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New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
ACT ON DRAGO DOCTRINE
Members of Rio Committee Merely
AdUise Its Consideration.

Rio Janeiro. Aug. 1.-THE International
American Conferences committee on the Drago
Doctrine to-day decided 20 report In favor OF
recommendation that individual governments
taking part I'm the conference consider the ad-
visibility Of presenting the doctrine to the
Hague Tribunal for deliberation not only U-ith
regard to the forcbe collection Of public debts
but of ali Pecuniary claims Argentina was
routed on all points in the discussion
The committee patents trademarks and
copyright concluded it's work to-day with the
adoption of a resolution recommending the for
nation OF an American union OF patents. trade
marks and copyrights. with registration offices
at Havana and Rio JaneirO. The two registra-
uon offices are for convenience. but IL is con-
tempiated that they shall he made practically
one through monthly interchange Of all docu-
ments II is also recommended that each con-
uacung country shall remit monthly TO all other
countries IN the union all records Of patents
trademarks and copyrights granted by it
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
ST. sw1THIY AND THE JOYS OF LIFE.

ST. SWITHIN AND THE JOYS OF LIFE.
Our venerable friend ST. Swithln, the some
times wet and sometimes dry, has badly failed
this year, as usual. He started off with q most
portentous show Of persistent slOppiness, and
kept 1t up for the greater part OF thirty days
But when yet more than ten days from his goal
he acquired what the elect OF Boston call cold
feet, heaved his watering pot into the middle of
next week and vowed that the rest of the season
might be as arid as an Asbury Park cafe for
all he cared! 1t was perhaps just as well for
his repute that he did sO For those who want
to believe in his infallibility will declare that
twenty-eight or thirty rainy days in the forty
prove the old saying true just as cOnclusively
the whole forty would, and against such logic
and such faith as theirs even the gods themselves
contend in vain.
But really 1t was worth while to have all the
patter about the meteorological bishop, and all
those weeping skies and sodden airs, and all
those days and nights of supersudOrium heat
just for the sake OF the contrast which came so
quickly and gratefully afterward For this
week our capriCiOus climate seems to have been
trying to show what it can do in the way
Of perfect summer weather. What rare
a day in June, QuOtha? Pray note what
August day can bel Hot at noon, of course,
since there are still crops to be rpened. Tenn
perate in the evening, that folks may take
their pleasure at COney Island, at the roof gar
dens, at the theatre on the road, on the water,
indoors or out, in entire comfort free alike from
fever and from chills. 4 little cooler at mid
night, to induce refreshing Sleep and actually
bracing in the morning, 10 give men an inspiring
start for the day. We are not banking on the
endurance OF such conditions beyond the present.
But they have endured thus far for several days,
and the man who has not appreciated and en-
jOyed them is Of uncommOnly small deserts
Indeed, there are lots of the joys of life lying
around loose for all who will take the trouble
to pick them up or who will even simply accept
them when they are freely offered. OF course,
there are thOrns on the roses, but how sweet the
roses are! There are mosquitoes and then
on the Jersey marshes but just look at
the millions OF malOws which make the whole
landscape rOseate. The weeds have grown ex-
travagantly in the garden. but note the wealth
of clematis and gOldenrod by the waysde. The
hOnk and the reek and the clana of the auto
mobile asSaii the senses on the great highways
but there are many leafy byways whera the
gospel Of macadam has not yet been preached
! and which ara still sacred to mere horse and
foot. There are tiresOme ana revolving topics
in the daily news. but what lots of interesting
things are happening in the world st. Swithin
may be bore and a nuisance with food or
drOuth but he who is "lnteger vit;e scelerisoue
purus,' can snap his confident fingers at Saharan
heat, Caucasian cold, the flOOd8 of Jupiter Plu.
vtus and the wolf Of the Sabine woods
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

thousands Of valid claims. Tho task OF sort
Ing the good from the bad and Of so exposing
the fraudulent nature OF the bad as to ieaVe
no reasonable ground for criticism OF the conf
missions Judgment truly herculean. lt
was the more complicated by the circumstance
that while most Of the claims were Boer OF
British, there were moro than two Thousand
put forward by citizens of foreign countries
amounting to nearly f1,5ooooo. OF these con-
sderably more than half. In both number or
claims and amount claimed, were German and
Russian though Holland and America contrib
uted many and Italy, Austria, Scandinavia anu
France were all numerously represented These
foreign claimants appear to have averaged the
worst of the lot, for the commission sustained
fewer than seven hundred out of the more than
two thousand, and awarded them only fl356lS
out OF the f472,000 which they demanded. 1t
is an uncommonly good thing for the Trans
yaal to have this botherSome business settled
In advance of the establishment of self-sovern-
menf
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
About People and Social Inciden,. ,.

forty. were taken 60 the vaudeville q.
Park Dinners were also given By l1rs r,.'ais
Vanderbilt. Mrs Natalie schencI- Collin, r.,'s-,i
George S. Scott a'a u
Mrs. William B. Leeds gave dinner an
evening. at which the Hengler Sisters a,--s-ss
peaFed. The stage was erected in tbn - q.
II was the first affair OF the kind given n 'r
this season. 7fsa-
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Waterburv bs,.
from New York and are the guests Of NJ 49,
Payne Whitney. They made the trim - - ~
York by automobile and made the be,s - - sss
tween the two cities yet made By auv - - - =
tasers- They left New York al II osc,,,,. = o''.
morning and arrived at Newport at 8 o'ol,.-.- :. .
evening. making stops at New Haven -. = q
don and SaunderstOwn The distance h. ~
tween the two cities Is 17s miles. ana -. - =
looked on as fast one
Mrs. John Nicholas Brown has ssnt ON. 60
a large reception. which she VIII give a. -,
Court to- morrow afternoon. on the oeeaa,," - -
opening OF her new villa. which has iu,t ba.-- g
pleted The villa Is Of the show plaesz - - =
port. overlooking the waters OF Narrae,D,ss. = =
and an ideal place for entertainments ons - - -
The cOttagers are taking an interest IN 1F,-'
ing OF money for the benefit OF the 7ruts--s -
Society OF Newport The recent subscribe - -
and Mrs. Nathaniel ThayeT. $50: Mrs G. n 60. 80
$50: Mrs Edwin d. Morgan. S25. and wr, =
Mallory. $40
Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt has not 49,
social circles since her return fom saraso,, -.
IN the week. as she IS remaining on adv,rs -
physician as quiet as possible at Sandy Pofn. -
This does not mean that Mrs Vanderbns d, -
ously III. but Il Is thought advisable for hs--.---
main quiet and regain her strength bess-. -.
ing into the social activities. Mrs Geory. rs,-
still Mrs. Vanderbilt's guest. and she recs,r-. =.
friends at Sandy Point Farm as usual
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
BOER WAR "DAMAGES -

Now that it is proposed to give self govern
ment to the Transvaal COlony--which will prob
ably mean BOer governmental is of interest
to note some phases of the preparatory work
which the imperial government has been doing
for that and the Orange River Colony while
they have been under Crown rule For three
years the Central Judicial Commission has been
diligently engaged in investigating and adiudi-
eating claims TO indemnity for losses sustained
during the Boer war. 1t has been cOmpli-
Gated and vexatiOus job in which it was i'm.
possible 10 please everybody, and I'm which
indeed there were many who ought not to have
been pleased; but the commission appears to
have performed it in generous and impair
tial spirit. and to be entitled to much credit
for its labOrs. The magnitude of the work NAV
be estimated from the fact that 63,O79 claims
have been investigated and passed upOn and
that a fund of f9500O00 has been admins
tered
But those large figures indicate only a part
of the trouble. Many of the claims We're OF
the most dishonest and even farcIcal descriD-
ton, so that the work of the commission was q
daily struggle against perjury and fraud. Thus
fellow who filed a big claim finally con
fessed that he began the war with nothing ana
lost nothing. One, whose fowls had been taken
wanted not the value of the fowls but that
OF all the eggs they might have laid had they
been left to him. One wanted the wages he
would have earned had he not enlisted or been
drafted into the BOer army. One wanted 10
shillings a day wages for all the time he was
a prisoner Of war. One wanted $50 for team
OF horses which had cost him only IS shillngs
A woman demanded 1855 for her horses but
it was found she had had only one poor nag.
which had been looted by a BOer to whom she
was engaged TO be married. Another woman
claimed indemnity for "loss OF honor because
the man with whom she lived, but TO whom
she was not married. was depOrted from the
country.
There were thousands of claims OF such char
meter these, and, OF course, there were other
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

both directly and Indirectly by a shock last
Ing five seconds.
Many of the massive buildings In that city
are believed to have been wrecked the heaVy
masonry IN vogue there being conducive 20
srIch q result and 1t is not improbable that
hundreds of the residents were buried In the
ruins Fires too, have apparently broken out
in many places and these may be the cause or
greater destruction than was due to the col
lapse of shattered walls. Inasmuch as Santiago
is only seventy-five miles distant from VAL
paraiso grave misgivings were excited by the
lack of information concerning It's fate, anu
these were the more warrantable because its
population (nearly 3000O0) Is almost twice thae
of the seaport from which the first tidinss were
received.
Iquiuue. the vicinity of which is said to have
been the centre of the seismic disturbance, Is
eight hundred miles or more up the coast lt
is not unlikely, therefore, that several smaIi
cities to the northward of Valparaiso have sur
fered The people of Mendoza, over on the
Argentine side of the Andes, were badly fright
ened as well they might have been. An earth-
quake In the neighborhOOd of that city In looo
killed seven thousand persons. On the pres
ent occasion, however. it was practically un-
harmed.
When the exact proportions of the latest
disaster in South America are revealed with
reasonable dlstinctnesS, comparison Will be IN
vited with others already on record. Valpa-
raiso has been severely shaken several times
before. In 1851 about four hundred buildings
were wrecked there. A shock Of no greater
violence now would be attended by far more
serious consequences, because the city has
grown greatly in the last half century. The
loss of life in Quito in 1859 has been estimated
at five thousand, in Caracas in 1872 at twelve
thousand and in several cities in Peru and
Ecuador which suffered simultaneously in 1868
at twenty-five thousand.
A phenomenon which has more than once
been observed on the Pacific coast OF South
America after an earthquake is an elevation
Of the coast above its former level. The differ
ence amounted to four or five feet at Valpa-
raiso In 1922, was fully as great at Concep-
cion in 1885, and ranged from five to eight feet
near Valdlvia two years later. Charles Darwin
once declared that there was evidence OF an
upheaval along the Chilian coast in compara-
lively modern times which ranged from 1,OoO
TO 1900 feet. Vertical displacements along the
line of geological fault are common accom-
paniment OF one recognized type of earthquake
and careful scrutiny may reveal that something
of the kind has occurred this week near Val
paraisO.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
THE GILLIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Though the full truth will probably not be
known for two or three days. there is reason
for fearing that the central and northern parts
Of Chill have experienced another Of the disas-
trOus visitatons 10 which the Andean region
Of South America is peculiarly subject. The
complete interruption Of telegraphic cOmmuni-
cation by the overland wires TO Argentina and
bv cable up the west coast OF the continent
for several hours did not in itself justify
much alarm comparatively slight disturb
ance might produce that effect. What appear
10 be authentic reports, however, have at last
reached the outside world, and these indicate
that in Valparaiso great damage has been done
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold s. Mnotts who have been
spending their honeymoon In Europe. will arrive
to-day from abroad and win proceed irnrnsdiatey
to Newport 20 stay with Mrs. Minotts parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William III. Sands, whose guests m
cludo Miss RosamOnd Street.
Eugene Higgins's stay this side OF the ocean
10 be of short duration. for he has arranged 20
his steam yacht varuna. The latter Is no" at
Newport with its owner on board
Reginald Do Koven has now entirely recovered
from hts recent illness and has Joined Mrs DE
Koyen az Newport.
Miss Electra Havemeyer has left town for New
port. where she is staying with Mrs Harry l.
Peters.
J. Pierpont Morgan. who has been cruising on
board his yacht CoFsair OF the coast OF Maines Is
now at Bar HarbOr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. TwOmby now at
Lucerne. In Switzerland. and will return 90 this
country in October.
Miss Gabrielle Warren. the young daughter OF MI
and Mrs. Whitney Warren, who underwent an oD-
Grafton for appendicitis few days ago at the
hands OF DR.. w. T. Bull. is now on the road 70
recovery.
George H. Morgan who has spent the greater
part of the week in town, has returned TO his
country place at Lenoa.
Mrs. F. D. Carley. mother OF Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man. is spending the summer at White Plains
Mr. and Mrs. Gerala Livingston HOyt and Miss
Julia Hoyt have arrived from Europe. Miss HOyt
is now staying with Mrs. w. d. Morgan at South
aupton.
Mfr and Mrs. William Earl Dodge. who are
abroad, will sail next week for New York
Miss Cornne Douglas Robinson. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Is staying with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles II. Henderson at their camp in
the Adirondacks
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
APPOINTS J. S. HARLAN.
President Names Justices Son Tor
Commerce Commission.
rBy Telegraph to The tribunal

r,,,ssa- Raw. Aug I7.-Presidenr RooseVeis e'--
,1sta1 TO-DAY the roster Of the 1rterssafe Col'
merce Commission by appointing James 5. Aa.A.
OF Chicago. to the last vacancy Nj asla lam -
son Of Justice Harlan. OF the Supreme CoeL.' @--
for a time was Attorney General or zorro A'l.o.
General John NJ. Wilson. l. ;. Il Vl.E-., Vs-'-s
Cleveland H. Dodge OF New GorA' sl@ S1's-s - -,
F4obbeq- an English army officer. who is IN tls
country on a tour OF inspection. were entert-ls-
luncheon by President Roosevelt tnls alt5il5.
SagamOre Hill left here this morning for 6as..-
after holding conference with The Presldens ~ p
the merits OF various candidates Ior Vaedls5lss "
the federal bench in several Western CisClelS
Mr.. and Mrs. ngWOrths who nave ose1 49, ~
Sycamore Hill since their return from EuIo[5 ~
here this forenoon for Washington ana ClA'@
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
THE FUNERAL OF MRs. cRAlalE-

London. Aug. 1.-THE funeral services TODAY
over the body OF Mrs Pearl Mary Teresa Craigis
Cohn Oliver Hobbes) the novelist and drauatist an
the Jesuit Church. Farm street. were largely ar
tended Ambassador Reid and Mrs. Reid ana MANY,
other Americans and a number OF English authors
and writer's were present Mrs John Morgan RiCh-
ards. mother OF Mrs. Craigie Is H. and was nor
present After n requiem mass MOnsiRnOr Browne
made an address. In which he dwelt especially on
tne deeply rei!gious IKE oE tho dead woman The
burial followed at KenaG Green CtustacSs
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

We desire to remind our readers whO are
about to Ie0re the city that The TRIBUNE tCiH
be sent by mail to any address in this country
or abroad, and address changed as often as de-
sired. Subscriptions may be OiUen to your reg
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Genf, hand them in at THE TRIBUNE Office.
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
LAST EFFORT OF A DYING SYSTEM

FFOn The bufIaIO News
BY bare majority ard BY parsUadtng one - -
20 change his vote. che old role OF the boss ,1
ttnued unless the committee takes the case IN s- I
again when Il meets Just before the co9Ve-,T y. ~
date. IL looks 70 The News Ike the lesa les'.s- -
Rirlng EFFORT or diving system rather than eScrS SrS
tiOn or whether u shall be King Los or hiis o-fr
An immense proportion OF the Republican s.lSS-ssS.
Or the state Is clearly with those who p4elee,.is
that the committee and not tho chairman sl'
organize the convention - -
Nothing could very well make the postllo- =,
Governor Higgins and hts friends clearer theA -
line-up for and aEainst more bossing-
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
THE WHOLE PARrY's DUTY:

from The jamestown Post.
TX as seems clear 70 many Republicans. GSySss r.
hissins IA not the most valuable man 20 49,.
that contest" q Is equally important that the ~
marion f0r Governor shall not be made oS = 80
credited leader like MI Odeii The party ma N57-
~ 20 make grateful recognition of his great 49,
ties as an organizer BY re-eleCtiag him chairr I'm
the state committee. but u has not yet lnveg -
20 name the candidate. That Is thu duty q. =
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
IS A FIGHT WORTH wHuEs
From The Buffalo Express.

FROM Ine BuifalO Express
Is It not time for the Republican voteTs-tna ~
who support the party because they believe p -.
90 inquire what this fight in which the leatefs
plunStng is abOUt2 What principle IS invoNS--s
What is there at stake that IS WO-th hghrils 49,.
Ask the Odell man and he can only answer tnt. 80
Is standing by his leader Ask the Higgins ma -.
hts only reply will be that he is standing z! -
leader And Il IS to this thar the whole nel- -
duces under analysis mere question OF w. -
sOnalities. both OF them infinitely small as coupSs
with the greatness OF the Republican party ~ -
aggregate. Is the hght worth Whilal
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

BY means of a device which has been perfected
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. it IS said that the
accuracy of a rifiemans aim at target practice
can be determined with precision. even though
he does not fire bullets. The performance re-
sembles learning to swim without going near the
water. but there may be something IN the story.
This is an age of paradoxes.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
ODELL Is RIGHT

From The Rochester Post-Express.
Odell is preaching the doctrine that The -,
Express" has been preaching for months. 49,
the use OF taking chances with Mr.. Higgins -. 49,
stronger. abler. more popular. and more cooEaeo~
men are available -
Why run any unnecessary r!skSf Is theIS -
good reason why the eight hundred thousangI -
publicans OF this state shouldn't 50 into 80
under the leadership OF their best and GbleSc 1l1
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
Mr.. FAIRBANKS TO REVIEW TROOPS

Fort Benjamin. Harrison. md. Aug H-bTisf
der General Carter. in command OF i've tIolsA1-
troops in camp. has planned 20 make the VIZ q
Vice-President Fairbanks tomorrow an tnpsasai''
ceremony. Orders were issued to-day fOz re e5 e.-
and signal COrpS-tO pass in review bS<GFe y1s ~
President. who will be received IN camp VIE ~
lutte OF nineteen guns.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

Acting Mayor MCGOWAN has discharged with
credit his duties temporary head OF the city
government at a time Of stress. when some other
officials were carried away by the desire Tor
cheap popularity. Perhaps he has done nothing
more deserving OF credit than his perfect ex-
preston of the city's opinion of Bird S. Coler
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
AN UNJUsTIFIAB1B ATTACK
n The New York Evening Mail

from me New 4OFk EVenlnS MAI
Time was IN the history OF Republican polsse'
when an interview by the chairman of she lss-.ssS
can State Committee OF che character e t1s -.
interview last Wednesday morning WOull 49, 49,
for t.
In those days the state COMMITTEES was eonposssss
OF men who thought and acted for theEnsalve- -.
were not to be called 70 the chairman -. -.
and ordered to reverse themselves alnlesS 49,.
their original vote had been recorded Ihe -;
chairman was their campaign manager uat sS~
political boss
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

The conslderate deposit company that puts up
notices on unoccupied houses that all the jew
ery and silverware have been removed ana
thus saves burglars the trouble and inconven-
ience of working for nothing. should supple
ment it's notices by stating where the articles
referred to are now deposited. A little thought
fulness of this sort would be appreciated by the
burglar in these hard working days Of his pro-
fession
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

Chicago has put its freight traffic instead OF
its passengers below the surface Of the streets.
Possibly this may solve the rapid transit prob
lem in the Western city. which. II so. is to be
congratulated. Every would rather travel
in surface cars, If the requisite speed could be
safely secured.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A prisoner in Hungary who is 1Os years old and
who had spent fifty years In Jail, was recently re-
leased He protested against this eviction from his
home of half a century and at once committed a
crime that assured Ais reimprisonment.
True!-"'The opinions Of most people, remarked
the moralizer, depend the point Of View
That's right" re1oined the demoralizer. They
usually say thing to your face and another be-
hind your back.''-Chicago News.
Archery was compulsory practice In Eng
land. fine of a halfpenny was enforced In Ed
ward HIS reign for abstalning from archery after
church Sunday mornings. Good arohers were
the national defence. 1T is worthy game.' said
Bishop Latimer "a wholesome kind of exercise.
and much commended in physc."
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

''TTncle Joe' Cannon was cOatless and his
collar was wllted when he received his eigh-
teenth consecutive nomination for Congress.
After the race his opponent will be wearing
Wilted collar.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

The quick lunch is now said 70 be the chief
cause Of divorce. The courts and the doctors
have not yet agreed which is the quicker, tho
lunch or the divorce.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18

nation that can spend S4OO.Oooooo In auto
mobiles within three four years is undoubs-
edly prosperous Whether it Is wise is another
question.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
WHATS THE UsE?''


What's the use?'' Bill Jones 'ud say.
F'orty-'leven times a day.
Me an Bill was boys together:
Chummed il in all kinds O. weather.
Had an awful time with him
Teachin' him 20 learn to swim.
Never learned IT, anyway.
What's the user Bill Jones 'ud say.
What's the use?'' was all he said
When we asked him II he'd wed.
Girls, they sOrter liked him, too.
Didn't smoke, nor drink, nor chew.
Seemed as If he didn't care.
Guess he didn't even swear.
Mention girls. an he'd turn red.
Whats the use?" was all he said.
whats the use?' he said to me
When l paid his rent. You see.
Times was hard, an Bill was broke
Well, paid it-that's no Joke.
Bill was always sOrter slack.
When I asked him fer Il back
Might "a knOWed how IL 'ud be.
Whats the user" he said to me.
What's the use?'' Bill Jones II say
FOrty-'leven times a day
When the pearly gates he'll reach
He'll get Off his little speech.
Less he grows a lot disCreeter,
When he's welcomed there an Peter
Asks him to come in an stay.
Whats the user Bill Jones IL say.