New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-14
lively WEEK AT SARATOGA
p TWENTY THOUSAND GUESTS
THRONG THE VILLAGE
-, ,r,c1ANs PROMINENT AND NUMERoUs-Ex
GOVERNOR Flowers BIRTHDAY DINNER
GATHERINGS TO BE HELD THIS


GOVERNOR Flowers BIRTHDAY DINNER
GATHERINGS TO BE HELD THIS
MONTH AND NEXT.
saratoga Springs. N Y. Aug. 10 (speciaD.-Ths
,.or nv far the liveliest week this cosmopolitan
p UT has enjoyed for years. While large num-
- NJ visitors expected, the arrivals have
-, co numerous that they have surprised the
v,,el and boarding house managers. There are
Nv IN town from twenty thousand to twenty-five
thousand guests
Saratoga at this time Of the season. aside from
a., eocial life generally becomes political centre.
no,,cjans galore. the majority from New-York.
,ound on almost every hotel piazza
Ex-Governor Roswell p. Flower Of WATERFOWL.
,,, Sunday celebrated his sixty-third birthday by
~s,g dinner for a number of relatives Among
20 present besides the Ex-Governor and Mrs.
"sver we're Mrs Schley. Mr. and Mrs. Arson r.
rsocer and Frederick S. Flower, Of New-York;
u, and Mrs. John b. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. b. l..
rnvlor Miss Dorothy Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs John
Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Orve F. HunkeTiord. Mr..
IA Mrs Silas L. George. Roswell S. George, Mr..
a Mrs Richard S. Hunkerford and Miss Ida
Hupkerford all Of WATERFOWL. and Henry Sebert.
:, New-York The Ex-Governor Is native OF
T-beresa jefferson County. this State
large number of visiting clergymen attended
,,s ministers meeting at Temple Grove on Monday.
The Rev DIT f. H. Byington. Of Boston Mass,
.b,ch a general discussion followed.
Tho 1rniversalists supplemented their seventeenth
National summer meeting here by an excursion to
,,e Saratoga Battle Monument at Schuylerve
and a tour of the Saratoga battlefield on Monday.
"The Madrigal' a society drama. was given at
tho Theatre Saratoga last evening by talented ANA
tours II was for the benefit OF the Saratoga Citi-
cans Corps otherwise known Company i. I'd
regiment New-Yorb Volunteers now stationed at
Fernandna, Fla. The author OF the play is F. b.
Doyd whose productions have been favorably criti-
cised II Is highly probable that The Madrgal
xill be produced IN New York in the near future
A grand National cakewalk and colored jubilee
uas held at Convention Hall on Wednesday oven
ing over 80 per cent OF the large audience were
not coored. and they seemed 10 heartily enjoy the
performance. Luke and Martha Blackburn were
among the competitors
Primrose and DockstaGer's company opened their
minstrel season in the same hall the following
evening.
The Booth-Tucker Salvation Army forces will hold
q mass-meeting at the Town Hall on August H.
Senator Edgar T. Bracket will preside.
The Democratic State Committee met here this
NOON The dates for other meetings Chill
Park August "A: American Bar Association, Au-
gust ii 6 for ns HY Dafy Of he G the b snsR
Of the Dominican Convent August II; Civic
Ps,aG On @ IA Aueast 81 sraoga Go
Club tournament. August %; State Board OF AS
Ssef As A0sa5i Augat means in the n
terest of the Hampton Institute. August p; Amer
air horse show. August 49, floral fete, september s.
Besides the above there are mary smaller affairs:
functions The Saratoga Racing Association will
on August q end its annual sum:cer meeting
ZION OF Eocutonists was In town on Thursday with
the view Of having tina; body meet here next sum-
mer Niagara Falls has been making overtures 10
the association.
Andrew McCleland who was terribly injured at
III Lax. uTS1k Il
pital on Thursday. He attached to Turney
Bfohers' racing stable of Paris. Ky. After his
effects. discovered that McCielland was travelling
eads5 an, assSmSd 1 S H re Se an name Sco %Hs
y. H. The Coroner communicated with the family
Mrs Ellen Louise DemoEest. better known as
Nine Demorest widow of W. Jennings Demorest,
Ne Newly on Wednesday native Of Saratoga
and owned country place Immediately l south ho OF
sumner home for over generation; ...
The openar horse show TO- Re neiI on ss1atoea
Facing Association promises to be one Of the most
m tSnG sny of Of the the Of the
colony who have already made their entries; me
i sfs Ta x e HaFy Tha yea ana
The American Bar Association will hold It's
and Il The opening address will be made by the
president. William Writ Howe Of Louisiana. Pa
EEecticut. on Uniform State Laws and by L, G
KrauthoT Of Missouri. on "MalLce rs an INGREDIENT
viii be delivered by Joseph H. Choate Of New
York The annual dinner IS announced FOR the
Grand Union Hotel on the evening OF August ~
At the Crcular-st. cottage and grounds OF Mt anu
Mrs Julius H. Caryl. OF NewYork City on Tues
cav a tea was given for the benefit OF the war fMn1
OF the Daughters Of the American Revolution. Inc
musical programme under the direction OF Ms.
Walter Scott Henry. She was assisted by MIS-
Kate Vashu Baxter OF New-York City. pianist;
Gerald Jerome. OF New-York City. tenor; stuart
Ripley. OF New-York City. flute soloist; Miss cara
Cowles. OF New-York City, soprano. and Mrs Her
bert Turrill OF New-York City. contral.o.
Mrs. Gottfried Walbaun and her sister-in-law,
injured here In a runaway accident on TUESDAY:
Their coachmap John DAILY. suffered compound
fracture OF the leg.
II Ernest Reeves barytonc will sing at the
sacred concert In Congress Spring Park tomorrow
evening o.
Of .he jenkins Coored orphan Asylum Of Charles
ton. g. c. at the Saratoga Convention Hail on
August "a Tho Charleston Orphans Sensation
Concert Company which gives the performance,
comprises twenty-six children from the orphai.
asylum, who hayo been trained In singing. playing
musical Instruments, & competitive driii ana pan
taiion songs anc Qua,'e:s
The children In the asylum are taught all the
branches OF a common school education and manu-
a. training There is also the George r. Scott In
dustrial School Anneville, S. c.. seventeen
miles from Charleston. for which an appeal Is also
made by this organ zation. To maintain the or
phanage s. 900 yearly IL needed and TO assist II
cent makes this tour in the North.
HOW ATLANTIC CITY AMUSES ITSELF.