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New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
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10y 4eifSEapn % AHe iEi1hne.
Newport r. T. Aug B-After yeste-dav's sso--
Newport was to-day blessed with one OF the bs.,
days Of the season. and a result there waz
large attendance at tennis at the Casino thi-
morning. and this afternoon all society gathered a.
the Polo Club TO witness the match.
AS the cOttagers we're fatgued from the BAR =.
the nsht before. there little activity OF soc,af
nature In the cottage colonv until this evening
when there were number OF dinners given att
which the guests attended the performance Of Is
School Ciri' at the Oper; House
Mrs. William Astov. at Beechwood. tonight save
the second Of her series Of dinners As usual tie
decorations were OF American Beauty roses NJ
AstOr's guests were 8Ir. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fs5
Mrs James p Kernochan. Mrs. Whitney War-.,
Mr.. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll. Mr. and Nr.
r. Rollins Morse Colonel and Mrs John Iaeos
Astor. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Van Allen. Mr. and M,
Ogden Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Craig BiddIe Mr ana
Mrs. George 3. de Forest. Mr.. and Mrs. James "
A. Lawrence. Center Hitchcock. Stanley Mortimer
Worthngton Whitehouse and z. Sufern Taller
Following the dinner there musical. FOR
which number Of other guests came IN. the sooist
being the French barytone. W. GUstave Bords
and the accompanies Alfred G. Langley. on ths
piano and Miss Jessamine Chase. on the violin
The musical held in the ballroom.
dance was given this evening by Mrs z. Pol
Inns Morse at Villa Rosa. which largely at
tended by the cottagers.
Mrs Philip Lydig gave dinner which was FOL
lowed by music and dancing The affair was given
in honor OF Miss Acosta. Mrs Lydig's sister.
Cottage dinners were also given this evening oy
Mrs ". Fitzhugh whitehouse. Mrs Richard z
Wilson jr., Mrs. George s. Scott. Mrs. B. o.
French and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt
This afternoon yicomte Perigny entertained at
luncheon at Bellevue Lodge. and Mrs Sumner
Gerard gave picnic out in the country 70 a num-
Der OF guests.
Mr. and Mrs. F. o. Beach are the guests OF Mr
and Mrs. Joseph Hartman
Kenneth B. Budd and Newton Rae OF New-York
are the guests of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at The
Breakers She entertained dinner this evening
fOr UeODie
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.

Telegraph
Tuxedo Park y. Y. Aug. 2s.-DeH ghttully cool
weather, with fresh northwest breezes. to-day IA
vored the Tuxedo cOttagers for their weeks end
entertainments. and in consequence coed crowd
came spend Sunday. The warm weather OF
the early part OF the week prevented many from
returning their cottages. but by the second
in September almost ell viii be back
Several house parties were given to-day followed
by dinners. Among the hosts were Mr.. and Mrs
H. S. Redmond Mr.. and Mrs Harris Fahnestock
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Elliott. Mr.. and Mrs George
F. Baker Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Laying jr Mr., ami
Mrs W. NJ. v. Hoffman. and Mr. and Mrs. P
LoriIlard. who returned from Newport Thurs
day and entertained a large party at dinner to-
night at Keewaydin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Alexander and family
who returned last week from abroad. have gone TO
California for several weeks. They will open their
Tuxedo villa for the autumn
Mr.. and Mrs. Jules yatable have arrived at their
Tuxedo villa on Weewah Lake. and Miss EIoise L
Breese has opened Nuando.
Among other cottage arrivals are Mrs. A D
Henry and Miss Henry. Charles E. Sampson. Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen and the Rev and
Mrs. George William Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs William Kent and Mr. md Mrs
Herbert c. Pell are spending several weeks at New
port. and Mr.. and Mrs George L. Ronalds are in
the White Mountains until September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred r. Halsey. who have been
abroad during the summer. Will open their Tuxedo
house early IN September. and Mrs. George E
Dodge and Miss Dodge will occupy their new cot
tage. Tuxedo Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Kelly Prentice have returned to
the McKim cottage.
Other arrivals include O. J. Brand Nr and N-x
Ernest L, Conant of Havana: Lamar Lyrdon
John r. Dunlap. John c. Breckenridge J. c. LSrL
j. II. Kernochan. G. NJ. wynkop and Mrs Wvnkou
Mrs stephen P. P PeIl. Mrs. Lawrence B Els
Breese. James F Fielder and NewboId Leroy
Edgar
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
pENNsrLVAyIA's OPPORTUNITY.

Public opinion In Pennsylvania is beginning
TO demand radical amendment or tnat STATE
imperfect and antiquated election laws Inc
exposure by Mayor Weaver's new Director OF
Public Safety of the outrageous padding OF the
Philadelphia poll lists has naturally led TO de-
mand for regulations under which dead men
and straw men will not constitute from one-ffth
TO one-fourth of the voting strength Of COM
1nunity 1t has been shown that in Philadelphia
alone from 10000 to 6O,Oeo bogus votes have
been cast at recent elections; and doubtless
frauds which the Philadelphia ring politicians
found il so safe and easy to perpetrate have
been initiated In other machine ridden cltes.
Pennsylvanians who wish TO see these dishonest
practices made impossible are urging the i'm
mediate enactment Of modern election laws.
The legislature Is not in session, and Will not
convene again in regular course until January,
1907 Pressure is therefore being brought to
bear ON Governor Pennypacker TO induce him TO
call an extraordinary session this fall or next
winter so that the new laws can be made opera
tive by November. 1906. Governor and Rep
resentatives in Congress are TO be voted for
next year, and il is highly desirable that they
should be chosen In accordance with the time
honored Republican principle Of a free ballot
and fair count
The Hon. Thomas V. Cooper, former Repre-
sentative in Congress and political leader of
tne Oluer Scnool, mas just III HIS ueWS-
paper The Media American" an appeal for
an extra session OF the legislature and the pass
age of q personal registration act He says
that Governor Pennypacker can do the state no
greater service than TO cooperate promptly and
heartily In the movement to recast an outgrown
election system. The Governor himself is on
record as favoring the passage Of a personal
registration measure He strongly recommended
legislation OF that sort in his message TO the
legislature last january; but that body, deferred
10y the influence OF the Philadelphia bosses neg
lected his counsel But the Philadelphia ma
chine has been wrecked and its power in state
politics has been broken. Beyond any ques-
ton, the legislature would not now venture to
refuse the relief asked by the friends Of the re-
form measures Only two arguments are being
used openly 10 discredit the extra session
project. One is that II would involve an ex-
penditure OF 100000 and the other is that il
might delay the completion Of the new State
Capitol; but these considerations are trivial
compared with the public results to be achieved
through ~ extra sssatoqL and II 4 to b h0Qsd
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
u'nark Daily Gribnme
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27. 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures Meyer sent word to
President Roosevelt that Russia would agree to
q division OF Saghalien and payment for sup
port OF Russian prisoners but would make no
further concessions. Chancellor Won Biilow
said that Germany deeply interested in
President Roosevelt's efforts for peace, and
Emperor and people wished him success. -
The Paris Matin" made appeal to John ID.
Rockefeller 10 settle the indemnity question and
stop the war. - The American steamer
Montara, bound for Petropavlosk was captured
by the Japanese on August %. - Widespread
famine in Spain leads to looting and pillage'
which the police regard with indifference. -
Morocco refused admit control by France
over French Algerian citizens in Moroccan terri
tory and to release BouZfan.
DOMESTIC peace conference at Ports
mouth adjourned until Monday when NJ. Witte
said II was thought Japan would have some
thing TO submit; the intimation was conveyed
that the President regarded Russia's attitude In
standing out against Japan's demands as n- un-
reasonable - The submarine boat Plunger
went through a series of tests off Oyster Bay
and out in the Sound. the beginning OF them
being watched by the President from the Syiph-
CITY-Stocks closed strong. - r. Futon
Cutting for the Citizens Union, advised the Re
publican City Committee that his organization
would he unable to take part in any conference
which included the Greater New-fork Deinoc-
rscy - II was announced that counsel for
he plaintiff in the suit for receiver lot the
Equitable Life Assurance society mao gone u
Europe to obtain foreign aid in his action -
The District Attorney started an investigator
into the methods of Hebrew marriage agents
Detectives uncovered II SCitlle loi
unstamped oleomargarine. which, II is said. has
cost the Internal Revenue Bureau many thou
fSpd dollars. A warrant was issued III
elpollvn for John Z Madden for contempt o.
court - Justice Cochrane directed the Nor
ton Trust Company to permit the receivers o.
the Merchants Trust Company to draw FUNDS
TO pay depositors o. per cent dividend -
DR. Hunter. president of the Normal College
brought suit 10 compel a corporation In which
be was interested to allow him to investigate
its books.
THE WEATHER.-Indications for to-day
Partly cloudy. fresh east TO southeast winds
The temperature yesterday: Highest "a degrees
lowest e3
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
PROSPECTING FOR DIAMONDS

Mr.. David Draper. a geologist who is familiar
with the region in South Africa In which dia-
monds are found, has come TO the United States
to search for such stones here. Hitherto very
few have been discovered in this country and
hone of them were large. STILL the fact that
some have been found contains a grain of en-
couragement 1t would be rash to assume that
Mr.. Draper will fail.
The hunt for diamonds is embarrassed by
lack of definite indications of their normal en-
vironment. Many of those obtained in India
and South America were hidden in gravel that
was obviously at a great distance from the place
in which they had originally been deposited
The Transvaal diamonds imbedded In
peculiar clay. which is disposed In vertical
pipes" There has also been wide diversity
OF opinion as to the method by which diamonds
are formed. OF late there has been a growing
belief in the theory that the material of which
they are composed was subjected TO intense heat
before crystalZation possible Moissan's
experiments dozen years ago partly confirmed
that hypothesis. 1t was only by employing an
electric furnace that the distinguished French
chemist could dissolve Opaque carbon I'm molten
steel as preliminary TO obtaining a transpar-
ent product. Thereupon mineralogists came To
think that in the South, African diamond fields
they perceived evidences OF volcanic forces The
few stones which were picked up in Michigan
and adjacent states were imbedded In material
which Is believed TO have been Transported from
Canada by the great ice sheet which once COW
cred the northern part OF the country. Sueh
surroundinEa however, did not initiate strongly
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
NEWyORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. AUGUST q 1905

against the theory of volcanic origin IL 's ho'
unlikely that they were carried by glaciers nun
dreds. II not thousands of miles from 'heir
birthplace To determine where that was Is
harder task than any geologist or mineraiogist
is inclined to undertake Looking for the source
of the Michigan stones IS at present out OK tne
question. 80
diamonds have been found south or the ONO
River and also in North Carolina. These. too
NAV have been manufactured by volcanic action
at some remote period of the earth's history, but
1t is doubtful whether they ever came from
Canada Mr. Draper thinks that American dia
monds have come from several independent
sources Accordingly he will not go to Canada.
or even to Michigan on his prospecting tour
His observations, it is asserted, will begin In
Kentucky, and possibly they may be extended
to North Carolina For this search his own
wide experience undoubtedly qualities him to
an exceptional degree; but his chance of success
has certainly not been impaired by his confer
ence with DIR. George F. KunZ who Is probably
the foremost American authority on gems,
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
PRINCE LOUIS VISITS NIAGARA.

Toronto. Ont. Aug 2s.-Prince Louis Of Bat
tenburg went to Niagara Falls to-day. accompanies
by Lady kirkpatrick and a few invited gues's
On Thursday. August 81, Prince Louis viii leave
Toronto for Quebec. where he viii Join his SQUAD
ron. The feet leaves Saturday. September ? Tor
tour OF the Maritime Provinces after which II viii
sail For United States waters.
Niagara Falls. Ont. Aug. 26-Prince Louis and
his party arrived here shortly after noon In ther
private car over the Grand Trunk Railroad they
once escorted 10 special car on tn0
Gorge Road. The trip down the Canadian sioe'
across the bridge TO American soil ard throush
the pcturezque gorge was keenly enjoyed by ths
visitors Recrosslng 20 the Canadian side. Primes
Louis and his party entertained at mneheon
at the Carmelite Hospiee. This afternoon W. ~
spent in an inspection or the power plants on -
Canadian side, the return trip 70 Tosoneo s~hS
made late In the aftsrpoon
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
IN THE eERKSHIREs.

IBS Telegraph 10 The Trtbune.I
Lenox, Mass. Aug 26.-A choir composed %
members of the summer colony will sing at Trinity
Church Sunday during the vacation Of the vested
choir. 1t will include Miss Josephine Durand Ass
Cottenet. Miss Evelyn Sloane. Mrs. Wilbur K
Mathews. Mrs Frank z. Sturgis. Mrs Edward
WitherspoOn, Miss Cornelia Barnes. Miss Stanley
Miss Cameron. Miss Mines the Misses Constancs
and Emily Bacon. Miss Emily Grugan Mrs Bell
William B. o. Field. Samuel FrOtbngharn William
c. Clifford Clark G. Voorhees,. Harold and Leighton
Arrowsmith. Joseph w Burden and George 4
Mole
The body of Arthur Sturgis Dixey. VIII, died last
month in Seoul. COrea. where he was acting sec
retary OF the United States Legation under Min
ister Morgan. Will be brought to Lenox for burial
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Dixey and Miss R0samond
Dixey. who are abroad will sail for New York with
the body early in October. and the funeral u Mr
Dixey will be held in Trinity Church in LenOS
that month.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Walter Lawrence OF
New-York. are guests of MIR. and Mrs. Thatcher NJ
Adams.
Mrs Samuel Russell entertained at luncheon to-
day for Mrs. Walter Cutting Of Pittsfeld
Hugh O'Beirne. OF the British Embassy viii start
Tomorrow morning for New-York He viii san
on Tuesday for Southampton. Walter B. LOwnlsy.
counsellor or the embassy. is expected TO arrfva
In LenOx tomorrow
Cricket teams capta-led by Sir Mortimer Durand
and William B. o. Field played before large
gallery at Elm Court this afternoon
F Augustus SchermerhOrn. of New-YOrk. Il q
guest OF Mrs Ellen AucAu'uty for few days
Sir Mortimer Durand and Captain Henry NJ
Durand have entered the annual LenOx golf tourna-
ment. which viii open next Tuesday morning
Walter J. Travis has written that he will not De
able to compete.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sloan entertained at dinner
this evening at Wyndhurst
Miss Mary Parsons has gone to Bar Harbor.
where she is guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Morris K
Jesup.
The Misses Georgette and Constance Folsom Arc
visiting friends in GarrisOnS. n. Y
Sir Mortimer Durand and his son. Captain Henry
NJ. Dvrand tied to-day for the SATURDAY.
handicap sup at the Lenox golf links. with ne
scores OF ~ They viii play or on Monday for the
trophy. Lindsey F.,~fax, samuel Frothingnaua.
William D. Sloane, Robert W. Paterson. William
b. O. Field and Edward r. Wharton were amons
the contestants
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

The last line says the correspondent" is full
of satire which is not appreciated by those who do
not know the facts. Saratoga Springs is one of the
freaks of Death Valley. and has probably caused
more profanity than anything else in this region.
The waters are clear crystal and they bubble up
from deep. sandy basin like welsprng of 10y
but they are strongly impregnated with sulphur
and other minerals tepid in temperatur and
act instantly like emetic upon any one who
drinks them
Do Dc, you know why chickens are the most devout
preacher who had called upon him for a subscrip-
No. sah. Goveneh: why am it?"
Because more of them go into the ministry"
-ihansas city Journal
The hardy Boer voortrekkers had a fine. sense of
poetry in naming places In South Africa In the
Transvaal there is place which rejoces In the
name of Waachteenbeitjebeideb .It Is a
name says Cape Town exchange which speaks
of leisure; whose gentle invitation to the thirsty
traveller to rest little by the brook beneath the
cool shade of the tree calls up at the thought
of green oasis In dry and barren land"
Sorrow Of it-"More trouble sighed McNutty.
other;
More labor troubles answered McNutty.
80 Not NO another lockout. 1 hope said the partner
NO. No. IT'S worse than that" answered the alleged
head OF the house The boss has yielded and I've
got TO go to work again.'-(Chicago News
some one once remarked to Ed dward D. Sohier he
Boston lawyer. that he had read in paper that n
dead whale driven ashore at Nantucket contained
in its stomach pair of boots marked "J" Mr.
Sohier instantly replied: They probably belonged
to Jonah. and he must have left them when no
stepped out.
RECIPE FOR A SERIAL
see tho machine made fiction certain dalies
A maid-or wife.or wIdow,with red hair.
And cool cheek and pale;
Bright. mocking wit mot set down anywhere
Great, glinting eyes. soft laces, Jewels rare
And Doucet gowns. that trail.
A man of mark. who's in the Cabinet
And has the nations ear
His hands cienched. his face Is white and .st
The red haired siren he cannot forget,
But has q wife-dear. dear!
The wife's a miracle of womankind
All wrongs-and gracious curves
Tho suffering such agonies of mind
That secretly she weeps herself half blind,
Her beauty she preserves.
\ close Tipped. strong jawed Monarch of Finance
Cynical ruthless. tall;
All gold save iron will and steely glance.
lie WinkS-the markets rtse-and then, perchance
he yawns-and down they fall
Add now some dukes and marqulses to taste
And extra" ladies. please.
wicked foreign prince-dark eyes. small waist
lot OF love and commas. too. misplaced
And not few OF these.
Then let your puppets give their show whercer
It's really smart to be:
birmingham. Ascot. Simla, and Mayfair
Yacht. motor car. balloon-sea. earth and air.
Sahara and Paree.
Sort 'em and dust 'em. when their task Is DER:
Fresh names. OF course. they'll need
In Daily Thrills they'll figure as before
And he that runs (to catch his train may read
-SPunch.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

Attention has occa sionally been called to the
fact that a large part of the White Mountain
forests, including practically all on Mount
Washington has passed into the ownership of
a commercial corporation. which will presently
begin work of wholesale destruction. Al
ready some areas have been denuded. and,
while the company Is not Fastening with the
work of spoliation. but very commercially
seems inclined to give reasonable opportunity
for the purchase and preservation of the tract
as forest preserve 1t appears certain that un-
less speedy action is taken the near future will
see irreparable harm inflicted upon some OF the
noblest scenery on the American continent
No one who has stood upon Mount Willard
and looked down the tremendous defile of The
Notch to the distant cone of Chocorua. or who
has gazed from Red Bench across that seem
ingIy iIimitable sea of birch and pine to the
serried rampant Of the Presidential Range, or
who has peered wonderingiy from the crest Of
Mount Washington into the Great Cuffs I'M
fathomable. gloom, can without a passionate re-
volt regard the menace of such vandalism
would sweep those slopes bare of their arboreal
covering From the point of view of the lover
OF nature it would be sacrilege; from that
of the thousands who yearly repair thither for
health or pleasure 1t would be an unspeakable
calamity.
From the practical, pecuniary point of view
the destruction of those forests would be mon
strously foolish. 1t would be profitable TO those
who did the job, but to some immeasurably
greater interests 1t would be ru!nous. Millions
of dollars are now yearly poured into New
Hampshire by tourists and summer visitors,
and the spolation of the forests would greatly
deplete that golden flood. Nor would the dam
age be only local. among the mountains them
selves There would be disastrous effect ex-
tending far to east and west and south, even
beyond the boundaries Of the state, along the
courses of the rivers which rise in the White
Hills; for the Saco, the AmmonoOsuc and the
Pemisewa sset would be transformed from be-
nefcent and constant streams into caprlclous
things now running dry and now swelied Into
ungoyernable and destructive torrents
New York has done much to her credit and
profit to preserve the North Woods of the Adj
rondack region. The forests of the White
Mountains are no less precious, but in some
respects are of even greater interest 1t may
be problematic whether the comparatively small
and poor State of NewHampshire can do un-
aided what the Empire State has found no easy
task. 1t would be immeasurably harder for
New-Hampshire to rescue and to protect the
White Mountains than for New-York TO save
the Adirondacks But In some way and by some
body the good work should and must be done.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

that Governor Pennypacker will not be swerveu
from a clear duty by promptings OF personal
convenience or pennywise economy
Pennsylvania has, IN fact, neglected 100 long
to throw the necessary safeguards about the
ballot box The state tolerates parochial cleo
toral system which may have been good enough
fifty wears ago. but which, with the growth or
the larger cities. has now become obsolete
Permanent voting lists, on which name stands
unmolested so long as any one pays the poh
tax charged against it, are an absurdity outside
the villages and country districts. Annual per-
sonal registration is the only cure for the frauds
which have been practised on so gigantic scale
in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania lags behind its
contemporaries in countenancing lax election
methods 1t should take the first opportunity
to purge its voting lists and put its ballot box
suffers out of business.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

and condemned certain of their enemies, and II
the committee does not ratify their verdict there
Will be trouble. Nevertheless, we believe that
the great body Of the people will agree that
the committee takes the right course and VIII
support It, SO long as In following that course
II proceeds without fear or favor with every
analysis which In the end may show facts or
constructive usefulness.
Thus. for instance, there is the mysterious
s6S5, 600 loan. Now If that were merely case
where some illegal transaction was to be un-
covered for the sake of Showing up some
body and subjecting him to scorn or prosecu-
ton, we should say it was matter for the
mittee. 1t is,- however a matter of common
talk that a considerable part of that money
went in the form of political contributions to
both parties There is matter for legislation,
and II is the obvious duty of the committee to
probe the rumor to the bottom. without regard
to the possibly dsagreeable consequences to
collectors for either party. If 1T finds that
great corporation, whose funds are held in trust
for policyhoders. has handed out money to
politicians, either to serve the selfish purposes
Of its managers or to protect the corporation
from political attack, 1t should recommend new
laws to stop such practices. 1t cannot do this
without full knowledge OF the facts. Public
opinion will never be satisfied until all such
mysterious uses of insurance funds are revealed
and an appropriate remedy is devised. The
committee can safely disregard the jackals
whose only object is to disinter scandals, pro-
vded that ii firmly adheres to its policy of go
ing thoroughly into every transaction which
suggests the possible need of new law.