The times., 1898-07-11

Address (tWenty mlnuteS)-'M Man as the |
Symbol User"-Hon. y. c. Schaeffer. State !
superintendent of public instruction. Har- ,
risburg. Pa.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Commodore William H Stock United
States Navy. and family are at Rehobeth
Beach.
General and Mrs. John NJ Schofeld
are occupying their villa at Bar Harbor.
Senior Don Elidore Infante Valdes,
charge d'affaires. of Chile, at Washing
ton. will spend the Summer al Cape May.
Long Branch is in a fiutter of anticipa-
ton over the promised arrival of the
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart. who
are expected the latter part of this
month.
Rev James L. Hall and wife Mrs
Mary F. Smith. Mrs. E. r. DanenhOwer.
Mrs. Mary Mcintosh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jonathan Price and w w. Martin are
spending the Summer at Long Branch.
Senator and Mrs Vest are among the
recent arrivals at Capon Springs. 80
The following Washingtonians are en-
joying the breakers al Long Branch: Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Nixon. Mrs. C. E. Tues,
the Misses Roweli. F. ]. Firks and family.
R. J. Treanor and Mr. and Mrs. r. Da-
vidge. .-.---..t
Mr.. Charles Evans and children are
spending the month at Annapolis.
Commodore William H Reed and moth
er are at Baltimore Inn. Cape May.
Mrs. William F. Luekett and Mr. E. E.
Gelsam are visiting their sister Mrs. Will
liam B. Ogle. near Frederick, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. sicard and Miss Mamie
Ritchie are guests of Mrs. John Richie
! of Frederick, Md.
Among the Washingtonians now al Blue
Mountain Park Md. are Miss E. Boyer.
Mrs. George Seufferie. Miss NJ 7. Nc
| Laws Mr.. John L. Stoddard and Miss
| Stoddard.
Miss Kennedy has gone to Oakland
| Md. to visit her sister. Mrs. Harry c.
| Sincell, for several weeks.
Capt and Mrs. George B. Haycock
have left Washington for Richfield
| Springs.
Mr. Thomas B. Waggaman and family
are spending the season at the Warm
| Springs of Virginia.
| The effect of the war is indicated by the
| statistics of the Summer Social Register.
| which shows that only hair as many fam
| lilies have gone abroad this year as last
| and 10 per cent more Americans have re-
| turned TO their own country. The fear
| of occupying seashore cottages does not
| seem to have materialized for there is
| the same ratio of increase in the number
cf seashore homes as there is in inland
residences. although, OF course. the latter
is larger.
The principal Fourth of July attraction
| at LenoX was the celebration by Mr.. and
| Mrs George Westinghouse, who have a
splendid villa there. which included the
| raising of a large flag on a pole one hun
| dred and twenty-five feet in height. The
| beautiful grounds were illuminated with
electric effects from the Westinghouse
| plant.
| Mr.. George Hadley and family are oc-
occupying their pleasant cottage in the
Catskill Mountains.
Bishop Satterlee has taken a desirable
| rustic cottage in Twilight Park. in the
| Catskills, where he expects to pass the
Summer. This noted mountain park with
the adjoining Sunset and Santa Cruz
parks, forms the most populous preserve
of that character in the range and the
dwellers are coming in now by every
train. to remain, in most cases, far into
the autumn.
Mines i'm New York HarbOr.
Various New York steamboat COM
panies have made joint application To
the Secretary of War TO have the mines
| removed from New York harbor now
that danger from Spanish warships has
| practically ceased.
Secretary Alger has refused to take any
immediate action. In answer to the APP
plication. the Secretary said that he
would give the matter the most careful