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Allsorts of spangled effects in embroidered goods,beads and other materials and ornaments will belargely utilised in smart hats Silver and giltbraidwill replace the Oriental braid of last year, end isalready being shown on felt outing hats.

In spite of all the elaborate decorations shownfor thf winter hats, Mint!-- and smart ribbon bows•will ii- as nrich in evidence as ever.

Plumage* of all k'nds, from the ostrich featherto the quill, willadorn the coming se.-tson's head-gear. Quantities of ostrich plumes will be used onhats of ceremony, and wings of all kinds, sizes andcolors will be a leading feature. Monster breastsare made to fit the crowns of large hats, and ban-deaux of small wings placed upright are Intendedto encircle the crown.

NOTES OF FASHIONS.

The tendency to fur hats noticed toward the*closeof last winter will be continued and emphasized

this eeasoa. All kinds of fur, including the most

expensive and their imitstions, will be employed

for this purpose, and fur felts will also be popular.

GLEANINGS.

Women typewriters receive more than 5200,000,000

a year In wages.

Evening sunshades are now being carried by

ultra fashionable women. They are smaller andeven more ornate than the day affairs and aremade of the same material as the gown. Their

utilitarian raison d'fttre Is to Intercept the evening

breezes that might otherwise ruffe the hair.

An inenious housekeeper, who often has to k*ep

food hot for belated members of her family, hasfound that by placing the food between two hotpla'es and setting them over a saucepan of hotwater in the oven it can be kept from becomingdry aai tasteless for as long as may be neccsp.iry.

Ifthe ov«j is very hot the door is left op*n.

Ground Work for International

'Prize Court To.Be Discussed.

IFtoia Tie Tribune Bureau-!_-...f-nr Aug. Xl.—lnternational lawyers are ;

JSactwward » tn mo-;« aim ordinary InterestI*>

c tßtarvationsJ naval conference which will10 ZjA at London to October at the invitation of

Lrftisa government, and which, In the Judg- 1*\u2666 of^ Washington authorities on the subject, may \u25a0**"

the noft productive meeting in whiqh the !*T)T|l,,« naval powers win have taken part since ;•^ 'fereace immediately after the Crimean War.1"8-'urg*t3 the Declaration of Paris ror the aboil-

..on of privateering,p-siaruy. the forthcoming international naval

,^te~nce ca» been called for the determination jTl, tstaj definite principles of maritime inter- j

jTT.aI law as are possible and capable of being ;J!!,^wr the government of the proposed interna- !\u25a0*V —i^e court under the twelfth convention• the second Hague conference last year, which

5 eiraed by the American plenipotentiaries, but***set *««a approved by the Senate. Without j

ZLlv rules for its government this prize court jSTandouStedly encounter many grave dlfflcul-;TLjthe realisation of this by powers enter-ttT>^_ ijrersent views en such important quea-I£Tw the right of capture, the abolition and~TL|Tlnr 0 contraband, the maintenance of

f^2raies the states of private property at sea.* s^-? creations, led to the ready acceptance by ;

*f".XIr treat maritime powers of the Invitation!'

'.**:1«t t"-S DT Sir Edward Grey, the Brit-yiForeiga Secretary, for the forthcoming Octoberpg~ eft.~ J?!!!sric*a interests win *»• represented at that

\u25a0^ertsg by Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton.JtTjj and Professor George Graftoo Wilson, of :{L__j, University. Both are eminent authorities

-[ntawaatona: and maritime law. Rear Admiral ;

>|nTI wag president of the Naval War College. !

n^wjort- ten years a£°- and was afterward naval :

mxmj^kat the American Embassy, London, bo that jLwill be no stranger to the British capital. He jCm tie editor of a manual of international law i

hasei on tie lectures of Dr.Snow, of Harvard, and |y^.a text work on the laws and usage, of war. jPr Wilson, the other American delegate, has been j-4fessor of social and political science at Brown jX-uirersity tor nearly twenty years, has written i

#.»i. »i important treatises on international law, is

eae of tit recognized authorities on naval and

law la this country and has been a lect- jhct en international law at the Naval War College j

far tbe last eight years, as well as at Harvard Uni-CSV"

DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS.OCTMI OF THE COMMISSIONS.

TJs« coHiausßior.s which the Department of State ;

ivprepared for the two American representatives

reetle tnat the international naval conference jWBicta tfcey ere to attend willbe held "for the pur- jrsr» of arriving at agreement an to wtat are the jE»-ersJ!y recognized principles of international lawgowning iratiers of prize, and of formulating

rotas ta be observed by the International prize

court provided for by th« convention signed at The :

BsfßC October IS, BIT." The commissions of the :Aatrieac delegates authorize them "to execute andfeME all tise duties appertaining to this commi?- jrim. wixh faQ powers to negotiate, conclude and

*S?a id referendum an agreement."

The objectionable feature of the convention for

tie creation of bo International prise court •was jesßtaiaed in its seventh article, setting forth the jU.w to govern the court Jr. rendering its decisions. jIt provides three general rules for the government jcf the court First, where the relations between j

ibe nation which is before the court as captor of !

the prize and the nation which la aggrieved are \repeated by "treaty:

'the terms of the "treaty** j

ars to rovem the court. Second, If there Is no !treaty the court Is to apply the "rules of interna- jtional

' law. Lastly, if there is neither "treaty"

tor generally recognized "rule" governing the «üb-

fea the court Is to give its Judgment in the case"la accordance with the general principles of Jus-tic* and equity."

"There the parties in dispute before the prize'

court tave an existing treaty covering certainpeists at Issue that tribunal would have littlediffi-

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culty isapplying the terms to the case, but when it ;mates to rendering a judgment in accordance with ITeles of International law" and "general principle ;*ljustice and equity" the path of the court will jbeoosa* more difficult, for these rules differ among ivarious nations on certain points, and the part!" jeontesding before the prize court may entertain :tirergeat notices of "justice and equity.'" Hence, j".at general objection of the great maritime power* ;

I'm principally against dM last two provisions cf ithe seventh article of the prise court convention. :

-NATIONAL PEIZS COURTS NOT CHANGED, jAay great maritime power like England would ]

fct anxious to know what rule cf law would b«» i•Klied by (he international prize court if war '\u25a0

Chsnld occur. As the prize court convention now i

Ftancj this would be rather uncertain where there |tre no existing treaties covering a point that might;hi raised in a prize case. Rules of International !Jaw to be applied In the absence of treaties must ;*• "renerally recognized," according to the prize j\u25a0\u25a0ft convention. Under that convention it isstipulated that national prize courts are to officiate j(\u25a0I as in the past. An appeal may be taken jErectly from the national court and the cas"s j

transferred from the national court to the Inter- !Mtioaa! prim court, at The Hague. This courttfcsnupcs becomes Eeiiec of the law. and the \u25a0\u25a0

facts involved in the case and the decision pro-"•unt*<3 would become final and binding upon the jNhjajt p&rti-s. 'While the proposed prize court Is«hie2y a court for nations, and not for individuals,

KB the Individual suitor, unless expressly pro-MbJbJi by his country, may himself appeal and :transfer his case if his country should feel indis-T<ose<i toward appearing before the bar as his r*p-I\u25a0^\u25a0fejttsc"If there Is no 'treaty' governing certain points, :

*«t there is \u25a0 "rule* of international law tor which iEnsiare and the United States should stand, ;*"

ether nations interested In the case do not j•»akd for it. that rule could not be applied very \*• to these other nation*." explained a prom!- j*>*ct government lawyer to-day, ene who is thor- jf-t&IT familiar with the purpose of the forth- jnoaas; conference. "Still, ifin the event of hos- !tffitfei Esgiar.d should bring suit against a \

lY»ne"a captor, for instance, and thera was no istuerai'y recognized principle of international lawVV*t1":'. those two countries governing the issue,

*<«Jd for the English litigant would probabi:•T to find some recognition by the French govern*>»ni et a rule of International law espoused by '.Gr**t Britain. The meet eminent Italian jurist

P*«f« forexample, entertain notions of 'justice and•"•«'*)' thoroughly different from Judge Gray's.

. notions of jurisprudence are at stake. ;?~nce Great Britain is the greatest maritime power,

\u25a0 ntfuraiiy has the most at stake, and reason-ably Masts to knots- definitely Just what law la to ;\u25a0•lav th« judgments of the proposed prize court.'-i «toJe idea, of the coming London conference \u25a0**to frame as many rules as posFible mi that law ;* » score definite character may be applied Inthe

of cum before the court"Is it •\u25a0 yet impoaeibie to tell what the dele- !

gates win o0 or to forecast the outcome of the con- :"•We. The pr!z* court convention was the best*

-'ing aionjr that line that could be got at Th*««*ue without possibly Jeopardizing the success**

that gathering. It was • step In the advance•» enlightened opinion among the nations. The'•'Thcorr^rig London conference may go Just a step

•arther by adopting rules which In the very nat-*•"* cr things could not be gained at The Hague.Delegates TO WORK UP own CASES.The delegates from each nation will go to Lon-

flon next October prepared to work up their own***• Ifthey have any principle* which they de-*'*Incorporated into International agreement.

2*y \u25a0\u25a0 formulate those principles for adoption.T***-for instance, a hypothetical eaee of England j*f<* the United States during hostilities. The jfelted States hat for a long: time sought to obtainv=auaity from capture at tsea of all private prop- j***7 act contraband of war. We have not sue- |c*****

It was triad by the American delegation j

*^The Hague last year. American private prop-tTfy In the enemy's ship might be captured, in a•*"*vlth Great Britain, by an English cruiser, and« might be taken before an English prize court and !

****«M»*"i.and the American owners of the cargo j*"H3"H3 »os« til they «houM have Involved In th« \u25a0

•*•*»!•. Therf in n rulf. forinstance, that a vessel \*<tomnt»ed to st«p in the theatre of war must do *" !-f R rtwjlfjn'tstop lr mightbe fir«i upon and sunk. j*a.that mm Jt would I.** won*? off than IIit had

ECT.""The success of the proposed conference at Lon-

don will depend, of course, upon how skilfullydrawn the compromises are and how many adher-ents from the great maritime powers can be per-suaded to support them. Whenever any proposi-tion is drawn by any power represented in the con-ference and ItIs offered for adoption, Itis alwaysfair to assume that national self-interest Is behindthe project, and before the representatives of othernation* at the conference act they will undertaketo discover Just how that proposition would affecttheir own national self-interests. On any questionof prime on which there in now divergence of view

among the principal maritime powers the dele-gates willmake as many rules as they can for in-corporation into a general international agreement,

and they will go as fax as they can in this direc-tion without jeopardizing the success of the gath-ering.

"While the scope of the conference cannot be pre-dicted, there are many questions of vast Impor-

tance that mightbe considered. There is the prob-lem of contraband. Great Britain proposed, at theHague conference, to abolish absolutely me dis-tinction of contraband of war by proposing to al-

low It to go without capture at sea, and in ex-change for that It was proposed by her that therules of blockade should be made more rigorous.

When the British proposal was made there wereother nations who indicated their willingness to

discuss the adoption of that principle If the Britishdelegates would only state just what substitute they

would offer to replace the abolition of contraband.

The United States delegation, for Instance, re-sponded that they could not accept any change in

the rules of blockade and contraband then existing,

because they were not satisfied with the rules

which England had proposed aa her substitute."Great Britain would like to abolish the dis-

tinction of contraband, because that government

would be confronted with the question of foodsupply, and would like to have previsions comeinto the British Isles In the event of a great

war In which she might be engaged- She thinks

he is strong enough with her navy on the high

seas to keep her own ports from being blockaded.On the other hand. France wants the existing

status continued. So does Germany.

"The United States, all along, has favored theimmunity of private property, non-contraband,

from capture at sea, and proposed this at boththe Hague conferences. Great Britain favors

the capture of private property at sea. She be-

lieves her navy strong enough to defend her owncommerce. We don't do so

—on grounds of hu-

manity. The American view at The Hague wasthat the private property of all citizens of thesignatories, except contraband of war. should beexempt from capture or seizure.

A FOUR-HEADED DECLARATION.

"Whether the question of contraband Is or isnot considered at the London conference there Isone matter that would probably be regarded asa serious question fpr this government in the

event of a war between any two great maritimepowers of Europe, and that is the failure of the

United states government to declare Its adherenceto the Declaration of Paris of 1866. There werefour heads to that declaration. Itprovided, first,

for the abolition of privateering; second, thatthe neutral flag covers enemy's goods, except con-traband; third, that neutral goods, except contra-

band, are not"liable to capture under the enemy's

flag, and. finally, that blockades must be main-

tained by a force sufficient really to prevent ac-cess to the coast of the enemy in order to bebinding- This declaration was originally signedby Great Britain, Austria. France. Prussia. Russiaand Turkey. The United States adopted the sec-ond, third and fourth propositions Independently

of the first, but offered to adopt that one, too,

•» Hh an amendment providing that the privateproperty of citizens of a belligerent, on the highs«mls, should be exempt from seizure by the war-ships of belligerents except It be contraband.

"But, as the United States did not adhere to allfour of the points of th« Declaration of Paris, wehave never signed It. Untillast summer Spain wasthe only Continental nation that had not adhered,

and Mexico and th* United States the only non-signatory Western nation?. Spain and Mexico de-clared their adherence to the declaration last sum-mer, and the United States is the only great mari-time power that has not yet signed. We have,

therefore, not abolished privateering and have usedthat es a lever for negotiation, but everybody

knows that the United States government -wouldnot resort to privateering in the event of war. Nothaving signed the Declaration of Paris, the prin-ciple of the neutral flag covering enemy's goods andthe enemy's flag covering neutral goods could notaa invoked by us. Since most of our goods areshipped in foreign bottoms. it might prove a seriousmatter

—thi3 failure to sign the Declaration of

Paris. One European maritime power at war withanother might seize a vessel flying the enemy'sflag but carrying American goods, not contraband,

because we have not formally adhered to that dec-laration, and th* consequences might prove seriousenough to dra? this country into the war."

nr> s~ t when told to .top. •"**•"<>«• off than Itwould ha ,been ifIthad perp.trated a fraud. Ifthe vessel should be captured by ac English cap-tain who had told off so many of his men to takecertain other captured prime, into port, and heshould not feel that he could »par« other men fromhis ship to convey this other captured vessel toport, he might destroy the vessel. Whether de-stroyed or condemned the cargo would be lost tothe American owners. It would make little differ-ence to them financially. v

"If England and the United States, being neu-trals, have never recognised the right of a bellig-erent to destroy a neutral ship, then the claimwould have to be taken before a prize court. Thecommander would not be able to say that he hasfurnished all the prixe crew, he can spare, or thathe would rather sink the ship than allow her toreach a hostile port.

\u25a0The American view is that the condemnation ofa ship Is a Judicial function which cannot be per-formed by the commander of a eruisW; that theprize court must determine whether the vesselshould be condemned. There are some other statesthat take the view that it is all right to destroythe ship at «ea provided there is reimbursementfor Its loss afterward. There are differences alongthis line. The coming London conference may tryto frame a rule of law for the government of theInternational Prize Court in such cases, and wherethere is divergence of view on this subject the dele-gates would try to compromise and harmonize theirviews Into a general agreement which may serveas a rule for the government of the InternationalPrize Court. I*this could be dona. it alono wouldbe a valuable result.

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"NATIONAL SELF-INTEREST BEHIND PROJ-

FOWL AND MEAT.

Roasting chicken is 20 cents a pound, fowl IScents and stewing chicken IS cents. Ducks are 16cents a pound and geese 14 cents. Spring chickensgo as high as 25 cents a pound. Guinea hens are$1 a pair; squabs are $2 60 a dozen.

Sirloin is C? cents, a pound, the beat porterhousesteak 3 and 23 cents a pound. Prime rib roastsare M cents a pound. Hind saddles of lamb are 18cents a pound, forequ&rters H cents and Frenchchops 25 c«nts. Corn beef is IS nts a pound.Lota of v<*al in is cento iipound and veal chopsalso sell for IS cents. Shoulders of veal ar« 15rents a pound, breast of veal is 15 cents and vealrutlets are 25 anta Smoked bams are 15 cents aiouiid and hnnslsn bacon is IS cent*

Butter is ;S cents a pound, and eggs still remainat 28 cents a dozen. Mild cheese la 18 cents apound, sharp 18 Cenfs and Swiss imported 80 centsa pound.

Delicious Peaches and Other Fruits Plentifulthis Week. •

Peaches which have not been good for severalweeks, are especially nice Just now. Ordinary ones

ar« 25 cents a basket, but hampers are 60 cents,

and baskets of choice varieties 60 cents. Germanplums, not so fine in quality as hitherto, are 35

cents a basket; California plums are 60 cents a

basket; there are also dark blue plums at 65 and V5cents a basket. Grapes may be bought aa low as

15 cents a basket; Gullivers are 35 cents a basket,

and white Marathons 65 cents. Apples are coming

in very ciowly. Plttsburgs are six for 25 cents, and

crab apples 26 cents a basket. English damsons

are 25 centa a basket. Nectarines (domestics) are$1 a basket; choice Bartlett pears are 40 cents abasket, and alligator pears 25 centa each. Greengases are 65 cents a basket. Blueberries are sell-ing at 25 centa for two small baskets. Grapefruit

are 25 cents each. Oranges are six for a quarter,

and Messina lemons are 20 for 25 cents, while

melons are six for :r, cents.VEGETABLES.

Montreal cantaloupes are $2 50 each; ordinary

cantaloupes are 10 and 16 cents each. Cucumbers

are 5 and 10 cents each, red cabbage is 10 cents ahead, rhubarb 4 centa a bunch, eggplant 10 and 15

cents' each, white squash 6 cents each, and yellow

squash, 25 cents each. Lettuce is 10 cents ahead. String beans are 10 cents a quart, lima

beans 15 cents, butter beans M cents, andpeas 15 cents. Spinach is scarce, being 30 cents

a half peck. Tomatoes are 40 centa a large basket,

W and 15 cents a small basket. Sweet corn is 2ovents a dozen. Lime* *re 15 cents a dozen, okra

10 cer.ta a doaen, mushrooms $1 50 a pound. Three

bunches for 10 cents is the price of spring onions,

while white onions are W cents a quart. New po-

tatoes are 15 a quart, sweet potatoes the samej.rioe. Three bunches of carrots are 10 cents, andturoips are 5 cents a bunch. Celery is 30 cents abum-h. Peppers are 36 cents a dozen, ajid gherkins,

which ar- coming in plentifully, are 86 centa a

Kundrfd.FlSH-

lTsnnrtlir calmon is gradually rising in price andejfU be quite out of the market in another week or

two; it is now *5 cents a pound. California salmonis 2S cents a pound. Kingflsh is also almost out,

the few specimens in the market being 40 cents apound. Flounden. remain steady at 8 cents apound, while butternsh are H cents a pound and

weiikrish the Siona price. Sea bags are 15 cents apound and striped bass 2o cents a pound. Haddockare 10 cents a pound anj halibut 18 cents a pound.

Mackerel are Belling for 36 and 40 cents each;

Bonelda mackerel are 12 cents a pound. Wbltenshare now 20 cents a pound, yellow perch 12, yellowjilke IS, carp 10 and eels 15 cents a pound. Lobstersare down asrain to 25 cents a pound. Boftshellcrabs are Jl 60 a dosen for large ones and T5 centa

a dozen for medium eised. Hardshell crabs are 25

cents a dozen.

NEWS OF THE MARKETS.

The architecture and the landscape gardening inNewport show a desire on the part of the inhabit-ants to live retired and mind their own business."Most of the houses of Bellevue avenue and itsvicinity are alluringlyhidden away," says Mr.Mor-ris. "Hedges or stone walls or brick, velvetygreen with ampelopsis and English ivy, bound thelittle properties, and above them the heavy tops ofelms and oaks and beeches— that have not

Just been stuck Into holes and left to shift forthemselves, but have received the care cf delicateplants in gardens. protection against winterstorms, scientific pruning of dead wood and water

sprouts, spraying against insects and disease, andat least one good, honest, square meal a year. And

all the newer nouses that begin where Bellevue

avenue ends, and follow for miles the bold curvesof the ocean drive, are rapidly going into the samekind of exquisite retirement. In a few years tha

casual visitor to Newport will see nothing of itspalaces, save a hint here and there, far away

among trees."Even those houses that have between them and

the ocean a walk always open to the public arefighting the winter winds and the barren soil.These, too, are Inching out of sight behind the new

leaves of successive springs. Certain owners, not

content to wait upon mulching, manure and theseasons, have, to be the sooner private, counter-

sunk the shore path, where it crosses their land,

so that even from their upper windows they can-not see those who go strolling along it, nor beseen by them."

Newport, says Mr. Morris, is a place where peo-

ple may live eimply and have a pleasant life; a

place where the people who do not live simply, buthave much money and spend much, are neverthe-less, on the whole, "decent, well behaved beings."

But The world will never believe it. "The poison

has been at work too long. The lying scandal labelieved, while agreeable truths are not even lis-tened to."

Aa for the extravagance with which Newport 1»•o often taxed Mr. Morris found little of It,- hesays. "Iwas not able to bring away many im-pressions of great expenditure from Newport. L«a.stsummer, indeed, the very rich, many of them, werefeeling very poor. The powers had fallen upon themany and punished them for the misdeeds of thefew. And there were retrenchments, almost in evi-dence, all along the line. Even a prince failed to

loose pursestrings, and received but casual andneighborly entertainment

"

Detractors of Its Colonists Scathed by

Gouverneur Morris.'The society columns of newspapers and special

articles by persons who either have not the eyes tosee the truth or the desire to tell It are responsiblefor the bitterly envious contempt In which theNewport set is held by the majority of Its fellowcountrymen," says Gouverneur Morris, In an articleor. "Newport the Maligned," In the Septembernumber of "Everybody's Magazine."

"We are given the Impression of a number ofpeople -wDcn whose hands time hangs so heavilyChat they ar* ready to snatch at any straw ofamusement, ridiculous or depraved, that will freethem for one moment from boredom. We are givento understand that our rich leisure class is entirelycomposed of fools, imbeciles pud cocktail drinkersof both sexes, in" whom Is no virtue and no breed-ing. Why is this? And what are the facts?

"The facts, of course, are that the rich leisureclass contains, perhaps, aa large a percentage ofhonest fathers, good mothers and well brought up.dutiful children as the poor working.class, or thapoor leisure class; that it has. as have all socie-ties, its sprinkling- of bad characters: its foolishwives and its unfaithful husbands. Why. then, isIt so constantly and maliciously misrepresented?Probably because as a class it is so well bred anddecent that it wishes to mind its own business.

"Now, if there is one thing that the Americanpeopl* cannot and will not (if they can help it)stand, it is the person who endeavors to live hisown life in his own way and mind his own busi-ness. The American considers those who differfrom him In life, means, and point of view notmerely inferior, but Immoral, characters."

From the Newport set. says Mr. Morris, issuesmany a young man who makes a Buccess in busi-ness or becomes prominent in games; many "prettygirls, with charming, unspoiled manners and leve'heads, who after a time fall head over ears in love,

and make splendid wives and mothers." There is.Indeed, he says, a email set that has managed topoison the repute of the whole. "But, happily,they are no more Newport than the painted, be-dizened inhabitant? of the Tenderloin are NewYork."

2TEWPOET THE MALIGNED.

bolea, and serge is a favorite for the present and In-coming seasons, but linen, poplinette and the likeare charming so made, and new skirts of the sortare quite likely to be in demand, while also all tboheavier skirting and suiting materials willbe foundadmirable.

Tha quantity of material required for th« sixteenyear size la 6 yards 24, 5% yards S3, or BVj yards

44 Inches wide.The pattern. No. 6,086, is cut \n sizes for girls

fourteen and sixteen years of age, and will b«mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents-

Please give pattern number and age distinctly.Address Pattern Department, New- Tribune.If in a hurry for pattern send an extra 3-centa tamp and we willmall by letter postage in sealedenvelop*.

Inventions in the way of false hair and hairframes stow more fearful and wonderful day byday. The latent is a comb with many Interstice:*in the top, rough which a long switch is wovenand rewoven, ending in a clump of curls over eachear. Beaiil* these fearful creations on feminine headshow refreshing and restful is the head of a womanwith her own natural hatr done some simple,graceful way! There is not much gratification.however, to a woman in having heavy hair of herown. The observer la sure to think it is false.

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