New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-01
THE PASSING THRONG.

Ex-senator w D. Washburn. of Minnesota. is at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Speaking yesterday OF me
most interesting question now be-
THINKS fore his state. the proposed merg-
NORTHERN ing Of the Northwestern railroad
SECURITIES systems, he said: Perhaps the
UITJLOSE wish is father TO the thought. but
TEST CASE l cannot help thinking that the
test ca Sc which will soon come be
fore the Supreme Court will be decided against the
roads on the grounds that the proposed merEihs
is I'm violation of the Sherman antitrust law Ger
tafnIy if il is a violation OF that law, theh
cannot imagine the law being violated l was IN
Congress at the time the law was passed. ami
know that It's object to prevent just such
things as this combination Of roads II the COM
biuation decided legal the outcome viii be, be
ueve that all the roads in the country Will SrSdu-
ally be merged under one management. and ten
as final outcome, under EoFfaniarnt, TolHI o
Government control would De the lesser OF tnr W.
evils and would result, but do not approve
oh bo f't b people OF the Northwest are in the SEA
majority opposed to the combination. II II GENE
about the various State legislatures Will doubtless
hN can and general unpieasantness will result
There is much more consider besides the fact
that the abolition of competition may raise rates.
factor for instance We have six lines from Chi
cage to Minneapolis and on three OF them are re run
those roads under one management and you would
believe And we believe that the same is Of
the Pacific lines now under considerations The
Of an adverse decision from the supreme Coun,"
Manhattan, where they have been INDUCING IN i
special diet for a day two in
THE PRINCE preparation for the game with
AT HAIR Princeton tonight. What 10 We
WARD. think of Prince Henry's coming
Harvard" John Manning enc Of
the team said last night. We'll. tell the truth
we haven't thought much about It yet. Thee was
a good deal interest taken In the visit o, Wal
ter Camp. which. however didn't take place, sup
nose because Of the slightly strained relations be
Vol, hat C4aI
he was to have come but which being
smoothed out all right Much more has been print
ed by the way. than there was warrant for on that
subject I suppose that when the time for the
casion AS we were leaving Cambridge notices we're
being posted that all men who wished tickets
cises that were TO be held there on the afternoon
the royal s demand S@S hays s to rs make bs &
ticket will be issued TO each man. These exercises
is to get a degree '''''
Sir Philip Burne-Jones. the artist son of Sir
Edward Burne-Jones and painter of The YAM
pire" is to set up a stldio II,
| SAYS Fortieth-st.. Fifth-ave Since
| NETWORK his arrival in this country a few
| PAINS HIM. days ago he has been on the hmm
he says. all the while: bur he
has kept his unfailing good nature and is ready ~
| be pleased with everything in the place ..ob 7
shall learn very to like New-York" no satd
yesterday the Albemarle and give IL az w.,
| a greeting II has given me. But shall I no ,er
feCtly frank? You're sure you will be offended
Well then, coming from the Old World from 0uiei
| associations from old style streets and the mijst
| of a more reposeful architecture New-York now
| pains me. Your streets are laid out regularly arS
carefully. and IT is easy to get about to SEE and
/ choose your path; but the buildings that are ,nt
on these regular streets hard to get used to
/ They go soaring into the air one height DoN
| another. Then they dip down into insignif 90 -
or jump into still different shapes of bigness II is
as If on scheme of geOmetric precision were III -
| chaos. The mind that planned so we'll went ma
before its plan was completed Still. have Learned
| that II isn't safe in this world to criticise TO-
| hurriedly l have found that what seems sfranst
to foreigner often is justified by some necessity
| or other. You have a for such buiidiDrs
do not doubt just as | suppose you have a reasor
| Tor Keeping your rooms so hot that l have had &
headache ever since arrived. Just now however
| both customs are a bit uncomfortable