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NOTES OF THE NEWPORT SEASON.

tBY TELEGRAPH THE rRIBUNEI
Newport. r. l.. July 1-Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
has already begun plans for the Colonial ball
which she intends TO give at Crossways before the
season is over. The exact date has not vet been
determined. but 1t will In all probability take place
either the third or last Tuesday evening IN August
the guests costumes. house and lawn decorations
all being consistent with the styles the Colonial
days
On August Is Mrs. Pembroke Jones will give
what she has termed a ''froIic' at Friedheim and
although the details for that occasion are not made
public 1t is safe to predict that il will he on a
large scale. This "frolic" and Mrs Fsh's ball
will doubtless be the two leading entertainments OF
the season
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr. whose plans TO
give an amateur theatrical performance at Beau
lieu last season were upset account of the
death of President Mckinley has also started
preparations for an open air entertainment The
lawns at Beaulieu are we'll adapted for an affair
of that kind.
large force of decorators are working early
and late endeavoring to complete the work at Mrs
AstOr's house Beechwood. The workmen have
been severely handicapped since they started the
renOvations, and in consequence il will be some
time. possibly month before Mrs. Astor can be-
gin entertaining, The decorating is being done
in the ballroom. which when finished promises 70
compare favoraby with any other apartment OF
the kind In Newport
Mrs. Nj. Orme Wilson. who has been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Richard It. Wilson in agansett-ave
is now the guests of her mother, Mrs. Astor M
Beechwood.
Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor and family
will arrive at Lyndenhurst about August /
HOnore Palmer. who is visiting In Newport will
sail for Europe in few days with his mother Mrs
Potter Palmer.
Mrs a. Jay and Z. l.. Winthrop entertained
parties AT dinner tonight. Mrs. Moses TAYLOR
Campbell also entertained.
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney Is the guest Of her
mother. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at the Break
ers Mr.. Whitney has gone to the races al Brighton
MIR. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt entertained a
large party OF young friends their farm i'm Ports
mouth to-day - 90
Mrs Ogden Goelet has arrived at her villa ochre
court. on the Cliffs. Her daughter Miss Mary
Goelet, who. with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt ir is
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other departments of the public service, than
would ever have been countenanced by the
strict old school economist who has just re-
tired. But that there will be any radical re-
versal of British fiscal policy, such as an aoan-
donment of the gold standard or the immedl-
ate adoption of a general protective tariff, IS
simply impossible
Whatever other changes may be made, II
any, in the composition of the Ministry, the
chief interest will continue 10 centre i'll It's
head and in the active and masterful Secretary
of State for the Colonies. They are both well
known to Great Britain and to the world; so
we'll known that there is no occasion for DOUBT
speculation to their policy. What their
policy has been for some years past it VIII
doubtless continue to be. Mr.. BalfOur has III
an exceptional degree shown the possession OF
ability to rise TO meet the OCCASION" as witness
his memorable achievements at the Irish Of1ce
and during his brief control of affairs in the
Boer war. 1t is to be expected that he VIII
similarly assert himself at the present time
There is reason to suppose that all his re-
serve power has been exhausted, or that one
of the greatest intellects in British public life
will fail in making the comparatively small
change from the leadership of the House to the
leadership of the whole government.
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MINISTER W..

The retirement of Mr.. Wu-Ting-fan from the
Chinese Ministry at Washington will meet with
the unfeigned regret of the whole country. Mr..
Wu is highly popular everywhere he goes. 1t
has been said that the office of American Am
bassador to the Court of St James was unique
in its requirements. No other ambassador, in
London or elsewhere, was expected to be at
once the discreet diplomat and the perfect ora
tor for all public OCCASIONS The distinguished
line of statesmen and men of letters filling that
post has created tradition We have no such
tradition about a Chinese minister here, but Mr..
WI has done his share toward founding one.
He has been preeminently the speechmaking
diplomat of Washington, and his personality is
probably better known to the American people
than that of any other member of the corps.
Something of this is doubtless due to differ
ence in race, dress and manners, and the won
der created by Celestial in long queue and
flowing robes speaking fluent English with I'M
looked for cleverness and humOr. Doubtless
Mr.. WI was able to speak his mind more freely
on this account. He said and did things which
no conventional European dpOmatst would
have thought quite safe. He dared to lecture
us, even make fun of us-a most dangerous
proceeding with a people as peculiarly sensitive
to foreign criticism as Americans have been
said to be ever since the time of Basil Hall
been always amused and sometimes edi-
fed Nor was it merely because it was Il
Chinaman talking to us. That doubtless helped
but Mr. WI was withal so sensible, so clear
headed, so just even in his hits, that he com
manded respect for what he said apart from
the way he said it the source from which
it came. Mr.. WI is not merely Chinaman
with an exceptional knowledge of English
which makes him something of A phenomenon.
He is man of ability which transcends racial
lines, and he would be person of mark in any
country.
In the conduct of the serious affairs of his
office Mr.. WI has been of great service TO the
United States as we'll as to his own land. 1t
was through his good offices that Secretary Hay
obtained for horror stricken and incredulous
world the first news of the safety of the Peking
legations, when it was universally supposed that
the foreign settlement at the Chinese capital
had been annihllated. Europe at first thought
the willy Celestial was fOOing Mr.. Hay, but in
due time found that he had acted In perfect
good faith and had opened up communications
at n most critical moment for the beleaguered
Europeans That n service to civilization
future official station may be-whether he
draws up digests of Western laws for Chinese
use or secures other emplOyment-may he be
prosperous and adorned with peacock feathers
and yellow jackets! II he writes the book he
cOntemplates he may be sure OF a large sale
here He has contributed 10 the gayety Of
nations, and only good wishes will follow his
departing footsteps.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

At the recent meeting of the Academy OF Arts
and Sciences it was decided 10 award the Rum
ford premium TO Professor George E Hale OF the
Yerkes Observatory. for his investigations in
solar and stellar physics. and in particular for the
invention and perfection of the spectro-heliograph
1t also resolved 10 grant the sum or 500 rom
for the construction of a mercuriaI compression
pump designed by Professor Theodore W. Richards
Joule effect. \ grant from the Rumtord fund vas
also made 70 Professor Arthur Y Moves IN aid S Ss
upon the electrical conductivity of aqueous solu-
tions.
Gabrielle d Annunzio the Italian writer. has been
receiving during the last few months many
requests for his autograph from collectors and ad
mirers. only in Italy but throughout Europe,
that he has last grown tired OF signing his
name and has adopted novel method OF notliy-
any such requests in future. In the hotel az
now be read Gabrielle Annunzio's right hand IS
injured and therefore he regrets To say that ne
cannot write his name in albums or on Pos'aI
cards. etc"
King Victor Emanuel and the Queen Of Italy are
about 10 make a sort OF circular tour. Including
St. Petersburg. Berlin, probably London, and pos
sibly Paris; but not Vienna. All this is quite nat
urai even the omission OF Vienna King Hum
bert's visit was never returned by the Emperor
Francis Joseph, who will not go 70 Rome Hence
Samuel NJ. jones, the Golden Rule Mayor OF
Toledo Ohio, has become a victim Of asthma, ana
will be unable 10 travel about the country max
ing speeches. as he has in political CampaSrs m
other years. He says he is going into the couHttS
health.
The Rev DR. J. s. NJ Lynch, Of ST Johns
Church, Utica, and formerly vicar generaf OF the
Syracuse Diocese is said be slated for the posi-
tion Of vice rector of the Catholic Universi'y az
Washington u. C., To succeed the Rev Dr, Gafs.
rigan, who was recently elevated 10 the osa9Pg;II
of Western diocese; Monsignor Iynch lion ZION
to Rome in May is said TO have been in connee''0'
with his appointment
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THE BRIGHTON OF TO-DAY.

Racing at Brighton has taken long strides
since the days, less than a dozen years ago.
when the owners who ran horses there were
spoken Of sneeringly as "beachcombers" and
the course was houted as a merry -go-round
upon the sand dunes 1t is true that in the
eighties the track practically hippodrome
the buildings were dilapidated sheds and in
the purses fraud was rampant
But now Brighton has more attractive club
house than any other racing association in this
part of the country, its contests are of high
class, and the quality of its attendance is
cellent. The senior United States Senator from
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"oRIGISAL INVESTIGATION" IN CONGRESS-.

"ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION" IN CONGRESS.
Senator Cockrells remarks On the proposed
junket Of the Senate Pacific Islands Committee
to Hawaii come like a breeze of clear air which
drives away mist. He leaves very little cloud
of pretence of investigation to cover any other
Senator who wants to take this pleasant SEA
voyage Indeed, only Senator Burton of Kan
sas who introduced the resolution permitting
1t. is said to favor the excursion. 1t is not
known yet how many of his colleagues will 90
unwIlingly but it would not be surprising if
Mr.. COckrells frankness emboldened them like
him, to decline to make a trip for which they
see no reason, and leave Senator Burton to
journey alone or else stay at home and devote
his energies to defending the beet sugar Box
ers" from the wrath of their constituents.
Mr.. COckrel's objections to the junket have a
sound application, not only to this particular
case, but to Congressional surveys in general.
What Congressman ever yet in making hur-
ried trip through a new region, accepting en-
tertainment and letting himself be filled up
with tourist information, came back fitted to
Iegislate for the region by the light of his
trayel-gained inspiration? He generally comes
back with a lot of half digested material in
support of precOnceived notions, and with a
stock of exasperatng superiority TO his col
leagues, which retards rather than promotes
wise action. MT. COckreI points out tnat CON
greSs has several important Hawaiian matters
to consider but thinks that no good could re-
suit from such cursory and unframed study of
the problems a delegation of visiting Sena-
tors would make. There is, for instance a
question of changing the watershed of the isl
and and diyerting the enormous rainfall by
irrigation bitches to the south side of the noun
tains and of this Mr.. COckre says:
The question is one for engineering experts
having a committee Of laymen go out and look
at the mountains. l for one should have no
intelligent knowledge of the engineering diff
culties possibilities involved, If | did see
the island: and do not TO make the trip
merely for sightseeing
1t is a rare and refreshing thing to find a
member of Congress who. when he has no in
telligent knowledge of subject before him. is
ready to admit it and take expert advice. Con
gress and legislative bodies in general includ-
ing the New-York Board of Aldermen, seem to
resent expert advice. The suggestion that any
man or body of men with peculiar ability to
decide question right should be followed by
them is regarded as an affrOnt to their dignity
and the more ignorant they are. generally, the
can nearly always get far better light on their
problems by taking pains to find people who
really know, and consulting them, than by
taking birds eye views resulting in half knowI-
edge. There is much humbug in Original
investigation by Congressman as in Original
investigation" by drOves of half fedged his
torans seeking post graduate degrees from the
universities.
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Abouf Peocfe Gs1d Social Incidents.

visiting Mrs. Clarence Mackay at Roslyn VIII a..
rive in Newport IL. q few days
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Mitchell Clarke OF Nev-Yorl-
who last year purchased the estate in NIiddafoTr1
known as Gray Craig. have had plans drawn for a
house 20 be erected there. which will be read -,
their occupancy next season This site is one ~
the most desirable and prettiest spots on the -
and Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have since their 49,
rival here been occupying of the Cliff COTTAGES
The cane fad. which introduced in WssL-
ington this spring by the Presidents daugbtar
Miss Alice Roosevelt, has reached Newport and
many young of the summer cOOny -
carrying pretty walking sticks.
Mrs Richard Gambrill will entertain Mr. and
Mrs G. Foster at her cottage during the month az
August.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven and their daughter
Miss Marian Haven, are expected from LenOx
about the first of August at their cottage in Mar
IA ragansett-ave.
Peter ID. Martin will give his farewell bachelors
dinner the evening of Tuesday, July . al
Berger's. On the evening of July q Mrs. Hermann
Oelrichs will give a large dinner at ROsecEf in
honor of the wedding of Mr.. Martin and Miss
Oelrichs ST JOseph's Church. in TourO-st., where
the ceremony will take place. Is already UNDER
going repairs and improvements
The steam yacht Tare. chartered by Miss Eleanor
Thomas of New-YOrk. whose engagement to Iiv-
ingston Reeckman has been announced sailed for
New-York to-day, after a stay in Newport Har-
Dor since Saturday. Miss ThOmas's guests. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Thomas, and her hance. Mr.
Beeckman. returned to New-York by rail-
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Humberts, who lately departed in haste from
Paris, where for twenty years they had handled
Il fabulous fortune on the strength of contesting
the will of an American millionaire entirely
the creature of their profitable imaginations.
This is the newer way. Like Ruskin, who
preached return TO the hand forge, Tracy be-
lieved in the medieval manner; and
point of art, who shall decide between the cOlos
sal fraud and the titanic bandit? But, meas
ured by success. the Humberts will still be
cruising on an unknown course when Tracy
has played the last act of his man hunt melO
drama.
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JAMES ]. HILL BACK FROM LABRADOR

James j. Hill. president of the Northern se-
curities Company who has been on a fishing ex-
cursion TO his salmon stream in Labrador. returned
on Sunday to his home in the BOlkenhayn. after
an absence of over a month. He enjoyed good fish,
ing the best he ever had. and on his return was
amused by the stories of Labrador railroads which
have been current since he left New-York June.
Last evening Mr. Hill declared that he was too
busy TO newspaper men
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KING EDWARDS CONDITION.
STILL MAKING PROGRESS PREPARING TO

STILL. MAKING PROGRESS PREPARING TO
REMOVE HIM To HIS YACHT.
London, July 14.-FonOwing is the bulletin on
King Edwards condition posted this morning al
buckingham Palace:
10 a. m.-The King continues To pro=feS
sntIsfn nctorIIy. His general condition II eN-
ccIIent ana the wound is healing we'll
TREVES.
IAKING.
BARLOW.
The specially constructed ambulance III "H1N
King Edward is to he removed from bueAihs-
ham Palace TO the railway station was taken ~
the palace this afternOou. Six bluejackets "ho
have been selected to remove the King NeH'
through a rehearsal by removing the couch ."
which the King has at times been restlns 10 '"7
ambulance under the direction OF the nuIssS. uI1s
His majesty when he is taken IrOia the pt'1 aYsv
tomorrow will be accompanied DS CuTstl Cy srz
andra, Prince and Princess Charles vI .rs-
Sir Francis knollys the King pIlN"'e '
tary and the attending physician ,, the
1t is understood that no bulletin resat uI-i isff
Kings condition will be issued until his lhalssss,
shall be safely o. board the Victoria ana FAi''-
tomorrow evening -, an
As the outcome of a petition rom SOutn ths
doners voicing the disappointment fei. a. -, -
abandonment of the second day coronation 70 F
cession King Edward has consented 70 q esssish
tive arrangement in accordance WIN ,hs
he will drive through South LONDON ~
autumn nrnhably- in QcIa1er
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Reports from London say that the famous
Smithfeld market has been captured by the
American Beef Trust. What citadel has our
friend John Bull left in which he can defeno
himself against the Yankee invasion? Brother
Jonathan has taken possession of many of his
strong fortresses in the warfare for business
victories. Does any place of refuge still re-
main?
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15
QUEEN OF THE BELGIANs WORSE.

Brussels July 14-The Queen of the Belgians
Marie Henriette) who has been suffering for some
time from heart disease, but who was recently re-
norted TO be better suffered relapse. and her
condition is critical.
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MISC Mss at4 a5s0w c6ne a BssIsR Ms1 i
Bayrsi lii' cracEaahoTpe Mr. ana Mrs Alfred Hen
bassy Washington. Gantain Won Muelma9n
Mrs john Chalmers Ambassador 70 the United
Peir Pi5s TSeis paeser r Mr. and Mrs Charles L
Louis Fischer. Miss Hfda G Tiffany.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Far MT, and MIS- e
MTse we Morris Harding The Misses Helen and Ger
Iselin Judge Henry C. RaHney.
The Misses Iselin MIS-. John R Rauuey.
W.! Wiam og5man @P Ise1 ove Mam " Wal5 q FiS5 2TSsa
Ms'o6 Mr and dHs Mrs si'S 4 III Minis Lee Ogden
On the Cymric which arrived here from Liverpool
yesterday. were the following:
Mr.. and Mrs F. A Colt. Miss Maud Hanan-
N Mr pnsfsSIe snS Mfs George l. NJ and Mrs j. W Rtch.
Foose. jr. Captain Inman seaIby.
Miss Foote-
Among those booked to sail for Plymouth. Cher
bourg and Hamburg in the Moltke to-day are
Mr. and Mrs H P, Allen. Miss Mecu4Ilough ~.
Mr. Mr. and Mrs Brooks Froth- Upiohp., -
MI rhsa1' and Mrs a X Ham c W. Wahle. Consul ..
NJ 55s NJ. Hsg'oG 5G,5 Hot. , SsFf 51Ro1
Miss Rose \ Maier. Mrs c. {. Worthington-
Robert Mccullough Mss j. II "oF'hlhst'N-
Some of those on the Lain. which arrived here
from Italy yesterday. Were+
Frenzniger- Mr. and MIS- > Leoh4lu
Angela Gartbaldi- G 4 Story
NJ ana Mrs z W Ord Mrs NJ Story
MISS AiAIsSRet ~ 'H''--1''
Booked to sail to-day for London on the Manitou
are the following:
Mr. and Mrs T. w Al Barton Garfeld "
bertsOn Mrs. W F. Her
\. = Albertson- bert Jr.
Mrs Comegys George II FurEis-
The Misses a. II. Osllvy-RaTnsay.
Among the passengers who arrived here yester-
day on the steamer Minneapolis, from London,
Captafn James 2 J. ArChi-. r Harrison.
Lloyd l. Jackson
\ 1 John l. Jarrett
" II Caldwell \. J. Morgan.
Grant NJ curtis. The Rev J. ti Walker
4.
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this State is one of its patrons Brighton is
now in high feather.

If Devery ever becomes powerful in Tam
many as Croker was. may not ex-Mayor Van
Wyck fairly expect nomination for the best
thing in sight?
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Some of those who will sail to-day for Plymouth
Cberbourg and Bremen on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are the following:
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Professor Gorham. of Brown University
thinks that he has invalidated the logic OF Dr.
Jacques Loeb one interesting point. The Chi
cago investigator prolonged the vitality of sea
urchns' eggs by treating them with dilute
solution of cyanide of potassium. His inference
was that the inherent tendency of living matter
to die could be checked by chemical agency. The
Providence biologist suspects that the observed
effect was produced not directly, but by killing
the bacteria in the water containing the eggs
and thus removing baleful influence that would
otherwise be operative. Professor Gorham re-
peated DR. Loeb's experiments, and found that
the particular strength Of the cyanide solution
which kept the eggs from dying Cor losing their
susceptibility to fertilization) exactly the
same which ordinarily shows the greatest germi-
cidal activity. Further tests must now be found
to determine whether Loeb's or Gorham's ex-
planation is correct The former may eventu-
ally be substantiated. but as the case now
stands 1t is apparent that phenomena may often
be interpreted in more ways than one. and eau
tion must be shown in drawing conclusions.
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Amnsements.

cASINO-s:l5-A Chinese Honeymoon.
CHERRY BLOSSOM GROVES: S:15-Chaperons and
Vaudeville.
HERALD SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Defender.
kEIIHs-loSo a. TO 1870 p. m.-Contnuous Per-
formance
hNIckERBoCKER THEATRE-s:15-The Wild Rose.
MANHATTAN BEACH-9 -930-Shannon's 23d Regiment
Band-s-Pain's FirewoTks-9-Show Girl -
Night.
PARADISE ROOF s:15-Vaudeville
5ASIOH S-Contnuous Performance.
TERRACE GARDEN-s-Fatintza
ST NICHOLAS GARDEN-S:15-Summer Nights Band
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Mr. and Mrs George Sheldon have taken the
Daniel lie Roy Dresser place Centre Island.
Oyster Bay for the summer
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sticl1ney spending
few weeks in the White Mountains, at the Mount
Pleasant House, Bethlehem.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

MetaIIurgists have long been aware that the
addition of a certain percentage of nickel to
steel makes an alloy of especial hardness. Ad-
vantage is taken of that discovery in the manu-
facture of armor plate for war vessels. Nickel
steel possesses other well known virtues, such
as susceptibility to high polish and a loss of
corrosibility. A Frenchman, named Guillaumy,
declares that he has found new trait OF
much Importance. He says that he gets rid or
expansion with temperature, thus adapting MS
alloy to many useful purposes, such as the con-
struction of boiler tubes, whose varying length
tends to impair their connections and create
leaks. Presumably, the proportions in which the
iron and nickel combined in this product
are different from those commonly observed.
otherwise II is likely that the disappearance OF
the usual effect of heat solids would nave
been noticed before. 1t is to be hoped that NJ
GuiIlaumys announcement is fully Justiheo'
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt left Newport yes
terday for Bar Harbor.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

There is proper hesitancy over erecting into
a State Territory of only half million popu-
Iation. though it's inhabitants may be chiefly
of our own race and tongue. Yet here we are
taking into the Union every year half a million
outright aliens. most of them with no more
knowledge of our language and system of gov
ernment than they have of the operation of the
canals OF Mars. It is we'll to be conservative
about the Territories. But 1t would be better
to be more conservative and discriminating
about the immigrants
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Mayor Low has made It clear that New-forks
sinking fund under present laws imposes ex-
cessve and unnecessary burdens upon the tax
payers. Such an appeal for relief will be made
at Albany next winter that the legislature and
the Governor will surely not turn deaf ears.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr., and her niece. Miss
May Goelet, who spent the week end at Harbor
Hill. the country place of Mr.. and Mrs Mackay at
Roslyn returned to town yesterday, and went to
Newport.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Giraud Foster. who are at Belle
fontain. their country place at Lenox are going to
Newport next week TO stay with Mrs. Richard
who is Mrs. Fosters sister.