New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30

ont IN receive IL but have purchased and dis
trihuted supplies raw material seed tools. farm
in,nIements and looms for enabling helpless
neople 10 resume their usual occupations. Sell
dom has human work been conducted on such
sound business principles. Farmers have been
provided with seed to SOW and implements for
filling the ground and reaping crops WeaNers
have been supplied With looms and carpenters
blacksmiths and artisans with tools FOR their
daily work. Only two industries have been ais
eliminated against-tobacco and spirits. All
other industrial occupations have been aluea
through the organized work OF the Red Cross
Miss Barton has been executive manager ana
Mr. Pullman has kept charge OF the finances.
while Mr. Hubbe has superintended the ne'd
work. True to their Red Cross standard they
have not meddled in politics or diplomacy. nor
been influenced by religious prejudice or prefer
once They have relieved sufferers wherever
found in Anatolia or Armenia. whether Chris
tjan or Mahonetan: and when their money was
exhausted have returned with the sorroWiui
consciousness that an immense deal of distress
still remains. They report that the ottoman
Government interposed no obstacles 10 the"
work but aided them in many ways Inc sui
tan and the foreign minister thanked 'heiii
AT the close Of their labors. and all classes
united In expressing gratitude The scene
when Miss Barton left Constantnople was re-
markabe one a great throng Assembling "
give her a final greeting There are seven Vi
eight influential classes In the turkish capl'ai
who are ordinarily opposed TO one another' out
for once they were united in their appreciation
Of this noble woman's work in Constantinopie'
where she had not made a single enemy
In striking contrast with this American WORN
Of me,{,v. conducted with business talent, are
ruftianlSln,
rio,ing. pillaee and slaughter in Constantnople.
The conspiracv Of bomb-throwers is most I'M
timely. as the Sultan showing unwonted
u,iu,nyness 10 listen to the demands of the Pow
orc resnecting Crete The Mahometan popuia-
,ion has again been reused 10 fury by the revo-
,utionarv movement, which c"n only be DE-
scrihed rs an act of criminal folly directed al
once against the Sultans authority the morai
Influence OF the Powers and the. interests OF
peace.
The new collection of Dartmouth papers pun
ushed by the Royal Commission on Historlcai
MANUSCRIPTS is reviewed at length by all the
prominent journals. and is generally recognized
- os If great IMPORTANCE. These papers relate u
tho original thirteen colonies. the West indies
ond Canada and cover the period when the
second Lord Dartmouth vas Secretary OF STATE
for the American Department When the pres
e,t Lord Dartmouth succeeded to the u'e,
several boxes Of manuscripts were fouhu anu
placed at the disposal of the commission MANI
of these had not been touched since 'neH ei'
The hands of the second Lord Dartmouth -"He'
he was serving under Lord North IN me i"'S'
thankless Office in the gift Of the crown. 0''n'
~ hes. nspers were written 10y Americans In
: london who were a XiollS 10 bring about com
ro,,ise and they throw much now light on me
history Of that stormy period wren hhEla''u
was perseverinC in the in;olf1ant policy Whlch
eventually deprived her Of her Continental en-
pire in America
Dr Donaldson Smiths account of his expl"ra-
lions in Africa will soon be published IN Eng
land by Arnold. with numerous ILLUSTRATIONS
from the authors photographs. 1t VIII near '''e
,i,le Through Unknown African Countries
and will cover the American travellers Journey
from Sonaliland t. Lake Rudolf and Laihu
croa. efforts are making to secure Or Nan
sens presence at the approaching mee'hs u
the British Association in Liverpool. nut 'hese
GRO NOT likely TO be successful. although ne VIII
certainly attend the meeting Of the Royal Geo
eraphical Society in London Lectures VIII be
delivered before the British Association by Dr'
Francis Elgar on Safety in ships 10y fJoleS-
sorJ \. Fleming on "The Earth Great Mag
net" and by Professor Flinders Petrie on Alan
Before Writing" Lord Rayleeh is not expect
cd 10 have anything new 10 tell ABOUT Nso"'
although French chemist Professor wharf,
has recently succeeded in combining TINS mHs-
terious element with water under pressure
Of 200 atmospheros the compound being Color
less.
Professor II. r Peck, of Columbia College
who has been travelling in France sails to-day
for New-York
Tho sillv season has produced three sea ser
monte already and is filing the papers with SEN
tin,ental letters and police-court humor. Space
&c found however for larger topics than the
,,isf,rtunes # spinsters and bachelors ard the
discussion of the question whether married men
ought 10 wear wedding rings as a cauuohalN
signal ~ susceptible damsels. The chronicle
has taken UP In earnest the subject "i 'he ''Si-
man rivalry with British trade ana mas snow"
in detail what serious inroads nave peeh h'aue
..o,;.,,. in tho textile and the iron and steel
industries Other Journals affect 70 make is"'
~ German competition, and apparently derive
much salace from recent statistics OF foreleh
trade. but The Chronicles articles are pre-
nared bv an expert hand. and are CONVINCING
Tho ecardalous neglect of the East London
Water COMPANY 10 fulfil it's statutory oo"sa-
,ions is another subject which is seriously as
cuescd although the population OF the water
less district appears too Indifferent 10 It's own
hardships 10 attend Indignation meetings anu
mako q vigorous protest. Labor disturbances
are also multiplying. and the new ship-ou'iu'"s
strike is assuming large proportions foi'"''
is absolutely stagnant, Sir Charles D''ke ]"
the only political leader whose voice mas pee"
heard this week
The first sign Of the revival Of interest In the
theatres Is the production OF new meiodrama'
BOYS Together" by Messrs. Haddon Cham-
hers and Comyns Carr at the Adephh IL