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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
TUNNELS AND BITCHES.

The resolutions adopted by the Rapid Transit
Commission on Thursday declare that the con
struction Of the subway has caused great in
convenience TO many property owners and
Others and direct the commissions chief engi-
neer 10 inquire and report without delay as to
new methods of avoiding such inconvenience
in future operations. This action, clearly due
10 the emphatic protests which are being made
against the digging of ditch in Broadway
from Forty -second-st TO Union Square, may not
have been intended as an acknowledgment that
the subway work now nearing completion has
been done without due care and consideration.
but that is what it really amounts to- The
commissioners did not originally adopt the cut
and cover method in opposition TO public senti-
ment, nor offer assurances that no considerable
amount Of annoyance would result To that
extent, therefore, they are free from blame
and there is no general disposition we think
10 censure them severely for Understanding
the extent of the affection which property own
ers, merchants and the community at large were
inevitably destined 20 endure. The complaints
which have been made, and made Justly. are
ewing TO the fact that the commission has not
compelled the contractors to employ every
known means of preventing evils which were
not inevitable.
The commissions present attitude is a well
come lndlcauon that II has been aroused TO q
keener sense of its obligations. The resoIu-
tons passed on Thursday are not, however, en-
tirely satisfactory if they mean that there is no
intention of considering with an open mind the
feasibility of laying future underground rail
roads in tunnels which can be dug without seri-
ous disturbance of the surface. That is an in
depreciation which may naturally be put upon
the resolutions, for they say, after instructing
the chief engineer TO report on new methods:
ITO the end that all future construction be con-
Quoted either by drifting in from the side
streets or by the erection of such superstruct-
"ural supports as win prevent" etc Those
specifications suggest once more the question
why u is that the commission and its engineer
are persistentlg averse 10 giving a full and
faux explanation OF their objections to deep
tunnels. Their assumption is that the people of
New-GOrk do not want to be transported far be
low the surface, but that is nothing more than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
TESHKIUS AGAIN ACTIEE.

By a Temporary increase in the activity of Ve-
suvius, which has been behaving in threaten
ing fashion for several weeks, local apprehen-
sion is excited and interest is aroused in dis
tant lands. New assures appeared near the
summit late in July and from these there was
q slight discharge of lava. From still another
opening in the rim of the crater fresh flow
has now occurred. distant village, toward
which the stream is directed, has naturally been
panicstricken AS yet however it does not
appear that any serious harm has been done
to that small cluster of habitations, to the Old
observatory situated within one thousand feet
of the top, to the railways which climb the
gentle slope of this historic mountain. So long
as these remain uninjured, the demonstration
cannot be regarded formidable, though the at
tendant earthquakes and detOnatiOns naturally
aggravate the timidity which the discharge of
lava provOkeS.
While Vesuvius and StrombOli have often
been cited as representatives of the explosive
type of volcano, their conduct is not quite
identical. Both of them exhibit almost con-
tinuOuS signs of internal heat. The range be-
tween the extremes of violence, though. is much
wider in one case than in the other. SrOmboli
is always making a mild and picturesque pyro-
technic display, but her worst spasms cannot
be called severe. In periods of comparative in
ciOn. beyond the emission of steam. The bed
of its crater, to be sure. reveals redhot rocks
but a person must climb to the very top to
discover the fact On the other hand, when the
eruptive tendency is felt the manifestation is
far nOisier and more impressive than StrOm-
bolts widest freaks. No such outbreaks have
occurred near the Bay of Naples for the last
eighteen centuries as that which destroyed
Pompe Indeed. nothing equalling the violence
of 1872 has since been recorded. Yet even in
the last thirty years Vesuvius has managed to
get into the cable dispatches about a dozen
times.
If it were possible to measure the amount Of
mechanical energy expended in the course of ten
years by these two volcanoes, perhaps no great
difference would be found TO exist IN Strom-
boil, apparently, the explosive force has little
chance to accumulate. 1t is conceivable that the
channels through which the steam issues are
shorter, less tortuous and more open than those
in her continental neighbor Were such not the
case greater resistance would lead to higher
pressures and a more severe disturbance when
escape was finally effected. A little broader ap-
plicdton of the same principle might help to
explain the complete wrecking of "A volcano,
which had long been dormant, at single erup-
ton. Here, it may be- is the key to Krakatoa's
ruin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
AMERICA AND BULGARIA.

It is not easy to say whether the more amuSe-
ment or annoyance should be caused by the
declaration of the Macedonian COMMITTEE
that they are disappointed at the hostle atu-
tude of America toward their operations III
Macedonia and their assumption that Amerl-
can newspapers have been bought with Iurk-
ish gold" Really, If the press has been DougnC
so much it ought to be rolling in wealth. a
little while ago some Russophies were charging
us with having been bought with British goio.
Then n Droniinent Russian editor intimated That
the American press had largely been Dought
with Jewish gold. Now we are suspected OF nav
ing been bought with Turkish gold. This last Is
the most amusing of all, considering the chronic
state of impecuniosity which the TURKISH treas
ury suffers. But its poverty is wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice when contrasted with the
poverty of truth and sense in the minds Oh those
who make these prepOsterOus charges
OF all countries in the world Bulgaria has
about the least right to complain of Americas
lack of sympathy It was an American inst1tu-
ton of learning, Robert College, that educated
the youth of Bulgaria and implanted and nour-
ished in them the love of liberty and the deter
mination TO win independence. They were
Americans, Schuyler and MacGahan, who ex-
posed the atrocities committed by the Turks IN
Bulgaria and reused the Christian world IN De-
half of the sufferers. Had it not been for Amer
lea there would have been no Bulgarians compe-
tent to lead free and independent nation, and
the nberating campaign of 1877 might never
have been fought We are not boasting OF these
things We are merely emphasizing the point
that America has done its full duty to Bulgaria.
But what does Bulgaria now expect of usf
That we shall approve murder and blackmail
and arson and rapine? Do Bulgarians suppose
that Americans will champion brigandage?
They say they do not understand how the Ellen
Stone episode could have prejudiced Americans
against the Macedonian Committee" What
opinion of American manhood have they that
they suppose 1t could look with Indifference upon
the kidnapping of a woman and the extortion OF
blackmail from her friends under threats that
otherwise she would be put to horrible death?
They may as we'll understand that Americans
have no sympathy with any such deviltry.
Americans have no love for Turkish rule. They
would be glad to see all Christian peoples freed
from ii. But they have no sympathy with
brigands, blackmailers and assassins, even If
they do call themselves christians and COM
nit their crimes in the much abused name of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
SOMETHING DOING IN THE cRoToN.


A fine degree of agitation prevails in the
CrotOn Valley. In the apt language of the man
in the street there is something doing. Just
what it is, or al any rate all that it is the pro-
fame crowd may not at present know. A few
external symptoms apparent, but the es-
sentiaI penetralia of the great temple of mys-
terry are Sacredly reserved for the adopts. The
word is passed from lip to lip: "Hush-sh-sh.
There's a hen on Visitors may not longer in
spect the engineering operations at the Muscoot
Dam, lest their presence and their inquiStive-
ness disturb the psychic equipoise of the donkey
engine. Neither may any of the employees give
any information TO outsiders. Under cover and
in silence henceforth must the work proceed. as
is betting 10 the high deeds of the truly great
Nor is that all. Boating and fishing on the
CrOtOn and its tributaries, and on the head,
waters of the Bronx. must cease. The water
supply of New-York must no more be made
roily by the plash of oars or contaminated by
the weighing worm on the anglers hook. There
must be no flies, not even trout flies upon the
iimpid flood which superannuated plumbing and
worn out mains freely pour into metropo-
tan sewers. True it is conceded that the taking
of fish from the streams and lakes is beneficial
rather than harmful TO the water. But the
trouble is that some of the employees on the
city's own works took to fishing wholesale with
dynamite. They thus got many fish, but also
killed many others which they did not get. but
which were left in the water defllnct and de-
composing That was bad for the water: also
IL was a violation Of the law. But instead of
merely enforcing the law against such breakers
OF IT, the powers that DE decTeed that both law
tul and unlawful fishing alike must cease
These things, taken alone might be inter.
preted as indicating uncommon though misdi-
rected energy on the part Of the Aqueduct Com
mission. and uncommon though i'll advised So
hcitude for the purity OF New York's water sum-
ply But on the other hand. it is to be OBJ
served that the "squatter'' farmers are still
squatting. They are gathering this wears mar.
vests and are making their usual preparations
Tor planting and gathering new crops next
year. Their huge herds of cattle still range tho
citys land. and the drainage from cattle wards
and stables still flows unchecked into tho Gro
ton. In places some houses have been movad
back a prescribed distance from tho vvatar
while other houses are permitted to remain
even closer to it than the former were. Some
people have been compelled to leave their
homes, even by the effective expedient of burn
ing their houses over their heads while others
even nearer TO the water and far more likely
10 pollute it. are permitted to remain 1ndis-
turbed Some houses whose tenants were sum
marily hustled out years ago lest the water be
defled are now reoccupied by other tenants.
some Of them the city's own employees <Really.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
IN THE BERKsHIREs.

ruov Mass Aue Il (SpeciaD.-Au the Lenox
coaches were out to-day on long runs about the
country The Hotel Aspinwall coach carried SIX
cen to the New-Lebanon Shakers. over the New
York State line where luncheon was served by the
vegetarians.
The Rev. and Mrs Carroll Perry. of Garrison's.
n V have arrived in Willamstown
William Pollock OF Pittsfeld, has been engaged
as Judge of the classes for roadsterS anu uoIVeIS
at the Tuxedo Horse Show.
Mr. and Mrs Z. P. Sholl, who had been for sew
eral weeks at the Red Lion Inn. in Stockorldge
have gone to Maine. They will return In SepteIn-
The Raw. W. T. Elsing OF the De Witt Memorial
Church of New-YorB gave a talk on birds before
the Thursday Morning Club in Great harrington
yesterday.
Mrs. E. B. Culver. Miss Bertha and Almond Gull
yer have returned to their country place. IN Grea'
harrington, from Indian Head
Gordon Mckay, of Newport, has given an orna-
mental fence for the grounds or the henrS W.
Bishop 3d. Memorial Training School Tor Nurses
IN Pittsfeld The inscription at the main entrance
will be- This fence was erected oy Goluoii A1N@''
1903" ,,,
J. NJ Chambers. instructor in elocution IN VIII
Jams College has been called to the chair or oratory
at Franklin and Marshall College. Lancaster Penn
William E. Doane has returned to his country
Mace in Stockbridge. from the seashore.
Mrs SiIas B. Brownell Of New-York, entertained
at the Byington cottage. in stockbridge. to-day
Miss Marion Burbank, Of New-York and Walter
l. Cutting won the tennis doubles at the country
Club Pittsfeld, yesterday, defeating Marshail
Kernochan and Miss Mary Htnsdale.
In Dalton tomorrow the young people OF Pitts
field will present Island of John Grewso" The
cast includes Harold Hail. Wenzen Himmelsbach'
William McCarty. E. F. Creighton. of New-1ork'
and Mrs Wellington Smith, jr, of Lee
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Wilson, of New-York. arrived
in PittsheId to-day in their automobile Their
guests on a run from Cape Ann to Albany were Mr.
and Mrs. T. E McGarr, of Albany.
Thomas s Townsend, of New-York, is at the
Maplewood Hotel Pittsfeld. Other arrivals are
Mr. and Mrs W. Franklin Hall. Boston; Mrs John
II buckingham WATERFOWL Conn; Miles Wech
and Dana Winslow, New-York.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Squires, OF New-York. are at
the Wendell, in Pttsfeld
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15

an assumption They always seem TO consider II
settled also that a tunnel built without opening
Tie street except for shafts here and there must
be deep tunnel running fifty or sixty feet be-
low the surface If that is true competent engl-
neering authority to prove it must be avaiiaDie'
but such authority is never cited
1t NAV be demOnstrabe that the present SUD
way could not be operated in connection win
a spur from Forty-second-st. to Union square
constructed Mt a considerably lower level
though the demonstration is not forthcoming
but the commission does not refer to that ex-
tension alone 1t speaks of ''all future construc-
ton which is as broad an expression as pos
sible The scheme of underground railroad de-
velopment which Mr.. Parsons outlined seVeral
months AGO calls for an immense amount OF
work and there is little doubt that many new
lines of transportation beneath the surface VIII
be required within comparatively short Tune
After the experience of the last three years we
believe that this community will never consent
TO their construction by the cut and cover
method hut that sooner or later those in au-
thority will find themselves constrained to
abandon the policy TO which the present COM
mission is apparently welded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
SIR THOMAS at MANHATTAN BEACH.
Greatly Surprised at Pains Fireworks
Special Display in His Honor.

Below an excellent skeleton outline of his face
and yachting cap the words Welcome Sir
Thomas" and Good Luck were spelled last night
in letters of fire at Manhattan Beach at the COM
plimentary reception rendered the officers and
members of the Atlantic Yacht Club by the man
agement of Pains.
Sir Thomas Upton and his party were the guests
of Commodore Robert Z. Tod. with whom they
had dined earlier in the evening on board the flag
ship Thistle. In special stages and trolley cars
some three hundred members of the Atlantic
Yacht Club had from Sea Gate to enjoy the
performance and the extra display of fireworks.
In the centre box with Sir Thomas and Commo-
dore Tod Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Fiske, Mrs. John
NJ FIagler and William Fife. jr-, Colonel D. F.
NELL, Dr. \. L. Neale and John Wilson. jr. Major
J. Fred Alderman. Frederick Vilmar and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Jackson occupied adjoining boxes
The owner of the Shamrock expressed his sur
prise the display of fireworks. 1t the most
remarkable display have ever seen in that line
he said. and would not have believed it possible
if 1 had not seen it l wish 10 thank and COM
pliment Mr. Pain on his wonderful performance
IL learned last night that Sir Thomas Upton
has a T1eet OF thirty-three vessels New-N Ork
waters. including. of course, number OF steam
launches. He chartered yesterday the steamer
William Fletcher for the use of come of his guests
the races.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
SLUGGERS AND PIGEON SHOTS.

Those persons who look upon prize fighting
as the most attractive of sports have been ex-
cited this week over the meeting on the Pacific
Coast of that typical pair of plug-uglies Jeffries
and Corbett. A few years ago the legislature
and the Governor at Albany united in the en-
actment Of a law which bars prize fighting
What decent person in this commonwealth
would desire the repeal of that law? 1t is on
our statute books to stay; and most of the
States of the Union have SET up barriers against
pugilism. The strengthening of public sent
ment all over the Union against such exhibitions
is much to be commended
Moreover. those States which have suppressed
the cruel tournaments III which live pigeons in
great numbers were shot by expert marksmen
have ample reason for satisfaction That form
OF barharity has few apologists in our most en-
hghtened communities in these days, and has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss May tioeiet
are expected to-day from Europe on board the
Campania and viii be met on their arrival oy MIS-.
Ogden Goelet and by Cornelius vanderbilt VINO
arrived here yesterday his yacht
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick T. FreHnghuysen are re-
ceivins congra tons the birth OF son last
Wednesday at Long Branch. n. J., where they are
spending the summer. Mrs. Frelinghuysen Is a
daughter of the late Thomas f. Kinney, OF New
ark, N ].
Mrs Thomas Hitchcock, sr., arrived in town yes
terdav from Newport for a short stay. Mrs. George
r. Schieffein and Miss Dorothy Schienelin VINO
are at Saratoga, will go on from there to the Ad-
irondacks
Mrs. I.indley Hoffman Chaplin and her mother
Mrs George p Andrews who have been IN town
since their return from Saratoga. start to-day tor
Tuxedo where Mrs. Chaplin has cottage Ior 'iie
rest of the season.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Corning. who were at
Morristown during the early part of the summer
are now at Northeast Harbor Me-
NJ. ord Mrs Henry Whitehouse have arrived
IN town from Newport and are booked to sail to-
day for England
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin II. weatherbee have left
Saratoga and returned to theH coui'''
Mamaroneck, n. Y
West Roosevelt Is at StochoIlu5S' mass
e+avine with Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman at the I''
ter's country place there.
Mr. and Mrs John Blake Baker have lel'
Raden- Baden and are at the Victoria Hotel honl-
burg.
Mrs. Herbert c. Pen is at Tuxedo for short
stay.
NIiss Caroline Duer. who has been spending the
GUNNER at Southampton with her parents MI ana
Mrs. c. X. Duer is now at Newport, staying WIN
friends.
Mr. and Mrs Carlos de Hereda have arrived at
their place at Lenox. Mass for the rest OF the
season.
Mr. and Mrs James A. Burden jr. will spend the
fall at Westbury Long Island, joining the Meauo"
Brook colony. They are now at LenoN-
Mr. and Mrs William X. Vanderbilts plans III
connection with their return to this country are
likely to be modified by the outbreak OF typhold
fever among their employees at Idle Hour their
place on Long Island
Frederick H. Clarke is at the United States Hotel
Saratoga Springs.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel NJ. Jarvis will SAIL Tor tu-
rome about the first of September for an extended
tour on the Continent probably visiting Egypt De-
fore their return
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
APPEAL FOR BABIES AND MOTHERS.

The New-Iork Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor has issued final appeal
for its fresh air work Despite the cool summer
the association has cared for 20 per cent more
babies and mothers than before. and has at
the present time a waiting list Of fifteen hundred
names. many of them urgent cases. The evil re-
suits of overcrOwding. overwork and under-nutri-
ton persist in spite OF cool weather, 1t Is hoped
that IL will be possible 10 keep Sea Breeze open
until September To- IL not longer. Five dollars wlII
support a child weeks: SlS5 pays the expense
of day party; so will keep a conyalesceat mo,.ler
with seven children two weeks. No contribution
Is too small 10 be effective. Checks should bs
made payable to Robert Shaw 1Inturn treasurer
and sent TO No los East Twenty -second-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
SCIENTISTS GOING TO NEw-eUINEA.

London Aug IA scientific expedition nnancee
and led by an American. Major W. c. Daniels Who
served In the Cuban war. viii leave Southampton
on September Tor New-CIuinea. Major Danies
will be accompanied by Dr. {. G. Sagman
member OF the Cambridge Anthropolosical sxpe-
dltlon to Torres Strait and Sarawak. BOrueOt ~.
M'.liam Strong. OF IrInity College. Cambridge
an A II. Dunning
Major Daniels has equipped a schooner, and iAs
Royal Geographic SOcietv has furnished the -
Struments. Royal Society and the Brlls.
government helping the expedition hnanciais-
Major Daniels will conduct the ethnOlOgical ~
curry Dr.. Seligman represents the Cancer ~ ss-
mission and viii investigate pathological Qtess
tons. and DR. strong VIII have charge OF the ssfs
graphical and geological Observa tiOnS while NJ NJ
the expeo4s.on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15
THE ARTHUR MEMORIAL.
Plans for the Dedication of the Monument
in Vermont on August %.

st. Adams Vt. Aug. 1i-Final announcement
was made to-day of the arrangements for the dsdi-
cation on August % of the monument erected oy
the State OF Vermont at Fairfield 10 mark tns
birthplace OF President Chester \ Arthur.
y Ex-COngressman n. II. Powers. OF MOrrisvlile.
VIII preside. and the speakers Will be William +
Chandler, Secretary OF the Navy under President
arthur Robert T. Lincoln. OF Chicago, Arthur
SeS rotary OF War. and Henry L Teller, OF Ceio-
FdGo. MS Secretary OF the Interior.
governor Mccullough and the Vermont congress
delegation will represent the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15

In August heavy dishes should be put aside.
to a large extent. and for the sake of health the
daily diet should be moderate. The reports of
generous catches Of fish in many places along
the Atlantic coast and elsewhere are so encour-
aging this month that the markets should con-
tain every day tempting display of sea food
Of the choicest quality and at reasonable prices
There is an alluring variety of delicious occu-
pants of the waters now in season, and it is
wise counsel to everybody to eat sparingly of
meat and freely Of well cooked fresh fish in the
dog DAYS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-15

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4mnSemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:I5-The Christian.
CASINO IHEATRE-2:15-S:i5-The Runawsgs
COMFY ISLAND-Bostocks Trained Animals.
CRYSTAL GARDENS .30-IAfiing the Cup
EDEN MCSEE-2-S-The World IN Wax.
JOHNsTOWN FLOOD. Coney Island.
KEITH S-Contnuous Performance.
LUNA rAREN-ThompsoE and Duudy shows
MADISON SQUARE GARDENS: S0-Duss ard HIS Or
chestra-Nenice in NeW-York.
MADIsoN SQUARE ROOF GARDEN-s-Japan by Nga.
--Otoyo
MAJESTIC THEATRF-2-s-The Wizard OF Or
NANHATTAN THEATRE-2:15-S:20-The Eatl Of Paw
tucked
MANHATTAN BEACEI-2--sEannon's 23d Regiment Bani
4-9-Sleeping Beauty and the BeaEt--S-''a.F :
Fireworks
PARADISE ROOF GARDEN-s-vaudeTiIle
TERRACE GARpEN-L.a Trayiata.