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New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
yOT CAN AND YOT CAN'T.

There are lots of things which every one can
do. and lots more which many cannot do. There
are also things which once could be done by
some but which no can do now. And some
Of the things which the average man cannot do
are things of particularly great interest.
There is going 10 the South Pole, for example.
which Edgar Allan Poe wrote weirdy and
so inconclusively about. There is, by way of
contrast looping the loop" at Coney Island.
Likewise, there the delights of dining
out of doors in New-York in summertime.
Again, there is the building of big bridges in
which America beats all creation" Moreover
there is Marie ex-Queen of Naples. the proud
bride of ''Bombalino." who has had some vogue
in historical novels and who is now retiring
from the turf and selling her race horses. In
addition, there are the beauties and luxuries Of
summer existence in the Berkshires and at
Bar Harbor and on Old Orchard Beach. Nor
should we overlook the weary pigrimages which
have been made by the bones OF King Edmund
of England. and which at last 10 be ended
in sepulture in English soil Here. indeed. Is
an ola podrida of interests, and there are lots
of people who would like to have personal OBJ
servation or experience Of every one Of them.
Well, that, as remarked before, is largely
out of the question, save in one way. There is
one way in which every one may get the best
kind of information and entertainment on all
these topics and on many more OF equal fascina-
ton and may have the scenes In question set
before him with Photographic exactness and
with artistic skill. That is by staying right
at home in his own easy chair or easier ham
mock and having the world brought 10 him in
the pages of tom orrow's Sunday Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
TAXPAYERS NOT ALL EASY"

Controller Coler informed the people Of this
city that their only weapon for preventing their
servants from carrying out a wasteful and eN-
travagant garbage contract was taxpayers
suit With refreshing promptness a taxpayer
comes forward, in the person of MIR. James +.
Madden, to contest the action OF the Mayor and
his associates who make up the majority OF the
Board of Estimate which IS on Its face scandal
Gus II not actually fraudulent. They gave a con
tract not for one year only but for five. to a com
pany to do for S303 600 year work which the
same company Is doing under an expiring
contract for $50 $50 a year. This bid was so
palpably excessive that the board did not dare
to accept il at first but threw it out and re
advertised. An outsider then bid $4,000 and
another $4,000. but their bids were both re-
jected for technical irregularity and under
cover of the alleged impossibnty % securing
better terms the board then reconsdered It's
former action and made this outrageous bar
gain.
The excuse that 1t was necessary to arrange
for the disposal of garbage at once even on
hard terms is completely disposed of by the
Controller. He says that the company could
have been compelled to go on removing garbage
under the old contract until some new provision
could be made, and there was no necessity
for surrender to excessive demands. Moreover
even if the city had been put at the mercy Of
contractors able to order stand and deliver"
there would have been nobody TO blame but our
Tammany authorities They delayed adver-
tising for bids till the last moment and so ar
ranged matters that II was practically impos-
sible for anybody to compete In the bidding
If there reason for haste at the end it was
their own fault, for which they calmly expected
the taxpayers of this city to forfeit 100000 or
more IA year for five years without holding them
responsible. Happily not all taxpayers are con
tent to be easy marks" for that sort OF robbery
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
RLETS " THE ASPHALT.

The contractors who lay the asphalt pave
ments in New-Y York sign agreements 10 keep the
streets in good order for certain number OF
wears They receive generous sums for the
work which they do and experts familiar with
such matters assert with great positiveness that
the profits made out of these paving contracts
are exceedingly large. At any rate. it cannot
he denied that the companies and firms which
own the plants that are employed in such Oper-
ations manifest every year an earnest desire to
secure from the municipal authorities extensive
opportunities for rcpaving avenues and streets.
Were these undertakings Improbable they
would not be sought for with so much eager
ness.
As il may be taken for granted, then, that
the contractors are making money out of the
city what excuse can be suggested for their
remissnesS in meeting their obligations TO the
community? They pledge themselves in signed
documents to keep the pavements In proper
repair for a definite time, to close breaches gaps
and riffs. and TO maintain an even, unbroken
surface. That these agreements are not kept
faithfully, that these promises are frequently
neglected and disregarded, is apparent to every
one who takes note of the condition Of the
asphalt pavements in many parts of the city.
Hills and valleys, seams and breaks, rough
places and gullies rutS and dSintegrations, are
lamentahly numerous and extensive. An efh-
cient city government would compel the con
tractors to fulfil the obligations which they
have assumed and TO keep the pavements in
suitable condition. But what Is TO be expected
from our lords OF miSrule: Figs from thistIes,
grapes from thOrns good deeds and the con
scientious performance of duty from the spoils-
men of Fourteenth Street!
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
CUTTING LOOSE FROM BRYAN.

The Democrats Of Maryland have lost no time
iD seconding the notice OF dispossession served
on Colonel VI. J. Bryan by the Democrats of
Ohio. Three weeks ago al Columbus the Ohio
Democrats challenged Colonel Bryan's preten-
siOns TO continued party leadership by excluding
from their platform any mention of the peer
less Commoners" name or any reference to the
party policy which his Presidential candidates.
in 1896 and 1900 had made paramount" At
Columbus a minority Of six delegates out OF
nine hundred and fifty had the courage 10 pro-
test against this brutal snub TO a leader whose
power year ago within the party was abso-
lutte and undisputed. AT Baltimore not a single
dissenting voice was raised when resolutions
were reported which ignored completely not
only the Nebraska statesmans past services
and present counses. but contemptuOusly dis
missed as worth not a single syllable the issues
written under his direction into the Chicago and
Kansas City platforms. The Ohio Democrats,
though discarding as hopeless and prOfitless the
party's former demand for free silver coinage.
still thought il eXpedent to echo some of last
wears empty tLunders about imperialism and
trusts The party in Maryland is either more
candid or more reckless about admitting the
hollowncss of recent Democratic campaign
cries; for il throws Organism and all the follies
OF Bryansm overheard together by declaring
that il lis not necessary 10 do more in regard
Ito national issues than 10 reaffirm our stead
"fast allegiance 10 the cardinal doctrines of the
Democratic party as eXpounded by It's illustr-
"ous founder. Thomas Jefferson
No one. howeyer-nOt even the present wearer
of Jefferson mantle-could have been greatly
surprised at the alacrity with which the Mary
land Democrats initiated their Ohio brethren in
cutting loose from the Populistic programme
forced them 10y Colonel Bryan's successive
candidates. for the Presidency. To It's credit
the Democratic party in Maryland never fully
yielded its opposition 10 free silver coinage, nor
did the local party machinery pass at any time
as IL did in nearly every other Eastern and
Middle State, into the hands of managers in
sympathy with Colonel Bryan's policies or per
sonal ambitions. II was TO be expected. there
fore, that al the first favorable moment the
Maryland Democracy would express its unveiled
under which defeat has come i'm four campaigns
out Of the last hve i'm what had hitherto been
held 10 be a sialwart Democratic State
The Maryland platform is Of course. Mr. Cor
mans bid for reelection 10 the United States
Senate, as the Ohio platform was the bid-in
Colonel Bryan's view, al least-Of John r. Nc
Lean for seat IN the same body The short
shrift given the Nebraska leader I'm Ohio
startled the most cynical believers In the
Democratic party's innate capacity for sacrific-
ing principles 20 eXpediency. The action Of the
Maryland convention. because more generally
anticipated, may prove less decisive blow TO
Colonel Bryan's prestige a political leader.
II marks. however. the second step In an lab
sent treatment process which needs only TO
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

new corporation is s250OO0 and it's officers and
stockholders all young women.
Nonsense said the faith healer to the man
been snakebitten. You only think you were
Well said the victim. pouring out another sun
that may be all right but the snake thought
he going to bite me, and can't tnink as quick
snake can."-(BaltimOre American.
The following advertisement appeared the other
day in 'The London Morning Post;
''Wanted-A lady to groom and take care OF a
small house in the country. The cook is a lady,
write
Misnomer.-Mrs. NOozy-I think it's the most
ridiculous thing to call that man in the bank a
teller"
Mrs. Chumm-why?
Mrs. Noozy-Because they simply won't tell at
had on deposit there, and he just laughed-(Phila-
delphia Press.
Some temperance women of Chicago have got into
a quarrel over the practice of naming vessel by
breaking bottle of wine its bow. One faction
denounced it as a recognition of the demon OF
rum. while the other held that temperance people
ought to rejoice when wine is thus disposed of in
stead of drunk.
Yes" said the reformed man TO an impecunious
pensve luxuries? Now, for instance look at me.
| gave up smoking about a year ago-l decided l
could do without it. Last month made calcula-
it amounted to considerable sum L then opened
an account in one of the many New-fork savings
banks, and"
Gould you lend me s10?" broke in the other i'm
petuousy. "Ill pay you back .
And the bank failed yesterday Er-you haven Z
such thing as cigar about you. have you! -
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
PERSONAL.

The Rev. H. T. F. Duckworth. who has been ap-
pointed professor of divinity in Trinity University
Toronto, is graduate Of Merton College, OXFORD
Raymond Macdonald Alden. instructor in Eng
sh in the University of Pennsylvania, has been
appointed assistant professor OF English in Stan
ford University. He graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and afterward a member
of the Harvard Graduate School. He is the author
of book. 1.-The Art of Debate" and will have
charge of the training students In augmentation
Edward X. Putnam has been appointed instructor
of English in Stanford University He was graau, a
ated from Illinois College In 1891. For nearly hve
years he has been engaged in newspaper WORK IN
Chicago Later he devoted himself TO aovanced o'ei
work In English at the University or chicago ana
at Harvard
Another attempt to cross the Alps in balloon is
TO be made in August by Captain Spelterini- His
first attempt failed, he driven by strong
wind into French territory He intends TO start at
st. Moritz. in the Engadlne.
on behalf of the merchants and manufacturers
Association of Milwaukee, S. NJ. Green will go to
San Francisco and present to General MacArthur'
when he lands an elaborate invitation to the re-
ception in his honor. 1t is in book form bound In
soft morocco engrossed eggshell paper, each
page decorated in water coors with roses, with an
illuminated initial letter each page. After pay
ing graceful tribute to the gallant solder, ne Is
requested TO name the probable time OF ms teaIn-
ing the city of his bOyhood. and concludes oy IN
viting him become the guest OF the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association at a F'eeP'ioh anu
banquet
King Victor Emmanuel has won the hearts OF
even his republican subjects since a noted repuo-
lcan in speaking Naples the other day said that
IL did not matter much IL the country remained a
kingdom as long the present King reigned, be
cause no President could be better ruler or more
liberal
The Rev. James Adderley. who has just accepted
the living of St. Marks Marylebone Road, Lon
DON is well known in London as one OF the leaders
OF the Christian Socialist movement Some few
years ago he wrote a novel stephen Remark eX-
pounding his views and his novel had consider
able vogue. and created great effect at the time
Since then he has been living in little monastery
founded by himself at Teddngton.
". l. Buchanan. director general Of the Pan
American Exposition. refuses to become the head
OF the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis
He says he Is I'm need OF rest and that he IN
tends 60 to South America TO take It.
The city Council Of Winnipeg has accepted An
drew Carnegie's ofrer Of coo for a library.
The Rev. Mollie B. Craft, OF Chicago, colored
has Just organized the First Baptist Colored
Church OF Chicago Heights She ordained in
milwaukee, I'm 1888 and Is a graduate OF the Howe
gecal work began In the North; much OF IL was In
igan. where she organized many churches
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

mercial counting room, they are taken TO facto-'
ries, docks, ships. etc-going as far as dam-
burg-to study there the practical Workings OF
industrial and commercial establishments. Hav-
ing completed the three years course in school.
they are put through posts graduate courses OF
actual service in commercial houses, until they
become experts in various branches of trade.
Then in the end. they are sent abroad in the
consular service 10 promote the foreign trade of
the empire.
That is what Austria is doing. That is
sample of what is being done in all the principal
European countries, the countries with which
the United States has TO compete in, trade. 1t
is not being done to any such extent in the
United States. 1t will scarcely do to say that
we do not need to do it because without it we
can beat all Europe in trade That may be true
at the present moment. But adventitiOus sue
cess is not permanent success. Temporary cir
cumstances may give us an advantage over our
rivals. But In the long that nation will
most succeed which has the most perfect prep
aration and which conducts its campaign in the
most intelligent and scientific manner. in these
days competition IS getting to be so keen and
close that no nation. not even the United States,
can afford to neglect single factor in the fight.
We may not establish State schools of industry
and commerce, as European nations do. 1t
COMFORTS better with American principles to
leave such things TO private enterprise, But at
least we need 4 multiplication of trade schools,
and of such institutions as the Commercial Mu-
sprm at Philadelphia and the University School
of Commerce Finance and Accounts in New
York. and we need, too, a trained and expert
consular service. such as that which Austria is
getting through her export academy.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
HAPPENINGS At NEWPORT.

Newport. R L, Aug. ? (SpeciaD.-William K Van
derbilt jr. is meeting with extraordinary success
circulating his petition 10 the City Council for
the use Of Ocean Drive on Friday. August 30, for
an automobile race. When the petition is pre-
sented at the meeting or the Council next Tuesday
evening the city fathers will be confronted with
the most formidable array of names OF wealthy
and influential citizens that has appeared before
that body in many years MIR Vanderbilt IS re-
ceiving in every mail inquiries from all parts or
the country regarding the conditions of the pro-
posed race and the class of carriages which Will
be eligible. The programme, which is Of course
contingent upon the action of the city Council Is
a broad one. and includes classes for almost every
style OF motor vehicle The general impression
among the citizens here is favorable 10 the races
and there is every 10 believe that the per-
mission requested Will be granted
Mrs. Fishs barn dance next month promises 20
be an elaborate affair, and will surPass in detaA
the similar function given by her hcse last season
Many of the features Will be reproduced N orue'
TO provide room for some of the features Mrs Fisn
proposes to introduce. temporary addition WIZ
be built 10 the north side of the villa, extending 10
the road. ,-,,-,.,., -,.i.a1 AZ
GreystOne this afternoon. which was larsely at az
tended as was the weekly reception OF Miss NaLs s
TilHnghast. who had Heathe Gregory ana LEWIS
Coleman Han 20 sing and play for her gGests ,.l
The dinner entertainers tonight were Co,one.
Edward '. Morrell MIS-. Judse gray, - TFrssboiy
Park: Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, IT., MIS- STeOtss
l.. RiVeS. Mrs. George b. Lie FottSt dl4o +t'o-
" Lawson on board the steam yacht Dreamer
Mrs William G. Rockefeller, Jr arrived In,s ss
afternoon and is the guest of James Stillnnan He'
father at OakIawn. in NaTraganSett-ave-
Next Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. H o. Ha4J
never pa Will give large dinner at Berger 5 "i'H
dancing. -. +,5ay
beran their tennis tournament for a cup presehteg
nv Master James q. Blaine. the games PENS play
at the Casino. The result OF the preLmlhaIleS A0'
lows
Ill., oa1ricbs beat Louis De Forest. g.. "a; Ray
Ilvingston beat Austin sands - -: 3i'tfer
H1shr7e heat Francis French. by default FniIp
bsat SIDNEY Fish by default; Harold SANDS oeat
WiIs bv default z. Pearson beat James G b'anis' ~
by default.
7, the second round Pearson beat Sands -"
81. 81 . ,-t.--, 4, .aD+afn In
Count Adelbert Sternberg. OF vienna cag's cagea'is "
- S1strfan army has apartments at BergeT : -
George Won l. Meyer, AInhasSa DOR 20 ltaiS' -
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel IhayeI. ,.i-
Mr and Mrs c. G.. Haven have arrived at 'ls4i
cottaRe in Narragansett-ave. for the season.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

A ErcHRE AT me DEAL COLE CLUB.

a ECCHHE Al Ittf- DEAL 6OLF OLOo
euchre party will be given at the Deal Golf
Club this evening. IL has been arranged by
some OF the ladies who are members OF the club
and others living in Deal The proceeds
from the sale OF tickets will be given TO The
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Tables will be placed
in the rooms and in the main hall OF the club
house and also on the piazza.
The patronesses are Mrs. Frederic a Baldwin
Mrs Joseph ID. Bedle. Mrs. Joseph Bumstead Mrs.
Mark Hoyt Burch. Mrs Jonathan Dixon, Mrs
Warren Dixon. Mrs. James Fleming. Mrs. Liv-
ingston C;ifrord Mrs Herbert Parsons Gleason.
Mrs G. b. NJ Harvey. Mrs. William Hogankamp
Mrs. Robert NJ. Jarvis. Mrs. Thomas Q. King, Mrs.
William T I.utkins, Mrs. William Pearsau. Mrs.
William S. Ross Mrs, Eldredge Gerry Snow Mrs
Mrs George w Young Mrs John s Stanley. Mrs.
Edward Furman and Mrs. Daniel ODay.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

American brooms sweep clean. They nave
swept Havana entirely clear of yellow fever ana
the Cubans have learned such lessons in scrub
bling and in sanitary precautions of all kinds
from the Yankees that this pestilential malady
is likely to be extirpated in the West Indies and
to exist no longer as a menace to the health ana
prosperity of the ports in our Southern States
Spain was never sufficiently energetic in her
efforts to stamp out disease. A thoroughly
cleansed Cuba will be almost an earthly para
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
PROFESSOR ToDD'S ECLIPSE WORK
NO EVIDENCE OF X RAYS sFoUND-INPRovEMENIs
IN APPARATUS.

IN APPARATUS.
Ietters received from Professor DaVld = IO
% Amherst written at Bangkok SIAM Aui"
rav,s OF mis- endeavvOr to photograph ul0 I .
solar eclipse. Professor Todd had TWO -,
both of them apart from the other astronomers
vert to the East Indies. One was on the 'sialI
S,rl,ap and the other on Iingga- CLOUDS preVss go.
ohssrv,tton at the former point, out tWentS 80
D,ctrrss Of the corona were obtained at the -
The Amherst astronomer has oehe'eu 80 y
s,,, emitted rays, from evidence o~o'aile ~ .s
Ianan in 1896 But the plates exposed uui'H9 s,, :,
1,'h,Ia ~ totalty In follower six minuteS-'""
show any such form OF energy. nh bas
Ora of the things for which PROFESSOR ~,
Ions, been famous is his system OF eoh'I0l,'
number of cameras autOmaticaIy uurinS ~ sTnosurss
aacccnTately timing a large number OF Sia1Hnorfant
Tbts YEAR he iuprOved his system IN twa+a5 ~ ~
5sTaUs Each camera shutter was opels.I,Tst - by
dirarent drum ali OF the drums Deln6 Enots
one commutator, or clock Tne COIuss - TuDnins
worked the camera shutters, instesu ,s,,s1,s OF
over pulleys and downward under IIsS - its own
weIgbts as at TripOl each returned - - +ls IS
dr1ITn Professor Todd thinks tndl ls frtsIonsd By
now practically perfect having been HeSe'Op
years of trial
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

spread TO dozen other States 10 upset all the
Nebraska orators present plans for retaining
any conspicuous or commanding role in Demo
cratic national politics.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The so-called king of the recent Corner in
corn has been forced to abdicate his throne and
his crown has been snatched rudely from his
throbbing temples. Uneasy lies his head. and he
is sorry he ever donned the robes of grain pit
royalty. Corners in breadstuffs and In food of
any kind have been almost invariably calami-
tous in the end to the schemers who have tried
to put them through. "Old Hutch" and young
Letter and many another went down in dusty
defeat and disaster when they tried to corner
the products of the Western farms.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

wardman has been found guilty. Who
thought 1t possible? Who believes that he will
ever pay the full penalty for the crime of which
he has been convicted? His ingenious and inde-
fatigable counsel will now begin the interim
nable round of appeals and stays and technical-
ties with which decent New-Yorkers are so
familiar and of which they are weary.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
COUNT CASSINTS VISIT HOME.
AMBASSADOR NOT LIKELY To CHANGE THE
SUGAR SITUATION.

st. Petersburg Aug. 1-Count Cassini the Rus
sian Ambassador to the United States. who arrived
here recently will be received in audience by the
Czar Wednesday next The ambassador WIN re-
main here a fortnight Will spend two weeks at
Marienbad and will then return to Paris. He mas
not yet seen the Finance Minister. NJ de Witte'
and 1t is considered unlikely that Count Cassihi >
presence In St Petersburg will substantially chamSe
the situation respecting the sugar duties. II - u u
derstood that the ambassador Is uhaoIe 70 o"
light on the question whether Russia woui1 ~ IroOS
nize the decision OF the United States supreme
Court should IL decide against Russia Ihere Is a a
disposition in several quarters here 10 nope lOl q
settlement through a new commercial treaty
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
RAFFLED THE KAISER'S AUTOGRAPH.

Berlin, Aug. At seems that when Emperor VIII
visited the excursion steamer Auguste NictOrla
of the Hamburg American Line in Lardalsoereh
Bay Norway the Austrian Countess Kielmannsegg
begged his majestys autograph, TO be raffied tor
the benefit OF the ships musicians and crew Inc
rattle yielded 4OS6 marks. @. II. Miffn, or BOSTON,
being the winner.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
UYRON A. DECKER DEAD.

Myron A Decker, senior member OF the nrm OF
Decker & Son, plano manufacturers, OF No 81 10
s75 East One-hundred- and thirty -hfth-st died az
home. No 40 East One-hundred -and-thlrty-
second at. at 8 a m YESTERDAY
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

first of American cities from his British home In
Vantage. Must this degradation continue? Is
the seat of power for this metropolis to remain
always in England?
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
Amneemcnis.

2.I5--S :l3-FlorodoTa
CHERRY BLOSSOM GROVES 30-Naudevthe
EDEN MUSEE-Day and Eveuing-Norld in wax
KEITH S-Continuous Performance. go,
kNICKERBOCKER THEATRE-2:lo-e-lo--l STUN
MANHATTAN BEACH-2-Sousa and His Bana' .
China Pains Fireworks; 9-The Casino GrL
PARADISE GARDENS-k:l5 10 I2-NaudeVine
PASTOR 'S-Dsy and Nght-Contnuous snow. . -,
ST. NICHOLAS EN-S:l5-kaltenborn orchesuai
Concerts.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

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