Mrs. IJndley Hoffman Chapta has lpft town, andis nt her place on l-;ke Qeorgo.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Uvmgston Snttertee bareleft town f..r Highland Kails for the summer.

Mr.nn.l Mrs. William V. B. Ki-> start r.ext Satur-day for the White Mountains, where they wi!lspend tbe summ. r.

.vlrs. Astor, who was to .sail yesterday for New-York, has i>ostponed her departure until July 12.and willarrive bera about July .". She willprob-ably spend a couple of days I" town, and then g<<

on to Newport for th»» real of th^ season. Hergranddaughter, Miss May Van ai« n. who was toreturn with her from abroad, arrived yesterdayat Boston, and has Joined her father at Newpi rt,

they bare now opened Wakeburat. Coloneluiul Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who came on Thurs-day by th«» Deatschland. nr<> at FernclnT, theircountry place at Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudaoa wherethey are entertaining a bouse party.

Mr. and Mrs BrnostO tl. Fabbri Who !::iv« ar-rived from Burope with Mrs E. F. Bhepard, winspend tho summer at liar Hari>or. Me, Mrs Bbep-ard willbe for a short tune at her country ithe Hudson before k°iiis on t.> liar Harbor.

Hospitality hi tho order of the day \u25a0

present, i>.«th ashore and afloat, in connection with

th« celebration of the national holiday to-mor-row, nnd on every yacht, at virtually every villaand cottage of tbe seaside and summer resorts andat every country house featlvltlea ar.- n prog-

resa and guests are being entertained. Newport,Souihamiiton, New*-I»ondon. Bar Harbor,Ha\-. Tuxedo and isnox will all t>e gay to-morrow.and many of the out of town clubs haveset for the evening, notably the Meadow Club, atSouthampton, and the Boawanhaka Yacht Oud. at< >yster Bay. Mr and Mrs. c. B. Alexander, whohave bean cruising on tiuir yacht Surf, have guestsi>t their place ,v Tuxedo; Mr. and Mrs. If O. Have-meyer, 1r . have a bouse party at their farm atMahwah, N. J., and Mr. and Mrs. Aifrt.1 O. Vat:-derbllt have n. number of friends at SagamoreI^nlge. their ramp In the Adirondack*.

At Newport, of course, the feature Of to-mor-row's celebration willbe the tirst bake of tho Chun-bake Club, of which Center Hitchcock la president,Kllsha Dyer, Jr.. se.r. t.iry. and Henry F. Ddridgetreasurer. Winthrop Chanter, Roland King.Charles.. Roblnaon and Frederick Paine form th.- rummlttee. Tho clubhouse at Kaston's I'ulnt Itlie property Of the duh, having l>efn purchased

fr..m Henry A. Robblna list spring, and many im-provementa and alterations have be< d made.

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.[FROM THE TRIBUNE LIREACI

Washington, July :-Mrs. Sheridan and the

Misses Sheridan have closed thfir home here andK'.no t» their summer cottage at Nonqultt, Masm

General James Oakee, U. S. A., retired, and Mrs.Oakos left Washington this week for Narragansett

Pier, where they will be Joined later in the sum-mer by their ibtuphter, Mrs. TL I* Valentine.

Colonel Clarence Edwarda, chief of the insularbureau, has gone for a short time to Niagara Falls

Captain Frank A. Barton, t*. S. A, went mToungstown, N. V.,

-ifew days ;ig'"> to meet his

wife and children, who are visiting Mrs. Barton'sparents From there, they will go to YellowstonePark, where the captain and his troop are sta-

tioned.R. ar Admiral Edwin M. Shepard is at Inn Jaffrey.

Cheshire County, N. H.

NOTES OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY.[FROM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.1

Washington, July :\-Sir Hugh Ollzean Reid, whohas spent tho last few days n this city, left herethis afternoon for Ntw-York. »

The Admiral of the Navy and Mrs. Dewey willleave here next Friday for Manhattan Beach.

Mrs. Wallach and tbe Misses WaUacn will leavehere on Monday for Karragansett Pier, to spend

the summer with Mrs. Wallach'a son-in-law anddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mitchell.

Mr. and Mrs.. Thomas Nelson Pag« and Mrs.Pages daughter. Miss Field. ha\« opened theirsummer place at York Harbor. Me., where they

have been joined by Mr.". Page's eldest daughter,Mrs. Preston Gibson, of Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs K. Francis Rlgga have opened thHrcottage at Xew-London, Conn.

THE CABINET.fFROM THE TRIIU'NE BUREAU.1

Washington, July t—Secretary Hay will leaveWashington on Monday evening for Jackson. Mich..to make an address at the celebration Of the ftftietnanniversary of-the Republican party. Mr. and MrsHa"y then expect to remain In Washington a weekor two longer before going to their summer home

In New-Hampshire.Mr. Morton, the new Secretary of the Navy, will

go to Chicago early next week to arrange his pri-

vate affairs so aa to I'tmiit of his residence inWashington.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.[FrtOM THE THIBL'NE BVRSAU.I

Washington, July 2. —In the absence ut the Presi-

dent a-:d his family, sightseers, who are usually

limited to the terrace and the K;ist Room, will wavethe privilege of se ing the various parlors and the

state dining room of tbj White House.

TUXEDO PARK NOTES.mv ir:i»\u25a0•;:»

• »\u25a0;> -•• ~m nttßi ..Tuxedo Park. N. V.. .Hily t

—Conl wentber r»-r: \u25a0»

favored the colony at Tuxedo for the tveet \u25a0 >1gayetfea A larg* gathrririE asSKßßled it the \u25a0

' ' -lions' and amn: - the COttaavn I'-i'.uy i> p I

BllrMia and remain over the Fo'irtn. AHiv > .1

t-fveral of the residents aro prep;irirp o .. •for the months of July and August, there w!H •»

many who will remain hey*, and r.uir.>'ri>u> -• -\u25a0

affairs are scheduled for tbU BUuOTn. Th« V wwhich baa always been .1 liv^lv d .\u25a0 here, v.\.

cell brated as usual. Th- re w.U be the BSURI '•' ;

and. in addition, a tounuum• will t.tk-- : \u0084• >

the courts of the tennis i!;;'.>.

Mr and Mrs. Fredt rl.- U. BafaWT. the -« i »abroad this «c"k. sstertsJaed at a CarvweH ! • rat tht-:r eottas>e on VTetfaasday ev»::i:!-; I' »

who gave dinner parties to-night at their . \u25a0 .- iInchßded Mr. and Mrs f». p.. Gnflte. and >\u25a0

Jules J. ratable. Mr. and Mrs. Uichari Hottha .Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Seton. .Mr. and Mrs V. ; i: ::\

Pterson Hamilton. Mr. and Mr* Chariea" a .-

andar, Mr and Mrs. Oeorge F. !iaker an.l.Mr. andMrs. J. F. Pierson, jr. There will al«o b»> senrenlnovas parties over the Fourth, as nearly every

cottager has several guests who win rema::. retMonday.

Mr. and Mrs, J Van Yechten • •Urn •;..r.i'a Kins; cottaaje I :Mr. and Mrs. An: I

meats at the Winter I.Mr. and Mrs J 1 their \ ilia

lr. West Lake Road this weeh.tage at Qkmceetor, Ms sanaaaer.

Mr. and Mr< \'. . i ifoaaeend nextweek, retanMra Opaacer Traak have retiuaed t 1 Saratoga:

Mr. and Mrs. W. M Y. Isadtsaaa bave iione

IHarbor,

Among those who enuTMin- d quests at dinnerat the clubhouse to-night are Mr. and Mrs. il. R.Gibson, Mr. and Mrs F. A. IbsßbMb, Mr. and Mrs.John H. Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Ii p. •;.."-<, Mr.and Mrs. Albert 1;. Jennings. Mi ar.d Mr-, A. O.Thacher. Mr. and Mrs. a. 3. Carhan and Mr. andMrs. P. T. Word. 1:

The late arrivals f::.-!uiie M. A. Wesendonck, Mr.and Mrs. Charles B, Yaa

*ilinuil Mr* jr. Van

Xostrand. Cecil I). I.an.'ale. P. J. Win Ranaeelaer,H. H. Pease. Miss Ht\vward. J. C. Ferguson. PaulTnckarman, Miss Alice .!e OohUHUHV Mi>s Towp.-send, Mr. and .Mr 1 1;. x. Taller and Mrs AdolfI-auVnburg.

SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.Ibt telegraph TO the tribune.!

Newport. R. 1., July 2.—There was more socialactivity In Newport to-day than Is pften seen atthe height of the season, and from noon until lateat night there was some kind of an entertainmentITOtasj on. All the boats and trains arriving herebrought cottagers and friends who will spend theFourth In Newport, and as a result there will bemuch going on of a social nature for several days.AH day there was a large crowd at the Casino,

and all of the tennis courts were occupied. Duringthe bathing hour there was a large gathering atSpouting Rock Beach. This evening the open airtheatre, at Flee body Park, was the mecca of per-

sons of social prominence, and nearly all the boxeswore taken by the cottagers, who went to the showafter th*> several dinner parties.

The day's entertaining began with a large lunch-eon, given by H. I.Gammell. at Gooseberry Island,while Mrs. K. Livingston L.uriiow entertained in asimilar manner at her cottage. This evening Mrs.Reginald C. YanderbW gave her first large dinnerparty of the season, tho guests being mostly young

people. The trip to and from the farm war" mi.i.;in the Varderbilt automobiles.In town the largest dinner was that given hy

Mrs. IVnibroke Jones at tnchtawte. in honor ».fHenry Walters, who has just retained from Eu-rope. Other cottagu dinners were given hy Mrs.Philip M. Lydig. Mrs. T. Shaw Safe and Mrs. lv.Rollins Morse.

Tl;-re will be a large number of dinners to-mor-

row Bight, and on Monday there will be a continualround of festivities among the Bettag*l th*> abj< • -tive point for Iha men bc:n^ the Clambake CluN.

Qsjden Mills and Ovdcn M:ii.s. jr.. arrived to-dayfor a stay of a few <iu> -.

Miss Evelyn Burden, daughter nf Mr. and Mr-».I. Townsend Burden, was at the Casino to-day.She la spending a few days v.ith ftleudl \u25a0\u25a0!>\u25a0.

a sew arrival at Newport to-.iay for the seascawas Miss May Van Aim. She came from Bnston.where she arrived jrestSfday fr«Tn Europe. Shalias joined an father at Wakt ';i:rst for the aeaassv

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. P. Beimont were :ii>->

a \u25a0mn|_ the cottage antvala to-day. Mr. Bebnentbrought with him a m:n'.b(r el tal^fl nuinc auto>>mobilts.

The following persons were reshttef*4 it lacCaHii.o to-day: K. C. rott.r. A. De X,r. :i;-i<-. ;:.Harriman. Lawrence }\>' leeijp, WQUns Ope met;o den Mills and Mrs. Edward Tinker, all 1 ( New-York.

Mr. and Mrs. Oorga B. De Forest have the lat-ter's brother. Robert I* llargous. staying with

them at thf.r villa at Newport.

i Mr. and Mrs, .1. Woodward Haven, who have beenspendbag a few day* In town with Mrs. Haven'smother, Mm '"ram, at her house. In Kast Tbirty-elghth-st.. have. 1illumed to Lenox. They willspendAugust at Newport, withMr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven.

Mx. rind Mrs. Alfred Seton. jr.. will spend thesummer at Tuxedo, where they have moved intothe large Parbey rottage on Tower Hill.

Mr. ami Mrs. Spencer Trask are at Saratoga, andwill not return to Tuxedo until the fa.ll.

there has never been a coach between Newport andthe Pier.

Mr. and Mrs. E. C Potter have gone to Newport,

where they are staying with Mr. and Mrs. R.Livingston Beekjnan.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Frtd Tarns have left town forNewport, whore they are staybisj with Mr. andMrs. 1:. RoUtna Morse.

MR. SAMPSON LEAVES ECUADOR.Guayaquil. July 2.—The American Minister. Mr.

Sampson, and .Mrs. Sampson left hero to-day forMew-Tork, by way of Panama. Referring to the.Minister's departure, the Quito "prncial Register"says:

The Minister being persona grata to Ecuador andmost industrious In maintaining good relations be-tween the two countries, the government at Wash-ington should keep him permanently at this post.

SIR HENRY IRVING'S FAREWELL VISIT.London. July 2. -Sir Henry Irving, after his pro-

fessional farewell tour In Kngland, willpay a fare-well visit to America, at the end of 1905. under theauspices of Charlea Frohman. It will last twentywp»>ks.beginning In San Francisco in September.1905. and ending in New-York.Air. r-ronman has also arranged for Maude Adamsto play in London, France and Germany, with anfcngllsh-speaklng company, while Sir Henry is InAmerica. One of M133 Adams's pimja will haLAlbion.

A WEDDING.ibt muiiiiAPii 10 Tin: tuib. ,

Ashrvillo. N. ('.. July 2.-The wedding el M.i*Madelon Battle and <apt.iiii Mortimer Har.r.nktook place at All Souls* huivri, Btltmore. at 5o'clock this afternoon. Tho church was dteora:elwith pahng and mauve Mowers, which combinedwith the mir-tlal white to form the color schemeOf the spectacle. The bride's own was «»f wh!:»satin, with a yoke train of point awe and chiffon,and Sleeves of point lnce. She wore a pearl neck-lace, and carried a shower bouquet of lilirs-of-the-vall.•>• Tlu> full vested choir of AllSouls' sang th»bridal chorus fr>m "Lohengrin" aa a nuptial pro-cessional. "O Perfect Love" was sung as th»party approached the altar. The service wasclosed with Stalner's seven-fold "Amen" and Men-Uelssohrt'a wedding march.

Tho bride was attended by Mrs. Richmond Hoxie.of New-York. The malls of honor were Miss .MarioReea, .Miss Kit.i Reea and Miss Helen lH>yle. Trwbridegroom was attended by his bvst man. Lieu-tenant O. K. llawes. of the Ko>al Fusiliers. Theushers were F. W. W. Graham. Lieutenant F.Moore, of the Royal Fusiliers; J. B. A. Bennett.r>r. Lawrence Holmes and B. Weetray Battle. Jr.Captain and Mrs Hancock started for Xew-Yorkto-night Tiny expect to sail far Knglund on July6. Mrs. Hancock expects to be presented at courta year hetite.

petchee, the lapsmaas anhloie—en) i?li ?l ;he \u25a0.is not considered of Importance bj h;m. bol hi*Indifference may be assumed. The fact thatthe Japanese did not follow up thei:- mi.the passes at once is considered as mdi. a"i 3that their further advance was Mocked. If ttrabe so. th'ir victory is not so Import)

Significance of the Capture ofPasses by Japanese.

[PROM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.1Washington, July 2.

—The announcement th.it

the Japanese have taken three forts at PortArthur le not understood by United State?military experts. If the Japanese have attainedany such success they have gained. a great ad-vantage, since Itmust bring them, judging fromwhat Is known here of the situation at PortArthur, well within the fortifications. Underthese circumstances the information Is receivedwith some caution. It has modified the military

view that the works at Port Arthur were wellnigh Impregnable. It shows that there must

be some serious defect in the Kussiun plan ofprotection, and this is explained partly on theground that Untied suites experts have beenmaking their calculations In favor of the Rus-sians on a basts which credits that army witha much larger force than It possesses.

Officers say it will be Impossible for the Rus-sians to relieve Port Arthur from the north. ifany such plan were ever seriously considered,a,nd that the place must eventually fall If theJapanese are allowed to maintain a, blockadewithout outside interference, it is the militarybelief here that the Japanese will conduct aseries of attacks on Port Arthur by land andmaintain In the rnmn time a close siege.

When there is a fight in Manchuria of thedimensions of a hi-; battle united States officersthink the conflict willcentra at Hal-Cheng. TheJapanese have been moving In thnt direction.Army officers are discussing with equal interestthe effect of the Japanese occupation of im-portant passes. These are recognised as permit-ting communication with valuable bases, andthe loss of them by the Russians may be a seri-ous incident for them. American experts cannot give much more than the roughest estimateof the value of the capture of the passes, sinceeverything depends upon tho ability of the Jap-anese to get n-.t-u and munitions of war thr < •'<to the country beyond.

Experts say, alt*, thai i; pi .1.. . ..ugh totake a puds, but it is sometimes a, positive riskto hold one. Judging from Kuropatklu's dbt-

irAit vikws of i:xn:i!Ts.

Nearly fifteen ye: ago a man entered the FirstNational Bank of Denver and walked into the of-fice of David 11. Moffatt. the president of the bank.He had a bottle Inhis hand that he said containednitro-glycerlne, and threatened to blow up the bankunless he was given a large sum of money. Mr.Moffutt Bent for the money, and among the billswas on© of JIO.OOO- denomination. Recently tho gov-ernment called ln»all ten-thousand-dollar bills, andthe on«» given by

'Mr. Moffatt Is the only one that >

has not been presented for redemption. No trace,of the man who got the money was ever found.

a Precedent tmt \u0084. \u25a0 tn married nowand lit?s got a repptatton to live up to.Brown—lheard he was married to that vounjri

widow, but what's th« reputation you speak of?Town©—His wife's alrst husband's.—

U'hlUdelphia.BXSBBL

Doctor- As you live in the city IwoaMn't advisetho sea level for a vacation. You need a changeof altitude, so bo to tlie m^un'.anxs.

Patlent-But. doctor, you seem to forjr-t thatI've been living in a Jkyecraper hotel.— (TownTopic;-.

Madagascar is celebrating, nccordini? to "TheFour Track News," tho opening of Its first rail-way. Its ISO-mil* macadamized road from the coastto tho Interior, and the completion of fifty miles ofcanals, as results of the Frenchifying of the Island.It was In 1892 that Lord Salisbury gave France afree hand, under the Zanzibar convention, to chas-tise and subject tho Insolent llovus. who had flout-ed every nation and disregarded their treaties. In-cluding the on« made with the TTnlted States In1567 and signed by President Andrew Johnson.France undertook the tusk for oth«r nations .In gen-eral, and herself in particular, of wiping out acentury, Ifnot seven centuries, of lr>»ults 'to andmassacres of foreign envoys and 'travellers.

Ills Favorite Subject.— "Doesn't your fa'.hor «vertalk to you about his Maker?" naked the Sundayschool teacher"Iguess he does," replied little A^lh<»rt. "P;iclaims

he's a self-made man."— (Chicago Record-Herald.Near Ketschau, Germany, la tho deepest hole

!uathtt earth. It Is 5.725 feet deep, and for geologi-cal research only. The drillingwas begun in ISSO,and stopped six years later because the engineerswere unable with th'lr instruments to go deeper.

A charming young lady called Geoghegan(Whose Christian names are less i>eo<heKanl

Will b« Mrs. KnollysVery soon at All Ksollys';

But the date Is at present a veoghes'un.—(Punch.

One of the two great German lines of transat-lantic steamships has mado Dover 11, port of call.Whereat John Bull, of the chalky cliffs of Al-bion. is nut dlssleased.

\ BANDIT'S REFORM.

The bandit said, •'This life I'll cpaupi:i be a MfT.r.-!it man,

Iknow a better way to ti.. .-••The rich American.

\u25a0 Ishall not shoot him through the leg.Nor club him with ;i gun.

Nor singe his feet t.< ih.-ik.- Ilm begRelief fr.nu Washington.

"It ih ;i sham., t.i treat film so;Hes gentle and he's good;

And of hi»< cash be will let x>Without mi< h measures rude.

"Some Kimi'ii" tixturt-s iwill get.Such as iir.r used in games:

And let him play things called 'roulette'And otln-r fancy named.

"I'llhave his cash without tho strife.These bai <iit>. coarse and rude,

Who say, 'Your money or your life,'Are very, verj crude."

(Washington Star.

Aa or.Unary echo is a curious thing;'l>ut. nc.-.ir.l-Int,' to the statements of a Frenchman at a water-ing place In the Pyrenees, one echo on tho Franco-Prussian frontier i.s far from ordinary. #>As soonas you have spoken," said the Frenchman, who badsecured nn audience of wide-eyed tourists, "youhear distinctly tho voice leap from rock to rock.from precipice to precipice, and a.s soon its It h:iapassed the frontier It assumes the Spanish tongue!But yes, Ihave heard It often."

"He writes that l am a c.-ul.""TYU him you willpull his nose.""i will -Where's your telephonw?**—<Glasgow

Times.

Prisons In Japan re^eniM"tl.<rge country \u25a0houseswith many outbuilding's, and .do not. Hth«»r in thenolidity or details of their oonstruction, wear apenitentiary aspect. The prisoners «•\u25a0! food Inproportion to their conduct and Industry; thosewho do not behave will got a. cake of rUv, whichmust I.•>; then: seven days, For the deserving' Itis the m # on for hut four iin\». and they get withit also \u25a0\u25a0' , ttie horse rrtfat and.potato or (ara sauce.The la! . 1 '-; compulsory but not severe, and th»»prisoner ;, tn part of his earnings, Chough itamounts to little. Th«» discipline la military, andserving \. term In prison does not Impose .nn inden-Die Stlsma. Systematic efforts arc mad)a to Im-prove the prisoners; nil thf youths under nine-teen years DAM two hours each 'day In school EvenWhen their term of sentence latover they cannot be

leased till a surety la found for their sjnbaoqusntKood behavior. Till this is provided they mustremain in (.rUuii ami muy do «u> for in<i«ikntt»!-.ii<i.!s. Of late societies hnve, been formed tocimi for tin* prisoners an ket-p them under ob-\u25a0ervation after they have been restored! to society.Jail life there, Is accompanied by al! trwi ameliora-tions of which It admits without impsilrlt-K ifdisciplinary and reformatory cbaracteQ and whenIt la over the convict hits a new chance In life, withno disabilities that diligence and >•.....[ conduct maynot overcome.

TBE TALK OF Till: DAY.

In time of peace prepare liniments, bandages

and have a surgeon within easy calk Th""Glorious Fourth" will soon l>e hjer>\ and th*hospitals may be too crowded to<attend'to allthe victims.

The d*ath of Henry A. Rogers, president ofthe Hoard of Education, who- had devoted manyyears of faithful labor to I\v improvement anddevelopment of th> pubtte school system of New-Sork, left a vacancy i>f no small note in ourmunicipal government Most of tlve occupantsof public offices in this town*draw salaries notungenerous in compensation for the time andtoil which they expend fen th< promotion of thewelfare of the community, l.xc the legislatorsof the British Parliament, the high mindedcommissioners of our educational departmentreceive no remuneration for thie work they dofor the benefit of their fellow•citizens.

Parker with more than hulf of»the delegateson the first ballot, and mominated#on the second,

is thf way his supporters figure* It out. accord-ing to the latest signs <,n the political ticker,

the slip 'twixt the cup arid the lip, noticed. In

old proverbs as a freq\«?nt occurrence, being leftout of the calculation.

(>f course, thy? Prohlb'tlonists hope#the coun-try will swallow their candidate for*Presiden t;

and it will -In atmaelstrom of votes.

Many churches and Sunday schools and otherorganizations of various kinds have been bo

stricken with sorrow and dread by the horrorsof the Slocum catastrophe that they have-aban-doned their plans for pleasure ings on the

water. l.r is clear that owners of excursionsteamboats can expect little pat nonage for •lone time to come, unless they suneeed in con-vincing f;:tfhers and mothers that the vesselsnave been so thoroughly guarded, against dis-aster that children will be In no*danger whilethey are on board.

Subway opening -appointed for September the

firFt: That seems almost too good to be true!Of course, the contractors will remove every

obstruction from the streets and restore them

to their former condition! Then the millenniumwill follow promptly

y City wlUtprobably be a favorite resortfor New-Yorkers next Monday. It is *r> have a,

\u25a0•safe and sane" Fourth of July.

the cancer of corruption and neglect had beeneating ita way to the very bones of the Gallicmilitary body. Itmay be conceivable that Rus-

sia is In a somewhat simHnr plifiht.

Take this State, for Instance. One faction•nay by a narrow margin win country districtswhere there is a small Democratic vote. Theother faction may be practically unopposed InNew-Tort City, where the party vote is heavi-est. ItIs possible, Ifthe voters happen to bemassed just rizbt, for a trifle over one-fourthof the voters, by winninga trifle more than one-half at the delegates to the State convention, tochoose the fullnational delegation of the Stateand 'bind them all to do the minority's will. Solong as that Is possible the two-thirds rule is !obviously necessary to anything like a repre- jscnta'Jve nomination. "When a bar© majority jof a State delegation, w»slcn does not necessarilyvoice the wishes of a incjority of the party

voters in the State, can dragoon to Its supportthe rest of the delegation, Itis absolutely neces- jsary toapply a safeguard against misappropria-tion of the party machinery; Bar this practicebeing followed In State after State may enablea:; actual minority of a national convention to |cast even a two-thirds vote In It. By compel- •

linga candidate to pile up & two-thirds vote theroles roughly and partially offset the unfair,advantage he may secure through the unit(rule. Ifat the coming convention a majorityWte was made sufficient to nominate, ex-Sen-mtor Hill might force '.he nomination of Judge[porker by casting for him against their willitho votes of nearly half the New-York dele-Igeles. Such a result would in no sense con-iform to party sentiment.IThe ii>;/üblicans found long ago a ,i:L<>d ofrepresentation which avoided the DemocraticIrrabarras^ment. Noniisstlajis are made by ma-Vii-ity vote, but ••nrji delegate is really fr<-«.More. . r, <\u25a0;;•:?! delegate represents directly aconstituency of IJepubHcan voters, end respondsto liic-Jr wants Instead of \>t'.ug put up by per-,

\u25a0 •..f two-thirds rule is to be Justly abolished,

tbe initial steps must be taken before the elec-tion of delegates. Back of the two-thirds rule,find Justifying its existence, are the unit ruleand the custom of selecting State delegations in

Btate Instead of district conventions. Underthe system by which the great majority of the

: vis delegates were chosen, a nominationby a mere majority of the national convention: | t easily represent the will of a decidedminority of the ijarty. That system results InIgnoring minorities, lirst, in tbe States, and then• \u25a0 minute subdivisions, and appropriating

to the majorities the minority vote in the sev-eral constituencies.

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V TEE ISIT .4\7» TWO-THIRDS RULES.The difficulties in the way of a Democratic

nomination at St. Louis under the time honoredj:rocedure of that party have again revived inDemocratic circles suggestions of abrogating:ii«- two-thirds iu!e. There Is nothing sacred inthe rule. Itis subject to review by auy con-vention, for each gathering makes its own lawsof procedure. Indeed, the two-thirds rule is inessence undemocratic, and true representativeparty government is obstructed rather thanpromoter by It. Nevertheless, unless the De-mocracy Is prepared for other reforms for thedemocratization of its organization anterior to

the abrogation of the two-thirds rule, the at-tempt to nominate by a bare majority would berevolutionary and despotic.

The city, especially the Borough of Brooklyn,is also Interested In the matter from a cl*.icpoint of view. Fort Hamilton occupies one ofthe choicest spots upon our whole waterfront.At the one side It la the terminus of the peer-less Shore Road— the road which will bepeerless If ever it is completed and put Intocondition for safe and easy use. At the otherBide it abuts upon the big l>yker Meadow Park,a pleasure ground which has been little Im-proved. but which contains almost immeasur-able possibilities. From one point of view. itmight seem a pitr to have the fort take, as isproposed, a part of the park. Such an arrange-ment would materially interfere with the golfplaying which is now so popular there. Never-theless, the part of the park that would betaken Is really the least valuable part of it, andit is not at all certain that the fort's use of itwoulddestroy its availability for park purposes.A certain part of the reservation must, nodoubt, be closed to the general public; but thereseems to be no reason why a large part of Itshould not be open to all well conducted per-sons as a pleasure ground— with a considerableprobability that people willconduct themselvesii: a more orderly, though not necessarily lessenjoyable, fashion there than In places not di-recUy under the military eye.

So far as at present revealed. th« plans s*em

FORT HAMII.TOX PLAXS.

The plane announced for the enlargement andImprovement of Fort Hamilton arc of interestfrom more than one point of view. It is doubt-less desirable that the fort should be thus

treated on purely military grounds. It is oueof the most important military posts in the coun-try, from some points of view the most Impor-tant, and it should be made the strongest andmost efficient, both as a garrison and as a coast

defence station. In the last few years muchwork has been done there, and ithas been sup-posed the place was being made, as a fortress,

ac- perfect as possible. But if,as seems quitereasonable, more ground Is needed and furtherworks must lie constructed, there will be gen-

eral approval of the undertaking.

For the sake of the militia, too, the change

6tems desirable. There can be no doubt of thetalue to the citizen soldiery of being brought

into contact with the regular army and of be-ing placed to a degree under its Instruction.The State camp up the Hudson is a good thing;Lut we can imagine Ita far better thing for aregiment to go to Fort Hamilton and performIts evolutions and disciplinary duties under theeyes and according to the example and lnstrac-tion of the superbly drilled troops of the regulararmy. The sham battles which have beenplayed at Van Cortlan«3t Park would havebeen still more profitable had they taken placewithin the reservation of Fort Hamilton. Thetendency to co-operatlou between federal andState troops and to co-ordination of their <Mjuip-ment and tactics must be heartily commended,and there is no doubt that It would be promotedby the eendtu? of the militia to the federalmilitary reservation.

When the analyst has reached the end ofbis examination of tiny one of the great writersin English or European fiction, he has to admitthat what distinguishes his master from thelittle men Is neither his substance nor his styleexclusively, but the fiery Avorkliitf. in both, ofthe creative facility. Hawthorne as a writeriv the strict technical sense of the word. Hawthorne a6an embodiment of the Xew-Englandconscience, nppeals to xis with uncommon force,

but it is also to Hawthorne the man of genius,telling tales because be cannot help himself,that the world renders homage. The specialdevelopment which he gave to this central gift

of his, the gift characteristic alike <>r the real-ist and the romanticist in the higher walksof literature, constitutes a question by itself.Genius always seems an abnormal phenomenon,but it is when a keen sense of the Inspirationin things that are normal governs its mani-festations that we value itmost. Thus, Thack-eray or Hardy may not enchant us as we nreenchanted by Scott, but they leave a morelasting impression, and Balxac haunts the mindas with terrible images ot the eternal passionswhere the glamour of Duinns. Incomparablywitching us it may be. is bound to fade untilrenewed intercourse witii it places us oncemore in thrall. Hawthorne is of this more re-flective group in the company of the Immor-tals. Although as naturally, as inevitably, asthe author of "The Three Musketeers" himselfbe spun his fabrics of romance, bis materialswere figures more human, crises more spiritual

and of a "wider application than any of whichthe great Frenchman ever dreamed.

We .hear much <>f his melancholy. Compareit with the morbid preoccupation of Poe, andyou will realize the more vividly bow Haw-thorne's melancholy, though an important ele-ment in him, was not his directing impulse.Too great stress has been laid upon the darknature of his favorite themes, if he let his im-agination play around the consequences of Bin,it was only iv part because of the sombrestreak iv his character, and far more because,with the artists eye, lie saw the dramatic pos-sibilities in the subject. At bottom, like everycreative writer, he saw life steadily and sawit whole. He has much in common with Tour-genieff, and especially with the brilliant Ru*-

sian's feeliug for a tragic posture of affairsIn the everyday life of mortals. He is per-haps more austere than either Toiirgenieff orHardy; one breathes a colder air iv his booksthan In theirs. Hut this is not to say that be

overstates the truth. On the contrary, no nov-elist has ever practised a more beautiful, more

balanced, veracity; none have ever surpassedhim inpower to muke the reader feel that thus.and in no other way, could the creatures of

his imagination bo and act. They are of likestuff with ourselves, and our own lives might

well be, but for the grace of God, like unto

their lives. Itis this humanity of his whichgives Hawthorne a place apart from men likePoe and Cooper. He touches the heart as they

could never touch It. But, we repeat, it is be-cause he touches tho heart through goldentongued romance, because he is of the great

line of born story tellers, that he survives.

HAWTHORXE.

Nathaniel Hawthorne did not write the greatn:i novel- that miraculous thing for

which critics of a certain type are always look-ing bui he remains unquestionably the greatAmerican novelist lie is the one classic ofour fiction i;i whose writings may be discernedTil.- note peculiar to the masters. The celebra-tions at Salem, Concord and elsewhere of the<\u25a0» m.nary of ills birth, which occurred on July-I. LBO4, express nothing if they do not expressrecognition of this fact When similar honorswen- paid Io Etm-rsou last year, they wereoffered necessarily as much to the moralistas to the prose writer or poet. The Concordoracle drove at conduct Hawthorne drove at

the beguilement of men's minds, and if in him.too. the spirit of New-l'ii^iand was so strong

that he loved to seek the literary motive inthe moral issue, he had. on the other band. Ineven greater measure, the disinterested ln-Ptinct of the born romancer. In acclaiming

huu we acclaim the most notable manifesta-tion of the artistic temperament in Americanliterature.

Pome of the critics of the handling of thenaval and military forces of Russia assert thatthe domination of the bureaucracy lit the em-pire has brought about a practical breakdownin the elllciency of those arms of the s>erviee.These critics compare Russia's readiness forrighting p.n enemy alert, active, vigorous andwell a«uipp«d to the weakness displayed by th«War Department of France nrhen the Germanscrossed the Heine in 1 87t>. Itis -.veilknown thatthe soldiers of Xapoleon 111 were foredoomedto lh«- -worst of disasters, because for yeara

\u25a0\Vlth New-York theatres closed for the sum-mer and "'society" out of town. It1b interestingto note that the London season Is in full swingand the theatres are presenting 1such attractionsas Eernhardt and Mrs. Patrick Campbell In"Pelleas et Melisande." Still, we have the roofgarden to cultivate In these days of midsum-mer.

ItIs to weep to see how anxious all the fac-tions of the Democratic party are that the othersdo not make a mistake at St. l»uis.

Should he persist thereafter in telling otherpeople that he can evolve life without previouslife, he can escape condemnation in only oneway. He should invite a reputable biologist toprescribe and. supervise a test which willprovethe truth or falsity of his belief. No discoverylv astronomy, chemistry, electricity or otherscience is accepted by ita devotees without cor-roboratlon. Unless I>r. Littlelield can securethis, the lt-ss he haR to say the better. Itmightassist him in liuding the source of his error,if he is still honest, to send specimens of theinsects which he says he has produced to acompetent entomologist for Identification. Ifthe species is recognized, perhaps a hint maybe afforded concerning the method by whichthe gertus obtained access to tho fluids withwhich he experimented. However, such a stepIs not necessary. The one great essential is boto shap»> tho conditions of the test as to insurethe destruction and exclusion of pre-eiistingorganisms and to put that task In competentand independent hands. In tho mean timewise people will continue to Ivelleve that themighty secret of the origin of lire has not yet

been revealed by science.

The notion that life could originate withoutprevious life prevailed widely in the MiddleAges, it was derived from observation ofsuch familiar phenomena as the developmentof parasites in various articles of food, moreparticularly flesh. The firsi man to disputeill*- doctrine positively was an Italian natu-ralist of t]j>- seventeenth century, Redi. liewas the author of the maxim. "(Mime vlvumex vivo" all life comes from other life, ftedlshowed that by covering meat with gauze, sothat tlies could not lay eggs in or upon it, theappearance of the kind of parasites lv question could be prevented. A second battle, near-ly a hundred years later, was necessary beforethe principle was established. A reaction hadset in, and the old fallacy had found manydistinguished advocates, one <>f whom was I'.uf-fon. The later doubts were aroused by thediscovery of microscopic organisms, now knownas infusoria, In water In which dead vegeta-tion was steeped, Spallanzani, another Italian,

disposed of these misgivings by a conclusivedemonstration. He took a bottle of the con-taminated fluid, subjected it to the temperatureof boilinc for three-quarters of an hour, andsealed it In such a way that fresh germs couldnot get in from the air. No infusoria or otheranimalculs could be found, and Bedl'S ideas

have since hold almost universal sway in thedomain of biology. If I>r. Littlefield will pro-cure a. copy of the address on "SpontaneousGeneration," delivered by Huxley before theBritish Association for the Advancement ofScience, and examine the same carefully, hemay possibly learn something to his advan-tage.

LIFE WITHOUT PREVIOUS LIFE.An Indiana physician named Littlefield an-

nounces thai he lias evolved living organisms,resembling gnats, from Inanimate matter. Thisis not the hrst time he lias made the stateincut. The same story was told on the sameauthority at least a year ago. No good reasonexisted for accepting it then, and there hasbeen no change In the situation since thai time.1»r. Littlefield is represented as saying that thereal basis of life is vibration. The suppositionmay be entirely correct, but he furnishes n i

new cause for thinking so. He merely reiter-ates an Idea thai originated with others, andhe fails in show what it has to do with thecase in band. If he were to assert that by ex-citing vibrations of a certain frequency mechan-ically he was enabled to Impart these t" thedead minerals or lifeless solutions ihar formedthe subject .if his experiment, one could see thepertinence of his remarks, even if not convinced as to his veracity. As It is. he must beregarded, not necessarily a wilful prevaricator,but at least a man of limited knowledge and aperson who, being unwilling or unable tostantiate bis claims, Is not entitled to confi-dence.

The corporation which conducts practicallynil of the transportation in Brooklyn has beenthe subject of a good deal of censure in thepast, much of which was deserved. Though Itwas a pioneer in the adoption of electricity forrunning trains on its elevated roads. The num-ber <>f mishaps which followed caused the

friends of modern traction methods to grieveand protest. It is now becoming evident, how-ever, that tho importation of new blood fromthe West a year or two api has been productiveof much good. An crn of reform lias been midated. Very likely some things will be leftundone which ought to be done There willyet

remain reason for criticism. Nevertheless, thofruit which the new policy of tho company labearing gives to the metropolis occasion forhonest pride and sincere gratitude sentimentswhich will not be cherished less warmly whenthe precautions spontaneously adopted by theBrooklyn Kapid Transit Company to avert lossof life are compared with those taken by theowners of the General Slocum.

BROOKLYN I'll)TRAXSITFew patrons of the elevated roads In Brook-

lyn yet realize the extent of the Improvementswhich are being made for their benefit. Thesechanges, as wiis Indicated in the Dews columnsof The Tribune yesterday, are numerous amivaried, ji!i«l some of them are radical. By theadoption of :i new kind of gate and the lengthening of the platforms, for instance, it is madepossible to onload a crowded ear more easilythan before, in many additional ways the coin

fort and convenience of the passengers are beingpromoted. Finally, much is being done to en-hance the safety of travel. On those trainswhich embody the new id» as at least half ••<

dozen innovations linve been made with thatobject In view. A sheathing of asbestos hasbeen placed under the floor, the switchboardlias been inclosed in metal, the wires are cov-ered heavily with fireproof material, a cordhas been .supplied for the application of thebrakes in emergencies, and by still other meansthe chance of unhappy consequences from ac-cident has been reduced. When the alterationsthat have been made in a part of the rollingstock shall be effected in the rest of it. anextremely gratifying transformation will have

been Wrought.

to promise only pood for all concerned. The

fort will be vastly benefited, and the fity willnot I*1 robbed. On the contrary, the fortd<-ii~ promise to be nn attractive addition to thomoan pleasure grounds, and tlie proverbialpopular love of brass buttons \u25a0will doubtlessmake the place .'ill the more frequented

NEW-YORK DAILY TR!T,CXE. SUNDAY. JULY 3. 1904.

About People and Social Incidents*Lfips a bare majority of .1 State convention !nopposition 1o their wishes. The Republicanl»lau is based on men, the Democratic entirelyOH political divisions. There fan Ik- no doubtthat tin? BepnbUcan is the more truly demo-i .\u25a0!',\u25a0\u25a0 and expresses more equitably liT•will ofiij«' voters, rnti!. iiowever, tho. Democracy isr\>lo to throw aside its old State sovereigntyfetich, -which dictated the unit rale, it cannot\u25a0nell dispense with the complementary two-t' ;!-(]s role In national conventions.

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SUNDAY, JULY 3. 1904.

THE y£WS THIS MORXIXG.'

FORElGN.— Europeans who arrived at Che-Poo from Port Arthur said that the Russianslost heavily in recent battles, one of -which wasapparently fought near Pigeon Bay. showing1

Jlie Japanese are advancing from both sides*'£ the peninsula.

—There were further re-

ports of battles between "WSUsoeft and Togo(Jid between Kamlmura. and lifzobra^off, butlii»-y were based on the sound of guns; Tokioofficials believed, however, that the Japanesehad aJ tacked the Vladivostok squadron. ==<it-neral Kuroipatkin reported under date ofJune 80 that part «.•:" General Kuroki's armywas fallingLack on Siu-Yen, and that GeneralI'Ku't iorces were slowly advancing. =====Ftanofl will allow the Baltic fleet to coal atports along the route to the Far Kast. \u25a0

\u25a0 Ajunk v.-jls blown up by a contact mine In theJ/.i.<j l:iver; twenty Chinese were killed.

DOMESTIC.—A mechanism has been foundi by the Navy Department which will prevent

the petition of the Missouri explosion. \u25a0

The 1"resident left Washington at 10 a. m. andarrtred at Oyster Bay at ~> p. m. He wasFKCted enthusiastically by his townsmen. \u25a0

The Rev. Dr. A. C. Dixon. it was said at Bos-ton, had received a call to take charge of theMoody schools at Korthfleld, Mass. == Twonewly appointed West Point cadets were seri-ously Injured by falling into the arena at thebarracks at the academy; It is feared that onev ill die.

-M. 1«. Heaiy. of Auburn, N. V.,

was crushed to death by his automobile. ==A rulingby the State Auditor of Ohio compelsthe <state of the late Senator Hanna to pay aninheritance tax of $00. ===== The Governor:«nd Mrs. Odt-11 returned to Albany from St.I^mis, where they have been visiting the fair.

CITY.—It was learned that inspectors from

K*iiiturkywere on their way here to retnspectsteamboats. ===== C. F. Murphy and other dele-Kates started for St. Louis.

•'. As a result of

a general refusal to pay a doable fare from theBridge to Coney Island, most of the BrooklynKapid Transit and Brooklyn and Coney Islandlines were blocked last night and there weremany Incipient riots. ==. In dismissing pris-oners taken in a raid on an alleged poolroomdistributing station at No. 13 Park Row, Jus-tice Gaynor severely condemned "police law-lessness." \u25a0 Two suits were begun againstthe Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company oneby the De Forest company for damages and one

IIa stockholder, asking for the removal of the

rectors. -. The foreclosure sale of the Ship-illdingTrust properties was ordered if pay-»nt Is not made In a given time. \u25a0 Theirvard baseball nine won the third and de-inggame of Its series with Tale, 5 to 0.HE WEATHER-

—Indications for to-day:

IIr and warmer. The temperature yesterday:(beet, T.*> degrees; lowest, •*?.

The public rond coach Good Times begins ItsNewport season on Tuesday, running between theNewport Casino end Narragansatt Pier each Tues-day. Thursday and Saturday, martins nt U':3o amileaving the I*ier nt 3:30. It Is s> long since apublic road coach was run Eft Newport that thepresent venture may be said to have the merit ofnovelty. The late Henry Astor Carey ran a coachyean ate between tho Casino and TiVTton. but

Mr. ninl Mrs. Ridley Watts have left town faFisher's Island for tho summer.

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