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New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
A LAWN FETE AT NEWPORT.
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Newport. r. l.. Aug. s.-The lawn fete for n.
benefit OF the Newport Society for the Prevention
Of tuberculosis was held this afternoon on I'M,
lawn Of the estate OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ] Ber-
wind. IN BelevUe-ave.. and it was the most sue
cessfui affair ever given here In spite OF cloud,
and threatening weather. not only did all socistv
turn out for the event. but people from uearbv
places hocked to Newport. and with the towns
people fairly filed the spacious lawns Of this most
beautiful estate.
When the affair was started Il was hoped TO
raise $780, but il Is tonight announced that some
thing like s50eO will be turned over to the society
about $4,000 having been collected before the doors
opened at O'Clock this afternoon The stately
elms from winch the estate takes It's name with
the artistic features IN the way OF gandscaps
gardening on the lawn. which was studded with
various colored tents and booths. and the gowns
made a most attractive picture. II a sight
seldom seen. In that the society leaders mingled
with the towuspeople, and all had good time
Music was furnished by the artillery band from
Fort Adams. the Casino orchestra and the Hun
garian band
The various booths were presided over by women.
and when the time for closing came there was 10,
place where anything could be bought. The most
interesting feature Of the affair was the tent IN
which Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster with coFus
OF trained nurses from st. 8arnabas's Guild. de-
Tnonstrated how tuberculosis is cured in the open
air. This tent was crowded all the afternoon.
One or the most artistic booths the grounds
that presided over by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
the fruit stand. called. where fruit presented
by the various cottagers was sold at fancy prices
Mrs. Fish was assisted by Mrs. William E. Carter
Mrs. Philip Lydig and Miss Fish. They stood
under Chinese pegoda. with thatched roof and
bamboo columns. around which were twined craps
vines IN fruit.
The lemonade well WIS another pretty featuts,
presided over by Mrs. c. L. F. Robinson and Mrs
Edward Spencer. This was situated in ths midst
Of group of ave tall elm trees. The well was
built OF rocks and cork bark covered with moss
and vines with rich foliage. and. towering abovs
the we'll. the old fashioned sweep, from which
hung the "Old Oaksn Bucket
The tea tent was presided over BY Mrs. Loriuazi
OF Nina Circle OF Kings Daughters. OF which sss
IS member while the junior circle also assisted
the young women being eostumed IN purple ard
white
The ice cream booth was also a popular place
Miss Edith Wetrore had charge there. while an
other place which proved an attractive point was
the tent under which fortune teller read palms.
There was also q fower booth. over which Mrs
Henry Barton Jacobs presided. and studded about
the lawn were many cosey hooks where one might
seek rest.
The patronesses OF the fete Included all the
prominent society leaders. townspeopls and many
persons from all parts Of the country. who by
sending generous contributions TO the fund were
added to the list The affair came TO ciose at
o'clock tonight
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
YEW-ToRK HARBoR AND TEE NATION

1t is announced that The House Committee on
Rivers ana Harbors, Of which Mr. Burton Of
Ohio. is chairman. will visit New-York to.nor-
row for the purpose of investigating the needs
Of this harbor. II will he welcome 1t comes
hither on an errand that IS urgent and that
should be profitable not only TO New York but
10 the nation. Nowhere in its tour will Il find
place more worthy OF it's attention or more
strongly demanding its favorable action not
alone for the sake OF local interests but for the
sake OF the welfare of the whole country. whose
national port this is in a peculiarly emphatic
sense.
New-Yorg's plea for hsrbor Improvement is
strongly made on many grounds but perhaps
on none more striking than that of the neglect
with which il has been treated in the past In
the last few years some considerable improve.
Inent Of one of the Sandy Hook channels has
oeen undertaken. But. even with that the fact
remains that since th4 foundation OF our na.
u"nai government not per cent OF the money
expended on river and harbor improvements
mas been devoted 10 New-York That IS a
s'artllng fact when we consider that this IS
not only the greatest port OF the nation. but is
greaIer tnan all others put together What an
anomaly u is that the port which handles more
IMAM 90 per cent OF the nations commerce
shouo receive only per cent OF attentions
thaf the port which pays 80 per cent of the ma,
Mons revenue from customs should receive In
reitrn only per cent OF the nations expend
| lures for public works,
IRON t''" down Ia 1896 this nation devoted
S.s's i6'.e'hs 10 river and harbo- impro vements
or that sum only S2.e52.500 came to New
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

York At the same time the Great Kanawha
River received S3.976.O3T. and tic Fox ana
wisconsin rivers $3377S3i while the haroor
of Savannah received appropriations OF S-,-ol'-
1856 and Mobile So, ,J93, $50 Now, we have pota-
ing TO say against those appropriations. Jehrey
might speak disrespectfuliy OF tie equator. p'
we shall utter no sighting word Of 50 mlSniS
a highway OF commerce as the Great htihil" Id
do we Crude single cent that mas oeeli %, "a
peuGled in causing the wares OF the FOX anu ''lc
Wisconsin to flow more untrouoled 10 the "ie"'
TaEesea and 70 the Father OF Waters. IL i NO1
that we love them less. but New-1ork more
not that they need less, but that NeW-foIA ue
serves more, Mobile and Savannah are great
and growing ports. They should ne ihlpl' -
so fer rs is necessary for the accommodation
Of all the commerce they can get but su'e-9
so should Eew-York Important rs those places
are we cannot concede that they are cQlhPd,
able with New-Yor1 in importance to the whoie
commerce of the nation
Now. the dscrcditabie fact is that while the
nation has been spending more money on the
Kentucky River than on New-Aork Harpor, ti'is
harhor. which has commerce more than tnree
hundred times as great as that of the hentucky
River has becn So neglected that to-day the
largest ocean steamers cannot pass in or our
of II +11IIv laden wh lie practically all large ones
have to wait until the tide is just right. ana
then make the passage in fear and trembling OF
their captains lest they run aground. Nothing
will be satisfactory to New-York AMI nothing
will be credtable OF profitable TO the nation and
its commerce short Of such improvements as
will permit the largest vessels in the world
fully laden 10 pass in or out of New-York Har-
bnr at any state of. the tide with several feet
of clear water beneath their keels.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
PERSONAL NOTES From WASHINGTON.

[FRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAC-1
Washington Aug. S--Mrs. Morton. wife OF the
Secretary of the Navy. and Miss Morton will ar
rive In Washington Thursday to jUin the Secretary
and other members of his party on trip Of In
spection to the naval stations the Atlantic
coast. The cruise will be made the Dolphin.
and Newport will be the first stopping place.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey who will spend the re-
mainder Of the month at Manhattan Beach. have
as their guests Mrs. Dewey's brother-in-Isw and
sister Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ludlow. and George
Dewey. the admirals
Washington friends have received letters from
Miss Ethel HorstuEIn announcing the engagement
of her sister. Louise, TO John Bolt. OF Newport
The Misses Horstman and their brother. Odln
HoTstman. now in England. having gone abroad
in the spring for an automobile trip through Eng
land and ireland. No date has been set tor the
wedding
Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks will open their Wash
ington home for few DAYS on their way TO RCS-
tom where the Senator will address the Grand
Army Of the Republic enca mpment. Mrs FAIR
banks while here will attend TO affairs retaining
10 the memorial hall being erected By the
Daughters OF the American Revolution. OF which
organization she Is the president general.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
A NEW VIEW or THE CzAR

British comments on the assassination OF
Plehve are said TO be snguary cold and
critical. The London press recognizes, even
while 1t deplores the act that the murder Of
the Cars strongest Minister was the logical
outcome of the stern repressive policy of which
he stood as the exponent and executor. In view
Of the events Of the last two years, and cspe-
cially in connection with the death OF Plehve,
the English press is now asking whether this
description OF the Gar as given in THE Quar-
terly Review" article by "a high Russian Off
cial" is not nearer the truth than the general
impression OF him that has prevailed in Eu-
rope and in America since his memorable act
in calling the peace conference at The Hague:
From his accession his majesty has been filled
with a spirit OF self-eXaltation. Nikolai Alex
andrOyitch soon began 10 look upon himself as
the centre OF the world, the peaccmaker Of
mankind, the torchbearcr of civilization among
the yellow and other ''barbaTous" races. and
the dispenser OF almost every blessing to his
own happy people Taking seriously this his
imaginary mission. he has medded continuously
and directly in every affair OF state. domestic
and foreign. thwarting the course OF justice.
undermining legality, impoverishiag his sub
jects, boasting his fervent love of peace, and
yet plunging his tax burdened people into the
Between humanity and divinity he believes him.
self tertium quid.
Even granting the possible truth Of this de-
scription it is difficult not to feel pity for a
Car whose dreams scared so high and who
is now confronted with their sudden collapse.
1t is a pathetic spectacle that Is presented when
the contrast is drawn between the ambitious.
hopeful peace loving Car at the beginning of
bis reign and his present position, confronted
by sedition and anarchy at home and Il disas-
irons war in the Far East. Altogether the Car
is in position in which he might prOftahly re-
feet upon the remark Of Lord Palmerston made
half century ago: Nothing can be more de-
'plorable than inheritance Of triumphant
wrong"
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
THE LATEST RAILWAY DISASTER.

The consequences Of Sunday nights railway
accident in the vicinity of Pueblo. Col. appear
70 have been more serious than was indicated
by the first reports. Conflicting statements
have been made about the loss Of life. and per
Aaps the full; truth may never be known. That
he number Of victims will lie somewhere be-
tween eighty and one hundred, however, is
r0bable. Apparently the havoc wrought by
he wreck of 8 Baltimore and Ohio express last
year has now been surpassed. Seventy-six per-
sons perished on that occasion. Not far from
eighty lives were lost by the collapse of rail
way bridge near AshtabulA in 1876, and the
same number from the same cause at Chats
worth Ill. IN 1887. Up TO the present time
those disasters have nevcr been equalled in this
country. although close parallel was afforded
in 1879, when the Tay bridge. IN Scotland. was
destroyed by the wind. The worst two acci-
dents on record on the Continent Of Europe
seem To have occurred at Basic. Switzerland, in
1891. and In Russia in 1ss2. By the former
hundred were killed and more than a hundred
lajuyed. and from the latter 17s deaths re-
suited. In the whole history Of railroading the
worst accident appears to have been that in
Mexico In 1851, when a bridge over the San
Antonio went down and when two hundred per-
sons are said TO have perished. In this cata-
logue OF misfortune. therefore. CooradOs latest
contribution may be assigned professionally to
the third or fourth place.
The scene of Sunday nights disaster was
point on the Denver and Rio Grande where the
road crossed an arroyo, or dry creek. cloud
burst having occurred shortly before the ar
rival Of the train. sudden deiuge resulted.
For a few hours the trestle there was covered
with water and it was sufficiently weakened 10
yield under the weight Of the engine and cars.
From Denver southwark the road runs near the
eastern foothills OF the Rockies. and In that
part of the country there are hundreds OF
streams which are almost equally ephemeral
and impulsive. To any who Is familiar
with the topography of the region, the story
told by the Denver and Rio Grandc officials
will not seem incredible. Their statement that
the bridge which gave way had recently been
inspected may also be accepted at its face
value. Even so, one cannot help wondering
why the civil engineer who designed that
structure did not provide n wider margin OF
safety He may not have been able 10 obtain
such definite data about the maximum how Of
the stream as II is customary 90 secure else
where but he ought to have known something
about the general character Of the country
along which the Denver and Rio Grande IS con-
structed The managers OF that line may per
haps find it Judicious TO inquire whether there
has been any miscalculation about the other
bridges under their control
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
IN TIE BERKSHIRE HILLS.
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lBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Pittsfed. Mass, Aug. S-The Berkshire Hunt
Club, OF which Giraud Foster, Richard Dixey. c.
Gilmore and Joseph W. Burden officers have
announced a programme OF gymkhana races fur
September 1S- The races are TO be run at lee
Pleastre Park. aud the cottasers in Leuox. Stock-
bridge and PiJtsfed will compete in sJeepleehsss.
pony and thoroughbred races
Mrs. Frederick Elser, OF Tuxedo, has leased the
Hagyard cottage for the fall season.
Prince Hatfield. Of the German Embassy, started
to-day for St Louis. whera he Will visit the En-
position
Mrs J. Frederic schenek arrived this evening
from Nantucket.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Lydis. Of New-York. have re-
turned from the shore and have opened their cot
tage. Dr.. Charles ReTnsen aud his daughter, MSS
Rernsen OF Long Island. are guests OF Mss Ei1-
abeth Remsen. at the Bishop cottage Mrs. sanus'
NJ Biatchford. Of New-York is a guest OF Ms
William A. whittlesey. in Pittsdeld- Mrs kas'
buckingham OF New-YOrk left Pittsheid to-dss
for Nova Scotia
The annual Berkshire County gof tournament ,
announced for August % on the Lenox couFss
Malcolm McBurney. son OF Dr. Charles McBurhs1,
OF New-York. will defend his title as champion %
the county.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

ing. the experts say. and some OF them oeils''
that the Russians have good chance OF uT'V"'e
their enemy back with great loss Inc h's''
arrest Of the advancing japanese VIII not ..
sufficient the American officers say; there mus
be punishment along with it, or the Jap@s'ss
will at least hold the ground they have aiIs~1s
taken. II KurOpatkin has played game "'''-'
consisted of retreating in the face OF the sV'l
fdspt Tapansse. he has done exceedingly we'll
the experts saw and II is In the hope OF TINS 9i'
closure of KurOpatlxip's mysterious pUIpo 20 20
the officers here are awaiting with Sucn As-5- =
terest the developments of the next tsW 49, 49,
Perhaps that period is too short and tne gaR
anese will not choose to walk INTO any Fsuss. FsISs
trans at this moment in the war. NeVer~uS'' -
the situation possesses more than coHHi'"
terest 20 the military Observers
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

We desire 10 remind our readers rho az:
about 10 lcaee the city that The TRIBUNE 'rilL
De ssHt By raeI to Ony address in this country
or abroad. and address changed as often as
desired. Subscriptions may be giren to your
regular dealer before tearing, or. if more
sonssnieuf. hosd them IN at The TRIBUNE
Office.
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
EDUCATIONAL FUND INCORPORATES.

Albany. Aug. S-The John c. Martin Eaucs.''S "a
Fund was Incorporated to-day TO pFouiOes eos
vancement OF Christian ministers chareh 1ct-;
s,rta scnoo, ,sacbers. etc and to establish 's
ureshius and schools and distribute rid
such purpose also to grant diplomas ,.,s 4nu its
Gates 70 those who satisfaeto ty eO = New
courses Of study. The principal ofhee sssarcr.
York CITY and the directors are t5eots sToFr G. Mar.
tin Hugh r Couyugton. IhofnaS - NeW-Yors
C.. Aston and Isaac w t,o11H City
Citv and Ularaor Allen. Of Jersey ~'''
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
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New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

are at southampton. Long Island where they hsv.
the Stevens cottage for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs William corcoran Eus,is have If,
town for their place at Leesburg. Va
Mr. and Mrs Henry F. Shoemaker sailed yez,s-
day for Europe to visit their son. who is third S.
retary of the American Embassy at Berlin
Mr. ard Mrs. NewbOld lie Roy Edgar Hkevi..
sailed yesterday for Europe. where they will v,s,,
Count and Countess MoItke. in Denmark
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Griswold have returrss
from their wedding trip and staying at Glimns.
wood. the country place at MorriztOwn. n j !.
Mrs Griswold's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Wh,,
ney.
Craig Wadsworth. Secretary Of the Amer,c,.
Embassy in London. who arrived last week from
Europe on furloUgh. has gone 70 Saratoga.
session Of their new home. Seventy-ninth-st ana
the autumn The house Is being altered and mad.
ready for their occupancy.
There were a number Of well known peop. r.
town yesterday. women shopping and en- routs !,
the various summer resorts Some Of those sea,
were Mrs. w. Goadby Loew. Mrs. ]. Norman de r
Whitehouse. Mrs. NewboId Edgar and Mrs. W
Scott Cameron.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Turtle and two daur,
ters who returned from Europe last month nov
are at Lake George. where they have rent.a
Stanley Todds house until October.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

We are more fortunate than cur oppon'n','
who now appeal for eoufidenee on the sFou"~'
which some express and some seek 70
eonfidsntially understood. that, " tr'u"''
they may DO trusted to prove false !" 's 49,,
principle which in the last eight years -.
have laid down as vital, and 70 lsaNs -
turbed these very acts Of the sar''n'suas;
hee,y,, of which they ask that the admins.
tra.jon tss.If ., driven from pover.-(Pres'd'''
Roosevelt.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

From the South comes a call for 2OOoOOO
laborers to help it gather it's big cotton crop
build railroads and aid in its industrial develop
nent. The South is prospering greatly whhe
in the Northern States there seems TO be an
epidemic of strikes. What seems to be needed
is new adjustment OF labor in the two great
sections Of the country.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

The sending of a fleet to Smyrna is generally
effective in bringing the dilatory or recalctrant
Porte to terms. 1t is to be hoped and expected
1t will promptly prove to be so on this occasion,
even though Smyrna is not the Turkish capi-
tai but a minor city. The capital Of a country
would seem to be the proper place for demon
stration OF moral or other influence, when 1t Is
accessible. The Turkish capital is. of course.
theoretically inaccessible to foreign warships.
Nevertheless. the United States was not a sigma
tory of the treaty by which the Dardanelles
were closed to all save peaceful commerce.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

ness were displayed prominently. and the Gus
toners were expected TO drop coins for the wait
ers in these boxes In time the initials OF the
three words came into current usage Certainly
it is an ingenious explanation, whether abso-
utely accurate or not.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Japan starts IN with the open door as soon
as she has conquered the right to open It. and
New-Chwang will now be free to everybody 3
ships and trade, with other ports to follow. as
the Jap" flag is hoisted over them one after
another: a generous anti-monopoly signal. maxi
ing a picture in the Oriental skies as handsome
as anything Of the kind set there. If not
more
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

The Hon. Champ Clark seems to carry his
spebnding fervor into political prophecy. He
has Parker and Davis elected by something less
than two-thrds vote in the Electoral College.
And this is only August 2.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

The great march OF American progress con-
tinues. According TO Consul General Frank H.
Mason. the United States has now elbowed Ger
many out OF first place as a producer OF beer.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

When the Tammany tiger purrs peacefully on
a perch at WolfeTt's Roost. then. and not until
then viii students of political conditions in this
State believe that harmony has been restored
In the Democratic party.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

There doesn't seem to be great deal OF
growing at wolfert's Roost just now.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Notwithstanding the example OF Babel. build
ers OF New-York "skyscrapers" are still aspir-
ing. They have no fear of a confusion OF
languages. as New-York is now able to furnish
an interpreter for such a contingency.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

The New-York Democracy is becoming some
what Insistent upon having its Daniel come Il
judgment at the ballot box.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs Henry f. Shoemaker sailed yes.a
day for Europe to visit their son. who is third e.
retary of the American Embassy at Berlin
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis have Ia,
town for their place at LeesburE. Va
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

are at southampton. Long Island, where they hav.
the Stevens cottage for the summer.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Mr.. ard Mrs. NewbOld lie Roy Edgar Hkevi..
sailed yesterday for Europe. where they will v,s,,
Count and Countess MoItke. in Denmark
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
a-elu-y1prIs Daily G1ionals

TUESDAY. AUGUST ., 1904.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer, who
were 10 take a party on their steam yacht. the
May, TO Iceland this month. have been compelled
to abandon the cruise owing the outbreak OF
a very severe epidemic of measles on the island.
where IL Is causing many deaths.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

Mr. and Mrs r. Livingston BeekmaA have Left
Saratoga and returned TO Newport. where they will
remain until they their tour around the
u-O~l
New-York tribune., 1904-08-09

/ Craig Wadsworth. Secretary OF the Amer,c,
Embassy in London. who arrived last week from
Europe on furlough. has gone TO Saratoga
Arizona republican., 1904-02-13
DdvidSOn'SCdSh
 Store THIS MONTH.

Inree uOZen SpTllS NlolHes T HIS e ioN
 And whole lot of other things for 15c at Davidson's Cash Store. Phone Red 363.
 Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Camping outfits, Tent. Stoves, Crockery and a thousand useful things at Bargain prices at
Arizona republican., 1904-02-13
DEATH OF A BOY
Succumbed to HeartFailure Following
 Diptheritic Sore Throat.

James Creighton, Jr., the eleven year old son of MT. and Mrs. J. NJ. CTeigh- ton, who live north of the city, in the Osborn district, died Thursday night of heart failure following an illness of two weeks of what developed into diphtheritic sore throat.
 Mention of the boys illness was made several days ago. and his condi- ton was critical at that time, silver tube having been placed in his throat to enable him to breathe. Since that time he apparently made quite notable improvement, and was mastering the diphtheritic affection. In fact the tube was taken out of the throat on Thurs day, but the long fight had so weak ened the heart that he had not the strength necessary for recovery. The