Peter Martin gives his farewell bachelor dinneron Tuesday, July 22, at Berger'a, and on the follow-ing evening Mrs. Hermann Oclrichs will sive alarge dinner at Rosecliff for Miss Oelrichs and herfiancfi.

There is no oonflrmattoii thus far of the story

current yesterday of the alleged engagement ofMrs. Adolph Ladenburg to J. PhippI.1'. jr., yon ..*the former partner ol Andrew Carnegie, and whosename if up Tt nvinb rship nt the RnickerlClub, sponaored by Harry !'iyn Whitney and Rob-art Gerry.

Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Wilson, Jr., have gone t" Sara-toga, where th.;- have taken one of the UnitedStates Hotel cottages.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Burnham are at OysterBay for tho summer, where they have taken theSheldon cottage.

Mr. and Mrs. K. v. R. Thayer, of Boston. th»» en-gagement of whose sea to the youngest daughterof Mr and Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks was an-nounced last week, have gone to Beverly, Mass.,for the summer.

Mr. and .Mrs. Howland P.-il nnssr A through townyesterday on their way from Ttt» 'hamp-ton, where they are staying with Mr. a:ul Mrs.Frederick Oallatln.

Mrs. Colgate Hoyt and the Misses Hoyt. whohave been abroad for some weeks, will spend thoremainder of the summer at their country place onCentre Island.

Mr. and Mr?. Giraud Foster, who arc at Belle-fontain. their country place at Lenox, are going toNewport next week to stay with Mrs. RichardGambrill, who is Mrs. Foster's sister.

The annual meetings of the three fashionableLenox clubs have just taken place. John S. FamesIs the president of the I*enox Club. Joseph Tuckerits vice-president. Joseph W. Burden its treasurer,and Richard C, Groonlsaf Its secretary. The gov-ernors are Thomas Post. John E. Parsons, CharlesLanier, H. C, Haven and George G. Haven. 111-lam Douglas Sloane Is the president of the LenoxGolf Club, Samuel Frothlngham Its treasurer, andGiraud Foster Us secretary, while J. W. Burden,Giraud Foster and Samuel Frothlngham constituteth« executive committee. Glraud Foster la like-wise treasurer and Samuel Frothingham secretaryof the Mahkeenac Boat Club, of which David LydijirIspresident.

The year lx>ok of the Meadow Club, nt Soiith.ini?'-ton, hat Just appeared, an.l shows the nanHenry K. Howland as president, Bdward W.Humphries \ U e-pr.-sirlent. an.l William Msecretary. The boose comn)ltte« ..insists oi HAymar Sands. J. Bowers U \u25a0 and William SIwhile the board of governors Includes, Inaddition lothe foregoing names, those of Frederick H BettsSamuel 1.. Pnri.«h. George Clark and Walter oak-man.

NOTES OF THE NEWPORT SEASON.[by TBi.roraiiito, Tin: TiunrxK.l

Newport. R. 1.. July It—Mrs. Stuyvesant Fishhas already begun plans for the Colonial ballwhich she Intends to give at Crossways before the

season Is over. The exact date has not yet beendetermined, but It will In all probability take placeeither the third or last Tuesday evening InAugust,the guests' costume*, house and lawn decorationsall being consistent with th« styles of the Colonialdays.

On August 18 Mrs Pembroke Jtames Win giveWhat she has teirrte.l h "frolic" at Kri..Iti.im, andalthough the details for that occasion are not madepublic, it is sale to predict that it willn> oa alatge seals. This "frollo" and Mrs Kish's ballwill doubtless »«u the two leading sntrrtallHSMinll Ofthe season.

Mrs. Cornelius Vamlerhilt. jr.. whose plans |igive an amateur theatric.il performance at Beat*.

visiting Mrs. Clarence Mackay at Roslyn will a•rive In Newport ir.a few days. "~* "•"

Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell Clarke, of New-Yorkwho last year purchased the estate In Middletowaknown as Gray Craig, have had plans drawn for -ihouse to be erected there, which willbe ready fortheir occupancy next season. This site is one o'the most desirable and prettiest spots on the las.and. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have since th«»ir arlrival here been occupying one of the Cliffcottaees.

The cane fad. which was introduced in \V;,?h-ington this spring by the President's daughterMiss Alice Roosevelt, has reached Newport, andmany young women of the summer colony arecarrying pretty walking sticks.

Mrs. Richard Oamhrill will entertain Mr andMrs. G. Foster at her cottage during the month ofAugust.Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven and their daughter

Miss Marian Haven, are expected fron Lenoiabout the first of August at their cottage in Xar-ragansett-ave.

Peter D. Martin willgive his farewell bachelor'sdinner on the evening of Tuesday. Jury a atBerger's. On »he evening of July 33 Mrs. HermannOelrichs will give a large dinner at Roneciifr inhonor of the wedding of Mr Martin and MissOelrichs St. Joseph's Church, in Touro-st., wherethe ceremony will take place. is already under-going repairs and Improvements.

The steam yacht Tare, chartered by Miss EleanorThomas, of New-York, whose engagement to ljv.Ingston Beeckman has been announced, sailed forNew-York to-day, after a stay in Newport Har-bor since Saturday. Miss Thomas's guests. Mr.and Mrs. Edward Thomas, and her flanc^. Mr.Beeckman. returned to New- by rail.

JAMES J. HILLBACK FROM LABRADOR.James J. Hill, president of the Northern Se-

curities Company, who has been on a flshin» ex-cursion to his salmon stream in Labrador, returnedon Sunday to his home in the Bolkenhayn. afteran absence of over a month. He enjoyed good fish-ing, the best ha ever bad, and on his return wasamused by the stories of Labrador railroads whichhave been current since he left New-York inJune.Last evening Mr. Hill declared that he was toobusy to see newspaper men.

QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS WORSE.Brussels. July 14.—The Queen of the Belgian!

(Marie Henriette). who has been suffering for sometime from heart disease, hut who was recently re-ported to be better, has suffered a rtiapae. and hercondition i*critical.

TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Some of those who will sail to-day for Plymouth,Cherbourg and Bremen on the Kaiser Wllhehn derCionst are the following:

M:-5 l.it'iBigelow. jI. <le H-c-T-nann Ijn«W»-H isa BartkoM. crone. inrush Minister toWilliam U. lieale. Jr. France **--Dayrell Crackanthorpe, ?eo-| Mr. ami Mrs. Alfr»d Hen-

r«t;iry of the British Km- _:• :iMorris.SaaSJ at Washington. I'antiiin '\u25a0\u25a0•it Mudinann.

O.«rge W. ChlM. Dr. yon H lit? en. OnssaMrs. John fhmlrrers. Ambassador to the UnitedMiss Marift «h.ilmers. Slates.V.Her D.>elser. jr. Mr ami Mrs. Charles L.C tischer I Tusaagr.Units Fischer. Miss Hilda O. Tiffany.Mr. and Mrs. liter Far- Mr. and lira. E. a.

well Thomas.Mrs. J Morris IlardinK. The Misses Hf-len and '""•«-Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver tru.l*Thomas.

jjiglln Ji !;.> Henry C Rar.ner.The Misses I-Win Mrs. John R. P.nnsey.William O'D. I•• lin. William G. Ow'r^.Mrs. J Qultman Lovell. M. Warily Platzek.Major and Mrs. R. P. Lee. A R. J'i-k- . ._Mr. an.l Mrs. A M:: Mr. •\u25a0' Mrs. J. OsdeaMiss Minis. i Hoffman.

On the Cymric, which arrived here from Liverpool

yesterday, were the following:

Mr an>l Mr- F. A. Colt. . Miss Maud Hanaa.11

'l'inkeisrtel j I>r- A

- "• PirtsiMr. and Mrs. Geor«a L.'Mr. an! Mrs. J. W. Rite-Ida

Foot*" jr. iCaptain Inir.ar. Sealhy.Miss Iout*. l

Among those booked to sail for Plymouth. Cher-bourg and Hamburg in the M Mi to-day are:

Mr. and Mr-. H. P. Allen. Mlsa MeCu'.loughMr& .1 V ISurton. The Rev. L»r. and Mr*.*Mr. an>l Mrs. Crooks Froth ; tpjohn

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lncham Miss C &hel Lpj^hn.M and Mrs. A. K. Uarn- C. W Wah> C-r.snl elilton Austria and Hungary si

M.da \nna B. Hamilton. ! Port taraon.Mr and Mrs. Otto Hot- Mr-. Wakfe.

Mann Miss Anna Wahle.Miss stoaa A statar. Mrs. C. C Worthinßtoa.Mrs. Robert McCutlough. :Mi*»J. H. \\orthmiron.

Some of those on the Lahn, which arrived here

from Italyyesterday, were:Major FrenzaiKer. IMr. as 4Mrs. J. Leonard.Mbi Ans^'a liarlbaWt C. A. st^ry.

Mr a: 1 Mrs. E. W. O*«- Mrs. M \u25a0 Story,way. iliss ilars*ret I>. wastes*

Booked to sail to-day for London on the MaatMare the following:

go- >\u25a0 >. Mrs. T. W. a:- 1 J. Bartoa OsigaM.bertson. Mr. ar. iMr* W. F. Ha-

M« A. P. Albertson. j b<rt. jr.Mrs. \u2666.'••rr.egys. J Georce H. Purvis.The Misses Comegys. 1A. U. Osilvy-Hamjay.

Harry Payne Whitney has returned to town fromNewport to attend the races at BheafMlMSjd Bay.

Mrs. Whitney renrmins with her mother, Mrs. Cor-nelius. Vanderbilt, at The Breakers.

Mr. rtnd Mrs. W. Eugene Parsons have left town

and ui>nr« to Qoogua, r..>iii; island, for the summer,accompanied by Hiss May Simons, a niece of EL H.Harriinan.

Miss Eleanor Russell Morris, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Henry Lewis Morris, of No. 12 WestFlfty-third-st.. is slowly recovering from a severeIllness. She recently underwent an operation forappendicitis.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt. jr..nnd her ni.-e<\ MissM:ty Goolet, who spent tho w».-ek end at HarborHill, the country pla'-e of Mr. and Mrs. Ma'kay nfftostyn, returned to town yesterday, and went toNewport.

Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderhilt left Newport yes-ttrday fur liar Harbor.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stickney are spending afew work? In the Whit" Mountains, at the MountPleasant House. Bethlehem.

Mr. and Mrs. George Sheldon have taken th->Daniel La Hoy Dresser place on Centre Island,Oyster Uay, for the summer.

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

Announcement is made of the engagement of R.Livingston nmilssail to Miss Eleanor Thomas,

daughter of General and Mrs. S?muel Thomas, ofNo. 17 West Flfty-seventh-st. She Is spending thesummer with her parents at Bar Harbor. Living-

ston B cckman is one of the best known membersof the Knickerbocker and Union clubs, a son ofMrs. Gilbert L.Beeckman. of West Thirty-sixth-st.,

and a brother of Mrs. Louis L. LoriHard. He re-turned to town last night from Newport by rail.Miss Thomas making the trip back to the city onboard her yacht.

AT Tili: NATIONM. CAPITAL.

Washington, July ».—Dr. yon Hollebcn. the Ger-

man Ambassador, caliert at the State Departmentto-day to say farewell to Secretary Hay beforesailing for Germany to spend the summer. Theambassador brought to the department Baron Hit-ter, secretary of the embassy, who will bs cttargC

d'affaires here in Dr. yon Hollehen's abSWae*The President has issued a commission to Di-

rector Merriam under the hew permanent censuslaw as director of the census.

The German Ambassador has informed the Secre-tary of State that Generals Corbti*. Young andWood, who have been invited by the Emperor to

witness the manoeuvres of the German army, areeach expected to be accompanied by an officer asaid.

Surgeon John F. Trie, the attending physician to

President Roosevelt and his family, has been de-tached from the naval dispensary in this city andordered to duty as assistant to the chief of thebureau of medicine and surgery in the Navy De-partment, relieving Surse.in G. D. Oatewood. whohas been ordered to duty on the Lancaster. Underhla new detail Surgeon Trie will be almost con-stantly occupied at the Navy Department, andtherefore will be obliged to discontinue his pro-fessional attendance on the President and themembers of his hou.«eho!d. It has not yet beenannounced who will succeed him in that capacity.

Adjutant General 1.. C Dyer, of the Spanish WarVeterans, has received encouraging news eonc.-rn-Ing the coming encampment in Ppfroit. PresidentRoosevelt will recplve a hearty and fraternal wel-come from his comrades. The encampment is tobe held on September 22, 23. 2» an.l L\">. The Presi-dent will be there on the 22<1. and after viewing theparade will make an address. The Spanish WarVeterans now have about 1J'..000 members in theT'nited States.

King1Victor Emanuel and the Queen of Italy «reabout to make a sen of circular tour. Including

St. Petersburg. Berlin, probably London, and pos-sibly Paris; but not Vienna. All this is quit* nat-ural, even the omission of Vlensm. Kirnr Hum-bert's visit was never returned by the Kmr^rorKrai. \u25a0 Joseph, who will not co to Rnme. Hencethe omission of Vienna from the royal route.

Samuel M. .).>•>>. "the Golden Rule" Mayor ofToledo, Ohio, has become a victim of asthma. »ndwill i"unable to travel about the country mak-ing speeches, as ho has in political campaigns In

other years He says be is goir.K ir.to tht> countrj

t.i live on a farm In th« hop.; of regatomS nis

healthThe Rev. Dr. J. P. M Lynch. >f St John's

Church, I'tica. and formerly vicar sen^rarnf th«Syracuse Diocese, is said to be slated for th* posi-tion of \i.-.- rector of th«» Catholic University

**Washington !>. c., to auoeeed th^ Rev. Dr Gar-rinan. who w:»s recently elevated i>> th* bisnoprw

of a Western diocese. Monsignor Lynch"* vy.ii,. Ft imc ! May la .-aid to h.i\.- I i asnswiwith his appointment.'

Gabrtele d'Annunzlo. the Italian writer, hes 6«areceiving during" the last few months s<> many

requests f >r his autograph from collectors and ad-mirers, not only in Italy but throughout Europe.

that he has at last grown tired of sisnins hisSanaa and has adopted a novel method of notify-ing the public that he is imahlc to comply withany sucb requests in future. In tht» hotel atBologna, where h»» is s>f:iyin<. this notlc* maynow'bu read: "Gabriele d"AnnunzU>'s richt hand 1*Injured and therefore he regrets to say that h*cannot write his name in albums or on costalcards, etc."

Captain James F. J. Archi-'R B. Harrl?-->i».bald. IUfyd L- Jarfcwm.

A. I. Cer.Mlct. Jfhn U J.irrett. •J

W. H. Caldwvtt. A. J- Moncan. \u25a0;Grant M. OurtU. The Key. J. ti-ualitr.John A. I'ar.a. I

PERSONAL NOTES.At Ik*recent meeting of the Academy of Arts

and Sciences it was decided to award the "Rum-ford premium" to Professor George E. Half, ot tha

Yerkes Observatory, "for his Investigations ia

solar and stellar physics, and in particular for the

Invention and perfection of the speA-tro-heliosjrdptu 1*

It was also resolved to grant the sum of $~>f> fromthe rom« of the R;im:'-r<i fun to be expendedfor the construction of a mercurial .-omnressionpump designed by Professor Theodore W. Richardsand to *..- used in his rest-arch on thf Thoaasoa-Joule enVet. a grant from the Rumford furui wa»also made to Professor Arthur A. Noyes in aid erhis research as to iho effect of high temreratureaupon the electrical conductivity of aqueous solu-tions'.

Among the passengers who arrived here yester-

day on th« steamer Minneapolis, from London.were:

KIM, EDWARim rOMUTIoy.

STILL MAKING FROGRESS-PREPARCCa TO

REMOVE HIM TO HIS YACHT.

London. July li—Following .- the bulletin en

King Edward's condition, posted this morning at

Buckingham Palace:1U a. in.—The litoi;«M»ntJnuf« to pros"*9

>«-turll>. lli» neneral i-iin.i:tlon Si **-

vollrnt ana the monad Is lieulinK well*TREVE3..UVKIXttBJIRIjOW.

The specially constructed ambulance In whichKing Edward la to b« removed fromBucking-

ham Palace to tho .railway station was takeß t0

the palace this afternoon. Six bluejackets whohave been selected to remove the Kins wentthrough \u25a0 rehearsal by removing the couch on

which the Kins has at times been resting to tns

ambulance, under the direction of «he jaurssa.Ills majesty when he is taken from the man

to-morrow willbe a »mp«v»i< dby Queen Ai«?»

andra. Prince and Princess Charles of l>-'!';"lir£Sir Francis Knollys. the King's private fcttre-tary. ami the attending physielan.Itis understood that no bulletin «*f?rd^iS

Kins'* condition willbe issued until hi*ma «<>

shall be safely 0.. board the Victoria and Alt*"to-morrow evening. _ ,w t.-««.

As the outcome of a petition from South U>n

doners. voicing the disappointment felt »lv»«

abandonment of the second day -coronation P™cession. Kins Edward has consented to a tenw

tive arrangement in accordance wtW "TJChe will drive through South.ArfMidon in> «•"

autumn. .urtiUahix.ni Qcluiicr--

About People and Social Incidents.—r-

MR. n.ii.FOf rrs ministry.

The am salmi <>f Mr. Balfour to the office ofPrime Minister may. from the personal point ofview—which is usually the most obvious andthe most Interesting, though not always themost signiii<:itn or important—be said to marka change of eras in British itolitics. I'j>on bothFides of the House then- lias now been an al-most complete disappearance <•!" those whomwe may call the old Guard. Almost the lastlink connecting the present v. ith the times of

Gladstone and Bright and Porster and Disraeliand Peel and Palmerston is gone. Oa each

tide one historic figure of the first magnitude

remains. But tlies.- are now. and in all humanprobability forever, <«ut of governmental officeand quite removed from dominant or leading

place on the political field. One other figure ofprime importance was contemporary with thoseearlier statesmen and is bow most active andpuissant, but he is even yet a comparativelynew man in ParlianM nt. and cannot be regardedas having belonged to thru former era. Yet

one other may in- recalled who figured in 61ad>Etonian and Disraetfan days, and who is stillin office: but In the House of Lords he lias lostmost of the aggressive prominence which oncemarked him iti the Commons.

Tlw change is. however, more personal thanpolitical, indeed, no material change of policy

has been made or is to be anticipated. TheMarquis of Salisbury retires, but with a singleexception his colleagues remain, and that oneexception, though personally important, is prob-ably of no political significance whatever.There is no reason to doubt that Sir MichaelHicks-Beach would have l*«eu glad to followMr. Balfour as loyally as he did the Marquisof Salisbury. But he is si\ty-n*ve years old, andhas kmc been in unsatisfactory health. It isan open secret that be would have been glad

to lay down the burdens of his place a year

or two ajjo, aud only refrainexl from doing sobecause of the personal desire of the PrimeMinister and because of his own unwillingnessto seem to scuttle out of toe Treasury whilethe latter was in the midst of the embarrass-ments caiiKcd by the Boer war. Now, withthe war ended and with the Marquis of Salis-bury resign««d, it is not strange that Sir Michaelalso step* out. Itwould be far more strange Ifbe did not do so. There may, of course, and al-most certainly will, be Home chanßen in man-ner of treasury administration. We may expect

to see more generous estimates for the sup-port of the army and navy, and perhaps of

Tracy belongs to the old school- single handedby preference, picturesque to a fault, with abrutal sense of the ridiculous and v savagedelight In daring all mankind. The type ispassing before the cleared forest and thelengthening lines of rail and wire, llis fast-nesses are broken into, and his audience isdwindling; though no bardheaded contempt canmake good the denial that sympathy remainswhere romance still plays into his hands. Diduot the goodly dames of Italy but a few weeksago weep and pray for MussolinoV He hadbeen a deadly mountain epidemic in his not in-extenslve sphere of Influence for years. Yetthe heart was touched that manacles should bedapped on guch spirit Even the judge wasapparently attracted, and imposed no morethan an eight years' sentence. These are thela<t vestiges of a respect which the patientoutlaw took centuries to inculcate. Hut, withthe knight at arms, the stage coach and thewatering pot. he has been pushed to the Avail.We live in days of speed, precision. Immensity.We arm a Cnedmoor marksman with a smoke-less powder rltle, board a car that gives itsown sound vibrations a hot chase, and trenchwhole counties into irrigating ditches. Whatshould a reckless outlaw do to-day-aside fromgoing on the stage".' The style has changed.One lives in industrious ease as v millionaire,

involves the best bankers and lawyers, eats in-terminable dinners and entertains the nobilityand heads of Btate. Then, when the crashcomes— when the fraud Is out, the bluff iscalled— one leaves word with one's butler thatone has left town, and eludes the professionalpride of the world's detectives In an ocean-going Kteam yacht. Tims it was with the

OUTLAWRY OUTWORN.The reported intercession at Oyster Hay for

the fugitive convict Tracy by a lariat loving

relative suggested for the moment that bloodwas indeed thicker than water— as thick aswood. Happily, the story met the denial itroundly deserved. It was too preposterous tolive even as a yarn. Tor what a blockheadwould a cousin be who sought out the Presi-dent to plead that this desperado kinsmanshould be permitted to surrender without fearof rough handling! Should Dick Turpin becomeBeau BrummellV No. good cos, rather pro-claim it through the host that be who hath dostomach to be caught in a grip of iron shouldnot break jail,kill right and left, drag sheriff'sposses up hill and down dale, into woods, overtracks and through waters, browbeat children,

order dinner at the muzzle of a Winchester, andpepper the nostrils of the hardworking blood-hound. It were an Insult to such a master ofoutlawry to ask that his capture take on theformal delicacy of a process serving: an insultand more- a blunder in art.

Painters will bewail the disappearance of amotive which, although exploited over and overagain for centuries, never lost its potentialities.Even the least artistic of travellers will b<> sad-dened by the destruction of a building whichconveyed to eyes trained and untrained alikean impression of magical beauty. The struct-ure bad been damaged before and had been re-stored. Doubtless the Italian Government willbe qui'k to see the desirability <>f restoring Itonce more, from top to bottom. With modernmethods of steel construction available it Iswithin the range of possibility that inside of ayear another Campanile, more or less a fac-simile of the old one. will greet visitors toVenice. It willprobably contain elevators, anduntil the sea winds have had lime to subdue its

colors it willlook as modern outside as a Cam-panile with a steel core, and with elevators,

might be expected to look. Indeed, some gen-

erations would have to pass before the lower

could be made to resemble its predecessor inanything like a satisfactory sense. Kven thenthere will be something irrevocably missing.

the tone and the atmosphere. Impossible to de-line, which did so much to make the buildingthat we mourn one of the architectural gems ofEurope. We hope the new Campanile willbebuilt: but we shall never cease to lament theold one.

Artistically the Campanile was a noble struct-ure, as finely proportioned a piece of archi-tecture as Venice ever had to show. Bronzestatues of Peace, Apollo. Mercury and Pallasadorned it. and it possessed some handsomeeighteenth century doors, also in bronze. But,beautiful as this historic building was in Itself,

it gained enormously in effect through itsposition in the famous Piazza, where it formed,

with th<> Cathedral, Doges' Palace. Library,Clock Tower and arcade, a group which botiias to form and color was Incomparable fur ablending of monumental dignity and almost fan-tastic picturesqueness. The exquisitely grace-

ful though severe lines (if the tower, the sim-plicity of its surfaces and the sobriety of itscolors -were all in the happiest contrast to itsenvironment. Itaccented in just the right waythe sumptuous background provided by theCathedral, Avitli its domes and arches, and somajestic was it In its soaring grace that itenhanced the grandeur of the scene in which itfigured. It is difficult to Imagine the aspect ofthe Plasca without it. and Infinite regret willbe felt over its loss throughout the civilizedworld.

THE CAMPAXILK OF ST. MARX'S.

Itis scarcely an exaggeration to say that iliocollapse of the Campanile of St. Mark's involvesa greater loss to the world's pieturesquenessthan would flow from the similar destruction ofany other historic monument in Europe. This

is explained by the special significance whichthe tower enjoyed as part of a unique ensemble.Ithad definite uses, and Intrinsic merits as a

work of art. Begun early in the tenth century

and completed in the form familiar to moderneyes in I.V.U. it served for centuries the purposeof a bell tower and lookout. In the troubleddays of the ancient republic it was of practicalservice to the rulers of the latter, and in more

recent times unnumbered tourists have dimbedthe inclined plane which took the place of astaircase, for the sake of the magnificent viewof the city and the lagoons. The rather Incon-gruous building at the base of the tower wasonce a guardhouse.

other departments of the public service, thanwould ever haTa been countenanced by the6triet old school economist who has just re-

tired. But that there will be any radical re-versal of British fiscal policy, such as an aban-donment of the gold standard or the Immedi-ftt*adoption of a peneral protective tariff, 'ssimply impossible.

Whatever other changes may be made, itany. in the composition of the Ministry, thechief interest will continue to centre in Itshead and in the active and masterful Secretary

of State for the Colonies. They are lwitli wellknown to Great Britain and t<> the world; to

well known that there is no occasion for doubtor speculation as to their policy. What theirpolicy has been for some years past it willdoubtless continue to be. Mr. Baifoar has in

an exceptional degree shown the possession ofability to 'rise to meet the occasion." as witnessbis memorable achievements at the Irish Officeand during his brief control of affairs in theBoer war. It is to be expected that he willsimilarly assert himself at the present time.There is no reason to suppose that all his re-

serve power has been exhausted, or that oneof the greatest intellects in British public lifewill fail in making the comparatively smallchange from the leadership <>f the House to theleadership of the whole government.

THE PING PONG LOVER.

Itis not mine to serve with stately graceThe celluloid into my lady's face;To win no game with skill to me is given,Iwill not play a! all unless I'm driven.It is not m'no,It Is not mine to send with easy graceThe light ball boundingThe White ball bounding In my lady's face.

Not mine In endless rallies to repelThe thousand artless strokes she knows so well;Not mine my suit victoriously to press(My valet does this when 'tis in a mess!).Not mine with futile. ...Not mine with frantic racquet to repelThe curly serviceThe cunning (service that Iknow. too well.

But mine It is to scramble in her train.The search in darkened corners to maintain.And lemonade to fetch with deference.And call the score, oft "love," with look intens<%The grateful liquid.The blameless liquid fetch with reverence.My plngful worship.My ponsi'ul worship thus to evidence.

—(Punch.

Of the many benefits for which Egypt will owegratitude to England for generations and for cen-turies the building of the great dam across the Nilewill rank as one of th- most important. Of the big-gest and costliest dams now in construction any-where on the globe one Is In Africa and two areIn America. The new Croton Valley,dam for New.York's water supply and th« Nashua • River damfor Boston's water supply are now rising; steadily.Each of the two willcost millions of dollars andwillhe a masterpiece of engineering.

His Experience.— "Don't you have to run arounda good deal when items 'are scarce?" they nsk.vihim.

-"I do." answered the reporter, wiping his brow,

"for a '— Chicago Tribune.

It is a conspicuous feature of the work of thedrillingand blasting now carried oa so extensive-ly in the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronxthat most of the workmen who bestride thr drillswhich are clinking and clanging from morning to

night are negroes. In the days of "Jim" Bludso.when the Prairie Fit lie w.ts racing; on the "Mls-sissip." a colored friend and brother was some-times forced to .squ:it on the safety valve whilothe furnaces wero crammed with rosin and pine.His seat was not one of comfort. Is it a sort Ofsurvival of those exciting days that so many blackbrethren are perched on the noiay drills of Naw-York?

Conductors on Pullman cars have been favoredwith an increase of pay without any threats of astrike on their part. But even with th« advanceIn salaries it Is reported many of the ticket takers

look With envy upon the Mtdases among the negro

porters who are still buying real estate out of theirrevenues from tips, although the colored Croesusescomplain that passengers are not as lavish ofgratuities as they were la days of •ore.

Very Different.— lbelieve n woman canlove two men at the same time.

Mr*. Benham— ifshe is a married woman she hasto try to.

Benham— What do you mean?Mrs. Benham— She has to try to love her husband,

and he Isn't the same man when they have com-pany that he is when they haven't any.— (.BrooklynLife.

Posing and Exposing.— Towns— Quite a fine figurethat in the red bathing cult.

Browne— Tea; she used to pose for some of the1,. si artists in the country.

Towne—Ah, and now she an ex-poser.—(Phila-delphia Press.

••Th« Medical PreM" Is congratulated by "The1,. : :• n Chronicle" on the Invention of a phrase Indescription of woman's dress. Its main principlehas always been "the exaggeration of facts."Nothing could be happier. Woman is a fact, anil

:i delightful one. but from head— when colffuredand hattc?— to heel— fashionably shod and

skirted the facts are exaggerated.

Hope for the Future.— "Come, com," cried thecandidate's friend, "don't bo disheartened so

• lii.t I'm sun to ho beaten."

replied the candi-date dismally.

"Nods* Let your motto be, He who runs andtights away, may live to run another day." '"—"

—(Catholic Standard and Times.

A South Carolina paper remarks: "They do saya South Carolina legislator can eat more plndarsthan anybody else." ItIs wellnighincredible! The

select men of a State, th*Inhabitants whereof an-forbidden by law expressly from concealing abouttheir persons pistols "twenty Inches long an.lweighing eight pounds," munching tho homely"plndur" in the legislative halls. Brains and beansIn Massachusetts, pistols and plndars in SouthCarolina! What a difference a few degrees in lati-tude mako In things, especially In names. "Pln-dHrs" are peanut".

THi: TALK OF THE DAT.

Professor Gorham. of Brown University,

thinks that he has Invalidated the logic of Dr.Jnccjups Loeb on one interesting point. The Chi-cago investigator prolonged the vitality of seaurchins' eggs by treating them with a dilutesolution of cyanide of potassium. His Inferencewas that the inherent tendency of livingmutterto die could be checked by chemical agency. TheProvidence biologist suspects that the observedeffect was produced not directly, but by killing

the bacteria in the watt-r containing the eggs,

and thus removing a baleful influence that would

otherwise be operative. Professor Gorham re-peated Dr. Loeb's experiments, and found that

the particular strength of the cyanide solutionWhich kept the eggs from dying (or losing theirsusceptibility to fertilisation) was exactly thesame which ordinarily shows the greatest gormi-

ridal activity. Further tests must now be foundto determine whether Loeb's or Gorham's ex-

planation is c rrect. The former may eventu-ally be substantiated, but as the case now.stands it is apparent that phenomena may often

be Interpreted In more ways than one. and cau-tion must be shown in drawing conclusions.

Therf is proper hesitancy over erecting into

a State a Territory of only half a million popu-lation, though its inhabitants may be chiefly

of our own race and tongue. Yet here we aretaking into the Union every year half a millionoutright aliens, most of them with no moreknowledge of our language and system of gov-

ernment than they have of the operation of the

canals of Mars. It is well to be conservative

about tho Territories. But It would be better

to be more conservative and discriminating

about the immigrants.

.Metallurgists have long been aware that theaddition of a certain percentage of nickel to

steel makes an alloy of especial hardness. Ad-vantage is taken of that discovery in the manu-facture of armor plate for war vessels. Nickel

steel possesses other well known virtues, such

as susceptibility to high polish and a loss ofcorrosibUlty. A Frenchman, named Guillaumy,

now declares that he has found a new trait of

much Importance. He says that he gets rid of

expansion with temperature, thus adapting his

alloy to many useful purposes, such as the con-

st nution of boiler tubes, whose varying length

tends to impair their connections and create

1> .ik.s. Presumably, the proportions In which the

iron and nickel are combined in this product

iire different from those commonly observed.otherwise. ItIs likely that the disappearance of

the usual effect of heat on solids would have

been noticed before. It Is to be hoped that M.Gulllaumy's announcement is fully justified.

Mayor Low has made Itclear that New-York'3sinking fund under present laws imposes ex-

cesslve and unnecessary burdens upon the tax-payers. Such an appeal for relief will be madeat Albany next winter that the legislature and

the Governor will surely not turn deaf ears.

Reports from London say that the famous

Smithfleld market has been captured by the

American Beef Trust. What citadel has our

friend John Bull left in which he can defend

himself against the Yankee invasion? BrotherJonathan has taken possession of many of hisstrong fortresses in the warfare for businessvictories. Does any place of refuge still re-

main?

IfDevery ever becomes as powerful in Tam-many as Croker was, may not ex-Mayor Van

Wyck fairly expect \u25a0 nomination for the best

thing in sight?

;\u25a0 < State is one of Its patrons. Brighton is

now in high feather.

TUE BRIGHTON OF TODAY.Racing at Brighton has taken long strides

since the days, less than a dozen years ago,

when the owners who ran horses then" werespoken of sneeringly as "beachcombers." midthe course was flouted as a merry-go-roundupon the sand dunes. It is true that in theeighties the track was practically a hippodrome.The buildings were dilapidated sheds, and inthe purses fraud was rampant.

Kut now Brighton has a more attractive club-house than nny other racing association In thispart of the country, its contests are of highclass, and the quality of its attendance is ex-cellent. The senior United States Senator fiuiu

"ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION" IS CONGRESS.Senator CockrelTs remarks on the proposed

junket of the Senate Pacific Islands Committeeto Hawaii come like a breeze of clear air whichdrives away mist, lie leaves very little cloudof pretence of investigation to cover any otherSenator who wants to take this pleasant >\u0084 i

voyage. Indeed, only Senator Burton, of Kan-sas, who introduced the resolution permittingit. is said to favor the excursion. It is notknown yet how many of his colleagues wiil gounwillingly,but it would n<«t be surprising it

Mr. CockreU's frankness emboldened them, lik*>

him, to decline to make a trip for which theysco bo reason, snd leave Senator Burton tojourney alone or els.- stny at home and devoteIlls energies to defending the beet sugar "Box-ers" from the wrath of their constituents,

Mr. CockreU's objections to the junket have asound application, not only to this particularcase, but to Congressional surveys In general.What Congressman ever yet In making a hur-ried trip through a new region, accepting en-tertainment and letting himself b<> Tilled upwith tourist information, came back fitted tolegislate for the region by the light of histravel-gained inspiration? Ho generally comesback with a lot of half digested material insupport of preconceived notions, and with astock of exasperating superiority to his col-leagues, which retards rather than promoteswise action. Mr. Cockrell points out thai con-gress has several Important Hawaiian mattersto consider, but thinks that no good could re-sult from such cursory and untrained study ofthe problems as a delegation of visiting Sena-tors would make. There js. for instance, hquestion of changing the watershed of the isl-and and diverting the enormous rainfall byirrigation ditches to the south side of the moun-tains, and of this Mr. Cockrell says:

The Question is one for engineering experts,nnd F do not see what benefit would result fromhaving a committee of laymen go out and lookat the mountains. Imr ono should have noIntelligent knowledge of tho engineering ditfi-cultlei or possibilities Involved, even ifIdid seethe Island; and Idp not care to make the tripmerely for sightseeing.

It is a rare and refreshing thing to tiud amember of Congress who. when he has no in-telligent knowledge of a subject before him. isready to admit it and take expert advice. Con-gress and legislative bodies in general, includ-ing the New- York Hoard of Aldermen, seem toresent expert advice. The suggestion that anyman or body of men with peculiar ability todecide a question right should be followed bythem is regarded as an affront to their dignity,und Hie more ignorant they are, generally, the.greater their dignity. Conscientious lawmakers,

can nearly always get far better light on theirproblems by taking pains to find people whoreally know, and consulting them, than bytaking bird's eye views resulting in half knowl-edge, There is as much humbug in 'originalInvestigation" by Congressmen as in "originalinvestigation" by droves of half fledged his-torians seeking postgraduate degrees from theuniversities.

In the conduct of the serious affairs of hisoffice Mr. Wu lias been of great service to theUnited States as well as to his own land. Itwas through his good offices that Secretary Hayobtained for a horror stricken and Incredulousworld the first news of the safety of the Pekinglegations, when it was universally supposed thatthe foreign settlement at the. Chinese capitalhad been annihilated. Europe at first thought

the wily Celestial was fooling Mr. liny, but Indue time found that he had acted In perfectgood faith and bad opened up communicationsat a most critical moment fur the beleaguered

Europeans. That was a service to civilizationworthy of remembrance. Whatever Mr. Wu'flfuture official station may be whether liedraws up digests of Western laws for Chineseuse or secures other employment -may he heprosperous and adorned with peacock feathersand yellow Jackets! Ifhe writes the boo!; becontemplates he may be sure of a large salehere. He has contributed to the gayety ofnations, and only geod wishes will follow hisdeparting footsteps.

MINISTER WO.The retirement of Mr. Wu-Tius-fang from the

Chinese .Ministry at Washington willmeet withthe unfeigned regret of the whole country. Mr.Wu is highly popular everywhere lie jroes. Ithas been said that the office of American Am-bassador to the Court of St. James was uniquein its requirements. No other ambassador. InLondon or elsewhere, was expected to be at

once the discreet diplomat and the perfect ora-

tor for nil public occasions. The distinguished

line of statesmen and men of letters tilling thatpost has created a tradition. We have no- such

tradition about a Chinese minister here, but Mr.Wu has done his share toward founding one.lie has been preeminently the speechmaking

diplomat of Washington, and his personality is

probably better known to the American peoplethan that ofany other member of the corps.

Something of this is doubtless due to differ-ence In race, dress and manners, and the won-der created by a Celestial in long queue andflowing robes speaking iluent English with tin-

looked for cleverness and humor. DoubtlessMr. Wu was able to speak his mind more freelyon this account. He said and did things whichno conventional European diplomatist wouldhave thought quite safe. He dared to lectureus, even make fun of us— a most dangerous

proceeding witha people as peculiarly sensitive

to foreign criticism as Americana have beensaid to be ever since the time of Basil Hall.But we have taken it good naturedly. have1 d always amused and sometimes edi-

fied. Nor was it merely because it was a

Chinaman talking to us. That doubtless helped,

but Mr. Wu was withal so sensible, so clear-headed, so just even in his hits, that he com-manded respect for what he said, apart fromthe way he said it or the source from whichit came. Mr. Wu is not merely a Chinamanwith an exceptional knowledge of English

which mikes him something of a phenomenon.He is a man of ability which transcends raciallines, and he would be a person Of mark in anycountry.

Humbprts. -n-ho lately departed in haste fromParis, where for twenty years they had handleda fabulous fortune on the strength of contesting

the will of an American millionaire eutirelythe creatnre of their profitable imusinatious.

This is the newer way. Like Huskin, whopreached a return to the hand for^e, Tracy be-

lieved in the mediaeval manner; and un a]Kiint of art. who shall decide between the cat—s;;l fraud and the titanic bandit? But. meas-ured by success, the Humberts will still bocruising on an unknown course when Tracy

has riLiyed the last act of his man hunt melo-drama.

DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. JULY 15. lfK)2.

Olmntcmtntft.CASINO

— —A Chinese Honeymoon.

CHERRY HIX)S.<OU GROVE—6:IS andVaudeville.

IIKHALDSQUARE THEATRE— The Defender.KEITHS—IO:3O a. re. to 10:3« p.

—Continuous Per-

formance.KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE— The Wild Roaa.MANHATTAN' BEACH—3:3o—Shannon's KM Regiment

Band— 6—Pain's Fireworks—«—i-"how Girl.MADISON* SQUARE ROOF GARDEN—7:3O—Japan by

Night.PARADISE ROOF GARDENS—B:ls—Vaudeville.PASTOR'S

—Continuous Performance.

TERRACE GARDEN—S—Fatlnitia.ST. NICHOLAS GARDEN—B:I3

—Summer Nlchts Band

Carnivals.

3n&e* to Sl&t>rrnscmrnt3.Pa»re.Col.) rasre.Col.

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ZCrix^oTk Sails Sribtmr.TUESDAY, JULY lft, UM2.

THi: MAYS THIS HORSING.

FOREIGN.— Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Chan-cellor of the Exchequer, resigned] his portfolio

In the British Government, his action givingrise to much speculation as to other probablechances under Mr. Balfour; the new PrimeMinister made a speech, which was well re-ceived at a party conference, at which leadersgave pledges of loyalty; afterward, in theHouse of Commons, Mr. Balfour was the re-cipient of a remarkable demonstration of pop-ularity. : King Edward's condition con-tinued to Improve, and preparations were madeto remove him from Buckingham Palace to-day to his yacht at Portsmouth. == TheCampanile of St. Mark's Church, in Venice, ahistoric tower founded nearly a thousand yearsago, fell in ruins; efforts will be made to re-build it.

-Admiral Crownlnsbield's flagship

the Illinois, struck bottom while entering theharbor of Christ iania. Norway, and received in-juries that made it necessary to send her backto a drydock in England. == King VictorEmmanuel made his official entry into St.Petersburg. ===== Sir Joseph I. Little, ChiefJustice of Newfoundland, is dead. : - Thefall of the Bastile was celebrated with theusual enthusiasm in France; a great review oftroops was held at the Long-champ race course.

DOMESTIC— This government has replied tothe latest note from the Vatican, repeating itsdetermination that the Philippine friars mustgo. == Major General Lloyd Wheaton wasplaced on the retired list of the army after morethan forty years of active service. =_. - . GeneralChaffee is to be relieved from service in thePhilippines on September 30, and will succeedGeneral Brooke in command of the Departmentof the East; General George W. Davis will bethe commander in the Philippines. ===== JohnW. Gates and his associates made the price ofcorn too high in the Chicago market and wereswamped by offers ofmillions of bushels. \u25a0 .Two coal miners who refused to stop work atthe command of the anthracite strikers weredriven from their homes by a mob, barelyescaping with their lives. =_^= A device to beused in blessing the throat in Roman Catholicchurches has been patented. == Masked menheld up a train on the Denver and Rio GrandeRailroad and robbed the passengers. =Three cases of measles on the United Statestraining ship Lancaster caused her to go intoquarantine off Fortress Monroe.

CITY.—The stock market was strong and ad-vancing. ===== William J. Bryan sent to theTilden Club a letter attacking ex-PresidentCleveland and declaring that Democratic har-mony must be on the basis of the platforms of1896 and 1900. ===== Ex-Chief Devery made alivelyspeech at the installation of the WilliamS. Devery Association in a new home. ==Secretary Root left Oyster Bay to return to hisduties In Washington. == The Windwardailed for the Arctic regions to brinpback Lieu-

tenant Peary. =Mayor Low conferred withPolice Commissioner Partridge and Street Clean-IngCommissioner Woodbury, but all denied thatthe conference had anything to do with thepolice situation. === It was announced thatactors had organized the Green Room Club.===== Twenty-three oncers and fifty enlistedmen, freed Boer prisoners from Bermuda,reached here on their ay home.

- ' -'- Commis-sioner Lederle decided that the MetropolitanThirty-four»h-st. storage battery crosstown carsare a nuisance, and informed the InterurbanStreet Railway Company that the nuisancemust be abated. A contractor's wife sur-prised a burglar at work, Inher home, in TheBronx, and he escaped, after jumping from asecond story window.

THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:Showers and thunderstorms. The temperature:Highest, 80 degrees; lowest. 07 degrees.

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lieu last season were upset on account of thedeath of President McKlnley, has also startedpreparations for an open air entertainment. Thelawns at Reaulleu are well adapted for an affairof that kind.

A large fore*- of decorators re working earlyand late endeavoring to complete the work at Mrs.Aster's houro, Beeehwood. The. workmen havebeen severely handicapped since they started therenovations, and in consequence It will he sometime, possibly a month, before Mrs. Astor can be-Kin entertaining. The decorating is being doneIn the ballroom, which when finished • promises tocompare favorably with any other apartment ofthe kind In Newport.Mr*.M. Orme Wilson, who has been visiting Mr

and Mrs. Richard T. "Wilson in Narragansett-ave.|is now the guests of her mother, Mrs. Astor, atBeechwood.

Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor and familywill arrive at Lyndenhurst about August 1.

Honors Palmer, who is visiting In Newport, willsail for Kurope in a few days with his mother,' Mrs.Totter Palmer.

Mrs. A. Jay and K. 1.. Winthrop entertainedparties at dinner to-night. Mrs. Moses TaylorCampbell also entertained.

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney is the guest of hermother, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt. at the Break-

B*"' hMr'Wnltney ha"•l>ne to the rac 8at Brighton

Mr. and Mrs. AlfredG. Vanderbllt entertained amouth to-da

yOUn* frl#ndH at tn*-'«" farm In Ports-Mrs. Dtrtli-n Goelet has arrived at her villa Oehr«»Court; \u25a0n the Cliff,. Her daughter Miss MaryOookt. who. with Mrs. Cornelius Vaadeibilt. ltZU.

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