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IV'IU-i'.. H.imora of a severe Jaiaii^sa re-verse at Psit Arthur <•;. July litor liWOPS i«-peaxro; a 'j'.t;itch from Taslii-Chiao placeil t:.aJa;iauet>e losses at 1^,.<h.»0 and thosa of the Bue-Eiane at $JSM. ~' ' Generul Samsonoff, ac<"ord-Hag to a ;i;•• .• :from LJuo-Yang, lnnicted a »e-v<pa dele j1 011 tha) Japanese moving- towardYing-K.o\v, ihtir Loss \u25a0, It \u25a0 La \u25a0 Ltd, l>elugl.ix't. 1 thanphui seal a report
'a r.aval
battle offPort Arthur yesterday. .- IDottierBritish itftmfr reported that she had been de-lay<.<iby a Itusslan cruist-r in the lU-d Sea.
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The (kNßtb vessel at the Vladl*o»toli stiu.idrri:»ml DM Jaj>.i-i.jo OOBSt is bellCVCi to he theITllftllJl .--_-- <; aeral Rer.nenkajr.i'f as«TTa***t>r wounded m :i skirn:ish between Liao-l^r.f,-and S;in:a^a. r-. : The British govcia-jnent eraiit<-u tb« psaueat at Mr. Brvager to be1mied in th*- rraocvaal; many mepsag^s of con-dole: were received ;u dMXtxtu.
- = SirBesvy CampbeU-Baimemian win ask Mr.B&ifour I set a .1:1:- for debate on a vote ofecnouvs oi the tmei'nmetrt. —^= It was an-nounced from Cape Tuivn that a preferentialtariff aglßOflMQt had hoen made l>etwceii Can-udd. ar.d the South African BtStf.
DOMESTIC.—Tha CraiiJ <Toss of the J>tfonof Honor wsis conferred 0:1 Becretacy Hay.Senator Plat! and Chairmai Oortelyou of theBepuMteaa Katkwal Ooounitte« rlsltod tbaPresident at BSaPUaece HHL ===== Republicanpssopocta v. ere considered bright by leaders whohad carefully looked over the political Deli.
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-\u25a0 The developments a. Es- pus were thut W.
P. Sheehan would not ;>e chairman of ths -" \u25a0 nao-craTlc National Oumuiltteq, that Parker ur.d th<»managers of tbe national carrpaign would notinterfere In th? Hnrphy-MoCarren fight, andthat the national chalrmanahtn was Btl!l ur.s.-t-tied, rrrrizr The Chicago packers turu^a downthe strike; arbitrati< d • :i-Iand i:-.ade a coun-ter proposltl- n.===== The b \u25a0•::<•* fa grs In mer-chant, his wltaand dangfctei w.;e found i;: theirhome in Huftalo; the coma bad undoubtedlybeen committed by tl»e Bret named. Thorewas a ftOOfiOO tire on the wharves In Duluth.
\u25a0 Fire d>s':>iyed the "us.- of Mrs. WilliamB. Fa^lg at Brevier. N. V.. causing the deathof a servant; the loss is estimated at (35,<M)l
CITY.— Strong and active. rr—:-- Jud««Bradford flied an o;>ii.jon at Trenton grantinga linunarjr injunctl<n \u25a0 gainst the proposedplan for the distribution of the assets of theNorthern Securities Company in the proceedingsinstituted by 1: H. Harriman, W. B. Pierce andthe Oregon Short Line. __— The cost of beefDOOtiaaed to p^ar;attfken |oli ciwith the pack-«ts m Baying that the retailers were responsiblefor high prtcee, oC which there anas no need.r James fflfiiincalled Bei tor IfoCarran ap<i!itical burglar ar.d the. *om enemy of theParker cause In this country.
—= It washarntd that the members <>f the People's Partywho rapgMHted Bryan win do all In their powerto defeat Parker. ===== '^he Hanson! wirelessT<-legr:.ih <.'v:!.j>any of America pot an order tocompel the cour.s.l for the plaintiff inthe Sard-ner nU brought . Inst It to show cause whyhe should not gt*S the real address of his client.-
A re.eivir will be nan.cd, the court de-cided. Cor the ptupeitf of Mrs. Hannah iilias.Whom Mai li. Platt is suing One ofthree soldi. rs who attempted to escape fromGovernor's is::::..] was ahoi by a t--:.try.
• =T\«... tugboats were rammed by other boats inthe harbor; <\u25a0'..» sank and the other was beached.. A company of militia guarded the courtwhi'b sentenced the nej-roes who assaulted Mrs.Blddle to forty-nine rears < a< h. -_^ The win-ners at Brighton were: 1, Hatchet; '-', I>innhShad; S. Virgo; 4. Sheriff Bell; •", Agnes D.; 0,Humo.
THK WEATHER.—lndications for to-day:Pair and wanner. The temperature yesterday:Highest, IIdegrees, lowest. 65.
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hard UP.The political situation must be regarded ah'
desperate by the Democrats who are trying to'make capital out of the failure of a nilnt-rR*committee to see the President on their first un-
; announced visit. As the men who sent memnow acknowledge, they made a blunder In notasking for an appointment In advance. Whenthey arrived. Secretary Loeb. who would not be
\u25a0 worth much ifhe hastened to usher every appll-Icant for an interview into his chiefs presence,courteously Informed them that the Presidentj could not interrupt business already lvprogressti rcticirt) ifcum. IX ha hn<l kuywu that tfiey
\u25a0 CITY TAXES.Our tax rate announced In the various bor-
oughs of New-York is not generally regarded asseriously excessive, but it should be borne lamind that the budget for this year was settledby the Low administration before It went outof office, and that Tammany deserves no creditfor the principal parts of It. Next year, afterthe Tammany Hoard of Estimate has appor-tioned the expenditures, the people of New-Yorkwill find out what sort of municipal manage-ment Colonel McClellan la giving us, so far asthe outlay of public funds Is concerned.
Great numbers of cities, towns and villageshave a higher tax rate, than that imposed uponthis metropolis iv 11*04. Itcannot be disputed, jhowever, that the valuations of real estate under •
cm- lu\v» lira «atreraejy ijjj^h^ and such valuu-'
rapid nuxsir IX six WEEKM.There has been «o much uncertainty, even In
the minds of tin- Rapid Transit Commissioners.as Is the date pf *;n- pm.>'ti<:ilcompletion of theunderground talboad Uud Mr, McDonald's • x-plicit ;Ton.. to open U for general trailie Inthe first W'ck of September < ni!n> as an a:.rro<'
able surprise Th \u25a0 northernmost setUOil may
n<'t be i'l operation before Jannaiy, but overfat Pest of the route trains are confidently •\u25a0!
]>ectr-il \n y.4> ri'i'in::In about BtS \\t>>>}i*. Weobserve \\;!!i particular satitfactlou thai an in-Tor\;il i<,:v enough tor ;i careful it-st if theeqsdpneßl ai;d thorough lastruction <>f the ein-
plojes has been reserved. The «\u25a0]>«<•;) thm c in-I'itiiywill be able to put <>n experimental trains**arly la Aujjust, juidshould lie jUstit^-dm assur-ing th<' 1
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-\u25a0 paontli later xh-.n every neces*
•ary nnpffllon of safety, icgutauit} •>:\u25a0'! eon-renlfiice h^s tiocu supplk-d. The acting chiefsogJaaer is convinced that pf>yiWt«i precau-tions bare been emplojed, but it [• of great im-pwimw t«. the eompsny -is well as to the publicdsH ins opinion should be confirmed or possibledefects nontlrd before th<> road is opened toage. It 5« nsl !<•>« Important that the humanagents upon vln^r <p;a!i!;<-ation for rheir workmuch will depend in ipttß <<f itomatic dewleesshould »><• enabled to familiarise themselves withtheir duti. « and (he machinery of which theyare to hay«- . barge. Of course, the pressure ofMtnal train- will create BOOM probjenttl whichcsnaot be ivo.i la advaaee, but everrthingthat they lean in Angus! v iU be of direct ser-vice there:.- 1
Now that the sabway Is virtually completed.except at oos or two potent, the public shouldbe ready, as we bare no doubt it Is. to expresshtarty appreciation of the genera] care, skinHad pTfpedition with which a gigantic <mde;tak-bn; has beea put through. a comparativelysmall part of tbe road willnot be Onlsb forperhaps sit months, owing to delays for whichthe contractor Is not «<\u25a0,•,\u25a0,, rue.i responsible, buthe villbe ready to torn th*1 at of It over tothe spetsttng company before the expiration ofhis time limit, that of Itself is nn achieve-ment In view of the 11..velty of the task andthe many exigencies which were «-ure to ariseM.cover, competent fudges who have had op-;».)Munlt:(-« to inspect the subway ;>ronounce Itadmirable both m fiCSlgn and in workmanshipThe Tribune, which was or. of the earlier nd-vocates of an underground rapid transli railron.l, which did evr-rj'ih!n in Its power to sap-port th* < PTTTiifimwri Baring the dark days- •v!i-;iprogress seemed almost hopelessly hamnljuiJ whlcb, when Uiu worlt be^aa, anaj •'•\u25a0•
Do cot think that by declaiming on the "meannatures" of those who do not join in yourecstatic eulogy of an obvious political stepwhich you beforehand demanded that you candistract attention from the record of the factsand jour own Billy hysterics. You are, in fact,
heartily tick of your extravagant outburst ofsentlmentallsm, that has everywhere excitedHomeric laughter and tilled even your owncolumns with derisive letters from your read-era. Further hysterics will deceive nobody.
Until you can blot out your own predict anddemands and the record of Judge Parker's rev-elation of what Would pleaso silver men andconcealment of what would antagonise themwhile be was hunting delegates, you only makeyourself and him more ridiculous by continuingto paint him a? the greatest political hero ofAmerican history, declaring that "nothing sotine isknown to our political annals," and sayingthat be took his political life in his bands by annet which you beforehand advised him was bispolitical salvation and only refuge from com-plete annihilation.
FACTS VS. GUSH.It is one thln^ for a Bryan or a Roosevelt to
plve orders to a convention In the iron clutchof a personal machine; it is wholly another fora man barely nominated on an unsatisfactoryplatform to notify a convention which had justflhuwn how it might be swayed by unreasoningFiieslon that he must decline unless it wereotearty understood that his views were accepta-ble.— (Tlie New-York Evening Post.
Bow much difference? What was the riskwhich makes Judge Parker's action s<> heroic?You, yourself, and other Democratic papers hadplainly told him that he couldn't do anythingelse. Itwas a cose of suicide or a declarationfor gold. You said that short of that declarationthe party had "not a gleam of hope before It,
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and "the campaign, both for him and his party,
ends before It begins." You know that with-out disrupting Itself tho convention could nothave thrown Judge Parker overboard. Andeven ifIthad, be would have been Ina far bet-ter position, according to your own previousadvice, than ifhe had by keeping still awaiteda "defeat moro sweeping and disgraceful thanthat twice encountered on the same Issue.**
You excuse his previous silence on tho groundthat "his position was perfectly explicit Itwas"that be would Rny nothing In public to influ-"ence delegates or to impair the dignity of the"Judicial office which he filled."
Please tellus ifthat was his attitude when hewrote a letter to his confidential friend Clllot
Dauforth, Use election thief, conveying word toall inquirers that he had twice voted for Bryan.ud free silver? Was that not to Influence delegates am) 1 s'oji down from the Judicial pedes-tal. Please t<'li us also what y< v think <>i' hisadvertlsi <i co-operation Inthe preparation of thoScw-Tork platform, which was silent on the
Was that consistent with thepose of Judicial aloofness, asul was not its sl-: tee carefully Intended, with Ms consent, tobring to his support Western and Southern
tee?
nnmzn armtratwx treaties.Acurious phase of what we might call Interna-
tional hypenestbeaia Iito be perceived ta aomeof the Hrltlsii disapproval <.f t!..- Angfc>OeiUianarbitration treaty. A Bhori t:n.>' ago a similartreaty was made with Prance and was receivedwith general acclamation. Others wire madeWith Spain and with Italy, and were approved.Now, Prance baa for centuries been England's"traditional foe," with Which KiiK'and has prob-ably been at war more tban with all othercountries put together, and there are, or were,
some hlphly Important controversies to be set-
tied between the two. On the other hand, I"n^-hind and Germany have never been at war witheach other, but have more than once been allies.tmd there are now no Important disputes pend-ingbetween them. These circumstances should,apparently, make the British regard with sus-picion mill hesitation an arbitration treaty withPrance, and one with Germany with unques*Honing approval. Yet, In fact, tbe Hritish atti-tude is In a considerable measure exactly the re-verse of that.
Th<! explanation of the anomaly lies In th«fact that the British people, or ninny of them,have in recent years developed n certain nervous-ness or oversensltlveness over all thincs Inwhich Grrmnny Is concerned. Th« "matle InGermany" episodes of :i few years ago, the at-titude of Germany toward the Transvaal andlhr> Boer "war. the i>,issn«*» nt words l)«»tweon
Mr. Chamberlain and Count you Billow andother Incidents of like character havo soBlrained koluo nerves that now the slightesttouch, even though It he a friendly one, betsthem to vibrating painfully. Most of all, per-haps, some Englishmen are Just now conslder-lng the prowth of the Gorman navy as a possi-ble menace. Hitherto the allied navies ofFrance and Russia have Indicated the standardof strength which the. I<ritl«li navy must notonly equal, but surpass. The Japanese war haslargely eliminated the Russian navy from pres-ent consideration, wherefore the German navyhas taken Kb place In the problem. The Britishnavy, men say, must be kept Stronger than theFrench and German navies put together; butthe German Emperor has expressed an ambitionto make bis navy alone as strong as that of<Jrent Britain, and It Is well known that theGerman navy is growing and is abi« to growmuch uioru rapidly and formidably than that ofRussia. \u25a0»
There may or there may not be ground fortl»ti British attitude toward Germany. That isnot Cor us to bay. Of course, that attitude Isnot universal, Itprobably does not character-ize the majority >.f Englishmen. it is certainlynot taken by the British government What inobvious Is that It Is unfortunate such an ntti-tr<ie should be t;i!: and such feelings cher-ished at all. There are those, serious mintedmen, too, in England, who declare that thotracing of such 11 treaty with Germany willaf-ford gronnd for doubting the good faith of thesimilar treaty with Prance! That Is simply In-credible. As though IIwere not possible for anation to make in good faith the same treatywith more than one other power! It Is truethat amid the ancient feuds and alliances of Eu-rope there largely prevailed the principle of"Lore me, love my dog!" so that each nationfelt itself under at least a nominal compulsionto share, the friendships and the hatreds of Itsfriends. It is high time, however, for suchprinciples and practices to pass, with peoplesas well as with governments.
A TAIJ-: OF Till? COCK KAN AND THE CRAM.[At me a \u25a0 a July 0 W. irk» f>ickran an'! J. Ser*'«ar.t
Oim !«ft M Louta fur !. ::- on •...•!\u25a0.: prlvule car tokwp a ;'r;:.-r ««Mfm«it at Sherry*• At I!&n9£*o!l9ti••, n«re overtaken by a t«!»Kra:ii from Castrlaa F.Murphy lnd! fitins the opportunity n.~ t.>". Ly .' . '.^>r*rKrr'j t«ir(p-ani, BAd urij::ig the pr ::\u25a0.; return ofl Mri''itkrin. Theraopoa Mr. <"ra:n hlr«?J a sp»KUI loco-motive \u25a0\u25a0 a n»t of MOO, an! they war* «h!^K».i back atan averjKe >!•\u25a0 •\u25a0• of xeventy live i:.K-jan hour, arrivingtwo h_ii:» ufi..-r the final aJJ jurr.m«nt of Uta oomrai •_:
"Wo are lost:" the Cockrao shouted,As he wabbled down the Pike.
"What* the u«t» of oratoryWhen you cannot one the dyke?
Let ua Fhake \u25a0 -.\u25a0 aool 1 city,Lei us leave the. leaky boat,
I»t us hasten bark to "snerry*sAnd put on our dinner coatI
'Tls well!" said mighty Cockran."Oh, lull!" said Bergeant Cram.
"We are lost!" the Cockran Minuted.Anil h" cursed his stupid fate,
As tho train approached the station05 the Hoosfers 1 Pancake State.
But a. telegram awaited,And It called the Cockran back.
As the Buvlor of the party,To reform the Jumpfng-jack."
'Ti» well!" said mighty Coekran."Oh, bell!" said Sergeant Cram.
For a ep«-olal went four hundredof the Sergeant's yellow coin,
And away they b;>e.i at frightful speedIn the dawning of thi> morn.
"We are hf-m!" the Cockran shouted.As the special crossed tho mud
Of the tawny yellow river.To the chief of steel and blood," 'Tls welll" Hiild mighty I'oi'kran.
"Oh, hell!" said Sergeant Cram.
"We have loFt!" the Murphy shoutedTo the Cockran and the Cram.
As they Stepped upon the platformWith the most profound salaam."'Twas the only chance!" lie shouted,"To corral the kicking mules.
And it w<»nt to biasing HadesWith the flying of the fools."
"Ah, well!" HiKlie<l mighty Coekran."Ah, hell!" said Bergeani Cram.
—(New-York Sun.
"Ous" Dangulsae, a resident of Portland, Ore.,was brought before Justice Hoyne, of the Muni.-i-pal Court, charged with ill treating his wife Theevidence showed thut he hud choked the womanbrutally. The court directed Officer Goetz. .111 Im-mensely powerful man, to choke tho prisoner, laorder that li« might have practical knowledge ofhow his wife suffered. The officer obeyed with awill,holding the wtfebeater until the brutal fellowbecame limp. Then Justice Hoyne sentenced htmto thirty days in jail.
A curloua character came up recently for trial InParis !ri the person of Aiujuste Uaumann, chargedwith the attempted murder of Abbe L«>bel in No-vember last. Baumann'a own description of him-self is as follows: "Iam not an anarchist. Iam ar.v.'ltc.' an Independent, Iaupport no particular
theory. Ihave no grudge, against Abhe Lehel, butIam opposed on principle to all priest;, aoldtera,maglatratoa and proftssors. Desirous of ending mylife, 1 bava given r.:y^''.t up as a prisoner, and de-mand to be sen! to i:.« guillotine." Tinnot <i'i!te i-< \u25a0• itst way to i;r.::.t this ra ;Mat, buti^v.irled tha prisoner fifteen yars" penal et-rvltude.with ten years' exile to follow.
Covering tbe Expense, -Don't yon think it apretty costly experiment to s«-t married, Silas?
"Won't .\u25a0\u25a0 >st me .iani My un leiJustice of thapeace."- (Detroit Frea Press
"j'li-,coffee '.: d converse tie -." aaM Bntatot Ptatt,of Connecticut, "era tha three tagredienta that
\u25a0 tute a good dinn«r"
"And tha greatest of these t« conversation," cam-mented s companion.
"No: pta i-s ti;<- greatest," corrected iii«
"Itcxc. :\u25a0. conversation hi that It always cornea toyou with a point to It."
"What la your i..^a of a trt;ly good xvifer' askedith,
"A truly yood wife." ai iwered tha CumnunsvUlat 'ilv."ih one io\.-s .i-r husband and her coun-try, but doesn't attempt to run either."—(Philadel-phia Inquirer.
Japan In certainly OP to date in tli.i vices as wellus the virtues of the Wast But iicomes 03 some-thing Of -x shock to Bad that the land of thechrysanthemum is suffering from the hoarding analadvertisement cur.-«. All tlie most beautiful spots
where tourif ts travel are rendered unsightly by
undecipberabla signs, and all along i!.> railwaylines and at the railway stations u<?ly hoardingsblot out all that In beautiful. Some of the hoard-ings range from ten to thirty feet In height.
The- optimism of the Georgia darky it withoutlimit. One of them, toiling In ih<» hot sun theother day, said, "Thank .i.i Lawd ter a persplrin"lift.- that leads us ter think of do fine hereafter: '—(.Atlanta Constitution."Iwas trying to Impress on one of my dasasa
the other day tho greatness of the fouthtrn Con-federacy, and at the same time- to let It know howwonderful a man was Oaorga Washington," saidJ. L. Pembroke, \u25a0 professor tn a primary school In
PaAucajl. Ky."
'if tl'.e Confederacy ha.l \u25a0ncCWli'l»-d,' Iasked, 'what \u25a0would Washington have beenth« father ofT ''IVlub.' *as tho prompt reply ofone of the boys."
Klßimu.gun'B Way— Casriidy—Flannagnn'a thinkingof goln' into the liaulln" business. He bought afoine new i-nrt to-day.
Casey—But, shure, as has no horse."No, but he's going to buy wan.""Well, that's loike Flannagau. Ho alw
ths cart befowr tiio horse."— £Phl|adelpbia Ledger,
Tin: TALK OF THE DAY.
Notwithstanding th« enthuslastta commenda-tion by our I>emocratic neighbor, "The Times,"of Judge Parlo-r'.i rendition of the role of Par-Fifal ut Bt Louis. l?err Conrled. at lat.at ac-counts, had not mnde a pilgrimage to Ksopus.Possibly he Is holding off In hopes of making
better terms after November 8.
"What a Bineil of the. Btabl<3 and the racetrackclings about the Democratic campaign for thePresidency this . Mr. Belmont, who is to
extremely close to Jud>je Parker, and Is ex-pected to handle the financial affairs of Judge
Parker's national committee, Is at the head ofthe Jockey Club, which controls the racin;? asso-ciations in the East, while Sta.ta Senator Mc-Carren, who had so much to do with bringing
about the nomination In St. Louis, and enjoys
th« Intimate confidence of tho candidate, is con-stantly betting on the horses, and. In fact, hione of the boldest and most persistent plungerson the thoroughbred animals to be found any-
•whvre In America An interesting slate ofthings!
Weather reports from the seat of war h.dicatea temperature <>£ 104 In the shwifrt. giving tokenthtit the Impending batf!<j willbe a hot on-, any-how, whether tho fighting ia up to the highest
thermal standards of the campaign or not.
Junnre Purker u-ed a silver spoon in IS.»>> andIn llHX),ar.d would have been contented probablyto use the same old spoon In lUO4, except thathis fastidious Democratic sponsors in this cityinsisted on having Itgold plated. They ato nowtrying hard to convince themselves that thearticle is ?oiid gold, and an heirloom of thofamily.
CVRREXT MONOLOGUES— A LA MODE."The World." loquitur:
Bee hero, Judge, wake up. Your managers havelost their censes. Do you want Rocsevelt to havea walkover? If not, get a move on you. quick!
Ten words from you will Insure a resolution thatwill make the platform snne ar.d safe. Talk now,right off, or sh'Jt up forever.
'"l'lie Times," loquitur:Swimmer, ahoy ! Bryan made that platform.
You caii't bs saved on it. Mako another, and makait quick You must declare at once that the goldstandard is permanent We're afraid even thatwon't save you: we fear it is too late, but at any
rftt»j you can save tho party, not to sp<\ k of yourown reputation. Now take notloo. Ifyou don't doas we tell you right off, you'llbe defeated, and wewill do our best to make your defeat memorable.Do you mind that: Now!
"The Sun," loquitur:Judge, did Hilllie about you? Of course, he has
no prlnoirlo, if he is your representative, Hutyou've li.-iti a decent character, so far. Can Hillbe telling the truth about you when he says you
will accept his dicker with Bryan? "You've keptmum 10 long you can't euro the fatal defect in thoplatform now by a personal declaration. The Re-publicans are right on this point, Judso, and you
know it. Your people arc wrong1 two ways— first,generally In what they don't say, and, next, Epe-
rlrtcillyIn the plank S'luir.ting in tho risrht direc-tion, which they went on record as kicking out.Arii you soft enough to tak<> that nomination onthose conditions?
Tho Judge, loquiturThis Is hot stuff—hotter than anything Hillever
pave mo. even when ho was maddest. What canI<1o? Let me take a horseback rid« and think.caCTler several loirs' hard thinking.) 1 have it.They must In about ready to adjourn now andcan't helD themselver. I'll ten them I'm a goldman now for Ptftte purposes, even if Idid vote
twice for Bryan, and let them like it or lump it.
Tna^tonvention, loquitur:Why. the dod-gastad. lop-eared son oi a bunco
steerer] Does ba think lie can kt.-k and cuff aaaround like that" Hot while Tillman has a pitch-
fork:Tillman, loquitur:
i;..• young ftalßtl of "The Evening Post."loqnontur:
1 forgot to bring It with me. Besides, we're
out of DM.it
Whßt a dramatic iuomr>nt! The curtain drops
from the canny Sphinx. Europe thrills with emo-tion. The whole boundless continent is his. Whata man! What heroic proportions! Nuver, no,
never, was auch courage st>< n baCora in America.W.i!-:..iij,'ton, Jackson, Lincoln weren't in it tie.ah;
HalleluUlIn November, the ballot box, loquitur:
What rot!
This Is a summer In which thunderstorms,both political and atmospheric, have been nu-ir.eroua. Of calam.'.ies, catastrophes and dis-asters there has been also a long and distress-ful list. A Zadkle] or any other astrologer whohad predicted that U»Oi would be a season ofexcitement, of disturbance and affliction la va-rious ways would have far exceeded the fameofold Mother Shiptnn.
Inspite Of every appeal, these are uneasy days
for Cnnfleld and "Al"Adams and Lewlaohn.
It is a singular thing that some porsons whomight be expected to take a deep interest in thematter don't seem to feel the slightest desire toascertain v.-hat became of the convention'sanswer to Judge Parker's telegram.
Miss Margaret Gale has closed her Washlnsrtonhome .'-nd gore to Narras?*nsett for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Faster ar» entertaininghonsa guests at their summer place. L'nderblufC.Henderson Harbor. N. Y.
The Rev. Dr. Teunis 3. Ilamlin. pastor of theChurch of the Covenant, and his family have beenspending jorr.e time at Baal Hampton. Long Island,but will leave tiiero next week to visit Mrs. W-at-lnghouso at Erskino Park. Lenox. Later *Mra.Haniliii and her yours son Francis will be theK'-irstH of Mrs. Daniel I.rfithrap, at Concord. Mass.Dr. Hamiin will j?o to Saratoga and Northdeld toattend tho Moody cor.f-r««n'-e, and wall afterwardJoin his family at Bethlehem, in the White Moun-tains, where, they will spend September.
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.
LJeutanaat Colonel Craig and his family are oc-cuj-> lugone of the coast cottages at Xantucket.
ral BraeksaaMaja and his family are atA.uiyk't. North Hatlejr. Canada, to remain untilOctober.
THE CABINET.[tltOUTHE TRIBUNE BUREAU.]
Washington. July—
Secretary Hay toft "Wash-ington this afternoon for Boston, where ha willbe
Joined by Mrs. Hay, who will accompany him to
their summer home o.i Lake Sunapee, N. H. TheSecretary will be absent until October, unless state
affairs demand his pissence here.Secretary Shaw, who ha.3 been spewing a week
or more with his fan ilyin Vermont, returned to
"Washington this afternoon for a short stay.
Miss Margaret Hitchcock, younger daughter ofthe Secretary of the Interior, is now the guest ofMr. and Mr3. An-.red Hague, at Newport, but willleave In a day or tvo for her summer home inDublin, N. H.. where the other members of thefamily arrived earlier In the month.
SOCIETY NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.[FROM TUB TRIBUTE BUREAU.1
Wj!3hlngton. July 15.—Mrs. John FrederickLaaea and her youcg daughter Katharine, whoere now visitlas: the family of David E. reck, ofI'ittsburjr, will soon l*ave for York Harbor, to re-main until August, when they will Join Mr. Leechat Camp Katharine, in the Kangeley Lake region.Mate*
General and Mrs. Grorge L.Andrews have closedth' home on Columbia Road and gone to Salem.Masf., to remain uritil autumn.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis are at Cleft Stone Cot-tu<'?, liar Harbor.
• an ah *nd. a*usual, aaasai tnwn deserted froma soda! point of view, and the fashionable a«t
f public to bear necessary discomforts patiently1 for the sake of beuellts to come, has feit corn-
to denounce as outrageous some tilings
and left undone by contractors with thoOOBMOt of tho commissioners. Forty-second-st.,Park How and Llni-et., in particular, havo fur-
iexasperating examples of Indifference tothe right* of the public. Such abuses shouldnot be forgotten or condoned, for ifthey werethey might be repeated In future tmdertnklngs
nra probably Inevitable.It is fair to say that the Rapid Transit Coxa-
Hit—liaal has firmly appiied the ie36ont» of ex-perience on the section below the Postofflce,
wL»-r«- the work la going forward in a waywhich leaves comparatively littleroom for com-
•. But presumably tho limit of Ingenuityin preventing annoyance to the public hae notyet been reached, and the commission willbe ex-pocted to insist on the employment of improvediiicthods as fast as they are developed. Itwasnecessary, or honestly believed to be, to offerthe contractor for the first underground roadgreat inducements. Nobody now doubts thatthe subway company possesses an enormouslyvaluable franchise, from which great profitswillbe derived. Henceforth it willbe the duty
;of tho commission to obtain far better terms forthe city and to exact a ecrupulouß regard forthe pecuniary interests of Individuals and theconvenience of the community.
And now. will "The Brooklyn Eaglo" reprintIts etati>t'>al proof that. Instead of being strongin New-York, Judg*> Parker is shown by the«'!< -ftion returns to be one of the weakest candi-dates the Democracy has put before the pooplofor ton or twelve years''
On the contrary, he merely dropped the veilwhich for months past he had studiously heldover his opinions, and which he made the New-York State Oonveatioii hold over them, too; rev.-^it-d the secret that he now personally thoughtthe gold standard nxed, and said that the con-Yi-iUion, which was only able to nominate himby a two-thirds vote, ought now to know it,ho
that if this view was unsatisfactory to thematurity, ihey might nominate somebody else.Not only did he not "refuse to stand on a plat-form ignoring the money question," and "of-fensive to his self-respect." but the conventionexpressly told him that his personal views onthat particular anbject made no difference, as Itwas not an issue in this campaign. They added:"Therefore thero is nothing iv the View* ex-"pressed by j-ou to preclude a man entertainin?"them from accepting a nomination <•» *oid plat-
"form." So he accepts it;and there he Is, amuch smaller man than he seemed in the dis-patch on which The Tribune of Sunday morn-ing commented.
That is what The Tribune said Sunday morn-li);;last. Itwas entirely just and deserved onihe fact* as stated, and we are glad to reprintit. We observe that Democratic papers In all•actions of the country are pleased with If. andIKalso reprinting it. We are glad of that, too,
for probably their renders are not Mind enoughto miss the perfectly well known fact, whichwo now carefully point out to their Kditors.Judge Parker did not "refuse to stand for th""Presidency on a platform which ignores tho'•money question." He sent no such "refusal"an was reported in New-York at the time theabove lines were written.
KLEP O.V REPRINTING IT.Jud^e Alton B. Parker's refusal to stand for The.
Presidency on a platform which Ignores the moneyquestion and leaves In binding force as Democraticdoctrine the free silver coinage planks of ISB6 andIMS does signal credit to the firmness and courage
of his public character. Judge Parker is widelyrespected in this State for the conspicuous ability
h« baa shown In i>olitics and on the bench, andfor the purity and integrity of his private life.i:v«ry man who know* him esteems him. Th* He-publicajis of New-York have nothing but good%v^r.:!j to say abnjt him in his private capacity andin his Judicial activities. His message, therefore,to the convention, which, misled by the unfoundedBs^urances of his representatives at St. Liouls. of-fered him a nomination on terms offensive to hisbfclf-respeet, will surprl»« M 0110 familiar withJudge barker's honorable achievements and lion-orable record.
were there, and they had been willing to waitawhile, the President might have amiably con-sented to see tiiem, in consideration of thetrouble they had taken, but they preferred to
be abrupt and departed, leaving him in lgno-'ranee of their arrival. When he did learn oftheir visit he sent them -word that ifthey caredto come again nt a convenient time he wouldbe glad to 6ee them. Having thought the mat-ter over, and perhap6 received instruction inthe proprieties from their superiors in the or-panization, they seem to be satisfied with thatproposition, and will probably appear some day
jnext week, duly announced and accredited.So much forimistake and misunderstanding
Ion the part of a delegation of pilgrims to Oyster
IBay which solicitous Democrats of feeble lntel-| lect have clutched at as an omen of victory. "ItIis to laugh."
lions cannot be avoided If tlio lavs are to beobeyed. Tho huge municipal debt makes thoburden of interest by no means light. New-York is a plant Inriches and in resources, andin no conceivable danger of jrotng into bank-ruptcy at any time. Nevertheless, its financialaffairs are so extensive and complicated thata man of the foremost class of intellect is neededat the head of every one of the great depart-ments to see that the taxpayers get full valu*inreturn for the many scores of millions of pub-lic funds -which are paid out.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.[BY TELEMIAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.,'
Newport. R. I. July ;s. -Outs'.ao oiseveral lum-S-«oii9 and dinners there was little doir.fr in Nlew-port to-day It was too hor for rr.;.-h outdoor «x«r-ri.-;e. the tV.iTmoraeter re&riaterlns: \u25a0 dei;:-:-.-.s in thaatodi at the CtabM at noon, but In spste of aWthere were a Urge number of cottagers on the ten-nis court*. Mr and Mr*. O. H. P. Belmort ma<K»Ikctl nrst aptiearance at the Casino BBHca their ar-rival. and held an Informal rec,-;iti. :ion the horse-\u25a0JaM l>tazz;i.
Th» co: tajftra were sr'.eved to learn to-day thstMrs. Burin Roetaa is \u25a0aofbMd to her cotuise byIllness, telteaj contr .--ted a c<<\d. ar.<! for fear a 4other conipl!cati^:ifl setting in h"r phv^i-'ian ad-vised her to remain <iutet for a few days In eon-seqaaaMa she has reca!!e-l her cares for aocM fi:nc-tioiis until sh» is entirely recovered. Ther* t?i r.Ot'ii'ing a. Rio \u25a0 in her nines.-*, and It is hoped th xt ah*may b» out in a few ilayi.
Both Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs .\:..\ Mrs. >-ujnre-
sar.t Kisn sent out cards to-day for e:u*:*a!:'.menr'the latter part of the. month, ore :o follow Mother. Mrs. Oelrii-hu is to give .. dinner on th«VVUIIUf of July :".>. afier which -.a take herirueitn. who will ha the oUier ;eop>. to the daasngiven by Mr,. K. C Van<!er»!i: tt Snndy Pointfarm. Mrs. F".sh will sj:v.> a '.•< entertainment onthe next evening, the '••'.'\u25a0> but as yet it U notknown what form tho entertainment will tax*.
prohuMy a tlir.ner followed by a dance.
Among the eaMaai entertalnmer.t.-* to-day wet*the following: Lunc:;eon9 were given by Mrs. JohnJacob Astor. who arrived to-day for the season:Mr*. Hani (I-vvenor, Mrs. F. K. Stur^.s. Mr*.C. F Hoffman ami Mi.l3C. Pel!, while Joseph Har-rlman entertain, d at the Clambake '_"lub. r'.i<htcottage dinners were given by Mr?. Roderick Terry
and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr.Among th.- arrivals to-day for the season were
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coogan. T. \u25a0 Taller and W. »Vanderbilt-AUeri.
This .'.ftfrnr-in \u25a0 namber of Urn cottagers droveto the 'vVestcheste.r Tolo Club to wttMMa practicegame of polo. In which a number of the young men
took art. .Mis. J. K. Raynor. of New-York. la the guest 0.
her daughter. Mrs. W. Storrs Wells.J. Coleman Drayton and Mrs. Nelson Brown, the
latter of Torresdale. Perm.. are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse.FranKlln .v. Plurascr, of New- York. U :h« *u#3t
or Mr. _;... Mr*, tusua Dyer.
Former President Complains in Boston ofNot Feeling Very Well.
Buzzard's Bay. Mass.. July 13. -Ex-President andMrs. Cleveland left h.r- InJjj tm 80.-toa at 10:53a. m., on. their way to North Sandwich, N. H..where it is expected they will spend the rest of tatsummer. Mr. Cleveland a;ip.->are<i in good healthas he stepped Mlboard the tr:i:n. With Mrs. Cleve-land, he had beer, driven to the station by Josop»iJefferson, whom the forr-.er President ha . beenvisiting at Crow's Nest for a frriulfjlat The ar-rival of Mrs. Cleveland here yesterday from New-Hampshire led to Urn rum- thai her husband was111. and that aba had come here in response to anurgent call. At the JaaVarasa home, however. itwas j»a!d that Mrs. Cleveland came to accompanyMr. Clevelar:.! to New-Hampshire, and that he wasnot really 111. thui'.uh slightly troubled by an in-disposition of a nfld nature.
Boston. July 15.—Kx-Presiiient and Mrs. Cleve-land arrived here Just batata. 1 p. m. After abrief visit to the sho;>pi:j< district, they weralirtven to the North I'r.lon Station. Mr. aod Mrs.<"level DOaWaM a train whi.-h lf-fthere for New-Hanu-shire at 130 oclnk. BtCbn the train startedMr. Cleveland was asked by a number of news-paper men Ifhe. cared to grant an interview. butth* ajrassa President saM that he was not fwiicgvery well and desired to be relived from talking
[The Tribune Fresh Air Fund was th* Bratmovement of the kind in Urn country. Everyother one, hen or >!—\u25a0!» is. hua be. istarred
fter or In Imitation of tnla ; loimr The Trib-une cordially w«lcosnai all co-laborers in thefield; but, WttbOQt wishing to depreciate In theleast the work of others, thinks it its duty to
remind readers Quit The Tribune Fresh AirFund If.so fur as known, the only one In whichabsolutely every diliar contributes by the pub-He
_M directly to the work of sending \u25a0 poor
child to the country, keeping him there for twowtekfl and brlnstak] him back again. Every 93•'S'lris such a vacation to at least OM child,
Thero have bata: yean In which, owing to themagnitude of the operations of Th* TribuneFresh Air Fund. such ;i result was insured byevery $»';». No collectors are ever employed,and all collections made for it are purely volun-tary. Allexpenses for organisation, agents andthe general machinery of tne charity are pri-vately defrayed by The Tribunal itself and bythe trustees of the fund. There are no percent-ages to collecton to come out of the contribu-tion^ of the public, and no paymet.ts to agents,manager, secretary of others. BiMy dollargoes straight to the benefit of a child. 1
FRANK H. PLATT CONVALESCENT.Frank H. Platt. son of Senator Thomas C. Platt.
who has been illnt his apartments at the AnsonlaHotel, was reported last night, as convalescentand out of danger. Senator Plait, who is «tayl:u»t the Oriental Hotel, Manhattan H.\i . call.-.! upon th. telephone early In the evening, anil wasmuch grauiicd to learn of hU sou * improveuieut.
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Money Intrndad for the fond RbooM be sentfither by check, express or postofßc« mm »>r-«!\u25a0\u25a0!•, and should be mada payabla to rhe TribuneJ'resh Air Fund
The parties for Chapel Hill always leave thecity on the boat for Atlantic Highlands. When th»party assembled yesterday on the pier It was foundthat there were more boys present than the listcalled for. It was discovered later that three boyswho failed to i-asa the physical examination. hadfollowed the party to the boat, with the hope ofgetting aboard unnoticed."Iam awfully jr!ad we are going." said a little
girl with the Falrrield party. "I am glad Iamgoing, and Iam sorry, too. 'cause Iwish my broth-er could come."
The girl comes from a poor family of five, andthe brother referred to la the only support of th»family. He works on a milk wagon from 3 a. m.until noon each day, ami studies diligently whennot too exhausted. After arrangements had beenmade last week for th« boy to accompany his sis-ters to Falifield. the father suddenly disappeared.He left the houso in th« morning, saying he wouldlcok for work. That afternoon he was found hang-ing in th«« woodshed, a suicide. The two girls willIfcared for at Fiurfitii until the mother can Hudemployment.
What shows perhaps: km of the most strikinglnsts.no— of poverty in the lower West Side is a"home" from which two girls were sent yesterdaytO Kairfi.'hl. The "home constets of two darkback rooms In a basement, onglr.iiilyintended forv cellar. One room is occupied by a widower andhis six chtMien. and the other by .•- widow and herfoir chlldr-a. The mother of th« six childrendied two months ago. and since her death thehusband had tried bravely to keep his childrentogether by providing for ten. Said one of thee-t'lemTt work' ysajterday:
"The Tribune Fresh Air Fund came to the rescueof this family when they were ©\u25a0 the verse o»•tanratlon. Ithas sent \u25a0-'.x of that family to Corn-ing. N. T., and is now Bending two more to Kalr-Beld It ineai.s not only a fortnight of fresh airand good food for the children, but an opportunity/f->r ?r..i parents to take heart and go on with theirheroic, struggle for existence."
A large box containing 131 articles of summerclothing, sent by the Ladles' Bewtng Society, ofCUltoa Springs, N. V.. was thankfully receivedyesterday by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
Th*hosts of the party of children -sent to Bangor.Venn . on Thursday, ure Mrs Bartholomew, Will-iam Blake, Mrs. J Mains, Mrs. Kirn*-!. SamuelFlory. the Rev. J. M. Beaver. William J. Rottel,Mrs. B. Brlttaln, Mrs. Davis. Mrs. John Voorhees.Mrs. C. C. Snyder, Mrs. A. Eyer, Mrs. C. \\~. Sher-r.r. Mrs. H. Kibble, Mrs. B:\r-itow. Mrs. I. Kress-ler. Mrs. C O. Meyers and Mrs Josiah Voorbees.
The hosts at Elun«oya FaUs, N. Y. are Mrs.'"i'.arles K. Bou'.t. Mrs. J. Bowermu Mrs H. C.Mar! •••\u25a0 Mrs Mertha Urooks. Mrs. C E MarbeJMrs Byruu Beach, the U-\ Mr. Crocker, MrsL'ddtrbach, Mis. K. lioMrldse, F. M. Itelote andEdward 'Jragaw.
Four Parties of Tribune Fresh AirChildren Leave City.
'"Men may come and mon may go. but the Trib-une Fresh Air Fund children seem to go oniorever"'
Tils was the greeting of the genial gateman atone of the railway stations yesterday, as a partyof children lined up to board an afternoon train."Isort of look for you folk now every day." he
continued. "IfIdon't see youIImagine somethinghas gone wrong somewhere."
The remarks of the gateman show how accus-tomed the trainmen have become to receiving dallyparties of Fresh Air children.
Yesterday three hundred children were sentaway In four parties by the Tribune Fresh AirFund. In the morning the second Instalment ofboys were started for Interlaken. Mass. They werefollowed In the afternoon by the second instalmentfor Chapel Hill. N. J . Falrf.eld. Conn., and Ash-ford Hill. N. T.
FRESH AIR FOR M0TOTS.
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JUL XEWS Tills MORSISG,
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Eva:-.?, of ffnr^rlstown, N. J.. announce th» engage: of t>.e!-daughter. Madeleine, to David H. McAlpin M. sonof General and Mrs. Edwin A. McAlpin, el Ossln-ing. X V.
Mr. and Airs. R. F\ilton Putting and Miss \u25a0'•;>,ting, who went abroad earlier !r. the season, willpass the summer on th* other aide. They will r#.turn in the autumn and open their nags acTuxedo.
Co!onel Jbhn Jacob A-tor starts for Newport to«night. He will make the trip there on his yacht.the Nourmanal, which will take- his new motodboat in tow.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rutgers Whitney, w&a a,at Gllmpsewood Manor, their place near Morris-.town. leave there to-morrow on board a privatecar for a two months" tour in the West. extendingto the Yellowstone Park, and taking in Qm St.'Louis Exposition on the way home.
Mr*. Harold Brown has lease*} No. •. East Fifty-slxth-st. for next winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Brooks have gore la Kes.boro. Me, where they have a cottage tm tha *,»a««son. They will spend much of their timein their »-footer, the rVawa.
scattered a: •-.« various seaside and summer r»»sorts, at the country houses and in the mountain*,,At th» country and yacht clubs there is much gay*ety. Last night there was a dance at the MeadowClub, at Southampton, and to-night the Seawan-haka Corlnthia.i Yacht Club gives a s!:r.i:ur enter-tainment at Oyster Bay. At Newport the first en-tertainment of any Importance seems destined tr»be Mm. Reginald C. Vanderbilt's dinner dance onJuly ». for which about three hundred Invitation,have b»en issued. The cotillon favors and rh»decorations will be of an agricultural ehanct»r.so as to remind the guests of the fact that th-icountry seat where the dance is taking placa is %farm, which they mlwht otherwise be tempted taforget. Elisha Dy<-r. jr.. will lead the COtHtea.
Harry Payne Whi:n«y left town yesterday toJoin Mrs. Whitney and hJ3 children at Newport.where he will make his headquarters until he \u0084c»to Saratoga.
Miss Helen and Miss Kate Bryce likewise lefatown yesterday for Newport for the season.
Mrs. James F. D. Lanler and Mrs. Belmont TINCany have returned from Newport and were :m: mtown yesterday.
Grand Cross of Legion of HonorConferred on Secretary of State.
Parts, July 15.— The most important an-nouncement In the forthcoming list of decora-tions following the French national holiday willbe that of President Loubet conferring th«Grand Cross of the Lesion of Honor upon Sec-retary Hay.
The Grand Cross la the highest grade, and 13given only to personages whom the governmentdesires signally to honor. An official said it wasevidence of Foreign Minister Delcasse'a highregard for Mr. Hays conduct of foreign affairsduring the last five years. This had constantlystrengthened Franco-American relations, th»latest being American recognition of Frenchparamount authority In Morocco under th»Franco- British agreement.
Washington. July 15.— Secretary of Stat»received notification yesterday from the FrenchEmbassy that on the occasion of the Frenchnational festival of July 14 the government ofthe republic had conferrd on him the dignityof Grand Cross of the Legion or Honor, In .--•\u25a0-ognition of the services rendered .luring- th-j l.i«tsix years by the American Department of Stat»toward the maintenance of the peace of theworld. Th» Secretary of State, whs has hithertodeclined all propositions of this nature, felt thathe could not refuse so signal an honor from thagreat European republic, considering the motive\u25a0which prompted it. He thereupon sent to th*»French Embassy a note expressing his grate-ful appreciation of the offer, which he accept*!subject to the approval of Congress.
HOXOR FOR MR. HAY.
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