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New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
SOCIETY AT NEWPORT.

Newport r. l.. July II (Specian-Tae additiors
to-day 10 the long list OF summer residents areat
here included Lloyd s. Bryce and family at hs
cottage in Bellevue-ave: Mrs. Foxhal Keene whd
will be followed soon by her husband, and Harry
G. McVickar.
One of the chief social features Of the day was
the large picnic given by Mrs. Richard Mccreery
at Lawton's Valley. This charming spot Is situated
about five miles out OF the city. and was formerly
one of the favorite places for picnics In fashiona
circles. Recently IL has been kept almost exclu.
sively for the use of private owners. and It has
been difficult TO secure the entree there but Il b
none the less attractive place for days Out.
ing.
Mrs E. T. Gerry gave a dinner tonight 20 twen-
ty-four guests. and others who entertained In this
way Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay. Mrs. J. T.
Beekman and Pembroke Jones Luncheons were
given by Mrs. Frederick Pearson and Mrs. Georr
S. Scott.
Saturday next Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander.
bilt will give large outdoor party at oakant
their farm In Portsmouth few miles out. This
will be In honor of their son. Alfred g Vanderbn
before his departure on a long foreign trip %
July 90 The latter. accompanied by three oihs
young college students just graduated from ma,
ward and Coumbia-Messrs. Burden, lseln an
Cochran-wil leave overland for Vancouver, wntra
they will take steamer across the Pacinc. y
yond this their plans are not matured, but will y
determined from time 10 time as suits their pleat
ure or convenience. II is known however tns
their intention is TO make what is called rou-
the world trip. and that they expect TO be abssr
from one to two years. ,, .
The Defender arrived here again late this asts
noon. and. 1t Is announced, will in the morning VI
up 10 Bristol to receive her boom, which was daS
aged In recent accident 49,
Mrs. Potter Palmer announced to-day tnat W
wedding Of her niece, Miss Julia Dent Grant 10 vi
Russian Prince CantacuZene Will take place hs'i
during the present season, although she said tnlI
no ARRANGEMENTS for the ceremony had yet oej
made Miss Grant is now at SARATOGA, but s ~
pected here soon. while the Prince Will not aInJ
until August. This is the first definite and autnG.I
tative announcement as TO the marriage i ns'H'
been said that Ii would take place In New-forE
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In such case II is difficult for the mere lay
man TO see why n court should ever be respect
ed or its decision ever awaited by an impatient
litgant
The brutal nsolence Of such proceedings IA
tigues Indignation, and unfortunately leaves
the wronged little more than sense or impo-
tence. We say that Ii ought to be punished
and the work undone But will that happen?
Does anybody expect It? No. The company
counted on Just this situation. Its tracks are
downtown, indeed In defiance OF law, but
down, nevertheless and to stay. while the tres
passer calmly compels the public to litgate
indefinitely The injured citizens cannot go
out and tear up the tracks. The railroad man
is clever enough TO guard against that. He
holds on. satisfied that possession is nine points
Of the law or course, II would be only JUS
tice II the Appellate Division should refuse to
grant him the franchise. 1t ought to he able
to refuse It simply because Of this act Of vio-
ence regardless OF all other considerations.
But even II II does refuse. the burden of dis
possessing the trespasser Is thrown upon the
wrOnged citizens, and he has resources for
prolonged contest to hold bis stolen property.
Probably the Port Chester company is not con
cerned much with the deep problems of
porations and the State. The individual rascal
is rarely stopped in n career OF crime by
thoughts Of the whrlwlnd. But the audacious
mpudence of corporations such as this just
shown Is sowing wind for n whlrlwind. 1t is
not the wealth of corporations or their greed.
or even their dishonesty, that really makes
dangerous sentiment against them. II is their
barefaced defiance of law, their usurpatlons of
power. People will stand being cheated, but
there comes a time when they will not stand
It TO see their government ridden over as law
less adventures used to ride over puppet me-
dipval kings. Sundays performance at Rye
was one of those rebellions that make gov
ernment contemplate or provoke it TO action
to maintain it's authority and It's self respect
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PERSONAL.
the country.

john Walter Hendey, the modeer of the De-
partment of Agriculture and the National Mu-
scum. who died recently famous on two con-
nents for his skiful modelling OF fruit and figures
During the war he served In the Confederate army
and in 1852. after being discharged on account OF
I'll Health. he made his way to Washington and
began to model wax flowers. This business proved
a profitable ore. and young Heudley then began
TO model fruit and make plaster limitations OF
statues In this city. The exactness OF his imita-
tons OF nature soon attracted attention TO his work
and he was encouraged TO branch in other
fields. He began to model figures and in 1865 took
a first prize al the exposition at the Crystal Palace
In London, OF that year for group Of seven figures
OF fishermen. Again at the Centennial Exhibition
at Philadelphia In 1876, he took a hrst prize for
group he exhibited. and In 1879 he entered the SER
vice OF the Government at Washington.
Mataafa. the Samoan chief has ear for mu-
sic and A rema rkable memory He knows by heart
all the Moody and Sankey hymns
DR. William X Brooks. professor OF zoology at
the Johns Hopkins University. whose early studies
OF the development OF the oyster helped TO bring
his before the public Is the subject OF In
teresting sketch In The Popular Science Monthly"
for July. As chairman OF the oyster Commission
appointed by the General Assembly OF Maryland In
1892. DR. Brooks drew up detailed report OF the
oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay and their de-
terioraton from overwork. II was he also who
bill designed to place this industry upon the
secure basis OF personal ownership underlying other
live stock business.
Barnet Early. the aged sub-Treasury cashier.
who died the other day. held his place for over
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A WESTCHESTER REBELLION.

The illegal seizure of the public highway in
the town Of Rye by the Port Chester Electric
Railroad Company on Sunday last Is high
handed outrage which some power ought to
punish. 1t is no longer question whether or
not the road ought to be built there. The rail-
road people or the protesting property owners
may have reason and justice on their side.
That does not matter. The important thing is
that this corporation acts on the theory that
might makes right and proceeds TO take what
II wants of public property just as II there
were no laws in existence, after the fashion
set by soldiers of fortune. who In darker ages
carved out estates for themselves at their own
sweet will. If any private citizen were to
treat another persons property as the railroad
officials treated the Rye highway he would
speedily be landed in Jail, and the fact that he
started his maraudng on Sunday would not
keep him out Of the hands Of the constable till
he had completed the robbery. There seems
to be something wrong with our legal machin-
cry II the law goes to sleep on Sunday, leaving
the corporation lawbreaker full liberty TO OPP
crate undisturbed. while 1t Is Argus eyed for
the petty sneak thief
Attempts to avoid processes Of the courts by
Sunday work not uncommon among rail-
road managers. Some time ago railroad was
laid without authority Of law and under cover
Of rifles In New-Jersey, and we have not heard
that the government has compelled the undoIng
Of the wrong that the indignant citizens
have torn up the rails and paid the highway
robbers in their own coin. The lawlessness at
Rye, however is peculiarly irritating In that
1t is manifested in moral II not in legal, con-
tempt Of the Supreme Court. The question OF
granting TO the railroad the right Of way in the
highway under dispute is now before the Ap-
pellate Division. Pending its decision the com
pany was bound to leave the highway alone.
citizen who while forecloslng a mortgage
drove the mortgageor by force from his house
and took possession without legal authority
would be severely punished. Yet this railroad
company does practically the same thing. 1t
asks n legal decree allowing II TO occupy the
highway, and while the matter is under ad-
vsement 1t proceeds TO occupy without per-
mission 1t evidently knew It had no right to
do so, and that the law would immo ilately in
tervene TO stop It's revolutionary proceedings,
for 1t chose n time to commit the outrage when
the court could not act before the work was
done II the court cannot punish for contempt
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thirty one years and although he had been ailns
for some twenty years he refused to retire Over
work caused his breakdown and death
Senator w. f. Sanford OF Hamilton. Ont. who
was drowned on Monday while fishing near his
summer home in Of the Muskoka lakes was
one OF the wealthlest and best known men In
Canadian affairs. He obtained his early business
training In this city but spent the greater part OF
his life in the manufacture OF clothing In Hamil-
ton He was Conservative In politics A per
sonal as we'll as a political friend Of the late Sir
John A. Macdonald he was. on the recommendation
OF that statesman. called TO the Senate by the
Earl OF Derby in 1887. He also warm friend
OF the late Sir John Thompson. and accompanied
that statesmans body 70 Canada on Her MaJestys
shin Blenheirn after Sir Johns sudden death at
Windsor Castle In December. 1894 Senator san
ford gave largely to church and phanthroplc OBJ
iects one of the best known of his works being the
Chinese Mission on the Pacific Coast called the
Sanford Mission"
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Aesu21urk DAILY Gribm,te
WEDNESDAY, JULY II, 1890.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The steamer Paris. which went
ashore on May 81, was hauled off the rocks and
will prCSsO be towsa to FamHuis SsrareS .9-'sy h:
brother. the Grand Duke Michael Alexandra
witch. to be heir TO the throne. - Another
battery Of field artillery. making five In al.
was ordered to the Cape. - A report tnat
Canada had sent troops to disputed territory IN
Alaska was denied in London. and not credited
showed deficit for last year. but a surplus Is
expected in the present one. - Albert Grevy.
brother Of Frances former President and for
merly Governor General Of Algeria, died
DOMESTIC-Reports that Secretary Alger
had resigned or that the President had asked for
his resignation were denied In Washington. =
President Mckinley appointed large NUMBER OF
officers for the new volunteer regiments. -
Members OF the United States Civil Service Com
mission began a hearing in Concord. N. H.. or
charges against Senator Gallinger. - Inc
of the American flag to vessels owned by sidents
OF Porto Rico and the Philippines - General
Asa B. Carey Paymaster- General or the Army,
will go on the retired list to-day; General Alfred
E Bates will be appointed to succeed him -
The National Educational Association began its
annual convention in Los Angeles Cal. -
The new vessel OF the New-Haven Line. the
Chester w. Chaplin. was launched at Sparrow's
Point. Md. on the eve of the Kentucky Re-
publican Convention the outcome appeared some
what doubtful in the matter OF the nomination
for Governor. - Attorney General Davies will
confer with the Governor to-day on the subject
of the canal reports. - conflict over the
state printing award was started at Albany.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. -
Winners at Brighton May Hampstead. Shore
ham, Lady Madge, Firearm, Sarmation. Kirk
wood. Governor Roosevelt had a confer
ence with Senator Platt: the former said he
had no idea OF entering the Cabinet. - The
Council again defeated the issue of bonds for
the purchase Of the Long Island Water Supply
Company. - One child was killed and ten
other people were hurt in an East Side tene-
ment house fire. - F. B. Loomis, United
inf iste ~ TeneZuela
terday and discussed the resources of the coun-
try and gigantic canal project. - Twelve
employees of the Bridge railroad who were dis
charged when the system passed out OF the
citys hands have applied TO the courts for re-
fnstatement - The Katrina wins first prize
on time allowance in the Atlantic Yacht Clubs
13S mile ocean race - John n Parsons,
representing the interests Of the employees OF
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, de-
cares the company is violating the Ten Hour
law
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Part
ly cloudy. The temperature yesterday: High
est, 81 degrees; lowest. II average. 7Gh.
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PLANS FOR THE DEWEY ARCH.

General Bu.terheld. chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Dewey Celebration Committee
had a long Interview yesterday with ]. Q. A. Ward,
of the National Sculpture Society. Mr.. Ward out
lined the Views of the society on the style Of a
triumphal arch and General Butterheld explained
the desires Of the committee. Several members of
the Sculpture Society have prepared drafts OF
designs for an arch. and Mr. Ward is 10 call a
meeting OF the society for next week to decide
which OF the designs prepared shall be submitted
TO the Celebration Committee as the choice OF the
society.
General Butterhelds idea is that the arch shall
stand on four legs. two hundred feet apart. and
that the reviewing stand shall be placed beneath
it. He favors having the stand at Madison Square,
hut no decision as TO it's location be reached
until the Committee Land Parade has presented
its final report.
Commissioner Tanning, OF the Department OF Cor
recton, will be al the headquarters In the City Hall
daily from II until o'clock until all the preliIni-
naries are completed.
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FRANCHISES ONLY FOR USE.

"The Brooklyn Eagle" makes an interesting
suggestion concerning the Incorporation OF the
Metropolis Tunnel Railroad Company ana the
possibility Of it's seeking n franchise for line
under the East and North rivers. 1t says:
"The impression prevails that the Long lsiand
RAILROAD Company's tunnel Is TO be built. 1hat
"wlll ultimately cross to New-Jersey. NO one
"belleves iust now that there Is need for more
"than one tunnel under the North River. though
"there cannot be tor many for convenience un-
"der the East River. But the capitalists Will
mot provide these convenlences unless they can
"be operated at a profit" Therefore 1t warns
the Municipal Assembly against granting fran
chiscs that NAV not be used for building. but
for stock jobblng, pointing ont that company
of little or no financial backing might fnd
franchise n most valuable asset.
How far this general warning fits the par
ticular company whose plans called 1t forth we
have no means Of knowing. We are willing 10
believe that company Is acting in entire good
faith But there can he no doubt that on gen
era principles THE Eagle" Is entirely right
There are already too many unused privileges
in the hands Of corporations. The way that
public franchises have been secured as mere
permsslons and then sold as valuable estates
has long been public scandal. which had not
a little to do in turning popular sentiment in
favor of the Ford Franchise Tax law, which
Justly assumed that grants that were bought
and sold for large sums without O dollars
worth of work being done under them were
property Justly subject to taxation, which
ought not to be escaped with some subterfuge
promise Of payment of percentage on earnings
at that perhaps far distant day when trading
in the franchise had served its purpose and
railroad or telegraph line was actually operat-
ing. Property is property whether it Is earn
ing or Is idle and should he taxed accordingly.
and, ms "The Eagle" points out. an unused
franchise is property. But even the new tax
aton doing as it WILL something to compen-
safe for the past wasteful granting OF fran
chises. gives no excuse for continued waste.
II a corporation wants 10 undertake public
work. and will give adequate guarantees 10
carry out its plans or forfeit its franchise, then
let It have the privilege. But we have had
enough Of public grants which became private
freeholds and were held a block to prog
ress. while no adequate power existed for COM
peling the use OF the grants or the recovering
of them into the hands Of the government.
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than S3O,0OO,0O0 The suggested completion OF
the scheme will cost at least S5O,OOO,OO0 more,
which, OF course, the Federal Government viii
be asked TO appropriate In River and Hhrpor
bill. There are even those who are so unchar-
liable as to say that Is what Chicago mas had
in mind all the time. We would not be guilty
of so base an aspersion upon the enterprising
young community on the lake. But we shall
he greatly surprised If the experiment OF max
ing small river an open sewer does not turn
out there pretty much as It has In NewJersey'
and If presently there Is not demand Tor
publication Of the Des PLANES River as there
now Is for publication Of the Passaic.
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benefit Of all its members. If trust seems
harmful, and the Constitution hlnders It's de-
struction, that does not In the least restrain men
who vaguely feel that the Constitution ana the
present system Of government alone stand De-
tween the individual citizen and the millennium
These forces have to be reckoned with, and the
Democrats who appeal to them imagine that
they can add these TO the force for free silver
and to all the dissatisfaction with conduct OF the
war or of any department. 1t Is not unwise for
good citizens to consider these things, however
much faith they may have In the sound sense OF
the American people, and to take good care III
season that the forces with which they nave 10
contend are not needlessly reinforced by errors
OF Judgment
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INTEREST IN THE CANCER HoSPiIaD

Landau July u.-Replying TO Sir Charles
eron. Liberal Member for the Bridgeton DIVE" Il
Glasgow In the House OF Commons 'o'0'y nn,a
Parliamentary Secretary Of the fo'e'sN ,,os
William ST. John Brodrick, said the aIe"su,d
the Foreign ONCE had not been previousy 80, n
the fact that owing TO the deaths from e',,ry ean,
New-York Legislature had endowed a n.ooSsr secr1
Buffalo TO study the disease But, me .nt a. Wss1
tary added the British Charge d 'Anaires, "a n
ington would forthwith be asked TO iurnn,sdinx y
Government all possible information resa'u'''
Institution.
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EupEROR's GIFT TO BIELEFELD.

Bieefeld. Prussia. July lion the unVe'''ns aTs
to-day OF a tablet commemoratng Empe'V y
iams speech In 1897. In the course OF "",v v,,v
promised protection 10 national labor the ~ r
teIegraphed his intention OF presenting TO tne "a
the cost OF the statue OF the Great Elee.os,;
tended for Berlin. memorial OF MS ns,or 70, 10
and reminder that he like his great III a.i,rnn ays
an infexible will and. in spite or opposluun; ,,A n
sues without deviation course once reeoe
rIn
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MR.. BENEDICTS PURCHASE.

Greenwich, Conn. July II (SpeciaD.-E. C. be''l
dict has finally succeeded. after a two yea'
effort. in securing possession OF the properly esI
tiguous TO his handsome villa at Indian haE.
He has a force OF men engaged at present u
moving the buildings now standing on tne ss- ssr
II is reported during the summer and fall IN sAS|
ing and improving this newly acquired properly
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A DINNER TO AMERICAN ACTORS

London, July 1.-THE Eccentric Club gave
ner this evening 10 members OF the Lam0s
New-York City and other visitors Lionel n,Os1
presided, fanked by Joseph II. Choate me 0"T-s n
States Amba ssador and De Wolf Hoppsr ris
Company which numbered three hundred inst MA.
David Belasco Nat Goodwin and Mckee hah""
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An inventor has invented machine to do the
applauding In a theatre when the audience negects
its duty. He offered TO sell 1t to manager the
other day the offer being accompanied by threat
to sell It to another manager in case OF refusal II
the machine methods OF theatrical management go
n little further It will be possible TO dispense with
the audience altogether and in most cases this Will
be an advantage 10 the audience at least
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
MEDAL, SENT TO THE ADMIRAL.

Washington July 1.-THE Navy Department to-
day forwarded to Admiral Dewey the medal award
ed TO him by act OF Congress 10 commemorate
the battle OF Manila Bay. The Admirars medal Is
the same as those sent to all the men of the feet
with the exception that his name IL engraved on
ha al
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
SEATS FOR ASSISTANTS IN SHOPS

London. July 1.-THE House Of Lords TINS w. 49,,
ing passed the second reading OF the OIL rea..
shopkeepers 70 provide seats for their eessI,ssaJ
by vote OF u 10 2s The Marquis or ss"s'
spoke and voted against the measure.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
ENGLISH NAVAL MANGUTRES.

London July 1l.-Mobiizing for the haNa ..,,,,-
vres began to-day lis warships ana aoous ,,prs
Ave thousand men taking part In the operaD
ona ~ the nrncipal objects OF the maness,,ssss ~
exhaustively 10 study the value OF torpeuS"
stroyers of which ffty-four are engaseu
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Nmuse mcnis.

AMERICAN ROOF dARDEN-s-vaudeviie.
CAsINO--S--The Rouuderx. ru.
EDEN MUSEE-wax Works. Grand Concert ana Clne
matograph.
KEITHs-I230 .. m.-Continuous Performance
ROSTER & BIAL'S-T:30 TO 1 a. m-Vaudevine
LION ROOF GARDEN-Concerts. . 40, a..
NEw-YORK THEATRE-S:15-The Man IN the ''oo'
Vaudeville.
PASTOR e--Cont,nuous Performance. p.,,,.
MANHATTAN BEACH-4-7-Sousa's Bahu-o-fa'" at"
rfreworks-Q-Dockst stader's Minstres ,..-., r.. =
st. NICHOLAS GARDEN-s:lS--Popular orones""' ~
VICTORIA ROOF GARrEN-vsudevine.
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Broadhurst Brothers have signed contracts with
Dr. Leopold Muller transferring 10 him the Austro-
Hungarian and German rights In why Smith Left
Home" Under this agreement the piece must be
produced IN Germany not later than January l, and
IL will. OF course. be played In the German lam
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
JOHN sHERMANS HEALTH IMPROVING.

Mansfield Ohio July n.-John sherman's con-
dition is much improved. He takes ride daily.
and since the illness Of three weeks ago he has
rapidly recovered
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The President OF the Police Board rises TO
remark that II the superintendent OF Coney
Island Sunday school can prove, as he says he
can, that certain disreputable resorts on the
island are paying for police protection, ne ought
to lay his proofs before the police authorities
Perhaps he ought to do so. but 1t is astonishing
how much OF it's business the Police Board wants
to have done for It by citizens. II in this in
stance the proofs were furnished they would
probably be thrown into the waste basket
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Hamlet" at the Broadway Theatre next season,
herself assuming the title part II she is not pre-
vented by violence In spite OF the present scarcity
Inexperienced in Hamlets and IT differs from Paris
in other resuects
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12

The secretary Of the Jefferson Club, Of st.
Louis who has been exploring the political stu
alton in NewYork. is polite enough to say that
he thinks well Of the Hon. Augustus Van Wyck
In fact. Mr.. Van Wyck reminds him strongly
''of the best type Of Missourian." That being
the case. 1t might be we'll for our Augustus to
move out to Missouri and try to grow up with
ha country
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12

Colonel Jimmy" divers assurance that
"Tanmany will indorse and follow Bryan any
where even II the party were to put sheet
Iron into the platform" is merely the revised
version OF the old saying that Democrats OF
certain stamp would vote the straight party
ticket even IL the Devil were az the head of It.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-12

Bryan declares that he would rather help
some else win in 1900 than be the cause
Of Democracys defeat The real cause of the
defeat to which it is predestined will be the gen
eral and abounding prosperity OF the country
under Republican Administration and the shin
ing page It has recorded IN the National history.
AS leader otherwise Bryan with his destruc-
tive political ideas will be a factor in its over
throw but not the only the principal cause
thereof