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NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE,
MONDAY, JULY 15, 1895—TWELVE PAGES.
IN BEAUTIFUL WESTCHESTER
De
CHAPPAQUA, GREELEY WOODS AND THE
MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE.
MOUNT XISCO BRDFORD AND OTHER VILLAGES
«~FINE COUNTRY HOMES IN THE CROTON
WATERSHED-THE JAY ESTATE AND
ITS PAMOUS TREES.
The scenes in Westchester. which The Tribune is
laying before its readers inelude this week part of
what may be reen in a day's drive through the
picturesque county, making Pleagantviile the starts
ing point and closing the day's outing at Katonah.
+A pleasant, well-shaded road leads to Chappaqua,
On both sides of the highway are the hames of
thrifty farmers, and here, as elsewhere throughout
the county, the porches, verandas, lawns and
groves ave now in possession of the “city board-
ers.” who come early in the season and stay until
the first frosts change to vivid hues the fragrant
foliage on the wooded hills.
On the right of the road, perched high on a hill
which overlooks the country for miles around,
stands the Neilson Home, to which “fresh-alr chil.
dren™ are sent, and if those who have contributed
to The Tribune Fresh-Afr Fund could see the place,
breathe the pure air, look upon the beautiful picture
which lies about and below it; if they could see the
joy ef the children who come from the slums, from
the byways of the overcrowded districts, from pov-
erty and squalor to fresh air, cleanliness and the
Joye of a country vacation, they would feel that
thelr contribution had heen for a good cause. The
Netison Home is the outgrowth of a movement
started Dy Miss Nelisorn about ten years ago In
THE XEILSON HOME.
Nosth Castld. Children were placed in summer
/homes there; then those who were interested made
Pleasantville their headquarters, and two years ago
‘the present house was built in Chappaqua. In the
‘mein hall a tablet is erected which bears the fol-
lowing inscription:
PL EE EE EERE E
8 home wos founded by Mary Augusta Neilson
anit Shar an Nest Thompson, A. D.. 1896,
The house contains neat and airy dormitories,
dining, assembly and play rooms, and many of
the fifty children whe went there last Friday for
a _two-weeks' stay will gain not only in bodily
strength and in good spirits, but will receive their
first lesson in order and in personal cleanliness.
The work done in the home is entirely voluntary,
and Miss Neilson is ably assisted by Miss M. M.
Tracy, Mrs. L. M. Ward, Miss Moore, Miss Mary
Field and Miss Delarue K. Howe,
THE GREELYY WOODS.
Near the home and separated from it by a grassy
valley are the Greeley woods, to which one
drives through a rustic gateway which stands In
the arbor-like road. The dense forest is traversed
by an irregular road, which the guide tells one
was laid out by Herace Greeley, who lived here
twenty years, and the guide says that when the
great editor came to the place in 1851 and erected
the modest little house on the edge of his seventy-
five acre plot he told his new neighbors that in
Chappaqua he intended to end his days. How Mr.
Greeley felt about removing to Westchester can
best be seen from what he sald on the subject in
an address delivered before the Indiana State
Agricultural Society in October, 1852. He sald In
part: “And #0 1, in the sober afternoon of life,
when its sun. if not high, is still warm, and bear-
ing thither my household treasures, have resolved
to steal from the city’s labors and anxieties at
least one day in each week, wherein to revive, as
a farmer, the memories of my childhood’s humble
home. And already I realize that the experiment
cannot cort so much as it is worth; already I find
in that day's quiet an antidote and a solace for the
feverish-festering cares of the weeks which environ
it; already my brook murmurs a soothing evensong
to my burning, throbbing brain, and my trees, gen-
tly stirred by the fresh breezes, whisper to my
spirit something of thelr own quiet strength and
patient trust in God.”
The house in which he lived was destroyed by fire
some years ago, but the old stone barn, which was
converted into a dwelling, still stands In a clear-
ing, surrounded by woods. Near it, from the low
branch af a tree, hangs the old gong which, in the
days of the editor-farmer, called the occupants to
their meals. On this gong the alarm was sounded
when the home was found to be on fire. Near the
woods stands the house where Mr. Grecley was
married; in a shady glen his grandchi'd lies buried,
and in a cedar grove the guide shows the place
where Mr. Greeley received the delegation which
came to inform him of his nomination for President
by the Cincinnati Convention.
A rustic gate similar to the one at the other end
of (he farm leads out of the woods to the main
street of Chappaqua, which is a thriving village of
about 700 inhabitants. Like all places which owe
their origin to the Society of Friends, its prevalling
characteristics are neatness and thrift. There are
severui stores in the place, and the affairs of the
village are gradually drifting into the hands of a
young and progressive element, which hopes to de-
velop the place as its natural situation and {ts rail-
voed facilities justify.
INDUSTRIES AND CHURCHES.
J. 8. Quimby ls the postmaster. He and R. 8B.
Haviland are also manufacturers of barrels, of
which many are used for the large fruit crop of this
part of the county.
The shoe factory of Henry W. Bischoff is the larg-
est meapufacturing concera of the place. It gives
“employment to about one ‘hundred and seventy-five
There is a Baptist Church, of which the Rev.
Joha Smeitzer is pastor, and the Society of Friends
have two gmeeting-houses in the village. David H.
lade is the minister of the Orthodox Soelety, and
Charlies M. Robinson and Robert 8. Haviland are
Abe Winisters ot the Hicksite Soclety. There are
many Friends In the village and its immediate
end the meetings are well attended.
On the Lambert place, about two miles from the
illage, is the Convalescent Home for Babies, which
earried on under the direction of the New-York
Graduate Medical School and Hospital. The
is In charge of Miss Russell, Dr. Stengel is
physician, and Miss Fair the matron,
name of a road leading from the
which there are a number of fine
by grounds in a high state of
cultivation. Henry Miller's place is the first, and
that, on the edge of a clump of woods, the
along this part of the country
the roof when the
ee ws Siiistsd the wounded Americans
were brought there from the battlefield. The
At was of ald, ig gs Mid
Vii MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE.
te the meeting-house Is the Chappaqua
Mountain Institute, which is probably one of the
“snost Botable bulidings Wn the melghborhood. The
SUNS SHOR 40 2h Se <i 0. Bl 00 o rock
1. A, the greund in frent being laid out in
SN Wea. Jt 1s surrounded by hills, and its
comes from the rills and mountain
ies in tbe Chappaqua Mountains.
was built in MW hy sudscrip-
3 of the “Purghase Quarterly
Sa The CET Selig re sates
RS a ati ApAicaton Yas bulk siace thon
Ea a ht
AM. Robinson is the superintendent, and he Is as-
sisted by Mrs. Robinson and a corps of competent
insiructors. The school is non-sectarian. Mr.
Robinson says: “The Institute Is controlled by
Friends; but it is largely non-sectarian and admits
all who seem desirabie pupila Except when
weather is unfavorable, students devote two hours a
weak to attendance at Friends’ mecting. We do
CHAPPAQUA
not desire to interfere with the religious faith cf
our pupils, but seek to assure honorable men and
women."
Passing on toward Mount Kisco under the shadow
of the Chappaqua Mountain, beyond the Japtist
meeting-house' stands the modest building. where the
Orthodox Friends worship. Further on are the St
John and the Trimm places, the venerable home
stead guarded by stately trees known as the Cox
place and the Barnum farm. On this place stands
an ancient elm, which is shown as one of the sights
of the town. It stands on the edge of the road and !s
a veritable giane. About fifteen fect from the
ground {it spreads out into fifteen or twenty good-
sized trees which form a miniature forest in them-
selves. Next one comes to the Elliot C. Cowdin
place, which is doubtless one of the finest in ths
town of New-Castle, and on which many valuable
horses have been bred. The Heximer estate, on the
higher laud near by, Is also a prominent piace, de-
voted to cattle farming. James W. Daly's stock
farm comes next, and there are people in Mount
Kisco who consider it the most important point in
the town. Mr. Daly has devoted much time and
money to improving the place, and the horses which
have come from his farm have taken high rank. Im-
rovements are now being made with a view to mak-
i the Westchester stock farm the equal of any in
the country. A short distance from the Daly place is
the Lexington Avenue Hotel—a neat country tavern,
of which H. M. Eayrs is the proprietor, and beyond
that 1s Colonel Leonard's place just above the spot
where a pretty lake once covered the grass-grown
ground.
In New-Castie Corners is the little church near
which a number of Revolutionary soldiers are bur-
ted. “We'll all be as dead as they soon,” sald a
resident, pointing to the graves. He pointed to the
weed-covered ground where only a short time ago
stood a store, an engine-house, a market and sev-
eral homes, which had all been puiled down by
order of the Department of Public Works of New-
York City because it was feared they might con-
taminate the water supply.
MQUNT KISCO AND THE WATER QUESTION.
But the complaint here was not =o loud as in
the village proper.
one of: the most important of the time. “They're
man, “and they have tory down a number of houses
already. We think it a positive outrage.” Then
another says: “Thanks to the watershed question,
we are gradually getting rid of all objectionable
buildings and new and better ones are going up In
their places.
town undesirable as a place of residence does not
exist in our village. Therefore we have a great
number of summer guests who are a.l better p.eased
since they know that the rookeries are to be done
away with.”
There gre a number of stores in the place, "The
Mount Kisco Recorder” is published there hy rank
received at its postoffice dally. Charles 8 Ware
the postmaster. The Opera House will seat Br)
people, Armory Hali about 400 and Temperance Hall
about 200. There are four churches and a Friends’
meeting-house In the village. The Rev. C. H. Me-
MOUNTAIN
which ended Bedford's career as a shire town and
its courthouse, deprived of its usefulness as a temple
of justice, was presented to the town and has s'‘nce
heen used for local purposes. It stands as a crum-
bling monument to Ledforl's past glory, which ¢nded
with the passing of the stage coach and (he advent
of the railroad. While it has lest in trade «nd
it is etil} a heaithfu! and delightful spot, and
travel,
INSTITUTE.
has been much Improved as a piace of resid2uce by
‘Le wealthy people who make it their home.
Among the noteworthy estates are those of James
Lounsbery, W. P. Woodcock, the Fargo and the
Marble p.aces, and the J. F. Sutton b ymestead
There Is a district schoo! in the village and slso an
o.d stone scnoolhouse which is one of the antiqul-
ties of the pace. Tae village is well provided with
churches. The Rev. Dr. Lea Luqueer is the rector
of the Episcopal Chureh, the Rev. Frank Feitnor is
the pastor of the Baptist Church, and the Presby-
terien Church is in charge of the Rav, Robert
White. This church building was presented to the
congregation by Frank Palmer, of New-York. The
pastor in charge of the Methodist Eple opal “‘euereh
is wie Rev. Williaa N. Harris. The Episcopal
Church, St. Matthew's, was four, ed in 1794, and the
church was finished In 184. The Baptist Church
was organized in 1787. The Postmaster of Bedford
Village is George Purcell
Pedford Stator, a village
inhabitants, is beautifully located a short distance
from Croton Lake. and offers as attractions to
visitors fram the c.ty, of whom there are many Jdur-
ahout five hundred
Ing the summer, not only tresh pure alr and grand
scenery, hat excellent ishing There are no hotels
in the place, not even fashionable bhoard/ng-houses.
The people who come to the place leave styie at
home, and come to Dedford for country recreation--
and they find it. The Rev. Dr. J. Sumner Stone
{le in charge of the Methodist Church, and conducts
services also in the old village church, William
N. Harris is the postmaster and W, B, Andrews
is his deputy. Mr. Adams Is also the town clerk
and a member of the School Board, and is thor-
ouzhly posted on the hiztory of the village. A stage
runs twice dally to the old village, walch is four
Mount Kisco has a population
of about 1.5%, and with them the water question is
going to tear down our nice schoo.house,’”” sald one
We have no manufacturing interests
here, and: the class of people which makes a factory
miles cast of the station, On one of the roads from
Bedford to the old village, passing a number of
fertile fields. cultivated grounds, an occasional
clump of trees, valleys laid out In great rectan les
of many shades of green, past the B. T. Babbitt
farm, and down a st hill, one comes to the
place where the State is building a mber of
great factory-like houses, which, when ‘complete,
wll be used as a reformatory for women.
Away from the bleak, cheerless, brick walls, sug-
gestive of the punishment which follows crime,
the road winds up toward the high tableland, and
after many a turn one reaches the outer walls of
some of the fines! estates In the country. Of these
none attracts more attention than tae old Jay
homestead, whieh overiooks the picturesque valley,
although the Clarence Whitman place, the Stephen
Lvon farm and the homes of George Green and
Captain Casey are sure to be noticed for their
natural beauty, and for the !mprovements which
have been made on the places,
THE JAY ESTATE AND ITS TREES.
The Jay place is a delightful spot, which has
been In the possession of the Jay family since 1743,
when Mary, wife of Peter Jay and mother of Chief
Justice Jay, inherited it from her father, Colonel
Jacobus Van Cortlandt. The estate consisted of
abon: one thousand two hundred aeres, which, at
the death of Peter Jay, went to his three sons,
Dromgoole, and five mails leave and four malls arc
Peter, Frederick and John. John Jay became the
owner of the greater part of the estate, and II was
he who built the house which row stands on (he
highest point of the grounds, He came to live |n
the house at the end of his second term as
ernor, and remained there until he died, in 1
The town has much to show in the way of be-
quests and Kilts from John Jay, but one of the
most beautiful evidences of his foreihought and
THE JAY
Anney is the pastor of the Methodist Eplscopal
Church, the Rev, Eplphanius Wilson is the pastor
of the Ep'scopal Church, the Presbyterian coorgy-
man is the Rev. A. G. Fessenden and Father Mc-
Clure is in charge of the Roman Catholic Church
of the village. There Is a good volunteer fire de-
rtment in the place, of which Char.es I. Watson
8 the chief, and there is exceptionally good (rain
service between the place and New-York over the
Harlem Railroad, which issues commutation tickets
at 27 cents for the round trip. But the great pride
of the residents of the place ig thelr new school-
house, which they say is an outgrowth of the water
war.
It 1s a building nearly one hundred feet square,
situated in a central part of the village and on high
ground. The bul.ding has just been finished, and
will be occupied for the first time in September next,
when the full term begins. It contains six class-
rooms, a large astembly-room. capabie of .eating
MOUNT KISCO UNION
four hundred and fifty to five hundred people; a re.
FREE SCHOOL.
tion-room and fine library and apparatus room
he Rresent oard of Trustees is made up of
issauer, president; Charles 8. Ware, secre-
tary; Frank Dromgoole, Ira D. Horton and A. J.
Adams, hd schoo! building and ground cost the
district 820. h and are a worthy examp.e of the en.
erprise and jibera.ity of the Mount Klsco people in
the cause of education, They think it the finest
se In the word, for a school district of its
of Mount Kisco lles in the towns o
L] H
pa ew-Caste, When it was Incorporate
r the tw mlets, NewsCastle Corner and
are situated about a mile vast of
Tine (0k Ja Rama from one of
mong those who ha
their homes here and occupy them during rs
er months are J. D, Layng, 8S. d
28 Kirby. General Bi Cosas ae hoamaker:
nies, James Woo 30 A a ves.
ord station from the north end
of s un! mest f
part of county Far i not Snaded: iy th
THR PARTED GLORIES OF BEDFORD.
is the original settlement of tho town In
which are now four villages, Bedford, Ka-
tonah, ‘Bedford Station end Mount Kisco,
Possibly because of its picturesque situation, Bed.
ford was in its eariy days one of the most promi-
nent villages in the region, and shared with White
Plains the honors and benefits which come to a
shire town. Its courthouse wae bullt in 1787, before
‘time court was held in the Presbyterian
Ia 1088. the Lesislature pessed an act
_
Ii
PLACE.
artistic taste is a double row of maples and elms,
which have grown to giant gize, ineeting high over
the avenne, and making it one of the most charm.
ing ‘spots in beauufu; Westchester. The estate
now covers about seven hundred acres It
came into the possession of the late Honorable John
Jay, former Minister to Austria and twice president
of the Union League Club, In 1635, when be In.
herited it from William Jay. The whole farm Is in
a high state of cultivation, and while the house {3 of
interest because of its historical associations and the
valuable col.ection of antiquities which it shelters,
the grounds about it are of Interest to him who ap-
preciates the work of the successful farmer, It in
now the property of Colonal Wililam Jay, the well.
known lawyer and president of the New-York
Coaching Club, and 1s likely to be held by him as a
country residence during hig lifetime.
On the way from the Jay place, after passing
through the magnificent arbor formed by the rows
of maples which John Jay pianted, and which
form a street so beautiful that once seen tt will
never be forgotten, one reaches the highway which
leads to the Pletureaque mill owned by Seth 8,
Hoyt, Here the Cross River has been dammed, and
falls sheer twenty-five feet, The present mill Is
comparatively new, but the old structure, bullt
about one hundred years ago, still stands close by
in an advanced state of decay,
KATONAH WAITING FOR BETTER TIMES,
The drive to Katonah is a most charming one,
The wood runs parallel with the Cross River at
many places; it is shaded, and Jeads through a re.
glon which presents at every turn something new
to admire,
The village itself was until recently a thriving
little place, It was formerly called Whitlockville,
and its present name was given in honor of an old
Indian chief whose home Is supposed to have heen
here and who, some say, Is buried in the place vow
owned by Clarence Whitman, The village, with its
700 inhabitants, is at a standstill now, and the pros.
pects for further development of the oid village are
poor. This is not because of any lack of enterprise
on the part of the people, but because most of the
property has been condemned by the New-York
City Board of Public Works. The houses are now
the property of the City of New-York. New-York
is the landlord-and some say not a good one, at
that -no improvements are being made; no one
fecls like spending a cent on a house which may
be pulled down at any time. The demolition of the
old village may prove a benefit some day, but it is
a4 hardship at present, and those who have lived in
the place for years and have taken a pride In Its
nag homes and well-kept grounds, its little stores
anc all that goes to make up a pleasant village,
speak mournfully of the change, although they know
stantial village win Brow Bp Herr the laa’ whan
ea
old, Katonah ow stands, y Puce where
ere is a g school in the village, of w
J. Tryon is the principal, and it has iy plea
fire department o volunteer
Wescott Is the nr, 3 Court *ficiency. B.
“The Katonah Times" is a t weekly
dited by R. B."Knapp. ap ne Vilage 4
x nel t i e posiotlice is
charge of E. A,
udge Robertson is the ent of the Village
for the place
Improvement Society, which did much
and which still t
and circu sing maliesing the public reading-room
ere are three churches in the vil
H, Hanhahburgh is the tor oF e Mohan
Episcopal Church, the Rev, W. A Babbitt is the
tor of the Presbyterian Ehureh, and the Roman
i Satholie Church is Ia charge of Father P. A. Mols-
A DESERTED CAPITAL.
WHERE SOME OF THE NATIONAL NOTA-
BILITIES ARE SPENDING
THE SUMMER.
GOSSIP ABOUT MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC
CORPS-THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME
COURT-THE CLEVELAND BABIES.
Wash!ngton, July 14 (Spectal).—The Capital has
never been so deserted at thls eeason of the year.
There has been a genera] exodus, owing perhaps
to the return of better times or to the intense heat
of early summer, which hastened the departure of
many people. Houses in the West End are in an
inhospitable state of barricade, and there is noth-
ing going on in a social way. The members of the
Cabinet, with the exception of Secretary Herbert,
and as many of the higher officials as could make it
possible, followed the example of the Fxecutive
and are off on ther vacations. As usual, a large
contingent of fashionable people have gona abroad,
and those who have not country homes of their
own are scattered about at the different watering-
places
The people whose business or convenience make
it necessary for them to remain in town thor-
oughly understand the art of being comfortable.
Houses are arranged as nearly as possible after the
Oriental fashion, carpets and draperies are stowed
away, and the heavy furniture is covered with
cool linen. It is the universal custom in the even-
tng *o s!t on the stoops or on the parking in front
of the houses. Negliyé costumes are in vozue and
are affected by the most conservative people. Sen-
ator Wolcott's tan shoes and Mr. Reed's colored
shirts have furnished material for many funny
paragraphs. g
Few of the Diplomatic Corps remain. The Eng-
lish Embassy was closed earlier than is customary,
and the great house has been In the care of ser-
vants since May. Sir Julian Pauncefote (8 in Eng-
land with his family. It {3 to be hoped that he has
recovered from the results of his good-natured
though, from an English standpoint, ill-advised,
acquiescence In praise of an American vessel.
Viewed from this side of the water, the excite-
ment caused by the English Ambassador's amla-
bility in signing, with the rest of the passengers,
the testimonial In rezard to the St. Louls was a
tempest In a teapot. If Sir Julian had not signed
the paper he would have been voted a most un-
graclous person by indignant Americans. Because
he did sign it, he 12 subjected to annoying criticism
from his indignant countrymen. The headquar-
ters of the English Embassy are at Newport, where
Lord Westmeath has rented the King cottage.
M. PATENOTRE IS IN FRANCE,
The French Ambassador and Mme. Patendtre
reached Paris on June 25. This Is Mme. Patenitre’s
first visit to her adopted country since her mar-
riage, and she has met for the first time her hus-
band’s relatives, none of whom were present at her
wedding. The house occupled by the French Em-
bassy is a part of the Admiral Porter estate, and
has been advertised for sale. Should the sale take
place It will in no wise affect the tenancy of the
embassy, which has a long lease on the property.
The oid Porter homestead occupies one of the most
desirable locations in town. It is next door to
the Metropolitan Club, in the fashionable quarter,
yet not too far removed from the business centre.
During M. PatepAtre's absence the legation is In
charge of M. Paul I@fatvre, the first secretary,
The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Fava are at
Narragansett Pler for the summer. There seems
to have been as little foundation for the recent
rumor that Baron Fava would soon be recalled as
for the many similar rumors,
doubtless because of Baron Fava's Increasing age
and his long period of service in this country,
The new German Ambassador, Baron von Thiel-
mann, !s spending his first summer in this country
at Deer Park, after the precedent established by
Baron von Saurma Jeltseh. Before going to Deer
Park Baron Thielmann spent a few days in Wash.
ington, and made a most agreeable impression on
those who were fortunate enough to meet him,
He has the advantage of speaking English fluently
and ls thoroughly posted on American affairs.
The Mexican Minister and Seflora Romero are at
White Plains, N. Y., where they spent last summer,
The Mexican Legation is without doubt the busiest
of all the legations, and the Minister is an Indefati-
gable worker Physically, Beflor Romero Is not
strong, and the regimen of the sanitorium at White
Plains peculiarly beneficial to him. His wife,
who has not been at all well for a year, hopes also
to benefit from the trratment,
The Bpanish Minister and his wife left here last
week for Boston with the intention of making a
tour of the Northern summer resorts. Mme. Dupuy
de Lome Joined her husband in June, and for
poveral weeks after her arrival was occupled in
making ofMelal vieits and renewing acquaintance
with old friends. The wife of the Spanish Minister
is a pretty, graceful woman, still In the thirties,
and enjoys to the full the social duties devolving
upon her.
AT THE CHINESE LEGATION,
The Cauiese Minister and his family will remain
at the legation on Meridian Hill during the sum-
mer, thinking wisely that they could be no more
comfortable eltewhere. The legation is s0 located
on one of the highest points about the city, that It
not only commands the finest views, but has the
advantage of the wind from every direction. The
Minister and Mrs. Yang, In picturesque Oriental
costumes, are In constant evidence in the street.
They go everywhere and adopt American customs
with seeming enthusiasm. Some of the legation
have become expert Licyelists and attract no little
attention as they spin along on thelr wheels, their
loose silken roves of brilliant colors flying out
behind, The last tribute Mrs. Yang has pald to the
customs of the country is to have her picture taken,
In her handsome robe, rich with eabroideries, and
the quaint headdress she wears, the pretty Oriental
makes an agreeable picture; but the most inter-
esting of her photographs 13 the one taken with
her two children, Lright-eyed little Celestinls, the
pes of everybody who frequents the legation,
Apropos of China, Mr. l"oster’s return made a
little sensation In the dulness which hangs over the
Capital. He comes home laden with glory and
spoils and looks remarkably well after his long
journey. It is sald he found It almost necessary
to charter a separate steamer in which to bring the
countless presents bestowed upon him by both the
Japanese and Chinese, besides the handsome gra-
tulty of $250,000 for his services. Mr. and Mrs, Fos-
ter left here on Friday for their summer home on
Lake Ontario.
In official circles the Cabinet families have all
gone, The Secretary of State and Mrs. Olney are
at thelr summer home in Massachusetts, Mrs, Car-
iisie has been visting the family of Assistant Hec-
retary Huamiin at Marion, and later on will visit
Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Lamont accompanied the Sec.
retary of War on his tour of Inspection In the Wast,
Misa Herbert ig In Karope, where, after her pre.
sentation at Court, she spent some time in London
before going to Kiel for the festivities there The
family of the Attorney-General are at thelr home in
Ollo, Mrs. ‘Vilson and her family are in West Vir-
inla. Mrs, Hoke Smith and her children have been
n Georgia since May, and Miss Morton is spending
her summer at her home in Nebraska.
The Lelters are with their daughter, Mrs. Curzon,
in Eng.and. Mrs, Curzon's brililant soclal success
and the popularity she at once attained have been
a source of much gratification to her friends at
home, Of the International marriages of the last
decade those of Miss Endicott to the Hon, Joseph
Cramberiain and of Miss Leiter to the Hon. George
Curzon hold the promise of brilliant futures. It was
a matter for much specu.ation among Mrs, Cham-
beriain’s friends here what recognition her husband
woud recelve In the new Cabinet, which was set at
rest by his appointment as Secretary of State for
the Colonles, Mrs. Chamberlain Is a very winning
Person, charming In appearance, and when her
ather was Secretary of War she was a great favor.
ite at the Capital. It is not strange that she should
be popule in her adobied country, for she has all
0 16 grace and tact ich the w
ticlan should possess, v wile. of. 4 pol
OTHER PROMINENT PEOPLE QUT OF TOWN,
The Brices are at Newport, where they are enter-
taining with lavish hospitality. Mrs. Beale Is an-
other of the Washington colony at Newport, and
with her are Mr. and Mrs Truxton Beale. Justice
and Mrs. Field have gone to California, this being
the forty-eighth time the venerable jurist has
crossed the plains, Before he left Washington Jus-
tice Fiala seemed very feeble, He Is extremely thin
and his long habit of carrying a cane, on account
of the accident to his knee while he was still a
roung man, on which he leans heavily when walk.
ng, gives him an Appearance of decrepitude which
in
is not borne out by his condition, For a man of his
advanced age he is remarkable health, and he Is
invariably In good spirits.
Justice 8trong and his daughters, after the habit
of years, are spending the summer at Lake Minne-
waska, In the Shawangunk Mountains, Justice
strong celebrated his elghty-seventh birthday !n
ut he is in excellent health.
rateful news to all of her friends, and it will
be grateful news to the poor prisoner at Woking,
or whom she has so faithfully and devotedly la.
red, that Miss Dodge is improving, and bids fair to
recover. She stood the removal to Balem remark-
ably well, and cheering news comes of her progress.
And yet from the first her case seemed abso utely
hopeless. The physiclans In charge did not believe
she would recover, and for days she lay In a coma-
tose state, but now tha Indications are that she will
soon be up and about again. The very last thing
Miss Dodge wrote, before she was stricken, was a
paper on the Maybrick case,
here Iz much Interest, of course, in the new
Claveiand baby, Which every one hoped would Re a
hey, e deepest concern as to wha
named, If the flood of ‘etters recelv ta “Gray
r
bles containing suggestions can be taken as
ence, The intinate friends of Presid and Mrs.
RT
0
AS Amal
Cleveland say t th
in “the health nd phyaical ee
children have caused them
which originated
ter of fact, the children are stron
in mind and body, and as full o
as most babies.
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.
AN EX-NAVAL OFFICER fHOWS THE NEED FOR
CAUTION IN CONDEMNING OFFICIALS
IN THE SERVICE.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the last ten days there have appeared
in the newspaper press throughout the country
flaming articles headed. “Fraud at the Navy Yard,”
ete. These articles are so misleading in thelr char-
acter. and so unjust to the officers whose names
are mentioned in connection with these ‘frauds,’
and whose lips are more or less sealed by Depart-
ment regulations, that, as an ex-naval officer, I
des're to enter strong protest against the scur-
rilous attacks that are being made at times on
Army and Navy officers who are not in a position
to defend themselves aga'nst such libelious charges.
1 know but little of the merits of the case regard.
ing the two officials who have been censured by the
Navy Department, but it ought to be known to
every one of your readers that no such “frauds”
have taken place as have been reported, from the
girapie fact that no officer of the Army or Navy
escapes these charges of fraud without having to
appear before a court-martial, and as the gentlemen
{mplicated have simply been detacked from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard and ordered to another Navy
Yard, It is In {tself evidence that, while they may
have been guiity of some minor Infringement of na-
val regulations, these charges are cruelly unjust,
both to themselves and to their families.
The positions of Navy Yard officials are often
and well, norma
fun and mischie
"difficult, and any one who, like myself, has oc-
cupled a similar position in deallng w.th contrac-
tors knows that the majority of these contractors
coming In contact with the Governthent feel that
they have a perfect right *o take advantage of the
Government in every possible manner, even stop-
ping short of no dishonest methods, as a rule, to
gain thelr ends.
1 know of no more trying auty Army and Navy
officers are called on to perform than to come in
contact with a class of men many of whom, when
their goods are rejected as being inferior in qual-
ity, have used political influence at Washington In
thelr endeavors to place officials In a false light,
and few officers occupy these positions to-day in
either service who do not have to be constantly in
hot water with the politicians at the Navy Yard
andl in Washington, and with the men whom they
are trying to force to live up to their contracts.
Hav'ng had experience In such matters, I do not
hesitate to assert that the red-tape regulations now
in practice at the departments, where officers are
forced to accept the lowest bid, cause the Govern-
ment losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of
dollars, as they are utterly unable under present
regulations to accept bids of such firms as will
honestly live up to thelr contracts with the Gov-
ernm-nt. Of course, these regulations musi be re-
gpected; yet if officers under either service and In
responsible positions were allowed to pursue the
course they knew would be to the best !n-
terest of the @Qovernment, [I can assure you
these losses would not occur, as the pres-
ent system of putting an officer in charge
of a Department and not trusting him far
erough by causing him to be responsible for his
own acts, to give the Government the very best
service by dealing only with those whom he knows
ara willing to live up to contracts, Is mostly the
cause of all this.
It was not long since tnat your journal, {in com-
menting on some of the appointments of Mayor
Strong, suggested to Mis Honor that if he saw fit
to appoint some graduates of the Naval School or
West Point “he could depend upon them under all
elreumstances to do their duty.” Are your readers
aware that from the days of the commencement of
these two (institutions there has seldom been a
breach of trust committed b avy graduate of
either West Point or Annapolis? Indeed, it was
oRif a few days since that one of your contempo-
raries. speaking of the immense sums drawn by
commanding officers for the maintenance of our
Navy throughout the world, stated that there had
not been one single case of a breach of trust. It is
true that there have beer cases where officers have
been tried by court-martial for overdrawing thelr
ay areounts, bat I tnink these officers will be
ound on Investigation to have been poiitical ap-
pointments, and not graduates of the Academy at
Annapolis or of West Point.
In discussing the injustice done by newspapers to
Army and Navy officers, I have no desire to enter
into controversy as to the merits of the case in
question, in which ‘he two gentlemen mentioned
have Leen 20 cruelly maligned, except to point out
the fact that the majority of newspapers have been
as untruthful and unjust to these men as they have
been libellous in thelr character.
The writer of this article has met only once one of
the gentlemen referred to, but he has known them
both by reputation, and he believes he only voices
the sentiments of the entire Navy In stating that
both of them are gullty of no act on thelr part
that would reflect upon their Integrity as officers and
men.
I trust vou wlll give this letter the same promi-
nence that has been given to the disclosures In the
Navy Yard, in the hope that it may open the eyes
of the public to the Injustice done to Army and Nay
officers, who have no redress and are compell
under service regulations to remain sient, no mat-
ter how grossly they may be libelled.
AN EX-NAVAL OFFICER.
Philadelphta, July 12, 1895,
IS SPAIN IMPOSING ON UNCLE SAM?
HER PRYING ABOUT THE FLORIDA CCAST DE-
NOUNTED AS AN AFFRONT.
To the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: The Spanish Government Is no doubt making
fun of Uncle Sam. It was not contented with
patrolling three months ago the bay and island of
Key West with armed men from the crew of the
cruiser Infanta Ysabel, thus inflicting upon us a
deep insuit and National humiliation, but, seeing
that our good-natured Government did not feel
offended then, has now undertaken to play police
Inside our own doors.
The complaints made by citizens living along
Florida waters that Spanish corvettes have been
searching the coasts within the three-mile limit,
and, what 18 especially objectionable to the people
of those locallu.es, have been invading, with boats
fully manned with armed soldiers, the interior
bave, lagoons, coves and inlets, require serious
attention.
Spanish warships, instead of doing their duty b
crulsing along the coasts of Cuba, have been prowl.
Ing about our Southern waters for some time, as
The Tribune Fas repeatedly shown. The latest
complaint of this kind comes from the owners of
a pleasurs yacht from New-Orieans. Furthermore,
it has been proved that Spanish consular agents
in some Southern ports have gone as far as to
board departing vessels without warrant and
searched them on thelr own responsibility for men
and arms intended for Cuban revolutionists. What
an affront to international cogity!
It is high time for Uncle Sam to wake up and
nee.
frown sternly at such insolent arroga
A. M. FERNANDEZ DE YBARRA, M, D,
New-York, July 1, 158.

THE USE OF THE WORD “TRANSPIRE."
To the Editor ot The Tribune.
Sir: I have received this letter from a reader of
my communication concerning the authorship of
“Junius':
My Dear Sir: I have always taken a deep interest
In the famous “Junius” controversy and am sure
your letter of to-day ought to settle the matter in
ihe minds of all thoughtful men. But how much
more cogent your reasoning would have been if you
bad recollected that the word ‘transpire’ never
in~ant and never will mean “occur.”
FRANCISCUS,
I would be sorry to deface the columns of The
Tribune with bad English; and I fall to see that 1
have done so In this instance. I spoke of “facts”
that “did not transpire” e., did not become known
—until a certain time, which was a time when Fran-
cls was far at sea and consequently could not have
known of them. I did not use the word ‘‘oceur,’” for
the good reason that it wouid not have conveyed
my meaning. JAMES GAYLER.
New-York, July 10, 1885,
FINANCIAL 41D FOR NOME RULR IN IRELAND.
The New-York Council of the Irish National Fed-
eration of America met yesterday In room No. 26,
Cooper Union. Jeremiah B. Murphy presided,
These resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The return at the present general elec-
tions of a large and compact Irish party Is of para-
mount importance for the advancement of the so.
clal, commercial and financial pias Ireland
and the attainment of Home Rule or legislative
autonomy; and
Whereas, This result can only be attained by un.
swerving support of the American principle of
obedlence to fnajority role and by that generous
ve
financial ald imperatively necessary on account of
the large stautory fees requisite in Great Britain
and Ireland; be It
Resolved, That we, the New-York City Council o
the Irish National Federation of America, bran
a Idi je telly or cavert treason an n,
0 matter whence emanates, oO
brave soldiers who ate now In the front ot the Suz
tle, and facing Ireland's foes;
uture the same ev vision that it
pant. Be Jt paras urge all those eit Sod
enolved, That we ose citize
Ie IT aD ve
ustice, iy that mors ity, t 5 tribute to the
nance port
crisis which enable it to prs ig Lo Jn a
Ireland where it is possible to elect a Nat nalist.
Joseph P. Ryan sald that in anawer to circulars
sent to other cities he had received promises of
efter, N, 1] rtrd
in gy lutions were
Byrne,
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NEW-YORK’S PUBLIC SCHOO!
CHILDREN CARRIED TO AND FROM PRI.
MARY NO. 47 IN' AN OMNIBUS.
AN OLD COLORED MAN THE POPULAR DRIVER
ONB OF THE SMALLEST SCHOOLS IN THR
CITY—-A BEAUTIFUL SITE. H
One of the smallest of New-York's public schools
is Primary School No. 47, in the Albany Turnpike,
Tha school is attended by less than one hundred’
pupils and there are only two regular teachers—
Mrs. Mary E. Tripp, the principal, and Miss Kate
A. Norton. There is a special teacher in music,
Miss Edith Guy. Although having so small an at.
tendance, this school probably draws children:
from a wider extent of territory than most New.
York schools. This part of New-York is very!
thinly settled, and the means of transit are as yet
undeveloped. In fact only a few of the streets
which appear on the city maps have been opened,
3


_so that the ways to this school are not only ‘‘cross
lots’ but ‘*‘cross country.”
The school was established lang before this part
of Westchester County was annexed to New-York,
and it had always been known as a district school:
until it was placed under the control of the Board
of Pduecation. The schoolhouse is beautifully situ.
ated on what is now known as Mosholu Parkway,
Ample grounds surround the buflding, so that
when it becomes necessary to erect a larger school.
house, there will be no, trouble about having land
enough, not oniy for the schoolhouse but for light
and ventilation. The school grounds have a front.
age of 145 feet, and they are about one hundred and
forty-five feet deep, thug formng a most desirable
site in every respect. This fine plot of ground was
purchased for $1,500. The present school! build.
ing is a two-story frame structure, 28x40 feet. It
answers fairly well the present needs of the neigh-
borhood. It was erected at a cost of $4,500,
This school, like several others in the Twenty.
fourth Ward, is In 80 sparsely settled a neighbor-
hood that the Board of Education nas found it
necessary to hire an omnibus to transport pupils
living at a distance. The omnibus driver for thiz
school is an Interesting character. Formerly he
was a e'ave, owned by a Mr. Prime, and this man
of color has taken that name with the accent on
the “Mister He has driven the omnibus for this
school many Fears, and has endeared himself to
the scores of happy school children, whom he has
carried to and from school. It may be
that he is the best-known resident up
Primary School No. 45, In Weeks-st., also has an
omnibus, driven by an old German named Schacht,
One of the annual items in the Board of Educa-
tion's budget is the sum charged against free car-
riage of children to and from these schools. This
school is destined to become one of the largest in
the city, as the population in the district is rapidly
{ncreasing, and it is only a question of time when
this will be a thickly settled rt of New-York.
The school trustees of this ward have shown wis-
dom in securing 8 large site for this school, while
the land is yet cheap. They have profited by the
experiences of other schools in the Annexed Dis-
trict. Some years ago an effort was made by the
school trustees of the Twenty-fourth Ward to
gecure additional lots for Grammar School No. €3,
in Third-ave. and One-hundred-and-seventy-third-
st. At that time these lots could be purchased for
$1,250 each, but Tammany Hall set its machinery to
work and delayed the purchase scveral years, so
that when the lots were finally purchased the Jliy
had to pay several times as much for them.
CRISPI FOR AN AMERPCAN POPE.
HIS ORGAN, THE “RIFORMA,’ URGES CARDINAY
GIBBONS'S CANDIDACY.
The latest visit to Rome of Cardinal Gibbons and
his cordial reception by Pope Leo XT1I has been the
occasion of showing in many ways the increasing
influence exercised at the Eternal City by the Amer.
{can Catholle Church. The Pontiff at the Vatican
issued a Papal brief, addressed to Cardinal Gibbons,
approving his project relative to the convocation of
a Eucharistic Congress in America similar to those
held in Europe, and approving also the new pro-
gramme of philosophical, literary and scientific stud.
jes for the Catholic University in Washington. But
the most remarkable evidence of the importance at-
tached to the visit of Cardinal Gibbons Is to be
found in the European or, rather, the principal
Italian organs, which discussed the chances of the
American prelate’s becoming the successor of Leo
XIII.
Of course, there is no probability that such a thing
could happen so long as there is a majority of
Italian Cardinals in the conclave. Still, it inter.
esting to read, among other statements on the sub-
ject, the following lines published by the "Gazette
de Lausanne,” from its Rome correspondent:
Great attention has been given recently to .an
article in the “Riforma,” the personal organ of Sign
or Crispi, edited by the nephew of the Italian Pre-
mler, and supporting the candidacy of Cardinal Gib-
bons to the tiara. 1 am more than certain that
Cardinal €ibbons will not have two votes at the
next conclave, for the question of a foreign Pope
is far from being ripe for settlement. Still, the artl-
cle of the “Riforma’” easily explains itself. A for-
eign, and especially an American Pope, wow.d be
inclined to leave the Eternal City and to establish
his residence elsewhere, It Is easy to understand
that such a prospect is.not displeasing to the Ital-
lan Government, for it would be the end of the
Roman question. Rome would then belong entirely
and exclusively to the manarchy-—there would be
no more trouble about the eternal Papal question,
which they do not know how to solve. It 1s pre-
cisely on that account that the wishes of the “Rl
forma’ are not likely to be fulfilled; for the Papacy
thinks now less than ever of separating its destl-
nies from those of the Eternal City and of abane
doning its claims upon the possession of Rome,
STRANDED BALLET GIRLS BACK FROM CUBA.
The steamer Ciudad Condal, from Havana, ar-
rived here yesterday morning with twenty-two
cabin passengers who were not provided with ac-
climatization certificates. ,On the steamer's arrivad
at Quarantine they were transferred to Hoffman
Island, where they will be held until this afternoon
at o'clock. The steamer was allowed to go on to
her pler and land her other passengers.
Among the passengers detained were twelve bal-
let girls, most of whom live In this city. They left
New-York several months ago to join the Louise
Calderone Dramatic Compaay in Havana, but the
company aid not meet success, and the girls were
strand in Havana with almost nothing except
their return tickets for New-York.
HEAD OF A “CRAP” SCHOOL ARRESTED.
The police of the East Sixty-seventh-st. station
for the last six months have tried to catch William
Lenahan, eighteen years old, of No. 330 East
Seventy-third-st., who is known throughout the
precinct as “Bill the Lug,” the orzanizer and opera-
tor of crap-playing bands, while engaged in 8
game. He is an adept at craps, and possesses the
faculty of interesting young lads in the game to the
extent that they berome infatuated, and will resort
to any jneans to acquire funds with which to play.
Scarcely a case of petty larceny, by young boys, in
the precinct has come to the notice of the police ree
cently that the proceeds d!d not ultimately find thelr
way to the pockets of “‘Bill-the-Lug.” And in many
instances the voung prisoners have openly arged
Lenahan with having incited the theft.
Parents, jans, teachers, pastors and citizen
have made many complaints to Capt Strauss, 0
the pernicious influence exerted by “Bill.”
On Saturday afternoon a citizen told Policeman
John Scheunig, of the East Sixty-seventh-st. sta-
tion, that Lenahan had a big crap game under way
in East Sixtieth-st. Scheunig hastened to Sixtieth-st.
and in front of No. 130 he saw a crowd of boys
grou about a central point of Interest. The
policeman reached over the shouiders of the plays
ers and arrested Lenahan, who was so interested
the play that he had not seen him. He also ar-
vested Daniel Buckley, thirteen years old, of No.
321 East Sixtieth-st,, another piayer,
In the Yorkville Court yesterday Magistrate Mott,
on hearing the evidence, committed Lenaban to the
workhouse and discharged Buckley.
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