New-York tribune., 1902-08-03

sharply than the Radicals would have "isneu'
but the necessity for Liberal reunion is loo
urgent for a revival OF factonal feehhs'
Liberal electors concentrating
jealousies may be still rife among the ieauei .
The process OF solidihcation will be facilied'e"
wh.n the Common. adjourns and there is no
longer an opportunity for keeping 'aii'
s.cessions from one wing 70 the otner-
The fnanciers surprised sy 'he siuee'
mass of the stock markets and the contiliueu
weakness Of all classes of South African snares'
They console themselves with the reneclioi 'iio'
the spsthy prevailing in London is prelelon
10 the pessimisn produced al Berlin and Fraiih
tort bv the publication of official reports of IN
dustrjal companies with records OF enormous
o.n-ecistion Of assets Yet even in Germany
there are con1pensations for the continued oe-
r,ression of domestic markets. for foreign traoe'
which has been the chief resource of manufact-
1,-inp interests for two years. continues 10
thrive there being a marked increase IN Noluiii7
and values of exports and imports Inc co''o
trade of Lancashire is suffering from the uhcei
tainties Of the supply Of raw material ana 'le
federation Of master spinners ASSOCIATIONS -
striving to curtail the production Of yarn os
common agreement This policy was paFuaiS
successful in a previous emergency ana Is ho"
repeated on larger scale. English comoina-
German carteis. by which all important indus
tiles are regulated.
The proposals of the Yerkes-Speyer Synolcaoe
for the eIectrifcation of the Metropolitan DIS
,r;c. Railway are sharply criticised by the flnan-
cial Journals as unsettling and sef-interes'eo
and as involving deals against wnlch lhNes'oi'
interests require full safeguards.
The King is holding investiture on ms
yacht to-day. Rudyard Kipling is opening d
rife range AT Sydenham, and large party OF
II dian and Colonial visitors is receiving the
hospitality Of Warwick Castle. There will he a
large house party at the castle after the garden
fate Lord Rosebery Sir John French. winston
Churchill and George Wyndham being among
the guests The mouse parties for Good"oou
have been less brilliant than had been eA-
pecfed and this week end Will be a quiet one
with few notable events The stands in 'front.'
of private houses in Piccadly have not oeeh
re erected. so the parties for viewing the pro-
cession next week at Devonshire House anu
other great residences will be small
There is only one military wedding at the
West End Miss Winninstons marriage TO An
drew Fletcher at St. Pauls. Knightsbridse. with
soldiers lining the central passage. bridesmaids
in gowns Of embroidered net and big hats ana
four pages in Louis Qunze costume
The autumnal congresses promise to ne un-
usually interesting. AT least a thousand oeie-
gates are expected at the Public Health Coh-
sress at Exeter with many representatives or
the United States and France. The results OF
the various tests of Dr. Kochs inocuiatioh
theories proclaimed last year will be descr1oeu'
The British Association and the Church congress
slso have attractive programmes. The most III
ferestins feature of the well attended Nature
study Conference at the Botanic Gardens was
Professor Mills's account of his own eXperl-
ence in Yorkshire College, in which he oepre-
Gated the use of a large amount Of apparatus IN
teaching and deplored the number ano variety
of examinations as stumbling blocks TO the &C
QUESTION of real knowledge.
The results of the Baldwin expedlt1on 10 the
arctic are considered neagre and Disappointing
bx those who talked with him in London on the
eve Of his departure for Franz Josef Land and
expected great things from his apparently well
laid plans. ~