid progress becomegreatly magnified. Unless, as Senator Aldri<hhopes, be can prepare a bill which willmeet thenpprovai not only of the various Republicanjrroup*.but virtually alto of the Ilouse and Sen-ate minorities, the prospect of passing anyamendatory currency legislation at the extrasession is far from roseate. Such a bill as theAl<srlcb bill of last February, which got the as-pent of every Democratic member of the Sen-ate Finance Committee, and was lost in theSenate only because it somehow got entangled

NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. AUGUST It, 10>-,.

About 'People and Social Incident^Index to Advertisement*.Tart. Page. «'ol.

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-n.«i:iir.ts 1 11 1-8Hrooklyn Property for ?sT» i 11 3Business Chances 1 10 4Corp« Ci«»anlng 1 10 4Oty Hotels 1 10 .1City rro^oriy to \*\ 1 It •'!'•.!>• Property for Sale or to L«t 1 11 3Country Hoard 1 13 5H!vl<}*3<l Mice* 1 V. 3DomcMi- Situation* Wanted 1 10 7-8I'res«ijak!n«f 1 l«i 4Employment Air^neten 1 10 4KxcoraloTW 1 in 3For«igr. li«*orts .: a «1 &--«Financial 1 13 IFor 9*le 1 10 4Furnished Rooma 1 1" 4H*H>Wanted 1 I" '• <'.<*-**• sivA tTtLrriagey 1

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i^WJjlxffkiDctiisWtfbmtSUNDAY. AUGUST 10, I'JO'A.

777/; M:\Vfl THIS Mt)RXI\G

FORElGN*.—Russian warships have been or-dered from the Black Sea to Turkish waters inorder, if necfesary, to enforce demands for1sat-isfaction for the murder of M.Rostkovski. =====M. Petroff, the Bulgarian Premier, expressedthe belief that the Macedonian revolt would be#oon suppressed. -———

The Senate committeeon ihe canal treaty at Bogota continued to re-fuse to report favorably on ratification;

Panama's secession is feared if ratification Isvoted down. •-—•— Advices from Peking saidthat, although China and Russia had, it wasthought, reached some terms of settlement inthe Manchurian difficulty, It was improbablethat this country would be asked to arbitrate.:\u25a0 \u25a0*-" J. J. Harty. Archbishop of Manila, wasconsecrated in the Franciscan Church of St.Anthony at Rome; Cardinal Gibbons has goneto Switzerland. =~.

—;The eruption of Vesuvius

decreased and became slight. -'--" Lord Salis-

bury passed a comfortable titf*Ht and was re-ported stronger. == Three ministers wererhoren to fill places made vacant by resigna-tions in the Servian C binet.

DOMESTlC.— Officials identified with the ad-ministration of affairs in Indian Territory arecharged with being connected with companiesleasing lands at low rentals for five years, withcontracts to purchase at the end of that timefor small sums. =More Postofflce fraudshave come to light in the money order division,whose superintendent, James T. Metcalf, wasrecently dismissed, and an effort has been madeto Inflict him.

-—-.— The first meeting of theofficers of the new General Staff of the armywas held at "Washington.

'"= The rules for thepatrol by the government vessels of the courseof the International yacht races were promul-gated by the Department of Commerce andIjabor.=Serious Damage by another floodIs threatened at Kansas City, Mo., and KansasCity, Kan. ===== A well known Kansas Cityman murdered his wife, from whom he wasneparated. as she lay in bed. and committedFUicide, \u25a0 Justice Woodward spoke at theChautauqua conference against the frequencyof lynching and the growth of the mob epiritIn this country. -— —

Fourteen passengers wereinjured in a railroad accident in Colorado.

CITY.—

There was a moderate reaction inStocks.

— -Joseph Pulitzer has given $1,000,-

"ih« outright and $1,000,000 conditionally to

found \u25a0 school of Journalism in connection withColumbia University. == Members of the

rillllfss and Bridgemen's Union in Newarkrefused to obey an order of "Sam" Parks, theNew-York walking delegate, to engage in asympathetic strike against the Iron League;Parks eaid the league would have until Mondayto make terms. ===== The excursion boat Will-iam Storie was in collision with a tug, and thelives of nearly tnree hundred persons were en-dangered. 1 ir\u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0' By order of CommissionerWoodbury one hundred Italians were evictedfrom the city dumps.

—t A policeman In

charge of Issuing licenses at the Mayor's office"as charged with holding naturalization papers.

\u25a0 1 "'• It was learned that in the last monthabout fifteen thousand barbers of this city andnenrby counties had registered and received li-censee. t,.

-\u25a0 Ah altar for Kan Rocco, Italian

patron saint, in Elizabeth-st.. was burned; alarge parade of Italians took place in honorof the saint's day. '\u25a0- Many well known peo-ple arrived on the St. Paul and the Campania.

THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:Probably showers. The temperature yesterday:Highest, 77 degrees; lowest, GO.

IVc desire to remind our readers who are

about to leave the city that The Tribune trillbe sent by mail to any address in this countryor abroad, and address changed as often asdetirrd. Subscriptions may be given to yourregular dealer before Icavitig, or, ifmore con-

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The W»*tchestirr County Horse Show opens nextWednesday week at the Empire City racetrack, In-stead of, as usual, at the White Plains fairgrounds. It is a show that i» always very popu-lar with those who own country homes In West-chester County, an.l it will be made the occasionof many house parties in the district.

At the me which will be given on Tuesday. An-gust 23. In aid of the Mamaroneek Free Kinder-garten, on the grounds of Mr. and Mr. A. C.Bom wick'« country home, at Orlenta Point on the

On Tuesday the annual horse show at Bar Mar-bor begins, and will la=t until Thursday. M!s3Dorothy Wh!tn«y, Miss Adelaide Randolph. m>Daisy Lelnr. W. IJutler Duncan on<l Philip Liv-ingston are am^s thes* v.ho have entries for theexhibition, in connection with which many emer-talr.ments an- la be given.

The Cup races this week will brir.g a number ofpeople back to town, which, especially after Thurs->lay. on which -lay the contest fins, willpresent,from a social point of view, an appearance as ifthe horse show were at hand. Nearly every ownerof a steam yacht has organised parties for Hatoccasion, houses which have been closed all thecummer willbe opened. an:l fashionable restaurantsand hotels crowded, while the theatres are likelyto r^ap a gok'en harvest.

Worthins,ton Whltehouse and the Rev. Dr. p.Parker Morgan left town yesterday at noon forNewport, where Dr. Morgan will preach to-day atAllSaints' Church.

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