NEW-YORK SOCIETY. Thanksgiving will he celebrated by the fashiona- ble set to a great ex'ent in the country. Town will be somewhat rie=«»rted to-day. Nearly every one who -i country place Is keeping open house, and those who do not possess rural homes have to a gre.it extent availed themselves of the invitations of friends who are m<->re fortunate in this respect. \ t Eli, • StaatabucK at PerncllnTe, 11 Garri- sons at Florham, at Hyde Park, at Roslyn. at Hempstead in the Weetchester County districts, • • all the important country teats, gay are 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 ily and splendidly appointed houses on Long Island. William C. Whitney Is spending Thanksgiving at his place at We -•bury with his daughter. Dorothy. and his stepdaughter. Adelaide Randolph, while Mrs Adolph nburg signalizes the festival by a hunt breakfast at the Meadow Brook Club, after which 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^ht Riding 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 Fthel Phelps. 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 \u25a0 •\u25a0,\u25a0• (i. is a lineal descendant of James Duane, ( , r .'i". , ital Congress, and Is connected with \u0084 ' . 1 |vii tons and other Colonial families MBS . f Ansel Phelps. o< the Calumet Club, and ber mother was Miss Helen Stowe. Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin and the iwiMTM Iseltn 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 Adettna Havemeyer, 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 a dinner party, to whicn several additional guests, In- cluding Miiton Cornell, Theron Strop*. Devereua md William Putnam, Frederic A. De Peyster and K< nelm Wlnslow had been asked. The debutante wore 1 frock ol white point desprlt. over white chiffon, stripped lengthwise with bands <>f white ribbon. 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 it throughout the winter. G. Meade Tooker, after a fortnight's visit to this country, sailed yesterday for Europe on the Celtic. Mrs. Frederick Bdey entertained yesterday after- noon at her bouse, in West Fifty-flfth-st.. the Bridge Whist Club, organized last winter by Mrs. Gouvemeur Kortright, and revived this fall. it Is new In charge of a committee composed of Mrs. Kortright. Mrs. Henry Trevor. Miss Greta Pom- eroy, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer ami Mrs. Edey. Itis the Intention 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 on Wednesday at th. house of Mrs. Charles Steele. and after that it will meet on December 11 at the house of Mrs. Pembroke Jones, and on December IS at Mrs. Kortright's. There will be no meetings In 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 duplicate bridge, and tbi bolder of the highest individual score 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 Taylor Campbell and Mrs. Edward Van Ingen. San Francisco. Nov. 27.—The Right Rev. SWney Catiin Partridge. Bishop of Kioto. Japan, a- Jllis Agnes Louise Simpson, daughter of Captain \u25a0'•1 Simpson, consular representative of Denmark, were married 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 several guests of the Ambassador who are visiting in this country. Miss Needs Poor, granddaughter of Mrs. Charles H. Poor, received at an .-.fternoon tea to-day. It was well attended. Miss Poor Is one of the sea- son's debutantes. Generni and Mrs. Moore gave a dinner last night to 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 anl Mrs Gillespie, Mr. md Mrs. Draper and Mr. and Mrs. Thropp. The table was decorated with Meteor Mr- Charles Emory Smith, wife of th<* Post- master <'.. neral, has gone to Philadelphia to spend a few days. Miss Reb.kah Knox. daughter of the Attorney General, will return from Pittshurc and spend T -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).— Announcement was made to-day of the engagement "f Miss 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 have met with popular success. Miss Hay attends the Church 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 ° f hast, of Englewood. N. J. raul T 'lHng- Miss I.uella Taylor was married last eyeninr at Palm Lodge, the home of her parents Mr and Mrs. Thomas J. Taylor. No. 101 Centre-st. OraaaiL N. 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 briiw maid 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 a weddiner this afternoon at the Holy Rosary Chureb this city. The bride was Miss Mary a. • innolly youngest sister of City Attorney Jam s C. Con- nolly, of Elizabeth, and the bridegroom wis Jame« J. Dardis. oldest son of ex-Freehold**- Robert Dardis. of this city. The best man was Edward J. Dardis. brother of ihe bridegroom The mairt of honor was Miss F.mny OKofe. of N^w-York and the flower girl was Miss Martfau Brioes a niece of the bride. The Rev. James J. SmithMu formed the ceremony, arbacn was followed by a re" ception at the home. No. zii F'ine-n . of il- and Mrs. Michael Connolly, parents of the bride. Remington. N". J., Nov. B \u25a0 Special i.-Mi~? "•.* Mershon and Aaron H. Farr were married at the home of the bride* grandmother, Mr?. Amanda Drake, yesterday. Miss Kmily H. Farr wa rrides- maid. Louis G. Brfarley. ot" Arr.-- was best man. The ushers were EJetr Piersoa and Enoch Blackwell. Flemington. N. J., Xov. 27 (Special).— A wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mr- ' ha H. Pc Mott. in N'"w-sr.. this afternoon, when their only daughter. Miss Harriette Porter De Mitt, was married to Howard MacQaeen, of Trenton. The ceremony wu« perforated by the fter. Dr. J \v Rogan. "pastor of the Flemington Presbyterian Church, of which the bride is 1 member. Plattsburg. N. T., Nov. .'7 (Special).— A military wedding occurred at Plattsburg- Barracks ;aat evening, when Lieutenant Wallace McXamara. of the 27tii United States Infantry*, was united in marriage to Miss Hattie E. Provlaes, o£ Peter*- bur?. Cal. The interior of the administration build- ing, where the ceremony took place, was tastefully decorated for the occasion by his brother officers. The Rev. H. P. £18 F. Grabeau, of the Episcopal Church, officiated, and th- bride was given away by Major Chubb. Miss Kathleen Klir.e was maid of honor and Lieutenant Albert C. Josaan was best man. The bride had journeyed over three thousand miles with great haste in order to reach here before the departure of, the 27th Infantry fci the Philippines. Moorestown. N. J.. Xov. 27 (Special).—Miss Jane Matlack 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, assisted by the Rev. George Brinsßorst. oi GeramU—a Miss Helen Lamb was maid of honor. Trie brides- maids were Miss Lillie Richardson and Miss Anna Kennard, of Moorestown: Miss Polly Branson, of Rosemont. 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 of works of rare value to statesmen. . Mr. Roosevelt is the first President since Benjamin Harrison re- tired to make use of the library in the WMM H At ?< o'clock the President and Mrs. Roosevelt mounted th.ir saddle horses. Leaving the T>\hite Hcuse 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 quiet family 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 nt them, which will be 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^F 0010 - Thomas Church and Dr. T. Addison l»«T,7 a rle Brooklyn. Th- bride's srifts to her att<Td 0£ sold chains with pearl pendants and i t£ „-"« groom presented th» best man and t.a hl r - ™*- 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 of Cuba. - \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 of The Tribune and its record in the advocacy of the annexation of Hawaii by a resolution of Congress after the treaty framed to carry out that design had been rejected. The Tribune vas also a stout champion of the annexation of Porto Rio. and clarnor^d lor it as lustily as it now antagonizes th" annexation of Cuba. A number of leading Republicans in both houses of Congress are Known to be opposed to this latter scheme, though they favored the opposite policy both in the rase of Hawaii and thai of Porto Rico. We are by no means as sure as our esteemed Southern contemporary seems to be that Con- gress "will certaiuly have to deal" with this question at the coming sefsion. But we are quite 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 Rico in the sense in arhlcb t'uban annexation is un- derstood—namely, admission to this Union of self-governing States. On the contrary, it has consistently, persistently and. we venture to hope, effectively opposed any such action and all steps tending in that direction. It was thus that it opposed the notion that the tariff laws of the United States were automatically ex- tended to Porto Rico by the Treaty of Paris. It is thus that it has maintained all along that Porto Ueo and the Philippines and other islands are. as the constitution well expresses it, "terri- tory belonging to the United States." but not part of the United States. Itis thus that it now opposes the erection of any such outlying and alieD lands into States which would take part in governing this present Union-. That has been from the very first day ihe question was raised and is now The Tribune's policy toward Hawaii and Porto Rico, and that is its policy toward Cuba, and there is not the slightest shadow of a conflict between Them. We have not heard that the advocates of Cuban annexation mean that Tuba should be- come merely "territory belonging to the United States, " or That they would be satisfied with such a status. Cuban annexation has all along been understood to mean the admission of Cuba into thi* Union as I State, or perhaps as two or more States, equal to New-York and (Jeorgia in sovereignty 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 almost ended, and a new government of reputable men. solicitous to fulfil the 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 the number of votes cast against Tammany— that many thousands who did not contribute to the triumph 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 voted right, 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 safe to 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 in order. Yet wr feel inclined to remind nil whose present cheerfulness is closely con- nected with the municipal election that they will bav<* a much better warrant for pride and gratitude hereafter if dnriuc 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 have been 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 Intolerable situation. 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 will h*> any les^o:) at all to unfaithful officers. Rather they will laugh at it and think it a cheap pr!cp to pay for freedom when they can afford to spend thousands on thousands of dollars for counsel fees for themselves and their accused fellows -who might "sajaeaT if neg- lected. The inadequacy of the sentence was apparent as soon as it was pronounced, if not 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. For trifling offences men are daily s^nt to spend months in jail beeanse judges do not consider fines sufficient as a punishment or a warning. Justice Herrick in his remarks said that he had no right in passing sentence to take into consideration circumstances which were not in evidence at the trial, and therefore he refused to regard Diamond's offence as having any rela- tion to Bisserfs or involving anything but .1 technical case of neglect. It is hard to follow this 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 furtherance of 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 him with 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 in prison. 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 I mere money fine will be regarded by him and his associates as little less than a happy deliverance. Two blue diamonds— the Hope gem and the hopeless police captain! If the full blown apple waxing over-mellow drops in a silent autumn night. Its example is not followed by the Danish West Indies, for which Columbia has been holding out her apron The fact seems to he. sn far as can now I>.- judged, that the representatives of the Panama enterprise overreached themselves in trying to play 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 ap offer, it was at so high a figure as to put their enterprise altogether out ox the competition. Nor is It clear that they have been able to con- vince Americans of their ability to give an in- disputable tiile to their property. Upon these and other points we shall be more enlightened, when the commission's report is published. At present it seems safe to assume that the Pan- ama game ;* a losing one, for one of the three cruises we have suggested. If SO, the promoters of that enterprise will have only themselves to Tilame. The fact is that the Panama scheme, despite some apparent ad vantages, lias been ill advised and ill omened from the very beginning. M. de Lesseps'fl grandiloquent declaration that there should be a tide level canal, without locks. was magnificent, but it wris not civil engineer- ing. The original Panama company ran a career of Inefficiency, profligacy and corruption unsurpassed in the annals of human frailty, and came to grief with a crash that almost, in Paul Kriiger'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 an Inheritance, has never yet lieen able to convince Impartial minds that it lias any higher object than to obstruct the Nicaragua enterprise and to Inveigle the United States into paying it a big 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 reasonable price, it should have done so long ago. It is possible that it would ha^e met with success. But. havinc failed to do so. it must not be sur- prised, nor blame others, ifnow It finds its day of 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 their enterprise. Their negotiations !f so we may call 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 nofl effect by argument. Such a course will scarcely "commend them to more favorable consideration. Their attempts to discredit the commission, on the ground that Its head is ir' raror of the Nicaragua route instead <<( theire, is likely to provoke nothing more Berious than 11 smite, and the suggestion that another commission should be appointed will not bo well received. This country does not want an Interminable succes- sion of commissions. It wants a canal. And having now a commission of capacity and au- thority as liirrlias it could hope t<> get, and that commission having dour i!s work with marked < Intelligence and thoroughness, the T'nltod States j 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 will not be greatly puzzled to forecast its fate In that body. If anything is to be done, through exertion of pub- lic opinion or otherwise, it must be done at once or it will be 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 that point. 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 to serve one essential and beneficent purpose should be diverted from that purpose and he practically monopolized by another for which they 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, and some 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 the bridge 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 for property which cost several millions! It is 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 if this "Huckleberry" jrn*l> Is consummated oon- munieation between the parks nn<l drives of Manhattan nnd those of The Bronx will be practically barred, nnd access to the Harlem River Speedway will be pofwible only by pass- ing over a gridiron of trolley tracks and switches and 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 the case 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 freshman class at RadclifCe." says "The Kennebec Journal." "is the young Indian girl known as Miss Lucy Nic- ola, but whose Indian narr.e is Wah-ta-Waso, of tho tribe of the Paunawabskiks, or Penobacots, Of Maine. Her entrance into Radeiiffe was made the enslcr for her through the influence of Montague Chamberlain, for many years the recorder of the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard. Miss Nic- ola has been his Stenographer and typewriter for some time. Mr. ChambTlain had an ancestor who had a romantic experience with Miss Nicola's tribe, being a prisoner in their hands for some time, and saved from slaughter for his bravery, and finally hflped to escape hy the women of this tribe. For this reason, as weM as interest in Indian lore for its own sake, Mr. Chamberlain his spent much time among 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 not sewed on properly. Mrs. Gaddie— Tha's Just it. He's awfully careless about his BBWiOg --(Philadelphia Press. "Penr me." said the British belle, "I wonder if those horrid Yankee papers are daring to Insinuate thai we have large feet?" "Why dear?" asked her friend. "Oh I was iupt rending one that Said, 'The Amer- ican shoe has Invaded England, and the British ladies are wearing large numbers." "—(Philadelphia Record " '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 more And the Key of the cellar door, Th.it we may drink.' "Even Germany cannot evade that Invariable lack of rhyme which doga o«hr national anthem." Mr Goodman Your little playmate seems Bad. Willie Yes. sir. He had ter stay home from FChool yisllil y" •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 of more 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 the most characteristic meridional life." It has "most elegant populated walks" and "numerous joyous excursions," while a yacht makes tripe "in the golf and the vicinal Tunis." Those wishing to make "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 home life. 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. I have the quiet home life, and 1 would like nothing better than to be • great actress " ,»'%. •Of course " he answered. "So would she. ifshe bad 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—the Society 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 Bchollera of 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, and the "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 leisure hours, 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 from home and to feel that his life is In danger every day l can Imagine just how It must seem to you. Tearful Mother—Oh. It's not the son that s In the Philippines I'm so uneasy about. It's Dicky. He s joined the college football team.— (Chicago Tribune. "An extra verse to our national hymn." says "The London Chronicle." "recalls the fact that in Ger- many a curious addition Is accepted. It was first published In the time of the Georges, and despite the ribaldry of the additional verse it is considered an Integral portion by many Germans. The verse runs: "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 sailed from 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.' Iff both 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 more exacting 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. It is 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. Centuries Will 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 whirling In 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. Has he 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. If Derery is cnught with "the goods on him." to use bis own phrase, his sentence will be worse than a fTne. Diamond was treated merclfully after conviction. Devery has been so defiant that, if convicted, he will surely get the limit. And he will deserve 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 j quickly, but we can wait ifDenmark can. NBW-TOBK DAILY THBUOT. THtRSDAY. NOTEMBEB 28. 1901. About People and .Social Incident*. C i, 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. -.'ld HARLEM 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"KILL THEATRE— 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 Jeans mii 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 l 1l 1 Notic* of Summons.. l 3 - 3oard & Rooms 13 *' c,~*»n Steamer* 1" «-« Books 13 4!r>r<-.p(>«als * ? Books a Publications. lo - ' pianos A Or«rar.s 13 jj Bvi*;n»t» nunwf ...18 4 Public Notices " - Busir.<*f Notices .. «\u25a0 1 . Railroads 'V JTZ Cst«tlon* 1" 2' Real Estate • s "7 City Hotel* 4 »"?chool A*t-T,r\*9 10 l City Prop, for Bali » • Special Notices » 7 Carr"- Clear.mc IS I tteamboats »« \u2666 J>ivia»nd >.*Mlc»s ....M 1 i Surrogate's Notlce» -I" l I)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* •> n naaacMJ ...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 or the Liberals st Barhacoa. on the Panama Canal, by g-ovemment iroopp. have been received; in Panama there is a strong feeling against the .Americans; an American named Murphy was captured 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. Sefior Silva. will return from the Pan-American Con- gress to Washington in company with General Beys - \u25a0- Lord Lansdonne. British Foreign Secretary, in a speech at Darlington. En?.. touched upon competition for foreign markets and the Boer war. and said the omens were propitious in the canal negotiations with the United States. === "Lawrie" Marks, an Ameri- car bookmaker, jumped from a channel steamer and was drowned: he was suspected of com- plicity in the robbery of the Bank of Liverpool. -\u25a0 The skeleton of a prehistoric man has been dug up in Russia, measuring over eleven feet. = M. Pinchon. former French Minister at Peking, talked about his efforts to prevent looting 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 as in the future, an! declared that the congress would 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 Payne Whitney, s»coni son of "William C. Whitney, •was announced In Washington. ===== An un- UFual number of Congressmen and other visitors called on President Roosevelt. == The report of Postmaster General Smith, reviewing the ©derations of th» Postofllcc Department for the fiscal year ended June 30. IPOI, was made pub- lic - Police Captain Diamond was convicted cf allowing disorderly houses to exist in his precinct, and paid .SI,OOO fine; in passing sen- tence Justice Herrick said he thought every police captain in New-York was similarly guilty. :. Clement Studebaker. the well known wagon manufacturer, died at his home in South Bend, Ind. —^= The retiring City Treasurer of Louisville, whose books were undergoing an official examination, committed suicide. == Colonel Partridge, who -nay succeed Police Commissioner Murphy, said that police black- maM cannot be eradicated. == Ex-Governor .Waite of Colorado dropped dead while eating an apple. \u25a0 * The Cornell football team arrived 5n Philadelphia, ready for the game with the University of Pennsylvania; —= The Philadel- phia Dog Show was opened. CITY.- Stocks were Btrons and higher. : tThe police were investigating the mysterious death of a man who. according to a coroner's physician, died from a beating. ===== Announce- ment was made of special church services and many 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 plea for harmony. . — The grand jury indicted three officials of the Metropolitan Street Rail- *way Company on the charge of Bunornation of perjury in the Rhodes case. . = A man dying from consumption, who had voluntarily exiled himself from his wife and children, com- Jtnitted suicide, . THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Fair tend 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.. ana Macpberaon. A mon K the passen P er 3 who arriv^J g- day mornins on the steamer MenomtaW. W0B»J d on. were Ma, Bohm. Thorn. *£&%££. < arr. E. X. H. Cameron. R a liert .«» , Christopher A. Hushtr Randolph Haven. John M. J"^,?" B '^^ " "hSI« ears Mainwarlng. T. J. R^^i^TVanfi S. 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 io ers of the country, but most \u25a0•: then, p»*« * not know by how little he "**?*"£,%*- famous editorial. As The P.«rt^ Mr tells th.- story. It was in the summer, aai White's wife was at ColoradoiSprtal^^ai about to join her there for a rest " ?y 3 in advance editorial enough to carr. . oagh i. paper during his absence, to at Ua- mf and was leaving the office when mj ng* m in and asked what provision h * *"* "'...jser. on editorial columns during his aDsOK . . iKe <,„ that hook." said the «?«^£^£gS * his desk u<pon which was Impaled aa Igm manuscript. 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 ii S d°^k f°hea-ef °hea-ed ra two 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 „«d undergoing 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 £*\*?jl n^*\ a huge black sombrero. sM ghtly \u25a0 t U«* X _0 £ is a forcible speaker. *j**g2gSKi£ •\u25a0«»*» Republican \u25a0f»» u 2gJ -estures °U& unpicturesnuely. lt * ir^ r i' 3 P "t hU f.erce. s£J£ ions rteht arm andtwlrlm «,s «^ oajg» SSSSS* Ir fo^rotner reason *£»$ «• y?re^ a xesTf e^arirand m w^ne y counUe 3 . evrf . ' Like a ocd little Republican Kerml t^^ -^ the second on of the esl n ;' f^, &e fore in^ton public school. When he appeared , teacher on th. first day of the ful J^ - questions were pal UM» JJJ." ,- teacher asked. -Kerrr't B waa clea^ «bout to ask tha nex^o eie. '"he's iU ' ; It is not a question of technical violation of law in the exercise of discretion in dealing with crime, a? Justice Herrick scorns to intimate in hi* 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 of doubt that vice has flourished here because it \u25a0aid for the privilege and found official encour- agement, and Captain Diamond's neglect of duty v.as not .1 mere mistake of discretion, but plainly by the evidence a deliberate policy of protection which went so far as careful sup- pression from the records for months of reports about the house in question as a suspicious place which would bear watching. He knew of 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 in duty bound to report it to his superiors. His failure 10 do this showed that the watch he .set •was not for purposes oi suppression, or even regulation, but for protection. From the keeper of this house Bi«sert, Diamond's wardman. took a 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 of extortion 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. It was likewise one of the most difficult offences to prove even as mere neglect of duty. When this difficulty is considered, together with the \u25a0wholesale corruption which everybody knows exists and the wealth piled up by police officials DIAMOXp'S SENTENCE. \u25a0• General disappointment will be felt over Ike Sentence of Police Captain Diamond, which will 3iot be lessened bin ratlier increased by Justice derrick's ntatement of the reasons which influ- enced him to Impose :; mere line, which to a {man circumstanced as Diamond is was almost mo punishment at all. It is not to be ques- tioned that Justice llerrick formed his opinions houcsily. and that the sentence was the expres- sion of Ills bo«t judgment; but a larpe majority of the citizens of this city will rejrret the de- cision. WEDDINGS. Miss Ada Louise Sa-anst.-om. only daughter of Borough President-elect and Mrs. J. Edward Swanstrom, and Walter Howard Winter were mar- ried last evening at the home of the bride's parents. No 77 Halsey-st.. Brooklyn. The ceremony wad performed by the Rev. S. Gifford Nelson, pastor of the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church. The bride wore a gown of white silk, trimmed with ducnesse !.i! .i- • and carried a bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the valley. She was attended by Miss Florence Porringer as maid of honor. and Miss Kdith Wood- PERSONAL NOTES. Mayor Hart of Boston has been nominated seven times for the office he now holds. Mayor Lincoln. one of his predecessors, was nominated seven times. 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 the Euphrates College, at Harpoot. the principal scene of the Armenian massacres of a few years a«. an.l the Rev. Henry K. Wingate, ii charge of ! the Boys' Academy at Cesara. Western Turkey, have just 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 Les family. These portraits \u25a0-..-..-\u25a0.•- Mount Vernon and later at Arlington. If the Baroness Burdett-Coutts "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 live to wit- ness the coronation of Edward VII next Jane it will be 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 fiftieth anniversary of the date of his doctors decree, ud h.i« been congratulated on the occasion by \u25a0 \u25a0MM tel^ram or letter.. Amonff the t it. ll - lv ' - {lm ef 1 SA °^^^ has a Brigadier General Henry M. Robert "«* retired, and Mrs. Robert sailed ***!£*££* veston. where the General goes a, a member^ A Protection of the city from the sea In severe storm?.