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THE XEWS THIS MORXIXG. Thlj" inquest by th privileged classes upon the morals of cne of their own number will be pre- ceded on Wednesday by nn impressive Masonic function. This will be the installation of the Duke of Connaught as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England in succession to the King, who presided over the craft for twenty-six years. The ceremonial will be the same as when the Prince of Wales was placed on the throne of the ' Grand Lodge by John Fawcett, of the province of Durham, and it will he conducted at Albert Hall in the presence of ten thousand Masons, who are either masters or wardens of a lodge, or members of a past or present grand lodge. The chief political event will be the Asiuith dinner, which Is coming on without Lord Rcse- bery as chairman but with Grey and Fowler as the shining lights of Liberal Imperialism. If Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman were a3 adroit a peacemaker as the Liberal hostesses who have been smiling or. the Just and unjust in their drawing rooms, he would have accepted the In- vitation and would have proposed Mr Asquith'a health. Elaborate preparations are being made in Mil- waukee for the formal reception In honor of Gen- eral MacArthur on his return to his home in that city about September 1. It is proposed by several who are taking an Interest. in the preliminary plans to urge business houses to make an effort to exceed any previous attempt In the way ;of decoration. The ; Governor will probably be asked to send the entire National Guard to the city, and the United States Government will be asked to have In the bny on the day of the arrival of the general such craft as can be brought, to fire salutes. At the centennial of Woodstock Academy, on August 9, the Hon. William T. Harris. United States Commissioner 'of Education, will make trie address, and a poem will be read by Kdna Dean Proctor. Other speakers Include Orvllle H. Platt. United States Senator from s Connectlcut: Congress- man Charles A. Russell, Professors Albert Bush- nell Hurt, of Harvard: William A. Dunning. ¦of Columbia University; Edward A. Grosvenor. of Amherst. ami George. B. Adams, of Yale. N "The British Weekly" speaks thus of the Gif- ford course of lectures in the University of Edin- burgh which have just boon delivered by Professor James, of Harvard: "A classroom which must be seated for about five hundred Is packed to the cell- ing every Monday and Thursday at 12 o'clock with a most alert and attentive audience. I have listened to many Glfford lecturers hero and In Glas- gow and have read most of them, but not one of them— < Wallace at certain moments, and there the likeness drops— approaches Professor James In the passion and Immedlateness of his assault upon his hearers. I am quite convinced that lectures will coma as a check and amazement to many who ara hostile or Indifferent to the re- ligious view, and will give a new lift and Inspira- tion to many tollers." ¦ - . "The London Dally Chronicle" tells this story: "Julian Corbett;- ; the naval expert and author of 'Drake and the Tudor Navy' and 'The Successors of Drake.' wrote awhile ago to the Admiralty sug- gesting that a new first i las« battleship then building be christened the Drake. A formal Intimation that his .letter had hern received and should have due attention was followed, .'after a decent Inter- val, by a dignified reply expressing the Admiralty's regret nt not being able to carry out Mr. Cornet a suggestion, and explaining that It would be contrary to all precedent to name a first class battleship after a bird." -. MME. MELBA HAS IAL'YXi.ITIs. SINGER'S PHYSICIANS FORDID HER TO SING AT COVENT GARDEN FOR A WEEK. London, July 15.—Mme. Melba la suffering from •in attack of laryngitis, and her physicians have ordered her not to sing at Covent Garden this week. ....'. , THE LOCAL MAIL SERVICE. There fire many complaints on the west side of the Borough of Manhattan. In various parts of The Bronx and in Brooklyn that the number of street corner letter boxes IB not adequate to supply the reasonable wants of the public. Evi- dence is overwhelming that these complaints are Justified, but it is not likely that any considerable additions to the list of these boxes will be made at an early day. Although the profits of the Postofllce Department from the business done in New-York are large. Congress is never generous in providing for improvements In our metropolitan service. New-York deserves the most liberal treatment from the national House of Representatives, but does not often get it. Perhaps that unfortunate condition of affairs is in part due to the fact that the Manhattan delegation In the House is chiefly made, up of Tammany Congressmen, who in most oases are not statesmen of light and leading or of large Influence. New- Yorkers had visitors to the city arc not enthusiastic in 'admiration of the appearance of the wagons which are used here to carry the mails, This nation is so rich that ir ought to be able to get a BMfl contractor who will furnish neat. clean, well appointed and well painted mail wagons and horses which do not look like wornout hacks of the cheapest and lowest class. It 11 not creditable to the Federal service that 90 many hideous rattletraps on wheels and so many scarecrows In horseflesh are seen every day at the back of our Postoffice. CAMDTSAI GIBBOX6 rrnrixn HOME. Paris. July 14.—Cardinal Gibbons Is expected to arrive In Paris shortly, but It Is understood that he will almost Immediately embaik for the United States. THE TALK OF TUE DAT. quantity than usual Sharp losses in prices occurred on Saturday, speculative holders realiz- ing the. risk of carrying options over Sunday, as rain In the threatened States would bring heavy declines at the opening this morning. Cattle are being rushed to market -at the West, and an advance* in prices of meats may be another result of weather conditions. . A trifling decrease in pig iron production was to be" expected at the midsummer date, and itis surprising as well, as encouraging to find the loss only 1 per cent during June, leaving the weekly capacity of furnaces In blast on July 1 far in excess of all dates prior to June 1. and about 18 per cent greater than July 1, IS.*!*. Despite an output at the rate of over sixteen million ion." yearly, furnace stocks continue de- creasing, and, while production has steadily gained since October 1. supplies In first hands have decreased 41. .1 per cent. These figures convey some idea of the rate at which steel mills have been consuming raw material. Quotations in all branches of this industry remain un- changed, and there is as yet no sign of dimin- ished demand. The feature of the week was the large sale of bars to makers of agricultural im- plements, but many other products displayed activity, buying frequently being accelerated by the fear that labor dissensions might curtail available supplies. On the other hand, many orders are delayed In expectation that better terms may ha secured. It Is not yet possible to ascertain how far the manufacture will be re- tarded by the strike beginning to-day, but at many other plants Mia men will resume through settlement of differences. With exports much heavier than a year ago and better Inquiry by Northern spinners, cotton disappointed holders by declining to SV-i cents. Receipts of old crop cotton continue the weak- ening factor, and conditions on plantations are by no means distressing. Some sections need rain, but others are making better progress than was expected, and, while a heavy yield Is no longer probable. It is equally certain that famine Is not Imminent. Arrivals at local warehouses have been heavy of late and stocks are ample for a normal demand. The market for cotton goods Is quiet, with prices steady except for sales of wide print cloths a fraction below four cents. Conditions are satisfactory with retailers as a rule, although there ?s the usual tendency to cut prices of summer goods to avoid carrying over stocks. After th" long period of Idleness at woollen mills, it la encouraging to hear of concerns working day and night. The raw material Is still at the lowest point In four year 3, but confidence Is felt that the bottom has been reached. As the domestic clip was heavy and foreign markets were weak, there was fear of a return to the level of prices in 18l)fl. but the recent revival In the manufacture has altered the situation, and stubborn growers at the West may be rewarded for their faith In values. Shoe factories are well employed, many having orders requiring two months to HI!, and leather and hides are consequently firm. The regular procerdlngs in the House of Com- mons will not be exciting. John Dillon will resume his cross-examination of William St. John r.r !-"¦!; ' ,- i-k.-e: v! i..-r tr.- i',r::.*h cro^s in retiring from Ylakfonteln left their haaaJM and wounded in the hands of the Boers. The question will be put with great skill, so as to Pi- . hats the idea that the Boers had been wan- tonly butchering wounded soldiers, but Mr. Brodrlck will probably find a method or' aa> ing it. Lord Kitchener i 3 reported to have alvise-i the withdrawal of a large number o* infa-.:ry regiments from South Africa, and has requested t hi supplied instead with a large nurabtr of mounted men. His idea appears to be to con- centrate the British forces on the Natal Railway between Durban, Pletermaritxburg. Johannes- burg and Pretoria, thus feeding the sMHaI garrisons in the Transvaal, and carrying the gold from the mine?, and being a sh-r'r r^ : - than from Cape Town. In that case it would no I .r<'T '•• r. --Try to h -li the »:n;re length of the railway from Cape Town to Pretoria, and thus the immense force of troops now stationary on the line misht bf drawn off and a substitute found In the mounted men. who would pra ti- oi'.ly form an armed police for the whole country It BBtajht be necessary to hold the line as far as Bloemfonteln. but the piece between Bloem'.mtein and Johannesburg would not ha*BJ to be held in strength. FOREIGN.—The trial of Earl Russell, the installation of the Duke of Connaught as Grand B Master of -Masons and the Asquith dinner art the chief features of the week In London. —— - Broadwood's brigade surprised Reitz. capturing ex-Preeldent Steyn's brother; the ex-Presi- dent had to flee in haste. === A monument to Commodore Perry was unveiled at Kurihama. American and Japanese warships taking part in the ceremony. = The body °t President Errazuriz lies in the hall of the Chamber of Deputies at Santiago. ===== The anniversary of the fall of the Bastile was celebrated in France. DOMESTIC— the sheet steel, hoop steel and tin plate mills in Pittfburg. In which the men belong to the Amalgamated Association^ the workmen will strike to-day, the purpose of the association being to show its strength. _— - It is reported that Governor Odell will resume his tour of the State institutions next week. ===== Statistics of the railroads of the T nitea Sutes for the year ending on June 30, I.KA'. were made public. == Habeas corpus proceed- ings have been begun on behalf of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin to whom a new trial has been granted in California on the charge of murder by send- Ing poisoned candy in the mails. == Bapebad teams have been formed by girls at v«. ilkes- barre and a game was played on Saturday with a score of 11 to 10. == Mies Helen M. Gould gave SS i... to establish a scholarship at Mount Holyoke College. ===== The week at Buffalo will abound with military features. ¦ - The third annual Bundes Shooting Festival opened li. San Francisco. CITY.— A combination of soft coal interests was said to be Just on the point of completion. — Soldiers from Fort Wadsworth rioted for two days at South Beach, destroying property and lighting In the various resorts; officers de- clared that the trouble was due to the abolish- ment of • the fort canteen. ===== Frederick B. Russell, -of the State Law and Order Society, and one of his agents were arrested on a charge of extortion. == Investigation of conditions at Coney Island revealed a large number of police pr ted dens of Infamy. ¦ • ¦ Dealers in second hand building material have formed a combination, with Tammany connivance, to keep down prices at public auction. —— Tam- meny men were defeated at the C. F. U. elec- tion. ¦¦ A party of American physicians and ». Furgeons have started on a tour of the principal m foreign cities. == Public officials in many Ulocalities are investigating methods of exter- r rrinating the mosquito. r More than three J-.ur.drcd members of the 22d Regiment started en a visit to the Pan-American Exposition. KTHE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Fair r.^d warmer. Temperature yesterday: Highest, LJ degrees: lowest, 69; average. 70. ','.!,- ;ou leave ike at-, for sou summer out- it:/;, bf sure to subscribe for The Triecke. You will i"! Jest without it The address will be changed »i cjtcu «i desired. .' __ The low rumble of the rapid transit blast and the long tremors of the i«>d^es which mako up the backbone of the substantial Island of Man- hattan are interesting Incidents of life In town In the first summer of the twentieth century. What ether groat city of the world wast founded on thicker and harder rock than that which underlies a large part of New-York? British army commissariat authorities ought to he instructed that cans of American meat are not to be ::srd a.« a substitute for paving stone:*, as they have been of late at Cape Town, when in certain receptacle! "layers of corned beef casts "have been lafn down with flour, meal and other "commodities pl!»*d on the top to protect the lat- "ter from the ground moisture. " (fa wonder the cans rusted Into occasional perforations, letting In tha Air and spoiling the product, thus giving American meat another black eye. If puch a fig- ure of speech may be allowed. But Its tempo- rary prohibition for military purposes In South Africa Is not due to any defects in its quality or to bad packing, but solely to the stupidity of those who received and handled It after its de- livery. General Humidity is one of the direst foes of raftering humanity, and a resistless conqueror as well. No master of strategy, no Alexander .<r Hannibal, no CSMar or Napoleon, ran devl?i a campaign which will put him to flisht. H's armies are Ir.vint-lblo. A WORLDWIDE SOLACE Statistics are afloat to the effect that this ter- restrial ball produces the amazing total of 850,- 000 tons of tobacco each year. And most of It goes up in smoke. Think of it! More than two millions of acres of l&nd are used In producing the annual crop, and more than tbree^quarterß of I million of tons of the leaves are puffed away into nothingness in every recurring twelve months. Think of this siaol Tor thousands upon thousands of years and until after the discovery of America the nations of the earth outside of the Western Hemisphere never suspected the existence of the dreamy and soothing nymph of nicotine! There's an old phrase often quoted. "The world went very well then."' Did it really go as well and as smoothly before Columbus crossed the Atlantic ns It has Wen going Blnce cigars and pipes and cigarettes cam.- Into no extensive use? Four centuries ngo. and in the many opes anterior to the adventuroua voyage of the great Genoesei, no human being outside Of the dusky tribes of the New World had ever heard of a plant which has become one of the most cherished solaces and delights of scores of millions of smokers. The soldiers nnd the sailors of every country In Europe and of other continents as well desire the comforts and tho consolations of the American weed in arduous service and in campaigns full of hardship and privation. The epicures of olden Orecce nnd ancient Itnly spent fabulous sums upon luxu- rious feasts, but never dreamed that the dinners of thousands of years later would be crowned by clouds Of fragrant vapor. More than two millions of acres planted with tobacco and more than eight hundred thousand tons of it ¦ od for the delectation of its devotees: Turkey has been for many years not only the Sick Man of Europe, hut the HBCttwhif of nation?, always living beyond Its Income and the iespnlr of Its creditors. But patient waiting and a prcat deal of dunning have at last been followed by the Sublime Porte'a payment of the AmTlcßn Indemnity claims. Constantinople win apasdfty find itself belaacvarai by an anay of claimants who will want their bills astttefl As the Sultan has paid Uncle Sam they win clamor for their dues. Is- the American hotel to take up In European countries the work of paratMatrs Initiation into the mysteries of American tastes and customs .so long discharged alone and single h;md<.'d by the so-called "Ainatlcan bat**l WHEN MR. CROKER WILL RETURN. Tammany solicitude over the date of the return of Mr. Croker is evidently reaching a higher pitch day by day. a not unnatural result of the conflicting reports from the seat of government at Wantage. Those who co forth return with more or less circumstantial stories as to the Ik>sß*s Intention*, but unfortunately none of the stories agree. Then there" nre letters. The letters and the personal reports sandwich themselves in a most disconcerting manner. Thus some one in the confidence of Mr. Croker. or claiming to be in his confidence, announces that he has Just received a letter from the boss Kay- ing that "you will have to get along without me this fall." and no sooner has this been made public thnn one of the returning ones gets off the steamer and say* that he understands that Mr. Croker will start for this country in the middle of August, or in the middle of* Septem- ber, or the first week in October, or at some other time, according to the information which the particular returning one happens to have received. It is unkind to Jeer at the solicitude of the Tammany men. They are In a plight which is by no means comfortable, and which furnishes cause for sympathy. It is the uncertainty which is so dlfllcult. Nobody knows what he ought to think, much less what he ought to say, and if Ik dangerous even to whisper to a neigh- bor, for who knows that he may not clap on his hat and ,-tart for the steamer to tell Croker about It. If there were any authentic hints from the boss the assistant bosses would know how to act. They are clever at tailing hints. When Croker Is here they go up to the Demo- cratic Club ajafl watch his face when things are mentioned, and then they go away and act accordingly, but this is impossible when he is at Wantage. It is embarrassing. Now. we have not received any letter from Croker. but we are In a position to Inform these solicitous Tammauylies when their chief will return, if he does return for this campaign at all. We get our information ' from the very highest source", from Mr Croker himself. Mr. Croker will return when he thinks that there is "something in if for hi in. He will not return until he believes that there Is "something in it." and he will not make a final decision not to return untu he is certain that there In "nothing fn it." Hr is "working for his own pocket" all the tic**; There is no" sentiment about it. only buslress. If he thinks later that he sees a ch»hce for a Tammany victory in the fall, that will be "something in it" for him. * If ha thinks 7iiat the fight is hopeless he will stay away. Friends end political. associates may urge him to come back or to stay away, but these are not the considerations which are Important to Mr. Croker. The question as to whether he shall return or not is purely personal to him— "private business" he would call it. When he sees clearly where hi« personal advantage lie* be will act accordingly. WESTERN INTEREST IX NEW-YORK. Mr. Bond, the New-York State Engineer, reports that Western engineers are interesting themselves in the question of enlargement of New-York canals, or the construction of a bnrge canal across this State, and are prophesying that Western members of Congress will pres- ently agree upon the taking of radical action in that direction by the Federal government. Entirely apart from any question concerning the advisability of such an enterprise, it may be remarked that this reported attitude of Westerners confirms what we have often hitherto said, that the Western States take a more direct and practical interest in the prosperity of the port of New-York than New- Yorkers themselves do. On more than one occasion important measures for the Improve- ment of this harbor have received their chief support from men from distant States, and these men have remarked with surprise upon the apparent apathy and indifference of men from New-York. It Is not strange that Westerners should take an interest in this port and In the means of communication nnd transportation between it and the Great Lakes. They know this is the best port through which to send out the products of their lnnd. and the best through which to import such European wares as they may need. They know. too. that the cheapest way of reaching this port is. by way of the great chnin of lakes. They cannot dictate to this State what it shall do with its internal water- ways. But If they put themselves on the side of Federal action for a deeper waterway from the lakes to tidewater, they will bring about a new and Interesting phase of the whole subject Mayor Van Wyck for sums unknown reason appears to look askant at the National Guard. He buys he would rather have one thousand more policemen than ten thousand more citizen soldiers. Presumably he wants all his policemen to he of the Devery type, as hi hag de- dared publicly with loud emphasis that Devery was the baal Chief of Police New-York ever had. It is suspected that DevNry believes heart and soul that Van Wyck In the best Mayor New- York ever had. It i.< a mutual admiration bo- ciety of two. May the membership never at en- larged! • Returning officers do not speak hopefully aj the situation in South Africa. They assert that the railways are securely held, and that there are small zones around Bloemfontcin. Pretoria , and Johannesburg where it is possible for in- habitants to settle down and to resume their usual occupations without fear of disturbance; but apart from the pacification of these small spheres of British Influence there are few atgaa of progress. The railway line from Johannes- burg to Lalng's Nek is still menaced, and the Dutch section along the South Orange River is ravaged by guerillas, and broad districts of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony are only kept quiet by being emptied of their population through repeated marches of strong columns. In Cape Colony Scheepers. who is giving to General French considerable trouble, has burned the public buildings at Murraysburg and soma farms hi the vicinity, while during the march to Zeerust of Fetherstone's and Dixon's columns, local colonial troops suffered somewhat severely. On the other hand, the- British have at last succeeded in surprising and capturing the so- called Orange River government, with the Im- portant exception of Mr. Steyn, who. with or- other man, managed to escape In the nick of time, the completeness of the surprise being evi- denced by the fact that the ex-President was obliged to flee in his shirtsleeves. Mr. Steyn. like his wily countryman De Wet. has been in many tight corners, and has experienced many hairbreadth escapes, but none so lucky as this. : The feeling here is far more bitter against Mr. Steyn than against Mr. Kruger. the former being regarded as interfering in a quarrel not concerning him. and, apart from the impression which his capture would undoubtedly have made in the Orange lllver Colony, his escape will cause great disappointment. Lord Kitchener's dispatches, by referring only to Mr. Steyn's brother as among those captured, rather indi- cated that the other prisoners are of small ;.:.- portance. Of the generals now in South Africa, Lord Methuen Is the most highly commended by the officers serving under him. He is described as •..• of the most energetic and resourceful generals at the front. Instead of complaining of the harsh criticism to which he was subjected, ho has remained in the service and displayed untiring Industry and gallantry. Lole Fuller 13 sending out Invitations to a garden party on a large scale, which she intends giving befote leaving London. The guests are bidden from 4 o'clock until midnight, and all manner of unique amusements are expected. I. N. F. , In these warm summer evenings doorstep parties anil receptions seem to be the favorite form of social festivity among the stay at homes in the boroughs of greater New- York. Life on the front stoop after sunset In July and August has an Innocent gayety, a free, unfettered charm peculiarly Ita own. TEE FUNERAL OF KRRA7A RIZ. The bigamist who fainted In court when his two wives faced him could never have had nerve enough to Justify him in engaging In the business. Of a single marriage Emerson says that "it requlreth courage stout," and a double one should call for a corresponding degree of fortitude obviously not possessed by the matri- monial pluralist who. In putting on the har- ness, may have boasted himself, but could not reasonably have done so under the circum- stances which accompanied his taking it off. IMMENSE THRONG FOLLOWS THE BODT THROUGH THE STREETS OF SANTIAGO. Santiago de Chill. July 14.— The body of Presi- dent Errazurlz. who ¦ died on Friday, was brought to this city .lay and received with, solemn public ceremonial, no fewer than one hundred thousand people taking part, being In the procession or spectators. The body will li» in the hair of the Chamber of Deputies until •Tuesday, when the burial will take place. All the theatres are closed, and the occasion Is on« of general mourning. Horses with hats on their heads are now seen frequently In our streets, and they seem to suffer lesa in the blazing sun than the unfortunate animals with unprotected pates. Some of this equine thatch for topknots Is ingeniously designed, and la more becoming than the bizarre and grotesque coverings of human polls which many men are fond of wearing. Miss GOULD'S GIFT TO A COLLEGE. Pawtucket. R. 1.. July ».—Miss Mary V. Woolley. president of Mount Holyoke College, who Is spend- inr the vacation months at her home in this city, has received from Miss Helen M Gould a check for IS.COO to establish a new scholarship In the nam* CX her mother. Helen Day Gould. IREGVLATIOX OF POSTERS. England, like the United States. 1? suffering from the plngue of posters. Neither of the Anglo-Saxon peoples h. yet learned to derive Koine compensating revenue from the nuisance. but the English have anticipated us somewhat in the serious discussion of a tax. and they" certainly have gone far beyond us In the mat- ter of municipal regulation of advertising signs. On June 24 The Tribune published a detailed account of tin' French law levying a stamp tax on posters, from which, it is I>elieved, New- York might learn, how at once to raise lndi-. rectly much needed revenue for State purposes to the lessening of the general property tax levy, and at the same time to exercise a wholesome restraint upon the fienseless multiplication of advertising signs and direct the sign painters to rr-orct moderate and more rational but not |«*s effective displays. To-day The account of the French law is supplemented with a. record : of the recoct progress made in England toward the regulation cf posters! . , 4 It must impress anybody who considers what has been done in. the one country and what is being done ie the other that the moyemo.t for regulation and taxation here Is not a nc^e fad, but a step in the advance of civilization which is being ' forced upon progressive communities everywhere. .France, having a far more cen- tralized government than- England, a quicker appreciation -of artistic considerations in the decision of public questions and a greater need to raise 1 money by fttfiinp taxes, has done already what England has only talked about or merely turned over . to, parishes and connty councils, or regulated ;ifter the true- Anglo- Saxon fashion by Judicial legislation under the fiction that property rights are being interfered • with by signs the removal of which Is desired for aesthetic reasons. -We in this country are not a*> much given to sumptuary legislation as the French, but we are not bound by the English conserve;,:.::) In dealing with such problems, end our Federal system offers us a chance to abate the nuisance by laws which will be more effective than the local ordinances of England, and at tlu- same time will not Involve the interference of the nations! government in the everyday affair* of tin* people, as in France. The St.ite is the proper regulator of the doings of citizens, so far n- they concern the comfort and prosperity of others and the general wel- fare, and to the Stite tli.- people look for laws which Khf*li free them from nuisances and pre- V serve the public health. It establishes a stand- ard of tenement home construction, nays who ¦ may sell liquor and when shops may be open, :. cud no Ktrcreh of Its powers Is involved In its declaring what sort of signs may be' displayed - In public places and what license tax must be '. paid for the privilege of displaying them. The correspondence of the honorary secretary of "Seapa" with the Chancellor of the Exchequer shows clearly the Justice of a tax on pouters find what it might reasonably l»e expected to accomplish. It would not bar any legitimate advertising. On the contrary. it would give greater comparative prominence, to advertising > in moderation. No advertiser would be deterred X from making public in suitable places the ¦ knowledge of h'.* wares, and he would not find » slight tax a burden upon him. He would not, [ however, scatter broadcast mammoth signs where they would not be likely to do good, or where smaller ones : would answer his purpose i m «rell. if composed with . skill and made f attractive to the eye. A. carefully graduated !««. combined with restrictions on sky signs "ETERXAL VIfHLAXCE." Tilt- Indictments in the Tairaiit Building cage are a reminder thnt "pferniil vigilance" is the price of other things than liberty. The president and a director of the company are Indicted of manslaughter in the second degree. There is no thought that they designed or desired the denth of any one. Itis not intimated that they were actuated by criminal intent. But in one way or another, it is alleged, the law was vio- lated in their building by the storage of illegally large quimtitles of daiigerous chemicals, and as a result .'»;. explosion occurred and lives were lost. Now. If such was the case, these proprie- tors of the building either were or were not aware of the violation of the law. If they were aware of it the assumption is that they per- mitted it with no thought of making the building unsafe or of destroying or imperilling lives, but merely for the sake of obliging customers and of making money, if, on the other hand, they were not aware of It. then the gravamen of the charge again*t them is that they should hare been; it was their business and their duty to know what was going on in their own building. Without any prejudging of the case, or any reflection upon the two men who find themselves In so unenviable a predicament It may be pointed out that there was somewhere In the case a deplorable failure of vigilance, to which the tragic catastrophe Is directly attributable. In one view of it tbe officials of the company were neglectful of due vigilance over their own property. In any view, some city officials seem to have failed in vigilance in the enforcement of the law. If it be true that the officers of the Tarrant company should hnve known what wan being stored in their building. it Is likewise true that so gross i, violation of law as is alleged to have occurred; dbould not have been possible without detection by some officer of the law. There was a lack of vigilance somewhere. Vigilance was in this case the price of »nfety The price was not paid, and safety wan sacri- ficed, v, :¦'- '"..,• " -'r-.: We should hesitate to guess in how many other matters, great or small, a lack of vigilance The promoters of the Kreat salt company wiatct U 1« reported will toon put the whole earth In pkklo evidently believe that the nations of the world are far too fresh and need to be packed down In brine. Loot's wife Is their Ideal of womanhood, the Dead Sea their favorite watering place, a pillar of salt is their guidepost, and the Great Salt Lake Is to them the noblest of Inland seas. But they should A young man of Glencoe. Okla. T., is offering MM ' tickets on him— lf as husband, which he Is selling at IS cuch, and It is said they are going like hot C.lkes. This is how he explains his scheme: "By selling 3.'H» chances for IS each. It will bring to me $13.C«», which Is a sufficient sum of money to at- tract any young woman desirous of marrying. I may not get the prettiest girl In the country, but I will get one. I am sure, who Is anxious to marry me. I sell numbers for S3 and agree when paid for the numtpr to roarry the holder of said number provided she draws the lucky number at the raffle. I will have the raffling conducted on fair and t-quare mean*, by parties entirely disinterested In It. Numbers from 1 to 3.000 will be placed In a box. and a blindfolded party will draw out one i.umber. The girl holding the similar number shall become my Wife, I will marry her as soon as sno Is ready. The money will be lnv»sttnl so as to flip- port us handsomely I shall take the bride on an extended wedding trip."' "The, doctor says I must go away for a change of climate." said Mrs. Dukane "It that's all you need." replied Mr Dukane. "stay right here, and the change of climate will come to you." (Plitshnrg Chronicle. "Law Notes" remarks: "An ordinance has been adopted by the Town Council of Yorkvlll*. S. C. making It a misdemeanor for any person to be- !seen st&«?ertr.* on the streets of that town. If legislation of this character hecome a generally pop- ular In riouth Carolina the Governor of that State will have to hold his little meetings with the Gov- ernor of North Carolina In the latter's territory." Bllkinß- Tow friend Scribbler **em* to be always short of funds. If his books don't sell, why don't you tr\ him St office work whon you need a new m;in? Boomer— No use. A man who can't succeed as a novelist hasn't Imagination enough for the real estate business.— (New-York Weekly. ¦ A story 1? told of an English clergyman who ¦ owed his appointment to a rich living to a lucky ! pun. Ho wn? tutor to the son of a nobleman, and ! had not long taken orders, when he attended the ; funeral of the rtctor of the parish in which the ¦ noblemnn'R seat was situated. The father of his pupil was patron of the living, nrd was also present at the funeral of the de- ceased rector. . There was a young clergyman present also whoso grief was so demonstrative that the noble patron was much affected by the sight, and nsked If the young man was a son of the de- censed gentleman. "Oh. dear no, my lord— relation at all." said the tutor. "No relation!" exclaimed the nobleman. In a surprised tone. "None, my lord; he Is the curate, and I think he la not weeping for the dead, but for the living." Ills lordship, who was something of .. wit and a cynic hlmrrlf. was so delighted with the boa mot that he conferred the living upon tho ready punster. "But. my son." said the fond parent. "Ifyou do no». attend school and college regularly you will never be regarded as an Intellectual light." "Oh. yes, I will, papa." responded the fair haired youth. "I inten 1 to make a f- \v millions and then endow colleges, and thus acquire more decrees t!ian I could win In : % . lifetime of study." -.- With eyes moist with pride th«» father l..|i!r tlie child po bravely forward upon the path of destiny. — 1 Baltimore Americaa "Riding down t>xford-st. this morning on top of v 'bus." writ.-: William I" Curtis from London. "I poked the driver in the back with my umbrella, an Americans usually Co, und asked him questions. He wns pood natured ;H!il answered them cordially. Some of his (••'. i wt-rri quite witty. You seldom llnd a 'bus driver In Loudon without a keen sense : t humor, and they nil I'.ko to talk. As we were I>a«s!nj? old Newgate l'rison ! Inquired, 'How do you.got inside that place?' What I wanted to know was whether I must go to some official for a ticket of admission, and this. was his answer. 'Whrn you ?'¦¦l lioff this 'bus go hup be'lnd the first cove you sec and 'It 'Im has.'ard has you kin In the 'cad. The bobby will do the rest." " "I sent away a dollar," she sadly 3«ld. "to a party in New- York who offered to tell for that amount hr .v to make the guests at summer resorts Jove your children." - "Oil. did you?" her friend asked. "What do you have to do?" "Leave them at home:"— (Chicago Record-Herald.- Mrs. C Newman. :al Campbell Park, a Chicago suburb, was bull-ling a handsome white stone house, when* some one discovered that the bay win- dow extended four feet over the building line. Neighbors attacked her in the courts, and the house had to coma down. She hungered for re- venge. Engaging the services of an architect, she hegan to put up a shanty on the site that will Fiuat U3 a reproach and an eyesore. Campbell I'arlt Is a beautiful place. The shanty stands vim IM back to the Street. Aman who never before ha i toM any painting was hired to smear It yel- low.- Then In a local paper appeared this adver- tisement: "Wanted, a noisy family to occupy a new house; must be M least five boys; red-hatred ones preferred." The other fay ft clerk In one of the local In- surance offices went out on Nlnth-ave in the Polish district, to deliver an Insurance policy. On arriving at his destination hr» was disappointed In receiving no response to hi* frequent knocking a: the front and bsck doors. Yet th,- windows wero i wide. or*>n. and he thought somebody must be at home. Seeing a little boy stnnd!n;r"tn the front yard next door he accosted him with: "Say. boy. do you know If the lady Is at homo hero?" ' .¦¦¦¦•- •- • . "Ach: ciey ain't got no votnnn Ocr«: the vent deed on '««.': was the response.— (Milwaukee Sentinel. MOVWI AXD BUSINESS. Activity In speculation was confidently expected after the four days' rest, and the volume of transactions was quite up to expectations, although the course of prices proved disastrous- ly surprising to many. Uncertainty regarding money was the depressing Influence at the start, and when this disappeared there were other un- favorable reports, bringing further losses. light- ly margined accounts were closed, the extent of thi* : liquidation being shown by tho decrease of $21,000,000 Id the loan item of the bank state- ment. Injury to corn and the prospect of a strike among steel workers were more than dis- counted In the decline In the average price of the sixty most active railway stocks to $0505, a loss of $7 OS from the close on July 3, and $8 93 from the top- point of the season. At bottom figures • there appeared good investment buying, and the brighter monetary outlook with the large gain in surplus reserves of local banks had a strengthening effect, making the closing average of the week $00 45, a rise of $1 40 above the lowest. There was also a moderate recovery In the Industrials, but the net loss for the week was .*4 70 per share, while gas and traction stocks declined !?G 30. Railway earnings during the firm half of the year indicate by far the largest business ever transacted, exceeding the same months In WOO by 10.3 per cent, which In turn exceeded ISDO by 13.7 per cent, and these were (i per cent greater than those of ISDN, which showed an increase of 13.1 per cent over 1807. This phenom- enal growth during four years amounts to an Increase of over ¦$220,000,000, or about ">«> per cent. With business expanding at this rate It 18 not unreasonable for securities to exhibit large gains in value, especially as the abundance of money seeking investment naturally tends to re- duce the rate of Interest. In the upward march of prices, however, there must often come re- actions, particularly when the : number of inex- perienced speculators Increases so rapidly. These outsiders, carrying stocks on narrow margins, fall ah easy prey to manipulators, who effect quick declines In order to repurchase at better terms. This tendency to speculate is unques- tionably a growing evil, demoralizing to legitimate business, and quickly disposes of the sav- ings that are now exceptionally great because of general prosperity. .-•' : rf .•',*•; • Heat nnd drouth also facilitated speculation In grain, and wide fluctuations were recorded. With the yield of winter wheat beyond danger] and good news from spring wheat States, the price steadily declined until suddenly rears of Injury to corn caused both cereals to rise sharp, ly. On Friday the- highest point was reached* corn eelllng above all records In recent years' aside from the corner at Chicago in May. Even at high prices there Is no heavy movement from I the farms, since the prosperity of preceding sea- sons has put growers In a strong position and they are well able to hold for more profitable figures. Foreicn buying of com was curtailed by th* extreme prices asked, but the relatively ... . reja »vely j ARRIVAL* OX THE UMBRIA. ,-:. Among the passengers who arrived here yesterday on the steamer Umbrla. from Liverpool and Queenstown. were Lewis Barber, D. Beattv. Kar I*. •Bolssevaln. -Consul-General of the Netherlands for Canada: Professor F. Carter. Dr. C O. Clarke. E. H. Wharton Davies. Frederick H. Holt. Captain A. W. Money. Dr. John Rhode*. Oorhaa Bof«ra and W. R. Beel«y. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. JULY 15. 1901. better terms for wheat Increased exports of that grain, which will b-j r.-qulred abroad in greater not ra!se prices too far. While their charges are reasonable the consumers will be calm. But if prices go too high there will be trouble. A LIVELY LONDON WEEK. PERSONAL. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF MORAUB AND POLITICS TO BE SETTLED. CAPIN'O—«:I6—Florodora. CHERRY BI>OSSOM OKOVE— V«u«WvUI« K.DKN MUSEE — Pay and Evening— World In Wax. KEITHS Continuous Performance. KOPTER * PTAI.« 1 *' T 4r, - Vau««jvllle. KNICKERBOCKER THKATKE— Strollers. MANHATTAN BEACH— S:*>— Soui-a and His Band— B— Pain's War in Chins—»—The Runaway Girl. PARADISE C.ARDENS— S:IS to 12- Vaudeville. PASTOR'S— Day and \i*ht— Continuous Show. . ._, 6T. NICHOLAS GARDEN—B:IS— Kaltenborn Orche«trml Concert?. TERRACE GARDEN— S—Pra. D!»-Vo!o. Jnbrt lo 3UDrrtiarntfnt6. and monstrosities, would put a penalty on ugliness without interfering with anybody's business. It might rather open a new field to the accomplished advertiser by stimulating the production of artistic advertisements which would Invite the Interest of the spectator instead of assaulting him with an optical club. There can be no question that many of our huge and hideous posters are an assault on innocent person* who have a right to pass unmolested through the streets, and they should, be protected from such assault just as much m they would be. outside of Baxter-st., from having their coattails grabbed by merchants and being compelled to listen to persuasions. io buy their goods. LORD RUSSELL'S TRIAL— THE ASQUXTH DIN* NER-LORD METHUEN PRAISED (Copyright; 1001: By Th« New-York Tribune.* ; ~ ',r.r c.\M.r. TO THE TBIBCNE.I London. July 15. 1 a. While the- stagnant season is slowly ebbing, this is likely to be an interesting week. The trial of Earl Russell"wiii he a unique event, and the court officials are doing what they can to convert it into a social function by summoning peeresses to the reserved seats and laying stress upon many small points af etiquette. Judge Curler, who is recruiting his health in Scotland, will have a select audience of high quality when he expounds as an expert the Intricacies of Nevada divorce law. Is similarly inviting more or less disastrous re- sults. The man who complains or protests against *'very aril which he meets with Is not always regarded with favor. He is called a faultfinder, a "kicker." a crank. Yet he is merely exercising that vigilance which is the inevitable price of liberty, of security and of the maintenance of rights. An overcharge of a few cents on a gas bill, the overcrowding: of I streetcar or an insolent remark from a police- man may be a little thing, about which the average citizen may decline to bother himself. A man dislikes to spend two or three hours' time in seeking redress for a two or three cent grievance. Yet. left illlHUilCTii the grievance grows, just as the illegal stock of chemicals Is alleged to have grown, until at last there Is a disastrous explosion, and the gas company becomes a wholesale plunderer, the car companies Ignore all rights of passengers and the police- man becomes I swaggering ruffian. Half of the evil In the world comes not from evil intent. but from neglect to insist strictly and strenu- ously upon that which is good. Not only in the government of nations, but In the conduct of business and in the ordering of society, and in every activity and detail of human life, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and of all Its blessings. r-B- Col." Pa it % AmaM-ments . 12 6' Notice of Sammorwu." --» Bankers A. Brokers. 10 5 Pan-American Eipo- - Bank* 10 5; Utton •' ?, I'.sanf and Room*.. 11 4: Partition $«.*•• •¦••••» r Country Board . 0 s;Prcposalß ¦¦ — " I rirtdwl NftlcM....li> SIPuMio Notice* 10 « Dom. KIT* Wanted.. 11 3-7 Railroad* » •»"2 I-»rtr«maklnr ••» « Brhool Arencles . ...» j> Eroploym't Agencies. 11 4. Special Notices J » Kxcur»lon« 10 «' Steamboats ••••••••• •*} it 1-inanclol 8.1 m::: 11 «4 Surnwat*'* Notice*... 11 5-< Foreclosure Salef... 11 4-3' Suir.r Rfnort Guide*. 0 & For SaJe 11 4'SunVr Resort Guides. 0 6 Tar. Apie. to Let... 8 S'Teecher* " * Help W*r.te4 11 • The TortVy..•••;" -'I ? Instruction 0 3 Tribune Bub'n Rate.. . « L™t 11 4! To Let fcr But. Pur. 8 3 Mtrriß>rea a- Deaths. 7 5-4> Work Wanted . 31 J Ocean Steamers .11 11 •Veto^tork Dmt« Wribmt MONDAY. JULY 15, 1901. 0 Staneemcntf.

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