Mr. and Mr?. TV. D. Sloan- have gone to theircamp in the Adirondacks.

Announcement is made of the engagement ofLaw-

rence Bosert Elliman to Miss Edith Coppell, daugn-

ter of the late George Coppell. of No. \u25a0 Fifth-aye.

The wedding win take place In Grace Church In

November. Lawrence Elliman is B member of theSt. Nicholas Society, and a brother o{ Douslas E.U-

man. who married Mi3s Trowbri

Mr.and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston have left South-ampton for Newport, where they are staying with

Mr and Mrs. Oliver O. Jennings. Robert S. Prew-ster is likewise among the latter"s guests.

Mr?. John Lawrence Lee. who Is now at BarHarbor, will spend the fall at Staatsburg. N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dalziel. of Paris, arestaying with Mrs. Dalzlel's grandfather. John W.Ellis, at Newport. Mrs. Daiziel was formerly MissKn::.y Hoffman.

Harry Payne Whitney ii •>.r-"'vlIn \u25a0 tew >ays

at October Mountain, hia fatli- -

hi the Berk-shires, where- he will entertain a shooting party.

Mis* Adelaide Rar.doiph, who arrived or. Wednes-day from Europ* went yeafrday to Saratoga to

vtatt her stepfather. WSliiam C. Wmtnaxwhicb she will go on to Zfei

Mr «nd Mrs Jules Vatable were in town yester-

day—also Fradartck G- bhard.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Fitzhugh XThitehouse. who haveYen yachting along the ooast of Norway are cx-

: next month at Newport.

The Duchess of Martborough is booked to sail forEngland on September 20.

Mr. and Mrs. Rutherfur.l Stuyvesant return fromEurope next month and will go to their place InNew-Jersey for a time before openin; their housoin Stuyvesant Square.

Dr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Coming, who were at

Morrtetown during July, are at Bar Harbor for therest or the season.

NOTES OF THE NEWPORT SEASON.fBT TEt.E'-.RAPn TO THE TKIBCXE-l

Newport. R. 1.. Aug. 21.—Mrs. Ogden Mil's enter-tained about thirty persons at dinner to-night.

American Beauty roses were used for the table

decorations. After dinner there was informal danc-ing.

Mr. and Mrs. Moses Taylor and family are guestsof Henry A. C. Taylor.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitney, of Philadelphia,

are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thoma* Janney.Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer entertained at luncheon

to-day and Mrs. Lloyd ? Brlce at dinner to-night.

Robert L.Gerry gave a moonlight sailing party onthe Elect™ this evening.

Mrs. George Scott gave a pretty dinner at Bel-mead to-night. After dinner there was a musicaland informal dancing. Mrs. H. McK. Twombly alsoentertained at dinner to-night.

The weekly hop at the Casino was again largelyattended, the hostesses of the different dinner par-ties bringing their guests for the dancing.

About Teople and Social Incident^

MANY WELL KNCK-N PERSONS PRESET

AT RACES-THE RESULTS.

isr nuoura »c on TSIBOTMBar Harbor. Me.. A,?.Cl.-The fair W*^***

to the last, and the third animal horse show

in the proverbial blaze of glory. The tert day «

fullof features. Socially it was the cost succe^of the week. Luncheon parties were ***£??*the various coaches. The Vanderf.it box was oe»

pled for the first afternoon of the show. -'••*\u25a0

Mrs Vanderbi'.t. Mr. and Mrs. Gardta« Sh«n«

and Mr. and Mrs. Fabbri were in the pa..}. »

and Mrs. Edwin Gould had a large party D icw

box. as had also Mrs. Fleitmann. Mrs. Morre^-Cassatt. Mrs. Simpson and Mr*.De urasse ..&\u25a0

The horse trots in the KM class rroved o»bard races and called out much er.thus-.as.nxi

-were many books made up In the boxes, i£e so-cial match running race of a m:!eLivingston's thoroughbred and A. L>- *»»

Kentucklan was won ina drive by the «*^r^the afternoon Ivan Fox's entry in the ~-e ~i_half hurdle race beat out Morrell-.entry *s\u25a0 *J»Tlength. It was \u25a0 good race and brought the ...o*3*

?£££s±*B. Present of the ~***£~ated a sensation by driving Into the r.r.g ha,*r

cia! read coach and four, which he proposes i to \u25a0

between Bar Harbor. Seal and *<**«* JJJ'The body of the coach was mark attn tne »

time fashion. When Mr. Morreli dro«up«^stand he was presented with a mounted [»MP

behalf of the women. The general nafie c;e^his ready replies of thanks from the top o- "coach. Another picturesque feature wa* eJ"Zhunt by Clarence Moore's entries from taV"Chase hunt. Six couples of English »A jand the course lay around the track and •arJJ»"

the park, in full view of the audteiw*. jThe jumping contest, which came late \u25a0- .

afternoon, had more excitement ia it t~aa

management. Several bad spills were nafl£»averted. Th* jumpers were unruly, anu ro-s Iagainst the Mais, with the result that th**1..ygood deal of Impromptu roush riding. Tne ""^

base Hunt entries won. M$&A splendid contest in the show «as»e3M«* *

of victorias drawn by the best pair**«*

*pair

Held of a dozen entries, including the' tLZtt.

Charmer and Claire, beioogins to a. J;Jhf waitThey finally received the award, alter a Ion? TiiWilliam M. Fleitmann. of New-Wk took

\u0084.t er.ribbon with a fine pair of chestnuts. J. v. /jearlinus. who won the blue with the same team a je

ago. received third honors_

k woaMrs. William Lawrence Green of New-"'^^

the blue with Con Brio in the class to. Bihorses, women to ride. It wa?> a P«"Vr"£wic*-well tilled. Mrs H. R. Hatn... on Bru-s^took second. Miss Grant riding Golden B*^*^Livingston's entry, was third. Mi*s *»«»»\u25a0 vu

HHrjrlev appeared riding astride her tmtry.Mumimhorsemanship was splendid. Summaries.

Class for »taKlons. tUTee yews or °^-\u0084,?7"m^EJ^»r dCleveland bays. G«rrcan coach hojrae— ln^rnaam aMOR*Morrem. first; \u25a0Wiillam Penn i(Edward MfrrelH. Mrs. M>

Clara for ponies under saidl*. •*•» °£«*fJ£n> first:Bml*r Duaca^-DoUy (William Jay fjbiefM;i3^^).Bo Peep »A. J. Cassatt). aeoond; Judy tfaaaja i-

°"1

Clasa for horses In harness. ov»r 13 h*nf*n *r^ 5T

iaif 15.5 hands, suitable for park use P*2B °"? or*Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen— lH«nry lUseEnjJ" Flan-Dolly (William G. Part), •aoond: RoUo tWHU*n» vmini). third. „ \u0084._,•«_ women

•Class for saddle horsaa under U.- **5rZcSSr&

rid*. Prt» cfT*r.<t by Mrs. Edward Morrell-CSiPPi «^_T. Pi

—ID first: Lady Lorna (Miss K. 11. Granw.

end ;Quickstep Qu J. CaoatO. third. Brlx»»••Class tor best hi«h-«t*rp*r 15 hands and over. ££^0,

ferod by Mrs. A. IX Addlsoa— Charrper tA- J^* nil^.first: Claire .A. J. Ca»satt). second; Folly (w. «- wun>

"^s. for nM3» horses over 13.2 hands. *%£*,?*(£?£Com Brio <Mr«. W. L. Green), flrst. BrunswicK gpe.Hatfleld.. second: Golden Rod .Philip Livingston) • U"™^Class for horse* in harness, not exceeding '^3 °^ito bo driven by a woman— Xinlsh «G. J. Stafford). >^**

Jerry »Dr. Horaca ? Stok*s>. second. Victor!*.>\u25a0;.\u25a0;.-. for best pair of horses shownprize, offered by Mrs. C. D. Abercromble— CiarmerClaire (A. J. Cassatt) first:Ron© and HarryCwLIJ^Fleitmann). second; Harry and CiL*ri»y W. I**••""

rjllnus). i.-...

j

PERSONAL NOTES.

Professor Grmond Stone, of the University ofVirginia, has beer, appointed by the executive cot-

mlttee of the Carnegie Institution as an adviserIn relation to original research In mathematics.There are three advisers, the other two being Pro-f«>sscr Moore, of the University of Chicago, aadProfessor Morley. of Johns Hopkins.

The Kingof Uganda Is not six years old. Hkname la Daudi Chua. or. in English. David Chsa.Chua betas a same which has beer. Some for mamyears by Uganda km** He is an Intelligent Uclafellow, though rather spoiled by the flatteries ?bis subjects. It is not unlikely that he 2;-;

*s»nt to England for hi3 education, an r.n;|3ltutor aiready having been engaged. At present Ub-salary" from the British Government la 8,506 ayear.

Albert yon KoUker has been professor of asatoay

In the University of Wurzburs. Germany, for tialast lifty-flvsyears.

Professor Henry S. Graves. head at the YaMSchool of Forestry, will leave early la September

to take charge of the work in forestry la taa Phil-ippines.

The Rev. Michael Hi1.'., rrcNssor of rhetoric ofLoyola College. Baltimore, has gone to Rome, and

will '\u25a0\u25a0-•\u25a0 other European cities in search of fc*xr-nation to be used in his volume, "Tae ulßtory c.the Jesuits in North America."

The Rev. Stephen O. Becton. of FallRiver.Mass,

has been elected secretary c! tie board or man-

agers of the Missionary Society of the MethodistEpiscopal Ctarch.

The Kaiser has sent to Lor.: KMk-BBM a press-ing lnviiaticn to visit Germany before ha goes to

Russia. This letter states taat (ha enure Germanarmy wo.. esteem it a privilege to be allowed U

welcome so atatlnaul a adßter.

M- BaKoor sleeps at least twelve hours a Cay-

sometimes aa߻jar-a**a a writer in -Tie Ktet

aiM though he does not prepare his speeches wort

for word, like Sir William Hat court, or dictate t2uagm jFjlMmmmmmw^rd buE when he requires time toJfetakoC £\u25a0next argument he sips from a giasa of wite..

HORSE SHOW AT BAR HARBOR.

inGreat Barring tun from Europe on September 1The arrivals at Great Barrington this evening s

elude Dr. and Mrs. Simmons, of Brooklyn, Mlsa iM Trumbell. Miss A. L. Hallock. Mr. and Mrs

-E Damon and Miss G. E. Andrews, of New-YoiV*

Charles Lanier. of New-York, will have J. pi«pont Morgan, of New-York, as his guest 1- Lea*ear ly In September. ?

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos De Heredia and Mm*. r.La Barre, Mr. De Hereoia's sister, have retardfrom -York and are at WheatleigQ cottage.

MUSICALS AT BAR HARBOR.

fBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBtTVB.]

Bar Harbor, Me.. Aug. 21.—Except for the hor*show the day has been a quiet one with societyGeneral and Mrs. Samuel Thomas gave a imssicithis morning at Am Meer. at which lima, Blatn^sang. Among the guests were Count Cassinl, j^Dennison. Count and Countess Laugier-VlU^Mrs. Edwin Gould. Parke Godwin. General and ja^Brooke, General and Mrs McCook. Charles Ho»Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ketterlinus, Mr. Seely and jjjand Mrs. Vanderbilt.

Edward Morrell gave a dinner to-night at Thi-,stan». Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. »ward Browning:. Charles E. Mather, Mr. and H;iA Y. Stewart. Mrs. Morrell. Mrs. James Pott*Mr. and Mrs. A. J- Cassatt. Mr. and Mrs. r*Plunkett Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander VajJP.ensselaer. Miss Ca33att and Clarence Moore.

Mrs. Musgrave gave a musical at Eden Ha3ta.night, at which Evan Williams sang.

Mr. and Mrs. George Gould left to-day on tia>yacht for Newport.Mrs. Gouverneur Morris gave a large lunciecj »*

the Malvern to-day.

BERNIIARDT TO PLAY INBERLTStBerlin. Aug. 21.—Sarah Bernhardt is to P'.ayfcjj

for a fortnight in October, at the Royal Theaa»in half a dozen of her leading roles. Thence ifewill go to Dresden. Leipsic. Halle ano Weimar.

Lilli Lehmann Is about tc publish "My Sin^mArt," giving her experiences as a singer and hiobservations and persona! reminiscences of mustcians.

SEANTOR FKYE NOT ENGAGED.Lewiston. Me.. Aug. 21.—Senator William P. Frr*

who is at Poland Springs, to-day asked The Asa*dated Press to send out an emphatic denial of &reported engagement to a Le-wiston woman. Histates that there is not the slightest foundaajifor such a report.

ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE CZARINA NEi£St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.—The accouchement v.

the Empress of Russia is expected shortly.

C. W. DAYTON A DELEGATE.John G. Milburn. president of the Xew-Tork Star*

Bar Association, has appointed Charles W. Daytonas one of the three delegates to represent the 3tai»Bar Association at the neetlng of the AmericasEar Association to be he'd m Saratcg-a on Arsgrat27. -\u25a0 an-1 2ft. Mr. Dayton has accepted the ap-pointment.

The aß<tat!onaß<tat!on about Skinkcr Road, the great

boulevard of the St. Louis World's Fair, is still

going on. "The St. Louis Republic" Is offering a

prize of ?25 for the best protest against changing

the 'nine and Colonel Thomas Sktnkar. lineal de-

scendant of the original Colonel Sklnker. offers

to make it ISO, "But what Is the use?" asks "TheChicago Inter Ocean." "Now the exposition dl-

rectory has turned the n-ime loose upon the coun-try, it would b$ Impossible to change it. It can-not be chang->l. The mind of man Is unequal to

the task of substituting Bochambeao for Bklnker.To attempt to change tie name now would be to

run the risk of wrecking some ot the finest lntol-

!f''tS ill tilt; liilnV

OMAR KHAYYAM. JUNIOR.Little wa learn beyond our A B C—Except D E F G H IItbe.OrJKLM N O V Q RAnd then BTUV 09 X V Z.

The farmers of Walla Walla County. Wash., aretrying the experiment of laying their roads with

straw to improve them. The county will have Us

second annual straw day next month. Every fall

the highways became deep with dust, makingtravelling hard on man and beast. Heavy rainsmeant mud. and the dust could not be removedwithout destroying the roadway. It then occurredto an enterprising Individual that if all of thefarmers would contribute straw, and all hands as-sist in laying it on the ro.ids most travelled, therewould he a great change for the better. The ex-periment was a decided success. The farmers

turned out in force, plenty of straw was offered,ready hands laid It to the depth of a foot or moreon the main thoroughfares of the county, andtravelling became easy. Three hundred miles ofroads \u25a0will be covered with straw.

An Earnest Salutation.— "Ah!" said Bißgs, as aprosperous looking man who had cordially salutedDiggs passed on. "That's the way Ilike to heara man speak. He seemed sincerely glad to findyou alive and well."

"Yes." replied Diggs. "He pro*>pb!y was. He'sthe president of the company my life's insured in."—

(Brooklyn Life.

It Is hard for Americans to believe that only

forty years ago the use ft bank checks in Eng-

land for sums less than CS was unknown. It is

sfll harder to believe the statement mad? in Eng-

lish papers that the late Chancellor of the Ex-

chequer supposed that it was the rule Still "Ho

was not alone in his Ignorance." says "The Spec-

tator." "At least two Liberal statesmen of Cabi-

net rank shared his delusion. 'Did you ever know

a check drawn for loss than £5* was the question

one of these gentlemen put to a colleague on the

front Opposition bench during the course of thedebate. It seems Incredible to any one acquainted

with modern business methods that such Igno-

rance should have prevailed in high quarters."

•Whit ran Ido for my little boy." asked

mamma! ™o that he won't want to eat between

m^Have the meals ticker together." replied theyoung hopeful.-(Tit-Bits.

-Strange, indeed, la the heller of some religious

Beets in regard to what will happen hereafter, and

still more strange is the Krim satisfaction with

which they hug to themselves the most horriblehypotheses." says Henry Labouchere. "Recently I

happened to say. during the debates on the Educa-

tion bill, that Iwas a Universaltst. by which I

meant that X was not of any particular religious

sect A Non-conformist friend of mine subsequently

told me that. If this *;as my intention. Iought

not to have called myself a Ur.iversallst. for there

Is a sect thus named. 'They believe.' he said, 'that

all willbe saved. We have a happier faith!'"

Mabel- Ishould 0 Ink one would need a steel suitfor the social swim in New-York.

Ethel-On a divorce unit Is quite as effective anddistingue.— (Town and Country.

Authoritative.— for myself." bummedthtmoSaufw. 'and my pr&rence for certain, colors.Idon't deny that Iam fond of flesh tints.

—(Chi-

cago Tribune.

A Pittsbu'rg business man who happened to be in

Ffcrkenburrone day last week met Judge Jacksonat the S-a'c encampment of th« West Virginia Na-

tloral Guard. The ju.3ge. whoa* recent injunctions

have caused much discussion, spoke, freely on the

nubj«:t and expressed treat amusement at the let-

ters received from different parts of the country.

•Why-

said he. "people seem to think Iam con-ducting a wholesale and retail business In Injunc-

tions of all kinds. A man In Chicago wrote to get

an injunction to re.-train his neighbor's bis tomcat

from annoying him.'1

TEE TALK OF THE DAT.

Georgia has an even stronger hold on the

affections of people who like luscious things

than in any previous year, because the water-

melons and the peaches which the Empire

State of the South has b*en sending to the

Empire State of the North have been bigger.

finer and more delicious than any shipped inearlier summers. Father Knickerbocker re-

turns his thanks to the great commonwealthv.-hlch so fully represents th- energy and de-

velopment of Ihc New South, which Henry W.

Qrady foresaw and extolled.

Every trolley company should be compelledp its cars with effective power

brakes of the latest patterns. Then accidents

would be less frequent than they are now.

Current reports from Wantage agree that Mr.Croker is devoted to his dairy. In former days

he milked the body politic. Now he relieves the

Btatel' matrons of his lowing herd of theirliquid riches, and finds the farmer's lot a happy

one. Rustic retirement is just the thing for the

ex-Boss of Tammany; and there are other Dem-

ocratic politicians who have not yet gone abroad

to keep dairy farms, much to the sorrow of their

fellow citizens.

Tho 'largest steamship afloat" was launchedyesterday. To-morrow may see the keel of a

larger one laid. _

The Democratic managers In Maryland are

standing nobly by the Hon. James Griggs and

his tabulating department. They announcethat they have already made arrangements for

carrying four of the six Maryland districts thisfall This assurance will encourage Mr. Grigg3

to go ahead and carry a lot of other States

which at present have solid Republican delega-

tions in the House.

The death of Franz Sigel ends a career of un-

usual and varied activity, and crowded with

materials of romance rarely stumbled on in our

own prosaic days.

What Cuba needs Is not so much a loan as a

fair chance to earn her living.

ItIs well to let a contract for the construc-tion of the gTeat Parkway and Concourse In The

Bronx. But the Central Bridge ought to be

kept free from trolley tracks and wires, so that

Manhattan people can get up there to those

splendid works. Also, there ought to be a rail-

road bridge for trolley lines across the Har-

lem, so that through cars can be run between

Manhattan and Th* Bronx.

year was, as we have seen, enormous. Yet thetotal remained really insignificant beside thatof Pennsylvania. Canada produced nearly

245,000 tons of pig iron. The Keystone Stateproduced nearly 7.365.000 tons, or thirty timesas much as the Dominion. Moreover, the

Canadian iron industry rests largely upon a

basis of United states capital. Inalmost every

iron manufacturing centre of the DominionUnited States capital and I'nited States enter-

prise are dominant. These also are circum-stances which strongly disincline the CanadianGovernment to listen to the demand for moreprotection. The natural advantages of NovaScotia over Pennsylvania are said by Canadiansthemselves to be equal to S4 45 a ton. The gov-

ernment bounty on pig iron and steel is $2 TO aton. Tie duty on structural steel is $7 a ton.There is a total advantage to Canada of $14 \oa ton. or about on.?-half the price of the goods

in the United States market. No wonder that

the Laurier government, which, by the way.

came into power on a free trade or low tariff

platform, thinks it is already doing enough for

the enterprising Yankees who are running the

Canadian iron and steel industry.

The President was entirely right in emphasiz-ing the duty which Southern Republican man-agers owe the party of struggling to maintaincb large a representation us possible in thelower house of Congress. Control of that branchmay easily turn on the loss or rapture of a

dozen districts. Every seat gained or saved inthe South makes so much easier the Republicanparty's task of holding its strength inother sec-tions. But too often the hope of a timely gain

or two In the South i? blighted by the foolishexcesses of factional rivalry. In Texas, for In-stance, there Is an opportunity, under the ap-portionment act of 1901. to make a promising2ght In one or two of the new Congress dlstriers. But Republican prospects are darkenedby a strangle between two factions for the pos-session of the party machinery; and PresidentRoosevelt frankly told the Texas leader whovisited him on Thursday that such indifferenceto larger national Interests could only be viewedwith irritation and impatience.

In Arkansas, too. the Republican minority hassplit into two discordant factions, each of whichhas nominated a candidate for Governor: andthe only aim of the rival leaders Is. apparently,to determine which one of them is to be beatenworse by their Democratic opponent Virginiais another State in which factionalism ha« re-duced the Republican party to a shadow of itsformer strength. Inother years three or fourCongress districts in the Old Dominion could becounted on as hopeful fighting ground; and evenunder present conditions there seems to be stilla chance of building up an effective Republicanorganization in the western and southwesternVrtion of th' Stat<». But a united and Tigoroug

A WORD TO SOUTHERy LEAD

President Roosevelt is credited in Thursday's

dispatches from Oyster Bay with giving somewholesome and seasonable advice to party

leaders in the Southern States. For the lasttwenty years the Republican party in most ofthese States has been aT best a slowly crumbling

organism. Its impotency In State and nationalelections has come to be accepted as almost apart of the order of nature; at national conven-tions alone it galvanizes itself into some sem-blance of genuine life. What vitality it ex-hibits between conventions is consumed, in themain, in the pursuit of federal patronage. Itsdependence on the Republican organization ofthe other sections of the Union is therefore as

eelf-confessed as it is absolute. Yet the obli-gations which this dependence entails are oftentoo little observed by Southern leaders. Inmany States the spirit of factionalism is chronic,

end selfish personal rivalries intervene to cloudthe occasional opportunities which come along

todo the party at large gone n^oded and timely

B«>rTice.

There has been an Impression abroad that agreat many mistakes had been made by mineowners. They have seemed in the past carelessabout the welfare of God's children, both thosewho -worked in the mines and those who boughtthe coal, and. whatever may have been theirright to control their own property, the conductof company stores and the condition of theworking classes at the mines have not suggested

the highest type of Christianity, But we areglad to know that this is a mistaken impres-

sion. We believe inlaw, and wedo not see howa reign of terror which prevents free men fromworking In the mines because some other freemen do not want to work can be tolerated. Weshall support the managers in operating If ittakes every soldier in Pennsylvania to overawe,and. Ifneed be, shoot down the mob. It istherefore a great satisfaction to know that theoperators whose property it would be a duty toprotect have not abused their power, but thatinfinite wisdom lights their path. It Is. as wesay, a great satisfaction. The only thing thatmakes us sceptical Is the fact that one of theseGod sent steward; should have wri^en thisepistle. We feel a little as we do la the face.ofthe claims of spiritualism. Itmay be true thatspirits appear. But Ifthe medium's acquaint-ances really nr»* spirits acquainted with- the

Now, that is certainly handsome of Mr. Racr.Itwill take a load from the consciences of many

earnest people to have this authoritative dec-laration that God. through the kindness of thecoal operators, will be able to manage thisstrike in accordance with the dictates of in-finite wisdom. There have been some personswho believe In law and order, and have nosympathy with riotous strikers or demagogicapitators. who have not hitherto been able to

detect Infinite Wisdom sitting at any of thecoal presidents' desks, but doubtless they weremistaken. In their blindness they have said Itwas the duty of the operators to operate; thatthey should either meet their men half way andsettle the difficulty, or. under the protection ofthe State, put other men to work and mine coal.They have had a notion that God put the coalin the earth to furnish heat for men's needs, andthought there was some slip in the cogs of theuniverse when they could not buy coal becausePresident Baer. God's vicegerent at the mines,

would not work them. But if It is a part ofthe divine order that we should all pay 510a ton till the surplus stock is worked off, co letit be. Only we should like to ask a question ortwo. Are the coal operators infallible indi-vidually, or only when they are gathered to-gether, like a church council, about an officetable to fix rates and say what each retailermust s«>ll his coal for on pain of having his Godgiven supply cut off? Was the agreement oftwo yean ago, which the operators pay was sounwise and hae made so much trouble, also dic-tated by Infinite wisdom?

Ibeg of you not to b<» discouraged. The rightsa: :interests of the laboring men will be pro-tected and cared for. not by the labor agitators,but by the Christian men to whom God in Hisinfinite wisdom has given the control of theproperty interests of the country and upon thesuccessful management of which so much de-pends.

Do not be discouraged. Pray earnestly thatright may triumph, always remembering thatthe Lord God omnipotent still reigns and thatHis reign is one of law and order, and not ofviolence and crime.

OUR GOD SENT COAL OPERATORS.

Strict construction theologians have before

now insisted upon the close relations between

Calvinism and coal. Itis something new, how-ever, to find a hardheaded financier setting up

as a doctrine of the business world the pre-destination of the Pennsylvania coal mines to

the all wise control of President Baer and hisfellow presidents of coal companies. Doubt-

less good Calvinists have accepted the man-agement of the coal operators, like everything

else that is, as being somehow or other In somemysterious way in harmony with the ultimatedesigns of a God Who endures evil and makea

even the wrath of men to praise Him. But fewof them have reached the point of considering

the so-called "coal barons*' as shining examples

of God's perfect work, in which His loving de-signs for the welfare of the whole human race

were made manifest. It seems, however, thatis the true doctrine which all religious menshould hold. To a religious inquirer who was

concerned about the moral Issues of the present

>;triV'- Mr. Baer has written a letter In whichhe cays:

A FIRE DEPARTHEyT MYSTERY.

Commissioner Sturgis is more and more mys-

tifying His reasons for suspending Chief

Crolcer have at no time been plain, but there

has been a seneral disposition to believe with-

out seeing that there were substantial reasonsfor sending the Chief away from his office.

Even in the absence of charges or any expecta-

tion of making any. the Commissioner would

unquestionably be justified in putting Croker

« leave of absence if he found that his com-mand of the department was in the slightest

degree hampering the investigation into the

misdeeds of others. His suspension or detach-ment from active duty or enforced vacation,

or whatever else Mr. Sturgis wants to call it.

has Inevitably suggested that as the cause.Now Mr. Sturgis says that he has no objec-

tion to the presence of Croker at the investiga-

tion and declines to give any alternative reason

for his action. Of course, there is a difference

between the Chief bejng a spectator at the In-vestigation and beins ai his own desk. In pos-

session of the books of The department; but

unlcs there is more thnn a mere suspicion that

Croker might be in the way. It seems hardly

fai*- to throw discredit upon him.W« do noi for an instant credit the insinua-

tion that Commissioner Sturgis has a settled

prejudice against the Chief and is determined

to make war upon him. iuuch loss that he is a

party to any spoils hunting conspiracy. Doubt-

less Mr. Sturgis Is. with a single eye to the pub-

lic interest, trying to weed out abuses and raise

the standard of his department. That there

bases is perfectly apparent. How could

it be otherwise after the reign of BcanneH and

Marks' The Commissioner is a man of honor

and determination, and the reason for his actionmay be awaited with full expectation that it

will ultimately be found adequate. It is use-less to deny in the mean time, however, that

his curves are a trifle too intricate to be gen-

erally comprehended, and nothing Is known to

the discredit of Chief Croker which gives any

dew to die possible reason of th<> Commission-er's present attitude.

effort has been lacking here, as elsewhere in the

South tr> do that special political service which

the party at targe has had substantial reason to

The President's sugg<»stion that credit should

be given hereafter more to the men who make

their fights in the various Congress districts

than to those who conduct inert and shadowy

campaigns for State offices is a sensible and prac-

tical one. The South has sent to Congress in

the last ten years Republicans of undoubtedforce and capacity. But these are not the men,

Ma nil* who have figured most conspicuously

in national conventions or have had the largest

part in the distribution of the federal patronage.

On them the real burden of spreading an« main-

taining Republican doctrine has fallen, and it is

both expedient and just that they should have

Ilarger voice in party management. Through

the'r" efforts alone, moreover. IfRepublicanism

is to have a new growth in the South, can anorganization truly national in spirit and purpose

be recruited and built up.

CANADA'S lltO\ TRADE.In connection with the organized demand of

Canadian iron workers and other manufactur-ers for higher protection agairst the UnitedStates Bnd the rest of the non-British world,

and a discriminatingly lower tariff with GreatBritain aud the other members of the empire,

some facts concerning the iron industry of theDominion are pertinent and suggestive. Thatindustry is expected to become, next to agri-culture, Canada's greatest. The Dominion con-tains enormous deposits of iron ore and of coal,both of excellent quality and conveniently

placed. It is said that in some parts of Canadapig iron can be produced for S_' 45 a ton less thanat Pittsburg, and considerably cheaper than inany other country in the world. Moreover, ;n

Sydney, which is one of the Canadian cities at

which iron is produced most cheaply, there isan advantage over Pittsburg of at least $2 a tonIn cost of transportation, making for Sydney anadvantage of S4 4f> a ton, in addition to thebounty of ?2 70 a ton paid by the DominionGovernment.

In such inspiring circumstances it is not sur-prising to find the iron and steel industry ofour Northern neighbor just now "advancing byleaps and bounds." From lSo4rol!W> the produc-

tion of pig iron increased from 44.701 tons toonly86.0D0— less than doubling In six years; but in1001 it sprang at a bound to 244,976 tons, almosta threefold increase in one year. What furtherincrease the present year willshow is not tobe estimated. It should be great, for thebounty of $2 70 a ton is in it6elf an importantconsideration, though it Is not as great as the$3 of last year. The rate changed on April21 last. On July 1next it will fall to $2 L's, andsuccessive yearly reductions will cause It tovanish altogether on July 1. MW7. But whileit lasts all possible profit willdoubtless be madefrom it;though it is difficult to see, in view ofthese boasted natural advantages over Pennsyl-vania, and in vtew of the existing bounty, onwhat grounds further protection above thepresent liberal tariff cau well be demanded.

Thp increase in Canada's iron production .last

Another advantage they enjoy above manymen on the muni- ipa! rolls. Our policemen get

medical and surgical attendance of excellentquality at the expense of the taxpayers. Inhow many other departments of the adminis-tration are the employes of the city cared forwhen illout of the public funds V The membersof the Police Department appear to be amaz-ingly short sighted. Don't they know whenthey ar<' -well off? Itwould seem not.

If they are oppressed or unfairly governed Inany manr t, why should there be all the Iso great a rush for appointments? To askthese questions is to answer them. The mem-bers of "ur police force are a favored class,well paid, well clothed, wen fed, and with ampleleisure. Almost without exception they are stal-wart, vigorous and hearty, and show bo siens oflack of sleep, excessive toilor wearing responsi-bility. There is no sense or reason In the outcry

for*a revolution in the platoon system. Menso generously paid, and so sure of retirement

on a liberal pension if they are loyal and faith-ful, occupy an exceptional position iv the tuuulc-ip;u service. They ought to b«» grateful be-cause they are so well off, and not follow thebad example of the daughters of the horseleech by always trying to get morp thnn isfairly due them.

A FAVORED CLASS.

Some of o\ir patrolmen rind time so heavy on

their hands, even In their hours of duty, thatthey play craps to amuse themselves when they

should be patrolling their beat?. This slgnlfl-ennt fact has been brought out with ample evi-dence in recent arraignments of unfaithfulwearers of the uniform. Do such public ser-vants need a change In the platoon system?Ifour guardians of peace and order are over-worked or 111 treated, why Is it 'hat the press-ore to pet places on the force la at fever heatall the year round?

Nor is the visit of the Boers to the Continentle^s noteworthy or less admirable. They are

received with all possible cordiality and honorby those who. by a harmless fiction, are re-garded as th<'ir racial brethren— for of the threeonly on<\ if indeed on<\ Is of Dutch descent.There is no chiding of them for their visit to

England or for their outspoken and aggressive

declarations of loyalty to the British Crown: ornoue, save in one now negligible quarter. Mr.Kriiger's unhappy attempt to keep them away

from Eneland and his reported disapproval ofthpir acrpptnnce of the terms of peace are

wholly ignored by them, and will be regardedby the rational public with regret, as nothing

n:oro than .t manifestation of the infirmities of

a mind possessing many noli*' traits. Thetributes paid to the Buer heroes arc worthily

paid, the mere so since there is in them norancorous attempt to repudiate the g I faithof their peacemaking and of th<-ir new alle-giance. When In turn the three general* come

to Ajnerica, as it is pleasingly announced rhey

win do. they win be greeted here with unfeigned cordiality and enthusiasm as men whofou.cbt nobly that which they believed to be apool fisrht. and' who ar~ now as nobly strivingto pin,

-Fatherland 1 1 c ont

of th*1 very Jaws of defeat In war.

Just such a spirit was indeed often shown on

both sides during the war, showing that therewas no real hatred on either side. Such a

spirit is auspicious of sood faith and loyal co-

operation in healing the wounds Inflicted by

the war and in establishing in South Africa alasting pence beneficent to both parties to "thelate unpleasantness."

there is neither East r.nr West. Border.nor Breed, nor Birth.

When two strong men ptand face to fac»».though they rome from the ends of th°earth.

THE BOER GENERALS.The thre* Boer generals now in Europe are

heroes of a unique episode. Nowhere in thehistory of the world i? there to be found any-thing like a parallel to the manner in whichthey have be^n received, both in England and

on the Continent. In the British terms of peacesome saw a partial resemblance to the gener-osity of Grant at Appomattox. But immedi-ately after Appomattox Lee and Johnston andWheeler did not visit Washington and New-York to shake hands with the President and r»be entertained as welcome and honored guests

by representative men of the North. Nor isthere elsewhere to De found a precedent for thevisit of the Boers to England and for the spirit

shown by both guests and hosts. It was amus-

ing to observe the glee with which some in-

veterate Anglophobes on the Continent hailedthp declination of the Boers to be received by

the Kingon the day first set. Acrushing rebuffand rebuke for perfidious Albion, they calledit. The truth was. of course, that instead of a

rebuke it was a compliment, for the Boers de-

clined only because they had not then clotheswhich they considered fine enough to wear be-

fore the King,and they merely postponed theirreception by him until such time as they couldprocure fitting raiment.

There was no false note in the English visitUpon the part of the Boers there was no truck-ling, no subserviency, no humiliation, and on

the part of the British there was no patronizing

and no exultation. The King and the generals

met as men should meet, in a manner provingagain th.it

heavf-uly mysteries, why, oh why. do they on

/\irthtalk such egregious nonsense?

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THE SEWS THIS UORXiyG-

FOREIGN.—The Hague Tribunal is about to

consider it, fix* case, a dilute between the

United States and Mexico over• clauns_o£ reli

glous orders involving $1.900.000. ==— The

White Star steamer Cedric. of twenty-one thou-nad ions, the largest liner *fl«^«f?£%£fttllylaunched at the yards of Hartand & worn,

at Belfast. ===== King Edward and yueen Alex-

"ndr-a. on board their yacht, left Cowes for_acruise alone the west coast of,.E"

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AFrench decree was made public fixing^«ex

port bounties on su ar. ===== Emperor WiUUunwillpay the King of Italy a return vi; to

\u25a0Rome.;

French feeling against Germans

was strongly manifested at a «**«««<*«£battle of Mars-la-Tour. on the border of Lor-

Sne! ==General and Mrs. Bctha arnvedm

Brussels, and were heartily welcomed In the

nonulace =^ Johanna Jakobaon, wife 01 a

New-York merchant, killed herself by taking

poison to a Berlin hotel. =It*reported that

[n. French budget will **balanced by.^e floa^-hW of a large loan. ==Bessie Bonem.l. «« I

known waodeviUe actress, died at bei nonw mPortsmouth. England.

DOMESTIC-Ex-Corporal O'Brien was com-

It,the PhiliotJ—

\u25a0 A change in the Cuban

Arthur. U. S. N., and Miss M. H. McCalia,

daughter of Captain Bowman H-iMcCaUa. V.

S. X,were married at Newport. ===== John «.Gates is confident that he will win inthe Colo-rado Fuel and Iron right,and has several month*<n which to marshal his forces. -.=. The trial

of "Tom" Co-krill for the "Ben" Hargis mur-der, in Breathitt County Ky.. has been trans-

ferred to Wolfe County. === The Doher >brother* won the tennis championship indoublesat Newport.= Senator Hill and Bird S.

role- spoke to the Pioneers' Association of

Or!ea^«» Count y at Oak Orchard-== In the

anthracite region many of the mines are being

cleared up, ready to resume operations \u25a0

——Justice Russell, of Canton, resigned from theSupreme Court.

ClTY.—Stock market experiences reaction onprofit taking- =Peter Power admitted he

had been a "dummy- in the suit against the

Northern Pacific merger; Lamb said \\. bourne

Cockran, Camllle Weidenfeld and others hadbeen back of his suit. ===== The RepublicanExecutive Committee chose the dates for theconventions and approved the Assembly dis-trict representation for Congress conventions.===Chief Croker was subpoenaed to apper at

the Ryan hearing to-day. ==C. M. Schwab,president of the United States Steel Corporation,

sailed for Europe. ===== What is said to be thebiggest greengoods haul ever made in thisneighborhood was made public; an entire plant

was captured In a raid at Newark on Wednes-day. and Fix arrests were made there and in

this city-

There was an unconfirmed ru-mor that Bishop Potter had persuaded Mr.Mor-gan to meet President Mitchell. ===== The po-licemen who were indicted in connection with

the riots at the funeral of Rabbi Joseph weretransferred by Commissioner Partridge. =====The Hotel Bayard property was sold to a syn-dicate for $400,000. and on its site will be con-structed a twelve story apartment hotel at anestimated cost of $600,000. ===== Dr. FranzSip.: died at his borne in this city.

THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-dayjFa;-. The temper yesterday: Highest, <\u25a0•

degrees; lowest. 64 degrees.

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ARRIVALS AT LENOX.(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TUIBrNE.)

Lenox. Mass.. Aug 21.— The entries for the Lenoxhorse show exhibition will close on September 1.There has already been a big entry. Those whohave entered their horses are George Westing-

house, John Sloane. Carlos De Heredia, Joseph W.Burden. John E. Alexander, William D. Sloane.David Lydlfj, B. R. Wharton. Miss Marion Haven.Charles Lamer, Giraud Foster. Mrs. John E. Par-sons. Thatcher M Adams. Miss E. W. Fiddle. MissKate Cary, Captain John S. Barnes, Newbold Mor-ris. Miss Bliss. James A. Burden, jr.. Frank K.Sturgis, William A. Reed. Charles Aster Bristed,Henry C. Haven. Miss Rosamond Dlxey and Mrs.John E. Parsons. There will be twenty classes inthe exhibition.

Governor Crane of Massachusetts and the mem-bers of his executive council and his staff made atour of Southern Berkshire to-day. The party

had luncheon at the Red Lion Inn and visited thestudio of Daniel Chester French, of New-York.who la working on a statue of General Hooker forthe Massachusetts State House grounds.

Mrs. Frederick Nellson arrived In Lenox thisevening from Newport, where she has been for sev-eral weeks. Her daughter. Miss Cathleen Neilson.will arrive here early in September.

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sloane are at Dr. W.Beward Webb's camp in the Adirondack*.

Mrs. William H. Bradford and Mr. and Mrs.Thatcher M. Adams returned this evening fromBar Harbor.

Miss Georgians Roberts, of Non-York. Is to givea series of readings next month under the dlrectlon of Mrs. Morris K. Jesup. Mrs. William D.Curtis, Mrs. Charles Lanier. Mrs. William IXSloane. Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis and Mrs. RobertWlnthrop.

Mrs. William B. Bacon entertained this eveningfor a party of young people.

The entries for the Lenox golf tournament arecoming in fast. Grenville Kane, of Tuxedo: C. B.Corry. of Boston; Harry Sweeney, of Albany: Rob-ert A. Phifer. )of Newport, and J. C. Moller. ofAppawamis, are some of the well known playerswho will take part.

The arrivals this evening at the Hotel Asplnwallare Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Jackson, of Provi-dence, R. I.;Miss Ditmas and Miss P. Ditmas ofBrooklyn; H. Staples Potter, of Boston; ProfessorJ. R. Miller and E. C. Poole. of Philadelphia; Mrand Mrs. Jacob Le«*ds. of Philadelphia; Mr. andMrs. Eugene Pike, of Chicago: Mrs. W. T. Trow-bridge and Miss Molile Trowbridge. of New-Havenand George E. Heyde. of New-York.

Mrs. Frederick Crowninshield. of Stockbridge. hasissued invitations for a luncheon on Saturday at 1o'clock in honor of Mrs. Grannis, of Boston who isher guest at Icy Glen cottage.

Lieutenant and Mrs. Reginald Belknap of Call-fn^tockbrid 11!513 ° Mr and Mrs" Chester *"»

The committee appointed for Use Icy Glen paradefor early in September, in Stockl.rl.l3e. consists ofAllen T. Treadway. Walcott Tuckerman. Dr. C. S.Southwonh. Mrs. Wilson and Miss Welman.

M£' *iTid Hi3 ,George Westinghouse ha. arrivedat Ersklne Park. Lenox.William Stanley, the noted inventor, is expected

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.A number of people are leaving town to-day for

Newport in order to attend Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish s

Colonial ball at the Crossways to-night. One of

its features will"be the minuet, in which the new

Spanish Minister. Senor Imilio Ogeda ; the secre-

tary of the Spanish Legation. Juan Wan©: Baron

Gruenstein. of the German Embassy: Baron***Oppenheim. of the German diplomatic agency at

Cairo; Charles Hoague. of th- Swedish m**"*"at Washington, and Herman Norman, of the B.u-

ish Embassy, as well as Francis J. Otis » ill takepart. Among their part- ?rs will be Miss^ Gwen-dolyn Burden. Miss Xat.ca Rive?. Miss OnthiaRoche and Miss Laura Swan.

Bishop Potter ieft town yesterday afternoon for

Cooperstown. N. V.. en a visit to Mrs. AlfredCorning Clark, his fiancee. The Bishop will notreturn here for pf\eral weeks.

.Mrs. Ogden Goelet has issued invitations for a

dinner dance on Tuesday eve-ing next at her

villa at Newport. Elisha Dyer. jr. will lead thecotillon, dancing with Miss May Goelet.

Reginald W. Rives. Robert L.Stevens and FrankX Sturgis willbe the judges at the annual horse

show which opens at Southampton to-day, and

which will continue until to-morrow .night. Theshow takes place at Interlaken-by-the-Sea. thegrounds of the Southampton Horse Association,

and the entries number more than two hundred.

One of the earliest features of the fall season

in town will be the show of the Ladles* Kennel

Association at Madison Square Garden. Upward

of $10,000 in prizs money has been offered and 'tt_1?

far as can be gath« red at present, more than twothousand dogs willbe on exhibition.

Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who are staying

with the Secretary of State and Mrs. John Hay

at the latter's country place at Newbury. N. H.,

have leased Mr. and Mrs. Almeric Hugh Pagefs

house. No. 11 East Sixty-flrst-st.. for the winter,

and will take possession of it next mo ntn. Mr

and Mrs. Aimeric Paget will spend the winterabroad, owing to Mrs. Pagefs health.

Colonel Oliver H. Payne, who has been cruising

on board his yacht, the Aphrodite, has returned to

town, and is at his house in Fifth-aye. for a fewdays.

M. Jusseraud. v.-ho. it is rumored, will be the

new French Ambassador, enjoys one Important

advantage over his predecessor. M. Jules Cam-

bon. He speaks English perfectly, having \u25a0peat

many years in an official capacity in London.He is 'recognized both in England and on theContinent as the erreatest foreign authority onEnglish literature, his two volumes on the subjectbeing classed as standard -works.

Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Wr town yester-

day for Newport.

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