New-York tribune., 1900-07-01

tention. Even the astonishing verdict Of the
ooroner's jury on the Slough railway accident
that the engine driver, who had lost himself and
was unable 20 see the signals, was suffering from
temporary mental alteration, fails 10 make a
sec impression
ndon is indeed decidedly stale after nine
z this OF war and three weeks OF Chinese fog.
r world Of fashion has been deprived OF it's
Us s1al recreations in town and country, and is
Bored with the seriousness Of these busy times.
The season Is a failure. in spite of Court func-
lions at Buckingham Palace and ST. James's
Lady Jersey has q garden party to-day, and
there is a meet OF the Coaching Club for drive
10 Ranelagh, and next week there will be par
lies al Mr.. Arthur Balfours and other houses
the levee at St James's, American and Canadian
dinners and many dinner parties: but this is not
what the West End means when 1t talks with
hated breath about the season
London is fairly swarming with American
tourists. A large American delegation has been
attending the summer meeting OF the Institute
y Mechanical Engineers which has been held
month earlier than usual in order TO allow
visitors TO be present at the various assemblies
Of the Paris Exposition. Mr.. Edward P Martin
took the place Of Sir William White in welcom-
Inr the delegation, and there has been no lack
of hospitality Many Canadians have been at
tending the Assembly Of the Chambers Of Com
rnerce Of the Empire at Fishmongers' Hall The
5ebstes OF these sessions have been rather dis
maj American competition and German energy
have been constantly referred to as Offering
destructive menace TO the commercial interests
of the British Empire. The congress has passed
g resolution, offered by Mr.. George A. Morang.
ot Toronto. in favor of consolidated copyright
act FOR the Empire. This does not interfere with
IN -1-e-lF C0DVriSht for Canada
One Of the traditions Of Oxford is that no
cca5a-..- Cowns Of other universities shall be
worn there There was departure from this
custom when degrees were conferred on Thursday
upen a group Of American scholars The degree
- Doctor Of Science was q new thing. and no
costume has yet been devised for it. Professor
=. Mark Baldwin, upon whom it was conferred
MAS allowed 10 appear IN the doctors gown and
hood os Princeton, and Professor Chandler
EEen he receives the same degree next weel,
0-5u probably wear the doctors gown OF Co
'uraia DR.. Morgan Dix and Professor Charles
Eliot Norton appeared in Oxford gowns, accord
ing 10 custom.
Dr. Workman and Mrs. Fanny Bullock Work
man are reading the final proofs Of their work
On the ice world in the Himalayas, which Fisher
TEWin will publish at an early day These
venturesome American travellers have not only
made one Of the longest circuits Of bicycle rid
ing on record-over twelve thousand rniles-but
they have also conducted three pioneering as
cents Of mountains from eighteen thousand to
twenty-one thousand feet high IN the course Of
twenty days discovered large ana important
glacier among the highest Himalayas. and also
mountain twenty-sx thousand feet high
which was never before seen or photographed
by white explorers. These American discoveries
il the Korakoram range, near the extreme
northern boundary OF India, will be fully de-
scribed in this volume. Colonel Gore, Surveyor
General Of India, has assisted in locating the
mountain and glacier on the survey maps and
has agreed with the explorers conclusions.
Mrs Workman, who has been higher in the
world than any other woman is the daughter
Of the late Governor Bullock, of Worcester
The publishers Of The Dictionary Of National
Biography" after receiving the patronage Of
the Prince OF Wales, have obtained the honors
Of a luncheon at the Mansion House with
distinguished company of literary men AS
American biography was excluded from the
schemei Of this monumental but exclusively
Engiish work. It was not clear what the Bishop
Of London meant when he proposed the toast
Of America and THE Dictionary Of National
Biography" and called upon Ambassador
Choa1e 10 respond to It. Apparently the Amer
ican Ambassador was summoned as witness
10 certify that the Declaration Of Independence
had imposed limitations upon the enterprise of
English publishers. There was unconscious
humor IN the pious hope expressed by the
Bishop that this work might be recognized as
contribution to the literature OF the United
States. I N. F.