NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

Thanksgiving will he celebrated by the fashiona-ble set to a great ex'ent in the country. Town willbe somewhat rie=«»rted to-day. Nearly every onewho -i country place Is keeping open house, andthose who do not possess rural homes have to agre.it extent availed themselves of the invitationsof friends who are m<->re fortunate in this respect.

\ t Eli, • StaatabucK at PerncllnTe, 11 Garri-sons at Florham, at Hyde Park, at Roslyn. atHempstead in the Weetchester County districts,

• • all the important country teats, gayare in progress to-day. The natl-mal• . • wl Icta many regard as the most in-:• ing ceiebr.-ttci everywhere wi:h

patriotic fervor in good, old fashion*"! style.

Mrs. Clarence ft Mackny's Thanksgiving party

b at the same time a housewarming. It is being

celebrated in th» new home which she and her. It at Roslyn, ar. 1 which Is one of

ilyand splendidly appointed houses onLong Island.

William C. Whitney Is spending Thanksgiving athis place at We -•bury with his daughter. Dorothy.

and his stepdaughter. Adelaide Randolph, while

Mrs Adolph nburg signalizes the festival by ahunt breakfast at the Meadow Brook Club, afterwhich there is to be a run with the hounds.

:tbcis* who wffl spend their Thanksgtvtng

In town are Mr- William Aator, who gives a dinner

party at her 1 \u25a0 m Flfth-ave: r>r and Mrs.

Isaac \u25a0 Klr>. who b 1 • " : 'rtv :lt

Sherry's, and Peter Marie, who entertains a ;irty•a din 11 \u25a0

':~ p

The Horse Show at Orange, W. J.op.-ns tn-ni^htRiding ai 1 Driving Club, as already an-: m thi~ column, and will continue until

3ai 13 evening.

There was \u25a0 successful clnru-e a t the Morris. \u25a0 ght, Mrs. H. McX Twombty

ol country places in the neigh-., bringini I\u25a0 members of their bouse;, •

\u25a0 enteri linmeat

The engagement la announced of Miss FthelPhelps. daughter of Mrs. Charles Pbelps, of No.

22 East Thirty-second-at.. to William North Daane,, member of the University and other clubs.

and wh.. was graduated from Harvard in the class|\u0084r

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•\u25a0,\u25a0• (i. is a lineal descendant of James Duane,

( ,r .'i". , ital Congress, and Is connected with

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' . 1 |vii tons and other Colonial families MBS. f Ansel Phelps. o< the CalumetClub, and ber mother was Miss Helen Stowe.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin and the iwiMTMIseltn are spending ThanksgJvtag at Providence,R. 1.. With Mrs. William Goddard

A reception was given yesterday afternoon by

Mi - i'.i\id Morrison at her house, in East Forty-

nlnth-st., for the debut of h.-r daughter Natalie.Among those who assisted the debutante in re-ceiving were Miss Ethel Rockefeller, Miss AdettnaHavemeyer, Miss Mary Prentice, Mi?=s Ruth Put-nam, Miss Elisabeth Clark and Miss Mabel Dodge.

After the rec< ption, for which aboat twelve hun-

dred Invitations bad been issued, there was adinner party, to whicn several additional guests, In-cluding Miiton Cornell, Theron Strop*. Devereua

md William Putnam, Frederic A. De Peyster andK<nelm Wlnslow had been asked. The debutantewore 1 frock ol white point desprlt. over whitechiffon, stripped lengthwise with bands <>f whiteribbon.

Concerts by the Morgan Chamber Musk ''lab will;:, i;.;,i ifter the new y«.ar on Wednesday after-noons at the houses of Mrs. Stanford White. 7»ir.-.1 w.st Roosevelt, Mrs. Henry Poor and Mrs.Jai \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 W. .Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. P. F.nrv cv Ni.-011. who recently s.iM

their house In East Thirty-eigtath-st., have bought

No. 23 Ea»l Thirty-nlnth-stl, and will occupy itthroughout the winter.

G. Meade Tooker, after a fortnight's visit to thiscountry, sailed yesterday for Europe on the Celtic.

Mrs. Frederick Bdey entertained yesterday after-noon at her bouse, in West Fifty-flfth-st.. theBridge Whist Club, organized last winter by Mrs.Gouvemeur Kortright, and revived this fall. it Isnew In charge of a committee composed of Mrs.Kortright. Mrs. Henry Trevor. Miss Greta Pom-eroy, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer ami Mrs. Edey. Itis theIntention of the committee to make the club a per-manent organization, and it will meet on Wednes-days during the winter. Its next session will be onWednesday at th. house of Mrs. Charles Steele.and after that it will meet on December 11 at thehouse of Mrs. Pembroke Jones, and on DecemberIS at Mrs. Kortright's. There will be no meetingsIn the Christmas holidays, and the first session

after the New Year will be on January S. at th.»home of Mrs. Pulitzer. The members play duplicatebridge, and tbi bolder of the highest individualscore at the end of the season will receive a cup.Among the forty members are Mrs. Joseph Stick-ney Mrs. James Waterbury. Mrs. James Barclay.

Mrs. William afanlce, Mr*. Charles Hyde, Mrs. N.1. McCready, Mrs. Henry Clews. Mrs. Moses TaylorCampbell and Mrs. Edward Van Ingen.

San Francisco. Nov. 27.— The Right Rev. SWneyCatiin Partridge. Bishop of Kioto. Japan, a- JllisAgnes Louise Simpson, daughter of Captain \u25a0'•1Simpson, consular representative of Denmark, weremarried at St. Lukes Church, in this city, to-day.

NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.Washington, Nov. 27 (Special).— Count Casslnl, the

Russian Ambassador, gave a box party to-night to

see -Miss Bob White" at the Columbia Theatre.

In the party were Countess Casslni, Mr. De Wet-lant. First Secretary of Legation, and severalguests of the Ambassador who are visiting in thiscountry.

Miss Needs Poor, granddaughter of Mrs. CharlesH. Poor, received at an .-.fternoon tea to-day. Itwas well attended. Miss Poor Is one of the sea-son's debutantes.

Generni and Mrs. Moore gave a dinner last nightto rhe Mexican Ambassador and Mrs. Aspiroz. to

meet the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.Hill the Assistant Secretary of War ard Mrs.Sanger. General and Mr?. Merritr. General anlMrs Gillespie, Mr. md Mrs. Draper and Mr. andMrs. Thropp. The table was decorated with Meteor

Mr- Charles Emory Smith, wife of th<* Post-master <'.. neral, has gone to Philadelphia to spenda few days.

Miss Reb.kah Knox. daughter of the AttorneyGeneral, will return from Pittshurc and spendT -i'.;::cr Day at home.

S tary and Mrs. Root returned to Th« city this\u25a0 . _\u25a0 from theii brief visit to New-York.

MISS HAY ENGAGED TO PAYNE WHITNEY

Washington. Nov. 27 (Special).— Announcementwas made to-day of the engagement "fMiss Helen

Hay, elder daughter of the Secretary of State, to

Payne Whitney, second son of William C. Whitney.

ex-Secretary of the Navy. The marriage is to he

in February, at the home of Secretary Hay in Six-tecnth-st It will be a quiet weddintr. Miss Hay.

although for several years active in society here.devotes the greater part of her time to literary

work and her published stories and poems havemet with popular success. Miss Hay attends theChurch of the Covenant (Presbyterian) in this oity.

Payne Whitney is a graduate of Yale, a member

of the New-York bar ;ir.d the particular favorite of

his uncle, Colonel Oliver H. Payne. He belongs to

the \u25a0< Kickerboch r < :uh.

The engagement is announced of Miss G-**Louise Alden. daughter of Mrs. Jonathan Ald»'"C»

No. * Lefferts Place. Brooklyn, to Paul Tim

°fhast, of Englewood. N. J.

raul T'lHng-

Miss I.uella Taylor was married last eyeninr atPalm Lodge, the home of her parents Mr andMrs. Thomas J. Taylor. No. 101 Centre-st. OraaaiLN. J.. to William Elliott Waddell. a young biisj.

\u25a0ass man of Columbus. Ohio. The marria-o-*

celebrated by the R-v. Charles Townsend of Tk!First Presbyterian Church. Orange, and the%»*L. L. Overman, of Philadelphia. The or.V briiwmaid was Miss May Garner, cousin of the h^Starling Waddell. brother of the bridegroom «;best man. ' was

Elizabeth. X. J., Nov. 27 (Speciali.-There was aweddiner this afternoon at the Holy Rosary Churebthis city. The bride was Miss Mary a. • innollyyoungest sister of City Attorney Jam s C. Con-nolly,of Elizabeth, and the bridegroom wis Jame«J. Dardis. oldest son of ex-Freehold**- RobertDardis. of this city. The best man was EdwardJ. Dardis. brother of ihe bridegroom The mairtof honor was Miss F.mny OKofe. of N^w-Yorkand the flower girl was Miss Martfau Brioes aniece of the bride. The Rev. James J. SmithMuformed the ceremony, arbacn was followed by a re"ception at the home. No. zii F'ine-n . of il- andMrs. Michael Connolly, parents of the bride.

Remington. N". J., Nov. B \u25a0 Special i.-Mi~? "•.*Mershon and Aaron H. Farr were married at thehome of the bride* grandmother, Mr?. AmandaDrake, yesterday. Miss KmilyH. Farr wa rrides-maid. Louis G. Brfarley. ot" Arr.--was best man. The ushers were EJetr Piersoaand Enoch Blackwell.

Flemington. N. J., Xov. 27 (Special).— A weddingtook place at the home of Mr. and Mr-

'ha H.

Pc Mott. in N'"w-sr.. this afternoon, when theironly daughter. Miss Harriette Porter De Mitt, wasmarried to Howard MacQaeen, of Trenton. Theceremony wu« perforated by the fter. Dr. J \vRogan. "pastor of the Flemington PresbyterianChurch, of which the bride is 1member.

Plattsburg. N. T., Nov. .'7 (Special).—A militarywedding occurred at Plattsburg- Barracks ;aat

evening, when Lieutenant Wallace McXamara. ofthe 27tii United States Infantry*, was united inmarriage to Miss Hattie E. Provlaes, o£ Peter*-bur?. Cal. The interior of the administration build-ing, where the ceremony took place, was tastefullydecorated for the occasion by his brother officers.The Rev. H. P. £18 F. Grabeau, of the EpiscopalChurch, officiated, and th- bride was given awayby Major Chubb. Miss Kathleen Klir.e was maidof honor and Lieutenant Albert C. Josaan wasbest man. The bride had journeyed over threethousand miles with great haste in order to reachhere before the departure of, the 27th Infantry fcithe Philippines.

Moorestown. N. J.. Xov. 27 (Special).—Miss JaneMatlack Pharo. daughter of Mrs. Hannah M.Pharo. of this place, was married this afternoon to

the Rev. George Warrington Lamb, of Germantowß.The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.James H. Lamb, father of the bridegroom, assistedby the Rev. George Brinsßorst. oi GeramU—aMiss Helen Lamb was maid of honor. Trie brides-maids were Miss Lillie Richardson and Miss AnnaKennard, of Moorestown: Miss Polly Branson, ofRosemont. was flower girl. The Rev. Addison A.Lamb was best man.

AT THE WfrlTE HOUSE.Washington. Nov. 27 (Special).-Mr . R™sev*n

gave a box party to-night to see "Miss Bob Whit*-

at the Columbia Theatre. Commander and Mrs.

Cowles dined at the White House and accompanied

Mrs. Roosevelt to the theatre. Kermit and Ethel.the President's children, were also in the party,

and a friend of Commander Cowles met them in

the box. Mrs. Roosevelt and her guests occupied

the lower right hand box.The President spent an hour or so reading in the

White House library this evening. The library of

the White House is one of the finest rooms in the

old building. "Through its south windows there is

a view down the Potomac River a* far as the eye

can reach. Its shelves and cases contain sets ofworks of rare value to statesmen. .Mr. Rooseveltis the first President since Benjamin Harrison re-tired to make use of the library in the WMMH

At?<

o'clock the President and Mrs. Rooseveltmounted th.ir saddle horses. Leaving the T>\hiteHcuse as usual, through the southwest gate. the>went out for a ride of an hour and a hair.

Miss Roosevelt will not be at home for Thanks-giving Day. 'ilie President and Mrs. Roosevelt.-.]>.! the children will attend church in the fore-noon and dine at the usual hour in the evening No

invitations have thus far been issued, and it is

likely that the President will sit down to a quietfamily meal. -.ie White House steward win go to

the ice chest where the two large turkeys sent to

the President are kept, and Mindly select one ntthem, which willbe prepared for the table, Neither

turkey farmer then can become offended, because

one was used in preference to the other.

worth and Miss May Henderson as brlrtp. \u25a0

J. Brenton Winter, brother of the i»rii2!2 *acted as best man. The ushers were f^F0010-Thomas Church and Dr. T. Addison l»«T,7 arleBrooklyn. Th- bride's srifts to her att<Td 0£sold chains with pearl pendants andi t£ „-"«groom presented th» best man and t.ahlr- ™*-pearl scarf pins. A reception followed the'cerem* 1*

CIBA A\n OTHER ISLANDS.

"The Atlanta <<;a.i Journal" of November 2<>says:

Congress at its cominpr sep«:ion ""ill certainly

have to deal with the annexation ofCuba. -\u25a0

-The Mew-York Tribune is contending str^nu-

ously'apainst it. In a recent editorial it says:

"The people of th~ United States propose to

"krep their republic a compact and coherent"continental domain. They mean to keep it th""United States of America nnrl of North Amer-"ira, not of the lslandr of the sea."

There is a conflict between this position ofThe Tribune and its record in the advocacy ofthe annexation of Hawaii by a resolution ofCongress after the treaty framed to carry outthat design had been rejected. The Tribunevas also a stout champion of the annexationof Porto Rio. and clarnor^d lor it as lustilyasit now antagonizes th" annexation of Cuba. Anumber of leading Republicans in both housesof Congress are Known to be opposed to thislatter scheme, though they favored the oppositepolicy both in the rase of Hawaii and thai ofPorto Rico.

We are by no means as sure as our esteemedSouthern contemporary seems to be that Con-gress "will certaiuly have to deal" with thisquestion at the coming sefsion. But we arequite sure that The Tribune's course in regard

to Hawaii. Porto Rico and Cuba has been en-tirely consistent. Tlie Tribune has never fa-

vored the annexation of Hawaii or Porto Ricoin the sense in arhlcb t'uban annexation is un-derstood—namely, admission to this Union ofself-governing States. On the contrary, it hasconsistently, persistently and. we venture tohope, effectively opposed any such action andall steps tending in that direction. It was thusthat it opposed the notion that the tariff laws

of the United States were automatically ex-tended to Porto Rico by the Treaty of Paris. Itis thus that it has maintained all along that

Porto Ueo and the Philippines and other islandsare. as the constitution well expresses it,"terri-tory belonging to the United States." but notpart of the United States. Itis thus that it nowopposes the erection of any such outlying and

alieD lands into States which would take part

in governing this present Union-. That has beenfrom the very first day ihe question was raisedand is now The Tribune's policy toward Hawaiiand Porto Rico, and that is its policy towardCuba, and there is not the slightest shadow of aconflict between Them.

We have not heard that the advocates ofCuban annexation mean that Tuba should be-come merely "territory belonging to the UnitedStates,

"or That they would be satisfied with

such a status. Cuban annexation has all alongbeen understood to mean the admission of Cubainto thi* Union as IState, or perhaps as two ormore States, equal to New-York and (Jeorgia insovereignty and in influence over the policies

and destinies of this nation. That is what The

THAXK* AND GOOD tESOWTtONB.If the material conditions which surround

them were in general far less favorable than

they are The good people of this city would still

have ample reason for thanksgiving to-day in

The fact that four rears of misrule are almostended, and a new government of reputable men.

solicitous to fulfilthe purposes and expectations

to which their election gave expression. Is about

to be installed. We have no doubt that the

number of citizens possessing the ricrht of suf-frage who are grateful at heart for the change

decreed on November .". is far larger than thenumber of votes cast against Tammany— thatmany thousands who did not contribute to thetriumph of decency, whether through negli-

gence, personal prejudice or subservience to the

dates of political regularity, partake in greater

or less degree of the gratification which has

been exhibited all over the country nnd in for-eign land* at the prospective redemption of

New-York. To those, moreover, who votedright, or who are glad that there were enough

who did. must be added the intensely inter-

ested multitude of Tammany's opponents who

had no votes to give, but whose assistance was

practical and important. Altogether it is safeto assume that a very large majority of the

city's inhabitants clearly recognize in the recent

verdict of the polls a sufficient cause for thank-

fulness on this national holiday.

It is. perhaps, rather ungr.Tiou« even to sug-

gest an admonition when congratsdatfons are so

exactly inorder. Yet wr feel inclined to remind

nil whose present cheerfulness is closely con-

nected with the municipal election that they

willbav<* a much better warrant for pride andgratitude hereafter ifdnriuc the next two yean

they preserve and strive to diffuse the enseifisn

civic spirit which alone made the victory possi

ble. Signs of the lethargy commonly conse-

quent upon an energetic effort are hopefully

looked for by the unfaithful servants who havebeen discharged. They are already reckoninc

on a quick subsidence of that sense of public

rare which dom'nated the fusion movement.causing political preferences and individual am-

l.itions to appear insignificant in comparison

with the simple duty of relieving an Intolerablesituation. If the incoming administration can

appeal at all times to that same spirit for

watchfulness, for commendation and. if occa-sion demand?, for remonstrance, there will be

little reason to doubt its success or to fear a

restoration Of bad men to power two years

hence.

by means of it. it is impossible to feel that a

s^ntf-nce of a fruilty police captain to pay a fine

of jSl.<miO willh*> any les^o:) at all to unfaithfulofficers. Rather they willlaugh at itand think

it a cheap pr!cp to pay for freedom when they

can afford to spend thousands on thousands ofdollars for counsel fees for themselves and theiraccused fellows -who might "sajaeaT if neg-

lected. The inadequacy of the sentence was

apparent as soon as it was pronounced, ifnot

before. Diamond paid his line as nenehalantly

as he would have bought a cigar or paid a bet.

and felt it as a punishment about as little. Fortrifling offences men are daily s^nt to spend

months in jail beeanse judges do not considerfines sufficient as a punishment or a warning.

Justice Herrick in his remarks said that hehad no right in passing sentence to take into

consideration circumstances which were not in

evidence at the trial, and therefore he refusedto regard Diamond's offence as having any rela-

tion to Bisserfs or involving anything but .1

technical case of neglect. It is hard to followthis reasoning. It certainly seems that he was

entitled to consider the circumstances and prob-

abilities of this offence being an innocent mis-take or a calculated policy for the furtheranceof corruption. Neither is it easy to rej;nrri Jus-

tice Herrick's course as entirely consistent.After waving aside all considerations which

would weigh acainst Diamond and link himwith Bisserr as making Bisserfs crime possible,

he takes into consideration outside things in

Diamond's favor, and expresses the rather

stranee view already quoted that the crime

should not be sever-iy punished, because so

many other police officers are guilty of the

fame crime, and so openly guilty that the

scandal of it comes to a justice of the Supreme

Court M a matter of common knowledge, of

\u25a0which he can take official cognizance. Dis-

trict Attorney Philbin l.as won a great vic-

tory in convicting a guilty prflieo captain

against heavy odds, and it is a pity that the

good effect of It lias been lessened by the

failure to put the convicted police captain inprison. His offence was not as great as Bis-

serfs. who was sent to prison for five years,

snd the fact could have been properly recog-

nized by sentence to \u25a0 much briefer term. But

Imere money fine will be regarded by himand his associates as little less than a happy

deliverance.

Two blue diamonds— the Hope gem and thehopeless police captain!

If the full blown apple waxing over-mellowdrops in a silent autumn night. Its example isnot followed by the Danish West Indies, forwhich Columbia has been holding out her apron

The fact seems to he. sn far as can now I>.-judged, that the representatives of the Panamaenterprise overreached themselves in trying toplay too shrewd a game They appear to have

hesitated to make a straightforward and defi-nite offer to the commission, and t« have sought

instead io get it to make them an offer—some-thing quite Impossible. <>r, if they did make apoffer, it was at so high a figure as to put theirenterprise altogether out ox the competition.Nor is Itclear that they have been able to con-vince Americans of their ability to give an in-disputable tiile to their property. Upon theseand other points we shall be more enlightened,when the commission's report is published. Atpresent it seems safe to assume that the Pan-ama game ;*a losing one, for one of the threecruises we have suggested. IfSO, the promoters

of that enterprise willhave only themselves toTilame.

The fact is that the Panama scheme, despitesome apparent ad vantages, lias been ill advisedand ill omened from the very beginning. M.de Lesseps'fl grandiloquent declaration thatthere should be a tide level canal, without locks.was magnificent, but it wris not civil engineer-

ing. The original Panama company ran acareer of Inefficiency, profligacy and corruptionunsurpassed in the annals of human frailty, andcame to grief with a crash that almost, in PaulKriiger's phrase, staggered humanity. The dis-regard of United States treaty and other rights

which has been displayed all along has not com-mended the enterprise to favor. And the pres-ent company, succeeding to so discredited anInheritance, has never yet lieen able to convinceImpartial minds that it lias any higher objectthan to obstruct the Nicaragua enterprise andto Inveigle the United States into paying it abig price for a bad job. If the Panama com-pany was able to give a clear title to its prop-erty, nnd was willingto sell It outright not a\u25a0bare in it. but the whole thing—at a reasonableprice, it should have done so long ago. It ispossible that it would ha^e met with success.But. havinc failed to do so. itmust not be sur-prised, nor blame others, ifnow It finds its dayof grace is past.

PANAMA'S LOSING GAME.

The Panama Canal people are reported to be

not nt alt v.vl' pleas* '\u25a0 \. Ith t »*•- outlook for theirenterprise. Their negotiations !f so we maycall them

—with the Isthmian can;:l Commis-

sion have proved fruitless, for them, nnd they

realize th»l its forthcoming report is likely to

reoommecd the constmctioc of \u25a0 canal in Nic-aragua rather than the purchase <>f their unfin-ished work. At that, tlirre are intimations,they will appeal to Congress and will seek t"accomplish by lobbying what they could nofleffect by argument. Such a course will scarcely

"commend them to more favorable consideration.Their attempts to discredit the commission, onthe ground that Its head is ir' raror of theNicaragua route instead <<( theire, is likely toprovoke nothing more Berious than 11 smite, andthe suggestion that another commission shouldbe appointed will not bo well received. Thiscountry does not want an Interminable succes-sion of commissions. It wants a canal. Andhaving now a commission of capacity and au-thority as liirrlias it could hope t<> get, and thatcommission having dour i!s work with marked

< Intelligence and thoroughness, the T'nltod Statesj is likely to accept that commission's report as

I final and to proceed with the work on the lines'laid down therein.

THE CENTRAL BRIDGE GRAB.

Elsewhere in this morning's paper we print a

letter from John Bethell Thle. president of the

Highway Alliance, upon the subject of the-Huckleberry" Railroad grab of the Central

Bridge and viaduct. We are plad to publish it,

and to publish anything calculated to arouse

opposition to that iniquitous raid upon the peo-

ple's property. Mr. I'hle thinks it is not yet

time to give up the fipht. We hope it is not.thouph the grab is now perilously near con-

summation. It has passed the Board of Esti-

mate and Apportionment and the Municipal

Council, and now needs only to pass the Board

of Aldermen. Our readers willnot be greatly

puzzled to forecast its fate In that body. Ifanything is to be done, through exertion of pub-

lic opinion or otherwise, it must be done at

once or it willbe too late. The powerful street

railroad managers of this city seem to have de-

cided upon tho spoliation of those splendid high-

ways and to have so laid their plans for the

raid as to insure success.Our correspondent is quite right in saying that

the people of The Bronx need direct car connec-tions over the Harlem River at or near thatpoint. Yes. But such connections should n>

provided by the railroad companies, and not at

the public cost. There are millions of people

in this city who need potatoes, but that. IS no

reason why Central Park should be given up to

the cultivation of those much desired tubers.Neither Is there any good reason why a bridge

and street which were constructed expressly toserve one essential and beneficent purposeshould be diverted from that purpose and he

practically monopolized by another for whichthey were not designed at a,l. If there were no

other possible way of connecting: the railroads

in The Bronx with those in Manhattan, the sur-

render of the bridge might be commendable.Bat there are other ways, plenty of them, andsome of them would be adopted quietly enough

were it nor so easy in this city for some cor-

porntion-; with "influence" to get what they

want from the public without paying for it.

And practically the trolley lines will g.'t thebridge without paying for it. The rental of$1,000 a year will ho merely an addition of in-sult to injury. A thousand a year rental forproperty which cost several millions!Itis not yet time, as our correspondent says,

to give v.p the fi^'ht against this monstrous

spoliation. But there is tittle time left fur win-ning the contest. The public has, at any rate,

fair warning. Every horseman, and every oue

who loves riding and driving, is warned that ifthis "Huckleberry" jrn*l> Is consummated oon-munieation between the parks nn<l drives ofManhattan nnd those of The Bronx will bepractically barred, nnd access to the HarlemRiver Speedway will be pofwible only by pass-ing over a gridiron of trolley tracks and switchesand under a network of trolley wires.

Tribune has opposed, and does oppose, and will

continue to oppose. We are plad to be assured

by "The Atlanta Journal" that many leading

Republicans in Couprress are also opposed to it.

We believe that such is the case, and we expect

that their opposition will prevail In case the

question of Cuban annexation does come up at

this session, which latter, despite our contem-

porary's confidence, we are inclined to doubt.

In any case we must correct "The Atlanta

Journal's" statement that the Republicans in

Congress and The Tribune are opposing in the

ease of Cuba what they and it favored in thecase of other islands. The policy has been and

is exactly the same in both cases: No civil in-

vasion of this Union of American States by out-lying lauds, but perpetual preservation of this

compact, continental republic as the United

States of North America.

"An interesting BMSBber of the present freshmanclass at RadclifCe." says "The Kennebec Journal.""is the young Indian girlknown as Miss Lucy Nic-ola, but whose Indian narr.e is Wah-ta-Waso, oftho tribe of the Paunawabskiks, or Penobacots, OfMaine. Her entrance into Radeiiffe was made theenslcr for her through the influence of MontagueChamberlain, for many years the recorder of the

Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard. Miss Nic-

ola has been his Stenographer and typewriter forsome time. Mr. ChambTlain had an ancestor whohad a romantic experience withMiss Nicola's tribe,being a prisoner in their hands for some time, andsaved from slaughter for his bravery, and finally

hflped to escape hy the women of this tribe. Forthis reason, as weM as interest in Indian lore for itsown sake, Mr. Chamberlain his spent much timeamong the Maine Indians for many years, busying

himself In studying their tola; lore, history and lan-guages."

Mrs. Gaddie— My husband's so slipshod. His but-tons are forever coming off.

Mrs. Goode (severely)— Perhaps they are notsewed on properly.

Mrs. Gaddie— Tha's Just it. He's awfully carelessabout his BBWiOg --(Philadelphia Press.

"Penr me." said the British belle, "I wonder if

those horrid Yankee papers are daring to Insinuatethai we have large feet?"

"Why dear?" asked her friend."Oh Iwas iupt rending one that Said, 'The Amer-

ican shoe has Invaded England, and the Britishladies are wearing large numbers." "—(PhiladelphiaRecord

" 'God save great George our King,Long live our noble King,

(;...; save the King.Bend us r..ast beef In store,if it's gone send us moreAnd the Key of the cellar door,

Th.it we may drink.'"Even Germany cannot evade that Invariable lackof rhyme which doga o«hr national anthem."

Mr Goodman Your little playmate seems Bad.Willie Yes. sir. He had ter stay home from

FChool yisllily"•The Idea; and he's sad on thai account?""No sir; it's because he bad ter come hack ler

school ter-day."— (Philadelphia Record.

Judging by Its advertisement s new hotel nt

Palermo Beema to be the very place to spend th<*

winter In The hotel, which hae been built :>s .1"win-

ter abode for the cosmopolite aristocracy." dom-

inates the "golf of Palermo to the extension ofmore than 25,000 m. Q." It has lately been so well

"renewned" by a well known architect that "every

small apartment has its particular bathroom."Palermo Itself is a "beautiful, great (300,606 inhab-itants), very clean city, gay and animated of themost characteristic meridional life." It has "mostelegant populated walks" and "numerous joyous

excursions," while a yacht makes tripe "in thegolf and the vicinal Tunis." Those wishing tomake "prolonsed staves" can obtain "wiews"from the manager.

They were discussing the great emotional actress."They say." »he Bald, "that she hates the stage

and would lute nothing better than a quiet homelife. Do you believe ft?"

\u25a0< "crt 'iln'lv"

he replied.replied, thoughtfully. ''It\u25a0 w.i ] aonbl it

"ahe replied, thoughtfully. It

pounds to me like affectation. Now. Ihave thequiet home life, and 1 would like nothing betterthan to be

•great actress

",»'%.

•Of course"

he answered. "So would she. ifshebad the quiet home life.' I—(Chicago1

—(Chicago Post.

A few days a«o the annual dinner took place at

the. Bridge House Hotel, London Bridge, of the

oldest campanologlcal society in the world—theSociety of College Youths. It was founded In

1637, the members meeting to practise bell ringing

at St. a trtin'e. College Hill. Upper Thames-st.Thirty-four year? before a body of campanologists

was formed, named the Companle of the Bcholleraof Chepeside. The art of bell ringing may be said

to have begun when Fabian Btedman, a Cambridge

printer, the first known writer on this subject, andthe "Father of Change Ringing." published In

1677 bis "Campanologia." dedicated to this society,

of which he was \u25a0 member. He la said to havt»printed his changes on slips of paper In his leisurehours, and they were first rung In the tower of

81 Benedict, Cambridge, by members of the Col-lege (•.' youths who were on a visit to that town.

The Real peril. Sympathizing Friend—It must be

a terrible thing to have one's boy so far away fromhome and to feel that his life is In danger everyday lcan Imagine just how It must seem to you.

Tearful Mother—Oh. It's not the son that s In thePhilippines I'm so uneasy about. It's Dicky. He sjoined the college football team.— (Chicago Tribune.

"Anextra verse to our national hymn." says "The

London Chronicle." "recalls the fact that in Ger-many a curious addition Is accepted. It was firstpublished In the time of the Georges, and despite

the ribaldry of the additional verse it is consideredan Integral portion by many Germans. The verseruns:

"The famous sea fight between the Enterprls"

and the Boxer In lat" says "The Kennebec (Me.)

Journal"

"took placf> ofT Monhegan. half a hun-

dred miles from Portland, but the event is closely

associated with that city, as the "Enterprise sailedfrom its harbor in search of the British brig, which

It captured after a brief and bloody battle. More-

over, side by side In the Eastern Cemetery.

•• "In their graves overlooking the tranquil bay

Where they In battle died.'Iffboth Captain William Burrows of the Enter-prise, who fell in the hour of victory, and Captain

Samuel Wyth of the Boxer, who was also killed in

the battle Both were young men. one twenty-

eight and th« othT twenty-nine years old. Beside

his commander lies Midshipman Kerwin Water*.of the Ecterpriae. aged eighteen. These graves are

much visited. The Inscriptions are getting worn,

and the British vice-consul. Keating, is taking steps

to have all three stones renewed and put in good

condition. Portland citizens are heartily support-

ing his efforts."

THE TALK OF THE I»A •

The court decision in England that our of the

Winans estate- of something near a dozen mill-ions in Yankee mon^y more than a. million must

be paid in death duties to the British exchequer

ought to encourage rich Americans to die here

rather than abroad. In this country the im-

posts upon big estates are by no means modest.

but the tax collector in Great Britain is moreexacting and pertinacious in life and after d*ath

than h* is in this republic.

Chicago's vaulting ambition to send steam-

ships directly from the lake front to Europe

overleaped itself. Too many weeks passed be-

tween departure and arrival. Itis amazing that

cool brained business men could ever have

thought it possible to carry out such an enter-

prise with any hope of steady profits. CenturiesWill come and go and earth and sea will en-

counter marvellous changes before the ener-

getic Western capital can hope to compete with

Xew-York in transatlantic traffic. Chicago has

|great place in the world. But not in the fore-

most rank of ocean commerce.

Uneasy Hes the head o' nights if the head is

that of an officeholder in r.otham who has been

indicted or who fears hf may be. and looks for-

ward with dread to verdicts like that in the

Diamond case.

Wild winds have been whirlingIn Manhattan

this month, ard they have sent Nagle dust and

dirt Hying in thick clouds. This typical Tam-

many placeholder will be out of office in less

than five weeks. The landlord of the Golden

Oar in Harlem, the leader of his district, the

commodore of the most amazing fleft of rand

Bcowa which was ever towed out to sea. Nngl"

has enjoyed many a golden hour since he be-

came tho head of an important department. Hashe amassed a fortune sufficient to encourage

him to follow the example of Mr. Croker? Com-

petent experts are inclined to think that there

has of late been a great deal of "pay flirt"in the

Street Cleaning Department.

IfDerery is cnught with "the goods on him."

to use bis own phrase, his sentence willbe worse

than a fTne. Diamond was treated merclfully

after conviction. Devery has been so defiant

that, ifconvicted, he will surely get the limit.

And he willdeserve it.

for now a somewhat tedious period. Where hi

the wisdom of delay, inasmuch as they must

rome to us sooner or later, with all the rights

and responsibilities "touchirT on and appertains

to- their possession? 'Twere well it were done jquickly, but we can wait ifDenmark can.

NBW-TOBK DAILY THBUOT. THtRSDAY. NOTEMBEB 28. 1901.

About People and .Social Incident*.Ci,

3lmnf?atcn«.

'AMERICAN* THEATF.R-I«\u25a0 IS—Hazel DIM).I^APEMT OF MfFli- 2—«:lS— 'Way Down Ea»t.J?TJOt; TirnATTtK—l'—«:?"—The Aurtlor.eor.BROADWAY THEATRE

-—v-Th" Plevna BeaartT •««\u25a0

the Baaat.CASINO— Vls—Thr !.!••> T»t \u25a0 '-f-ft.CRITERION THEATRE--;—*:"«>—A

'•\u25a0\u25a0•'' Rlvat.

DALY'S niKATHK *-.'<• Th« licenser Boy.

EDEN HISES-rnv and G.*r!TO-«nrld m ax.KMpIRB THEATRE—2:IH

—B^o—Second in Coramana.

GARDEN THBATRI 2:17—

P:13—

IWere King.

GARRICK THEATRE- 2:15-

3«— A Message from Mar*.MAMMKI:STEIN-S VICTORIA— The Way M too

V. -.'ldHARLEM OPERA HOl*F&—2—«:l5

—Captain Jink» of the

Hw» Marine*. „_ .

HERALD SQUARE mr \u25a0 !\u25a0\u25a0! i c * >* Tr>rk-

ißVi.VG PLACE THEATREJ— 2—Die Bhre—«:2<»—Flachs-

marin als Erxieher.3CE!I*H>

—Performance. _.

KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE—

2:15—

R:3°—

Qa*a* ,

X-YCBUM THEATRE—2:IS— »=:»»— A Royal Family.BfADISO:; SQUARE THEATRE—2:IS— SuVV-Tbe. Liberty

JLiMIATTAN"THEATRB-2—S:2o— The Unwelcome Mrs.

MURRAY"KILLTHEATRE— Our Rrarilr.z House.>"? '>v SAVOY THEATRE—2:l^—S:2^—Eben Holden.

SCEW-TORK THEATBE—2:«l—S:lS—Florodora.3'ASTOR'S— Day and NiKht—Continuous grew.rROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE

—1:30 to 10:30 Mme. Bul-

t»trfly ana Varieties. _^

PROCTOR'S TWENTY-THIRD STREET— I-30 to 10.30—

> Xirtit Off and Varieties.1:30 to

»_.'«, T.„.

PP.OCTOR'S 121TH STREETT—IJO to 10:30— Blue Jeansmii VSartettes. _- .„•„

PP.OCTOR'S FIFTT-SaOßrni STREET— I:3O to \u25a0*Carleton Hall and Varieties. _.

THEATRE REPUBLIC— 2—*:15—Under Southern Skies.

•WALLACK'S THEATRE—2:l'>—!? :2ft-Colora<Jo.

2nbex Id

Pa«r*-.CAI. i Far-.*"'•;A.musem«its 14 •\u25a0•<\u25a0\u25a0• Varriacp? & Peafhs. » »-»Au'UTin Kfforw l'» 2-S! >ii<icrllaii«>Uß •\u2666 <*-£3anVfrs & Brokers.. lS l1l1 Notic* of Summons.. l3

-3oard &Rooms 13 *'

c,~*»n Steamer* 1" «-«Books 13 4!r>r<-.p(>«als

*?

Books a Publications. lo-'

pianos A Or«rar.s 13 jjBvi*;n»t» nunwf ...18 4 Public Notices

" -Busir.<*f Notices .. «\u25a0 1.Railroads 'V JTZCst«tlon* 1" 2' Real Estate

• s"7City Hotel* 4 »"?chool A*t-T,r\*9 10 l

City Prop, for Bali » •Special Notices » 7

Carr"- Clear.mc IS Itteamboats »« \u2666

J>ivia»nd >.*Mlc»s ....M 1iSurrogate's Notlce» -I" lI)om. Sits. Wanted.. lS C-7! Teachers I"* *X>anclns: Acaoemies.lO 1>Tribune fub'n Rates. » «Dre*fTnakinit .'.\u25a0''. i]Trust Companies 13 1-*Itr.p'Tnent A#«-ncle*.r: \u25a0» To Ijex for Business

_!Finar.cJa.l 11 C] Purpose*

•> nnaaacMJ ...is ?

' urnishe.i Apart-Help Wanted IS X] menu to l>t » »tiMlaillli .. 1' 1

;Work Wanted 13 "'~t>

Ix>£t 11 51

\u25a0&W|terki3aih2 Oirftitnc

THE nnn Till* VORXIXG.

TtirnsPAY. NOVEMBER X, IWL

FORElGN*.—Further details of the defeat orthe Liberals st Barhacoa. on the Panama Canal,by g-ovemment iroopp. have been received; inPanama there is a strong feeling against the.Americans; an American named Murphy wascaptured by a boat from the Colombian gunboat

Pinzon. at Porto Bello. and delivered to the com-mander of the United States gunboat Marietta:jt is said that the Colombian Minister. SefiorSilva. will return from the Pan-American Con-gress to Washington in company with GeneralBeys

-\u25a0- Lord Lansdonne. British Foreign

Secretary, in a speech at Darlington. En?..touched upon competition for foreign marketsand the Boer war. and said the omens werepropitious in the canal negotiations with theUnited States. === "Lawrie" Marks, an Ameri-car bookmaker, jumped from a channel steamerand was drowned: he was suspected of com-plicity in the robbery of the Bank of Liverpool.-\u25a0 The skeleton of a prehistoric man hasbeen dug up in Russia, measuring over elevenfeet. =M. Pinchon. former French Ministerat Peking, talked about his efforts to preventlooting in the Chinese capital, and incidentally

made charges against another foreign legation

there. \u25a0\u25a0

-\u25a0 In the Pan-American Congress, the

Argentine delegation favored compulsory arbi-tration of all controversies, pending as well asin the future, an! declared that the congresswould fail absolutely unless it solved this ques-tion. \u25a0\u25a0 . Lord Kitchener reported the capture

Of thirty-six Boers In the Transvaal.DOMESTIC— The engagement of Helen Hay.

daughter of the Secretary of State, to PayneWhitney, s»coni son of "William C. Whitney,

•was announced In Washington. ===== An un-UFual number of Congressmen and other visitorscalled on President Roosevelt. == The reportof Postmaster General Smith, reviewing the©derations of th» Postofllcc Department for thefiscal year ended June 30. IPOI, was made pub-lic

-Police Captain Diamond was convicted

cf allowing disorderly houses to exist in hisprecinct, and paid .SI,OOO fine; in passing sen-tence Justice Herrick said he thought everypolice captain in New-York was similarlyguilty.:. Clement Studebaker. the well knownwagon manufacturer, died at his home in SouthBend, Ind. —^= The retiring City Treasurer ofLouisville, whose books were undergoing anofficial examination, committed suicide.

==Colonel Partridge, who -nay succeed PoliceCommissioner Murphy, said that police black-maM cannot be eradicated. == Ex-Governor.Waite of Colorado dropped dead while eating anapple. \u25a0

*The Cornell football team arrived

5n Philadelphia, ready for the game with theUniversity of Pennsylvania; —= The Philadel-phia Dog Show was opened.

CITY.- Stocks were Btrons and higher. :

tThe police were investigating the mysteriousdeath of a man who. according to a coroner'sphysician, died from a beating. ===== Announce-ment was made of special church services andmany dinner.; for the poor, as well as a num-t>er of sporting features for to-day. ===\u25a0 Anti-Tammany Democrat*, laughed at Croker's pleafor harmony. . —

The grand jury indictedthree officials of the Metropolitan Street Rail-*way Company on the charge of Bunornationof perjury in the Rhodes case. . = A mandying from consumption, who had voluntarilyexiled himself from his wife and children, com-Jtnitted suicide,. THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Fairtend cold. The temperature yesterday: Highest,

£2 degrees; lowest, 21: average, 27.

TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Some of those who sailed on the Germanic, tx

Henry Romeike. Wlllard Tarker. Jr.. anaMacpberaon.

AmonK the passen Per 3 who arriv^Jg-day mornins on the steamer MenomtaW. W0B»J

don. were Ma, Bohm. Thorn. *£&%££.< arr. E. X. H. Cameron.R

aliert.«» ,Christopher A. Hushtr RandolphHaven. John M. J"^,?"B'^^" "hSI« earsMainwarlng. T. J. R^^i^TVanfiS. M. Scott and the Rev. C. L- \u25a0 ants.

PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

-What's the Matter with ****?££**lam Allen White known to m^\^S^My ioers of the country, but most \u25a0•: then, p»*«*not know by how little he "**?*"£,%*-famous editorial. As The P.«rt^ Mrtells th.- story. It was in the summer, aai

White's wife was at ColoradoiSprtal^^aiabout to joinher there for a rest

"?y3

in advance editorial enough to carr. .oagh i.

paper during his absence, to at Ua-mf

and was leaving the office when mj ng* min and asked what provision h**"*

"'...jser. oneditorial columns during his aDsOK .. iKe <,„

that hook." said the «?«^£^£gS *his desk u<pon which was Impaled a a Igmmanuscript. The foreman *£%£&&£*»while he looked it over, and announc <

wasn't enough COpy.^We m= a 0.. n

Hrht." said the editor, i ... .;\u25a0..- vigor

iiSd°^kf°hea-ef°hea-ed ratwo E?t?« WISKgWg

htansctf a natioaaJ character. It was t **toria! thai did It

The word, "Raines U, ab*'"gj,?excise question **£$££}££££ -2•\u25a0dixpensary" did in the ...i>.- W^wS *B

°*notoriety. The author of the taw whi „«dundergoing particular scrutiny by the,j>people cf this State Is one o£ «- eS^

,he stands about six feet four) he \u0084 a>vS*^

conspicuous from the £*\*?jln^*\a huge black sombrero. sMghtly\u25a0 tU«* X _0£

is a forcible speaker. *j**g2gSKi£ •\u25a0«»*»Republican \u25a0f»» u2gJ -estures °U&unpicturesnuely. lt

*ir ri'3P "t hU f.erce. s£J£ions rteht arm andtwlrlm«,s «^ oajg»

SSSSS* Irfo^rotner reason *£»$ «•y?re^ a xesTfe^arirandmw^ne y

counUe 3.evrf.'

Like a ocd little Republican Kermlt^^-^the second on of the esl n;'f^,&eforein^ton public school. When he appeared ,teacher on th. first day of the fulJ^

-questions were pal UM» JJJ." ,-teacher asked. -Kerrr't B

waa clea^ «bout to ask tha nex^oeie. '"he's iU

'

; It is not a question of technical violation oflaw in the exercise of discretion in dealing withcrime, a? Justice Herrick scorns to intimate inhi* statement that Captain Diamond's act "is"•'something done probably by every police otli-"cer in every large city of the State, and that"'there is not a police captain, probably, in any

••procin \u25a0: of the city of New-York, or in the city

<"'of Albany, for th.it matter, that might not be:*'convicted for exactly the same crime that you."have been convicted of." It does not admit ofdoubt that vice has flourished here because it

\u25a0aid for the privilege and found official encour-agement, and Captain Diamond's neglect ofduty v.as not .1 mere mistake of discretion, butplainly by the evidence a deliberate policy ofprotection which went so far as careful sup-pression from the records for months of reports

about the house in question as a suspiciousplace which would bear watching. He knewof the place, knew that it was particularly per-sistent and flagrant in its lawlessness. Even if

he did not think it best to suppress it. he was

induty bound to report itto his superiors. Hisfailure 10 do this showed that the watch he .set•was not for purposes oi suppression, or evenregulation, but for protection. From the keeper

of this house Bi«sert, Diamond's wardman. tooka bribe. The money is not traced to Diamond;

there is, as Justice Herrick says, a great dif-ference between the offences of the two men;but certainly the presumption that, even if

Diamond did not get any of the money, he was\u25a0winking not merely at vice but at a system ofextortion and blackmail Is too strong to war-rant the treatment of Diamond less as a crimi-nal than as an innocent victim of a harsh law.

His offence, making possible, as it did. cor-iruption of his subordinates, was serious. Itwas likewise one of the most difficult offencesto prove even as mere neglect of duty. Whenthis difficulty is considered, together with the\u25a0wholesale corruption which everybody knowsexists and the wealth piled up by police officials

DIAMOXp'S SENTENCE.\u25a0• General disappointment will be felt over IkeSentence of Police Captain Diamond, which will3iot be lessened bin ratlier increased by Justicederrick's ntatement of the reasons which influ-enced him to Impose :; mere line, which to a{man circumstanced as Diamond is was almostmo punishment at all. It is not to be ques-tioned that Justice llerrick formed his opinionshoucsily. and that the sentence was the expres-sion of Illsbo«t judgment; but a larpe majority

of the citizens of this city willrejrret the de-cision.

WEDDINGS.

Miss Ada Louise Sa-anst.-om. only daughter ofBorough President-elect and Mrs. J. EdwardSwanstrom, and Walter Howard Winter were mar-ried last evening at the home of the bride's parents.

No 77 Halsey-st.. Brooklyn. The ceremony wadperformed by the Rev. S. Gifford Nelson, pastorof the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church. The bridewore a gown of white silk, trimmed with ducnesse!.i! .i- • and carried a bouquet of bridal roses and liliesof the valley. She was attended by Miss FlorencePorringer as maid of honor. and Miss Kdith Wood-

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mayor Hart of Boston has been nominated seventimes for the office he now holds. Mayor Lincoln.one of his predecessors, was nominated seventimes. The first Mayor. Quin :\u25a0 . who held See at

various periods between 1*22 and 123. was a candi-date nine times and was elected six times.

The Rev. Dr. C. Frank Gates, president of theEuphrates College, at Harpoot. the principal sceneof the Armenian massacres of a few years a«.an.l the Rev. Henry K. Wingate, ii charge of!theBoys' Academy at Cesara. Western Turkey, havejust arrived la this country on a furlough.

General G. W. Caathi Lee. of Lexington. Va.. has

loaned to the Washington and Lee University the

valuable collection of family portrait* of the Lesfamily. These portraits \u25a0-..-..-\u25a0.•- MountVernon and later at Arlington.

If the Baroness Burdett-Coutts "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 live to wit-

ness the coronation of Edward VIInext Jane

it willbe the third event of the kind she win have

attended At th» ape of sixteen she saw Geors?IV crowned, and she also attended the coronation

of Victoria.

Pr Max Falk. the Editor of the "Pester Lloyd"

since Ml.member of the Hungarian Chamber sine?

ISO. and one of the most influential politicians ta

Austria-Hungary, has been celebrating the fiftiethanniversary of the date of his doctors decree, udh.i« been congratulated on the occasion by \u25a0

\u25a0MMtel^ram or letter.. Amonff the tit.ll-

lv'-

{lmef

1SA°^^ has a

Brigadier General Henry M. Robert "«*retired, and Mrs. Robert sailed ***!£*££*veston. where the General goes a, a member^AProtection ofthe city from the sea In severe storm?.