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commonly supposed When challenged on this
point on one occasion Mr. Goschen CURLY re-
marked: I'VE know all about submarines
The failure of the Government to take the pub
lie into it's confidence is not conclusive evidence
that II has never investigated nor secretly dellb-
Grated! 1t Is thought by many naval experts
that the chief function of this new type OF YES
sci will be the defence of a harhor against
blockaders. aud therefore that it will be n re-
source Of the weaker rather than the stronger
Power. Certainly if Cervera had had the Hoi-
land at Santiago he might have compelled the
Yankee ships outside to keep moving in par
ticularly lively manner to avoid being blown up;
and il is doubtful if even these precautions
would have insured immunity 10 Sampson
fleet Now, some time is likely TO elapse petore
England finds herself in the position or the
weaker Power. II is morally certain that con-
spicuousy superior strength in cruisers ana
hattleships would enable her TO make her
enemv's coast rather than her own, the scene
of war. For practical purposes, therefore SUD
marines would be of little use to her. SUCH
craft cannot carry fuel enough to make long
runs ut sea They are too slow, moreover, to
accompany a feet for any considerable distance,
unless. indeed. like other small torpedo boats,
they are taken on board big ships and launched
at the scene of action
some moral effect on the officers and men Of
the British navy would be produced by the
mere knowledge that the Admiralty had few
submarines for use in emergencies and also for
test purpose during naval mauRuvres. instead
of relying exclusively on observation of the eX
periments Of other countries or council cham
Der suggestions of strategy This argument is
rot altogether without force especially mas
much as the submarine is yet good deal OF an
unknown quantity
Still this much has been demonstrated con-
corning 1.-THE lives Of the men who embark in
such boat are in little greater peril than those
of sailors in unsubmerged torpedo boats. The
crew must keep as nearly motionless as possible
lest they spoil the trim and stability of the
craft But otherwise they are subjected to
little additional Inconvenience. While not so
swift nor easily manPuvred as a vessel that
stays on the surface all the time, the submarine
is better able to make itself invisible while
delivering an attack. especially at night 1t
still seems to be necessary for the submarine to
project her coming tower out of the water at
intervals to locate the enemy. but a coming
tower is much smaller than whole boat: and
an occasional momentary exposure of it in
wolves much less risk than remaining on the
surface. Experience and special training are
requisite in order to secure the best results from
officers and men. and the service is not particu-
larry inviting. Yet in spite of these incidental
drawbacks the recent Newport manpuvres
showed that the submarine Is an exceedingly
dangerous neighbor for the large vessels Of a
blockading feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
MUSIC.
CARMEN IN ENGLISH

The performance % Carmen az the Na.-,,,,
tan Opera House last night admirable IN -or-.
features without qualification as TO acting sf,-
ing stage setting and stage management can 80
be characterized on the whole as study - -.
ruder, al fresco. externally pictures1;.s psr+, -
Bizet's exquisite work. That there Is q usar,s -
poetry in the music and vast possibilities p, -.
way OF dramatic well as musical charsors--,
ton could not be learned by any OF the well MAJ
ing people in the audience who may BE- usi7r =,
English performance as a stepping STONE p, -,
probation Of performances OF the kind 70 vs,s,
Mr.. Grau's people have accustomed US II 500.
regretted that even Miss de Lussan's ir,psr.,-,
ton OF the heroine cannot be EXEMPTED f-,,
THIS criticism II is quite as good fvs-v
little different. indeed. so far as i,..1,-t
biltty is concerned In English as il was 4,
the past when she sang IL in French ard T-sy,,
but II accentuates only the sensual elements IN +bs
character and accentuates them groszIv TAsra d,
no need TO appeal TO the original narrator % tss
story; the traditions OF the stage and he devices
OF the representatives of the part who have s,u5aI
Spanish character will serve. Let Carmen wear
dagger in her cOrsage and pilfer watch If ssA
must-there is still no need OF a wanton exposure
OF hosiery and manifest purpose 70 wear the but
tons off of every male costume in her neiEhborhood
TO illustrate the gypsy cigarette girls Ackensss IN
love. Her gypsy companions were so inconss-
quential, when they were not painful that they
need no mention, but they helped her 70 SCI of
the really gentle inpersOnatiOn OF NIchaeIa BY Mss
Ballstrom. This failed in effectiveness only because
of the want OF volume and vibrancy in hsr vote
II Is pretty voice and back OF IL there are as,s
and Intelligence She presented an amaOls pct
ure OF innOcency and a boon 10 the rsprs-
sentatiOn
Mr.. Brozers vocal gifts have excellent asd
for their display in the part Of Don jose but BE-
tween a ragged accompaniment and what may have
been imperfect audibty in the trying harmonissO q
the romance in the second act this beautiful piece
OF music went for nothing William PAUL over
weighted by the sons OF the TOreador like the
jority Of the barytones who have essayed It, yet
excellent in other parts. and Mr.. BOyIs's Zunss
fully up 10 the standard. The vitality Of the
chorus again in evidence and this time agree
ably. Carmen" ought 20 Justify Mr.. Savagss
venture. and will. If it can be refined in IFS chief
roles and bettered a bit musically in the smaller
parts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

The nineteen States in which the Republican
candidates seemed practically sure of success
cast eight more votes than a majority in the
Electoral College. Nothing in the reports made
by the Republican State chairmen indicates
a change of sentiment in any of these States
serious enough to endanger Republican victory
four weeks hence But in the group classed
as doubtful these forecasts offer the hope of
sweeping Republican gains. Delaware can now
justly be restored to the Republican column,
since the two Republican factions are support
ing joint electoral and State tickets. and their
combined strength easily exceeds that of the
Silver Democrats. West Virginias extraordi-
nary industrial progress has plainly changed
her politics Her people have drawn further
away each year from Southern traditions and
affiliations, and this election will doubtless en-
phasize their purpose TO cement their natural
political alliance with the States Of the West
and North. Kansas promises also to return
TO her normal political associations. The wave
of Populism has clearly spent its force in the
Sunf1ower State and another regime of Repub-
licanism, Chairman Albaugh prophesies, is
about TO begin. South Dakota and Wyoming
like Kansas, essentially Republican States-are
placed with equal justice and confidence in the
Mckinley column by Yesterdays forecasts.
Adding the votes of these five States-twenty-
six in ALTO the 232 carried in Table No l. the
Republican candidates would have within thir-
teen votes of the total cast for Mckinley and
Hobart in 1896.
OF the remaining six States. with fifty votes
three, with thirty-six votes, were carried four
year ago by Mr.. Mckinley. and three. with four
teen votes. by Mr. Bryan. Maryland is undoubt-
eddy a Democratic State under ordinary condi-
tons But the renewed revolt of the Gold
Standard Democrats against Colonel Bryan
promises 70 give Maryland's eight votes again
10 his Republican rival. In Kentucky the
Goebel law stands as a menace against that
free and fair exercise Of choice which gave
the Republican party its slender margin of ad-
vantage four years ago. The result In the Blue
Grass State is absolutely in doubt Across the
Ohio River. in Indiana. all the chances favor,
Republican success; hut the struggle between
the two parties has been a desperate and so
far fairly even one Nebraska's vote is al
most as much in doubt as Kentucky's. Idaho
is predisposed TO support a silver nominee once
more; but in Utah the tide has turned with
great force away from Bryan and the issues
he stands for. With Election Day still four
weeks ahead President McKinley's probable
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PERSONAL.

mo one" says The Chicago Tribune "u;u
ever charge Roosevelt with being a spellbinder.
His manner of delivery is what is termed in Kan
sas the ratchet movement his gestures are me-
chancal, and his facial contortioas almost laueb
able But his earnestness is of far more weight
than the gift OF easy speech and nowhere in his
tour Of the Northwest were his statements cues
toned 1t is the man, not his manner. which car
rtes weight on the public rostrum Roosevelt
however, at table with convivial companions 10
another man. The curb which he apparently
wears when making political speeches is then
thrown aside he is the finished story teller the wit
or the party, and ready O off aDeCdota
after anecdote from his inexhaustibe supply
The grave of Thaddeus Stevens in the old
shreiners Cemetery. of Lancaster. Penn. is much
neglected, and the body will soon be removed 10
Greenwood Cemetery In the same city.
Bishop Coleman CEpiscopaD. of Wilmington De,
IS making pedestrian tour thrt ugh West Virginia
incognito.
General and Mrs. Lew Wallace have presented
to the Wabash College library the original manu-
script of THE Prince of India" There are over two
thousand pages on by paper The pages are IN
the fine handwriting OF General Wallace and show,
corrections and suggestions in the handwriting of
in 1886 on the Kankakee River and was fnished in
The Rev. Paul Revere rockingham, who has
been for some time pastor of the Unitarian Church
Of New Bedford, Mass. will be installed as pastor
OF the Arlington Street Church. Boston on Octo-
ter IA. 80
Henry X Holsmlr, the nav president Of the
Chicago Architectural Club was graduated from
Iowa College in 1891 and since 1923 has bean suc
cessful architect In Chicago The club is affiliated
with the Art Institute, carries on definite educa-
tional work for draughtsmen and holds annual
exhibtions or the progress made in American and
foreign architecture This year the club will vrorI-
on new lines, and European TRAVELLING scholar
ship has been instituted prize TO the slccessfuI
competitor in a series of six Architectural com
petitions. o'A
Jacksonville. Fla, Oct. Special Henry NJ
Flagler arrived to-day from New-York and for
mally announced his citizenship In Florida o.,
registered for the coming election anu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
ELECTORAL FORECASTS.

Evidence in detail of the collapse of Colonel
Bryan's second Presidential canvass is to be
found in the dispatches from Republican State
chairmen published in yesterdays issue of The
Tribune. These responses. whether from East
ern. Central, Western or Rocky Mountain
States. bear the same reassuring marks of
cautious statement and conservative judgment,
and the drift they show strikingly confirms
the view, so often insisted on in these columns,
that at no time since the Presidential cam
paign began have Republican prospects really
justified those alarmist appeals which until re-
Gently disquieted the world of business and
commerce. 1t became reasonably apparent
after the results of the State elections in Ore
gon. Vermont and Maine were announced that
the Republican nominees would carry these
nineteen States, casting a clear majority Of
votes in the Electoral College:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
SUBMARINE TORPEDO BoArs

IL Is rather curious fact that Great Britain
which has the largest navy in the world and
has spent far more money than any other nation
in investigating problems of naval construction
and warfare should never have adopted or even
experimental with the submarine torpedo boat.
Every now and then her Ministers are oues
TONED upon the subject or criticised for anpar-
ent indifference perhaps at the instipntion of
disappointed inventors. few weeks ago the
rumor was circulated that the Admiralty had
altered its attitude and contemplated a trial Of
new submarine boat. The story was officially
denied but the denial has served TO excite a
iresh discussion in the columns of the news
papers.
IL would not be at all surprising If the British
authorities were much better posted than is
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DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. Jefferson appeared last night in Chicago ana
was warml~ welcomed
Mrs. Fiske will appear in Boston, on October e
Beginning the dramatic season.
Mr.. George Clarke will act AZ Keths Thes--.
next week, as Don Cesar de Bazan-
Miss Maude Adams viii appear at the Knicks--
booker Theatre on October .. IL The Eagle,
James O'NeiH will act at the Academy OF Nus,.
on October .. as Monte Cristo-
E 5. Willard viii make his Remittance on m.
American stage. in Boston November u "a
he will act in America until May 1871. M Eruv,
A. Barron has written play for him, % an Italia,
character.
Sarah Bernhardt and her French associate Ma
ers will appear al the Garuen Theatre. in m.
course Of the season
Mr.. John Hare will act in New-york in Mover
Der. presenting The Gay Lord Quex" W "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
FACTS uJSREPRESENTED.

Sunnorters Of Mr. Bryan are urging the recent
reduction in wages at some iron and steel works
MS reason for voting against the present Ad-
ministration. This is another presentation of n
half truth for the purpose of decelvlng the
people 1t is unfortunate that every voter mas
not access to the bulletins prepared by the
Commissioner of Labor and the reports OF the
president OF the Federation of Labor. These
publications would show the steady advance In
wages during the first three years after Mr..
McKnlcy's election and the decrease in the
number of idle workmen. Taking the iron and
steel workers alone. we find an increase of >
per cent in 1897, of s per cent in 1898 and II
per cent in 1899 This is an average of all con-
Germs in the country, which must of course, in
clude some low figures at badly managed con-
Germs, and meanwhile the number OF hands
employed increased at n greater ratio than the
wages Yet the Populist orators are pointing to
n few cases where three or four thousand hands
are striking on account of n small decrease in
wages which probably in no case amounts to
the advance they received last year.
Wages must be based to some extent on the
activity of business and the prices obtained for
products. Iron mills are now employing large
forces in most sections of the country, and
good indication of the extent of growth in this
industry may he seen in the report recently
issued by the pennsylvania Bureau OF Stats
tics. Here it is shown that the steel production
of that State had nearly doubled since 1896,
and many new works are now in course OF
preparation. This means employment for nearly
double the number of men at work four years
ago, and at largely increased wages. Still, a
moderate reduction from last years unprece-
dentedly high wages is nOised throughout the
land as positive proof that the Government at
Washington is causing misery in the ranks of
the wOrkingmen.
Prices of iron and steel products have f1uctu-
ated so violently that much more extensive re-
auctions in wages this year might have been
expected On January /, 1899, the price of
eleven iron and steel products was $40 IS for
100 pounds. and during that year an advance
occurred of over 100 per cent. the same articles
costing $50 10 on January 1. 1900. The industry
had grown beyond all bounds, and expectations
were increasing rapidly. Wages advanced, fur
naces and mills worked double time, but I'M
fortunately instead of moderate conservatism
prevailing, there developed a reckless desire to
buy at advancing prices and accumulate stocks
Everybody connected with the iron business has
merely felt the reaction, including the working
men to a slight degree.
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amusemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s:lb-The Rebel
yAeMEtlCAN THEATRE-2-S:l5-The Senator.
5lJOI-S-Mistress Nell
BROADWAY THEATRE Marcelle.
SaSlNO-S-The Belle OF Bohemia.
SttlIERiON THEATRE-S:io-Zaza.
BAls1,S THEA TRE-S-San Toy
El1EN MlSEE-The World
tfSSatLiSD THEATRE -S:20-Richsrd Carvel.
EoIkIEENTH STREET THEATRE-S-Lost River.
GARDEN THEATRE-S-Henry V
SARRICk neutrality-suspicious. Harum.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-S-A Midsummer Night
Dream.
EAMMBRSTEINs VICTORIA-s:S0-In Central Park.
sf51ARlEM OPERA HOISE-s:l5--Prinoe Otto
fzSRAlD SQUARE THEATRB-S:l5--AriZona-
IRVING PLACE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
KEITH Son nucus Performance.
hNlCkERBoCKER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Monks OF
Malabar
ROSTER & BIAL
s1SaSEIA THEATRE $3.50 Royal Family ,
MADISoN SQUARE TSIEATREs-S:2o-Self and Lady
METRoPoI-ITAN OPERA HoUSE-s-n Trovatore
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-S-The Magistrate
NEM-YORK THEATRE-S-A Million Dollars
PASTORS-Day Night
PROCTOR S-Co 1tnuous Performance.
REPCBLlC THEATRE :i5-Sag Harbo-.
SANOT-S-The Military Maid.
WAI.LAt,I's MISUNDERSTANDING Greatest Thing In
the World.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
BLANCHE WALSH AT THE BROADWAY.

meodrama OF a good. old fashioned type was
brought forward last night at the Broadway The
atre. Miss Blanche Walsh acted in II with
much force and fire. the obvious satisfaction Of
a enthusiastic assemblage. The play is called
'Marcelle." 1t made by that expert stage
manager Mr.. Eugene W. Presbrey, and 1t has
been set upon the stage with every needful en-
Enlistment of scenic beauty and effect. The
marine pageant in it is very handsome, and a
timely explosion was adroitly managed. The story
relates TO certain rival lovers. English and French
who seek the hand Of a noble Huguenot damseI
and who contend most stubbornly for that prize
The English lover prevails, and having baffied the
Frenchman in attempt to carry OF the lady. he
adroitly impersonates his foe and captures him.
This is a heavy play, technically speaking. but il
Is effort in the direction of constructive art Il
romantic, fanciful and clever. and it awakens
sustains and rewards interest Several situations in
it, particularly after the scene has shifted from
France TO Quebec. of a exciting order
Frederick Perry exceptional success as the
courtIy villain Chevalier Bigot-a sort OF Barradas
and Voltaire merged in one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
BIOL THEATRE

The Bijou Theatre viii be opened tonight ara
Miss Henrietta Crossman viii appear there In the
character OF Nell Gwyn. This will be the first -
exhibition Of this historical hussy. The play y
written by Mr. @. G. Hazleton. jr.. and il prssan,
Nelly incorporating in masculine attire s-s
com.caily contriving 20 tautaIize her ROYAL love-
Charles the Second. BY seeming 70 be one OF hsr
own favored suitors and thus arousing the Kirz,,
Jealousy. Incidentally Nell rescues the r1ora-.s
from peril, by detecting ard revealing one % "a,
many plots that we're made against him The plsv
Is said 10 be neatly made and Miss Crossna1.s In,
Dersonation OF Nell Gwyn IS praised FOR its irnps-
spirit and its mirth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

SHAKESPEARE AT THE GRAND OPERA
HOUSE
"a MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM"

Shakespeare's delicate and lovely comedy Of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream was carefully produced
last night at the Grand Opera House, by Louis
James and Kathryn Kidder, and earnest. harmo-
NOUS and effective performance OF II pleasure
a multitude of interested and apprecatve specta-
tors Miss Kidder played Helena, and by her stately
beauty and her measured defamation she invested
that rather thankless part with singular charm
Louis James impersonated Bottom. the Weaver
and he quite revealed in the comic asinnity of that
ludicrous character. better assumption Of ridicU
lous gravity and preposterous selfimporance could
not be desired. The scenery is fine the cast judi
cous and the production, in all respects, cred
table.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
CAST OF "MARCBLLE.
NEW FARCE AT THE MADISON SQUARE
"sELF AND LADY

last night. for the first time here at the Madison
Square Theatre Its plan is old; its execution suf-
hcienty fresh to be momentarily amusing II
comes from the French. and it has been deodorfzed
In the transit. The young husband and the Young
wife variance because one Of then, is crazv
about music and the other is crazy about novels
Each seeks affinity. and. in the keepine ~ an
appointment that each has made with supposed
stranger they meet each other. This has been
done before In various forms. Mr.. Fritz Williams
and Miss Isabel Irving carried the pIav-the one
by that imperturbabie gravity which in him &c de-
hciously comic and the other by that nois,biev,us
piquancy which, in her. is conspicuous charm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
A REVIVAL OF THE MAGISTRATE"
MURRAY HILL. THEATRF

The exceedingly comical play OF The Maris-
trate' which made such brilliant hit a, naIr,s
Theatre, when produced there by Augustip Dalv
was revived last night at the Murray HIN Theatre
and was acted with much vivacitv AVA ,t,'
mirthful effect by Mr.. Donnelly and his comDar,
Such cast as Mr.. DAILY provided. INCLUDING Ada
Rehan. Percy Haswell Lila Convere. sidre1 H.
bert Tyrone Power Herbert Gresham and Hobart
Mr. Donnelly has cast the piece we'll ana ,o,h,
more funny than Tho Magistrate" as acted m ne
Murray Hin Theatre. is now before the ,oc,I NH
lie Mr. Donnelly himself plays the chief par,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09
Mr.. B0UTELLE's RECOVERY ASsrRFD

Bangor, Me, Oct 81. A. Hall. secretary to the
Naval Committee of the House of Representative
who has been IN charge of the official business OF
Congressman Boutele during the latter's long and
severe illness. is authority for the statement thai
the Congressman is still further improved since
the statement given out two weeks ago and thar
the physicians in charge OF him novy assure ~
Iamliy that Mr.. Boutee's recovery Is practically
his improved symptoms A'OAh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

The prospect of wholesale destruction of trees
on Broadway is not at all encouraging to those
who would plant other trees in our city streets.
Yet it is to be hoped wide attention will be paid
to the appeal made by Mr.. John Y CuIyer
through our columns yesterday and that many
will act upon it, If citizens of New-York plant
enough trees. some of them will live and flourish
despite bad government The city government
simply will not be able to kill them ALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

The DAILY and SUNDAY TRIBUNE, bv mail,
$1.00 a month, except to a city or foreign
address.
Readers are nUited TO complain TO this
office If they cannot find TRIBUNEs at a
ge1Os stand. The Presidential campaign
has caused an increase iii sales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

Down to yesterday afternoon the British Par
liamentary elections had resulted in the choice
Of 325 Ministerialists and only 1872 of the On
position. Five years ago the total result of the
elections was the choice of 300 Ministerialists
and I'll Opposition members Down to the
point noted, therefore, tie Ministerialists have
this year made great gains. On the basis of
1898 they should have got only POI seats in
stead of $50. If the proportion of gains holds
out to the end the final result will be some
thing unprecedented in British Parliamentary
history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-09

the repertory Of Mr. Crane Is OF relic % e.
Ianented David D. Lloyd. and. to the fraternifv -
local writers. II Is specially interesting for fb,t
reason It's romantic story and It's pictures -
political society at the capital long ago gained -
public favor. The welcome accorded 70 n L..
night indicates that it has not lost It's popularity