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New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
MASSACHUSETTS, AND ITS MERGER.

There have been many attempts 10 make fun
Of the distinction between good mergers and Dad
mergers good combinations and bad combna-
rions and Of the proposal to permit the good ana
prohibit the bad But 10 judge from the cam
l,aign going on in Massachusetts the people gem
orally make a clear distinction and nave no op-
lection 10 large combinations as such but are
opposed only TO combinations that Will raise
prices. reduce facilities otherwise injuriously
eracr the pubIic interest. The chief issue in
Massachusetts this year is the proposed New
Haven and Boston & Maine railway merger
Now the Democratic party is in general coln-
rniffed against big financial combinations ana
railway mergers. and especially against monop-
oIies The proposed railway merger VIII De
nractical monoroly of the railway, coastwise
steamship and rural trolley lines OF large part
of New England Are the Democratic masses
snashing their teeth and tearing their hair at
the prospect of such an iniquitous monster :
Not in the least They appear rather TO like IT.
Despite the good Bryan rule that any concern
controlling more than so much-was ii 10 per
cenfp-of a given article or industry is an eco
ponic sinner they appear ready to embrace the
merger II is really popular. The leading cah-
saidate for the Democratic nomination for Gov
er,,or favors IT General Bartlett. the radical
candidate. after some fencing. has now declared
souarely against il and pledged himself TO secure
the most drastic twhy have the raoicais dl'-
pr0priafed that word: Everything they promise
is going 10 be drastic'l legislation 10 prevent it.
BUT the Massachusetts Democrats do not seem TO
be in a drastic mood toward the merger The
whitney strategsts, who had been working 10
draw from General Bartlett just such state
inent as ne has at last made, express pleasure
AT II and say il insures his defeat
Al a recent picnic of the Worcester County
Democrats the merger was not forgotten amid
ffe yrarer concerns Of the chowder. the Holsters,
the Goldfish and the beer 1t was very Donns-
brook fair oratorically ami among the men
trained up Ia the way they should think by
George Fred Williams and John b. Moran GER
tainy a good half ilowled loudly for the
merger as the other half howled against II.
When General Bartlett hailed the New Haven
Railway as this Ieper from Connecticut he
did rot express the unanimous sentiment of the
picnic Right there in = gathering scbooled In
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
ABOUT THE LOBSTER SUPPLY.

From The Boston TransCrlpJ-
That there is no unusual shortage in ths suf9,s
Of Holsters lust now is evident from inquiries
among the dealers who have been IN business many
wears Printed reports have been circulated w whlci
would lead the readers imagine that almost nq :
We're to be had. at least that there - .I. +,
a season when thev will be extremely difficult u
get even at very high prices. p~..
The fact of the matter is. the supply IN tlc n
ton markets has been quite good TINS seA''l
as at any time during the last nVe years Ia a,
last OF August or early September. IL appears
ant to see some shrinkage in the numbers orOesi ir
chiefly because the Holsters are shedding .,, -,
sIn.Ils During that period they hide away allu4s
th.. deep grasses OF the coast until the new &c a.,
is well hardened. Should they roam aooU- ,-sy
their native element they would IAN easy R.e
to other fish lurking round for dainty tdbits su ~
as their new formed covering In conseduelIee n,t
i'm the mean time the pounds along the Aanne Srsr
are well filled and toward the end OF inc .s.s-
IxeaL i'm SeDtember they will be drawn upon ~.
tro weeks or sn IL is likely TO happen tnae 80
Holsters will be less plentitui anu sohe"Ai'-
ban nov
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORFIGN-United States delegates to The
Hague received instructions from secretary Root
TO stick to the American plan for an arbitrator
royJrf The position of Brazil in regard TO
the international court Of arbitratlon was maue
plain in an official recital - General Druue,
after defeating another Arab attack, decloeo lo
extend his field of operations to six miles from
Casahlanca - Press criticism of the Spanish
governments policy continued - haisHii
Was said 10 have considerably modified his de-
rnands for the release Of Sir Harry MacLeaf;
Fears were expressed that the proposed
Congo treaty would fail owing TO partlsahS oi
King Leopold being on the commission
TIC-Announcement was made AZ
Oyster Bay. after a conference between fIesi-
dent Roosevelt and naval officials, that sixteen
battleships in the Atlantic feet would sail 10
the Pacific. via the Strait OF Magellan' some
-;,1oe IN neceuber Secretary of state
Root. washington was informed, is rapidly re-
generating al William Muldoon's sanatorium'
near White Plains. N Y - The Navy DE
nartment will push at the coming session Of
Congress the project for another large hoa1hg
drvdocI1 - General Aleshire, quartermasteT
general of the army, in his annual report. op-
T7osed substituting automobiles for any OF the
standard means Of army transportation -
Asa P French United States District Attorney
said Al Boston that President Roosevelt ana the
Department Of Justice were cohsloerlhs Wthe W
New Haren-Boston & Maine merger
Secretary Taft arrived in St Louis from Lex
ington. and after breakfast and luncheon TOOK
a train for Oklahoma City. where ne viii speak
to-day. The Massachusetts, Democratic
State Committee at Boston decided 0ennlueIy
the state convention - Governor hugneS
visited the camp OF the 4th Brigade Of the Ma
tional Guard at Farnham, n Y
CTTy-Stocks were weak at the close -
The officers Of the transit merger frankly ad-
nlirrec that books covering eleven years of the
financing of the companies had been destroyed
The meat drivers strike developed two or
three small riots. - Secretary CorteIyou an
uounced q new plan of depoSiting government
funds in New York, Boston and other cities TO
afford relief to the money market in the ap-
preaching crop moving period - Six men
were killed by a boiler explosion on a coal barge
AT Eyfehawken. - John II. Beatty was ap-
pointed Superintendent Of Parks, TO succeed
Frank Joyce. removed - Alderman Ehas
Goodman q Republican. acted Mayor in the
absence OF Mcclellan and MCGOWAN - The
Tax Departments report TO the Mayor showed a
big increase in land values.
THE WEATHER-Indications for to-day;
Showers The temperature yesterday: High
est, 75 degrees; lowest. Ga
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
Aho.1 PoooIe and Social Incidents

Dolan Mrs l. Townsend Burden and Mrs Charles
Chds.
Mrs. William F. sheehan and Mrs. Frank K
sturgis entertained few friends at luncheons to-
day
Francis Bergen.s Robert and Elisha Foster. Of
New York A j. A. Deyereaux. of Philadelphia.
and p " X Dangerfeld. of Baltimore registered
the Casino to-day
F. M Robinson and family have taken P1nard
Cottage No 8 for the remainder of the season
Mr. and Mrs Robinson are not strangers TO New
port for for several seasons they occupied Ar
leigh in Bellevue avenue which. during the last
two seasons. has been the summer nome OF MI
and Mrs. James b Hags1n-
Mrs. John ]. Wysong has issued lnV1tanons 20
a dinner to be given at her villa on next Thursday
evening
William RhineIander Stewart returned 70 New
port from Bar Harbor to-day. and IS tne guest OF
his brother Lispenard Stewart at White Lodge
Mrs L. Stewart Wing. Of New YORK, Is the sueH
of her daughter Mrs Austin Flint. ir. for the week
end.
Miss Margaret DIX. of New York. came TO New
port to-day to spend the week end as guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. Edward r Thomas
The annual meeting of the SpoutinG Rock Beach
Association was held to-day. l. Townsend Burden
was reelected president and Fl A y IsSIor sScre-
tarv and treasurer.
n was learned to-day that Mr. and Mrs j.
Iaurens Van Allen. who occupying WaHehurst
this season. are 20 bring their Newport season to a
close on September and return 70 tneir WINTER
home in New York
Paul Rainey has planned to take party OF
friends Including T. Townsend Burden and Ogden
L. Mills on a yachting trip Newfoundland IN the
near future The party will make the trip on Mr.
Rainey's steam yacht
center Hitchcock left here for New York to-day
for a few days stay
Miss NJ c. Goldman. who has been visiting IN New
York for short period. has returned TO her New
port cottage
Mrs W r Stafford. Of New York. VINO mas oeen
the e-uest of her sister Miss Ida Bliss, at Quarter
foil has ended her Newport visit and returned to
her home
Charles NJ Oelrichs arrived this evening ana
the guest of Charles H. Childs-
Mr. and Mrs A s Burden. who have been guests
Of Mr. and Mrs Ogden Mills. are now AT tina
Halcyon cottage
Miss Emily r Fish is the guest Of Mrs Charles
H Baldwin
Mrs Woodbury. Kane returned from New York
tonight
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

I'm the fullest possible extent at Inc HaSue III
1900 when some states were admitted TO the
convention as sovereign which were really pro-
tactei or under suzerainty, and the sovereignty
of which was therefore limited and Imperfect
Wa have perceived no intention on the part vi
tho nresent congress to recede from tnal gen
erouS position. Certainly nobody IN MS seiiseo
xvould dream of disputing that the sovereignty
of RraziI is as complete and as perfect as ui''
of any country in the world
IT Is however conceivable that for purposes
of aDportionment of representation or Oh eA-
nanses il might be found not only convenient
hr+ practically necessary to classify countries
aS belonging to first, second'sthlrd ana perhaps
o+bor classes Thus we should say that Mon
+eneero or Iuxemburg, with only quarter or
q million inhabitants. should scarcely nave as
numerous representation on the lnternatiohai
honob or he taxed as much for Its support as
Germany with her more than sixty mllllons
Co in the constitution of an international prize
court Brazil with a mercantile tohhage vi
2OOOOO might without the least derogatloh W
sovareionty concede a precedence of interest
to Great britain with her eighteen million tons,
or ovan to Norway. with her two million tons
aIheit in poprlation Norway is far INFERIOR to
RraziI We do not understand in other WofuS
that this proDosed classification OF states VIII
no or is intended by any one TO he ciaSSln
cation of degrees of sovereignty. 1t IS rath'r
n classification of estimated magnitudes OF IN
tarest in international affairs. and in that view
of # the action Of Brazil does not appear weii
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
An,uscnlentS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:l5-The Ham Tree
AERIAL. GASDEsNS-S s30-The Honeymoonefs-
ASrOR-2-s-l5-A Yankee Tourist M IN, p.,cb
BRIGHTON BEACH PAEk-2:3e-5;so-s o-AeA '-"-0-
C.ASINO-2.l5-s-l5-F Fascinating Flora
ESl-ANED-Llzna Park-Ireaualanu
RITE-2IneS-2s15-S-15-Th Little
EDEN MUSEE-Zhe World in Wax
CAERIt-K-2.l5-S -S.2G-Nhen Knights w nJ.s-
HANNERSTEIN'S ROoF-2i5-s:l5-A NlSh' ii
Rathskeller- - >,sa
HERALD SCaIIARF--2-I5-S-15-Th orcfilo-
NORTHUMBERLAND -Aiaeh6A4-
S.2o-Follies of 1907
LINCOLN ;ARE-2.15-s-Su-se17es
F.YlgCI-NI-22D-S:3 S:3e-DlVorcons
TyPTC--2.lFs Is-The Lady from Lane III. Naa
MADISON SQUARE ROOF GAfDEN-o~So- ~
the Millionaire rs-o,ro-rs
MANHATTAN BEACE-S=se-fa-Lls flrs"aho
KEW YOFRE-s-Adganced vaudeT1He
Nan OF the f1ouE-
S-2.g5-s-at-The Time Nne fAA0' ~ -
Girl
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
CAEARDS OF CAEABLANCA.

Tales of "unmentionable atrocities alleged
TO have been inflicted by the savage French
upon the gentle Moors at Casablanca are al
ready in circulation They are not unexpected.
The world is used to such things 1t has heard
of the atrocities committed against the pious
and peace loving Mahdi, the horrid oppression
of poor Theebaw, the savage outrages upon the
sovereigns of Ashantee. Dahomey and AMMAN.
Probably there are still those who deplore the
barbarlsm of Havelock and Neill at Cawnpore
and drop tears of pity at the mention of the
sanity and chivalrc Mana Sahib. There are
lots of queer things in this world of ours.
But these tales from Casablanca are simply
incredible. for q variety of reasons. For one
thing the French are not given to such prac-
tices. Granted that the Foreign Legion" does
contain some pretty tough customers and might
be inclined to commit some excesses, we may
be sure it's commander would not ''let it loose
to wreak its passions unrestrained in the full
blaze of the international lmelight at Casa
blanca with the eyes of all the world, and es-
pecialy of great, critical and somewhat
jealous power, fixed upon the expedition and its
doings. That the French government deliber-
ately planned and provoked the whole episode,
"as an act of petty revenge" is preposterous.
The notion. too. that France has purposely
provoked this trouble in order TO trump up
pretext for invading and annexng Morocco and
thus aggrandiZing herself is untenable. France
is not in tnat kind of business. She already
owns more of Africa than any other power.
She probably would like to own Morocco also.
But il is not 10 be imagined that she has any
inclination 10 undertake its acquisition nj this
time at the cost OF sending thither an army OF
one hundred thousand men or more for an in
definite time. She does not now seek colonial
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
TsaNsArIaNTlc TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail to-day for
Europe
PHILADELPHIA. FOR SOUTHAMPTON
y. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Ns~
Walter {. Burr. deventer
Mr. Mrs. l. F. Degen- Mr. and Mrs James Vuin"e@
James Meirose-
NINNETONKA FOR LONDON
J. d Arnt-i Miss L NJ Creighton -,
tase and John = Norrih
Clarence L. Barber ~ g Ogden
Mr. Mrs Richard J Z summers. r.
Fealev Johnston Morton
IICsANIA. FOR LIVERPOOL
Mr. and Mrs C. A Chap--iTimOthy J. Long
NAV lsfr and Mrs. Dawson Tur-
Mr. c. V Ed
wards iw. J. White
Mrs BLAND Holt.
FINLAND. FOR ANTWERP
W q Arnold IT, Edward BlackInOFs
Mr. and Mrs. For Charles W. Place
Mrs : VI Roosevelt
Mr. Edwin n. John II. Shsshan.
Mrs. Frank Hooper
Travellers who arrived yesterday rom snros"
ARABIC. FROM LIVERPOOL
General Mrs Henry c, Dr. and Mrs F'hihp ton'~'
douglas Laird
Mr. and Mrs Henry T. Mr.. Mrs 8. 81 penlS.
Bigger. lLr and Mrs u n lnU
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at the cost of weakening her
domestic establishment and adding enormously
TO her debt and to her taxation
We NAV expect a few excitable indlviduaIs 10
see red and talk yellow for a time. We may aiSo
take it for granted that in the discipinlhS VI
savage tribes deeds are necessary whlch "o.iiu
not he nIeasant in a Iady's drawing room but
there is no reason why the rational world
sbonId lose ifs eouipoise over either the true or
tbe imaginary
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
ARTHUR A. HOUSMAN'S FUNERAL

The funeral of Arthur A. Housman. the head of
tha firm of A. A. Housman & Co, of No. 20 Broad
street who died at his summer home at Babylon.
Long Island. Tuesday. was held at Temple
EMANUEL at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The
services were conducted by Rabbi Joseph Silver
man Among those i'm the throng which filled and
oyerfowed the temple were William Oliver. of the
firm of j. p. Morgan & Co; Sailing Baruch. Mr..
Housman's partner: Harry Content and j. c.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
FATHER GILLESPIE TRANSFERRED.

Philadelphia aug 22-The Rev. Cornelius Gi'-
Iespie rector Of the Roman Catholic Church -
the GeSu and president Of ST Joseph's Colege.
has been transferred St AlOysfUs's Church.
I.eonardtown. Md Father GsiIIespe's removal 10
an obscure field Is in accordance with the methods
followed by the Society Of Jesus. He is head OF
the Donegal Society of this city The Rev Denis
T OSullivan. Of Boston. will succeed Father thl-
eDfo
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

We desire TO remind our readers achO are
about TO geGUe the city that THE TRIBUNE icilL
be cent by mail to any address in this country
or abroad and address changed as often as de-
sired Subscriptions may be gtUen to yOur reg
uIQr dealer before IeaUjIg, or, If more cOnDe's.
stuf hand them fn at The TRIBUNE Office
See opposste page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Is '.The Brooklyn Eagle weary of well doing?
Though many out of town newspapers are MAX
ing inquiries, we do not notice that it is booming
with a true boomers persistency the candidacy
for the Democratic Presidential nomination or
Lieutenant Governor William Astor Chanler
THE Eagle" ought to recognize the advantages
of running a duplex Democratic Presidential
candidate with two individualities and possibly
with two sets of ideas.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
Nsm71ork DAILY Gribnre
SATURDAY, AUGUST "a, 1907

This newspaper is Oscned and published oy
The Tribune Association. Neao York corpora
tgon: Office and principal place Of business Trio
me BgfIdirg No ia Nassau street, heic YORK;
Ogden Mills, president; NGthdniel Iuff'e' sec
refQry and treasurer. The address OF the OF
foe-s is the Office of this neIcspdper.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
TREE PLANTED IN IVA STILL BEARING

From The Philadelphia Record n,rf
On tho Jaeob zimmerman farm. about one-it is q
,,,iIe north of Blue Ball Lancaster county,, ar
near tree which was planted In the year ts. .;, OF
,wo wears before the signing of the Decaraloa ane-
Indenendence The tree measures three dilu,r;rten
half feet across the stump There IL 20 ~.n bv
reror,I ~ m. age OF the tree. but IL II know 10
a well kept tradition handed down from - sns
son from the time of the first settlen.enl .ron 4
fruit this year.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
A WEDDING.

The marriage of Henry DYER Tiffany. of Port
Chester and Miss Eleanor Beatrice Gordon. of this
city was solemnized at noon yesterday in Christ
Church. New Haven. The Rev. John Oliphant, of
this city, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany will
spend the month of September in New England.
returning October 1 to Mr. Tinany's estate.
Foxhurst Port Chester
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
NEW YORK SOCIETY,"

o,o,s, Robert M THOMPSON is giving an all day
entertainment to-day board his houseooal' tiie
Flverglade, MontaUk, the party numbering dpou
a hundred guests, leaving Southampton os specA
train at o'clock this morning and returning 'h''
evening
The Ear, of stradbroke who is now in Canada.
is expected in Newport next week and VIII sani
early in September for England
Mrs Ritzema de Grove due here on Tuesday
from Europe on board the Kaiser Wilhelm H. ana
on her arrival will proceed to Monmouth Beaon 10
STAY with Mrs Ernest Fahnestock-
Mr. and Mrs Herbert L. Satterlee. who have
been staying at Newport have returned to their
country place at Highland Falls. ~ l.
Mrs T. J. Oakley RhineIander. who is now in
Europe is booked to sail next week for New YORK
Mr. and Mrs William B. Dnsmore are staying
with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Delafeld. at YORK
Harbor. Me.
Mrs John r Hall and Miss Susie and Miss
Katherine Hall have been spending the summer at
Morristown N j.. and return to town next week
Mrs John Price wetherin and her two sons have
returned from Europe and are staying at the 81
Regis.
Mr. and Mrs James ". Gerard have gone to
Bar Harbor Me- after spending week at New
port.
The Right Hon Alfred Lyttelton who was Secre-
tary of State the Colonies in the last Bal
four administration, sails next week for America
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Edey staying for a
few days the st. Regis
Mrs II. Dillon Ripley and Miss Annah Ripley
who have been spending the summer at Bar Har-
bor will return their place at Hampstead Long
Island at the end of next week for the fall
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph 70 The Tribun

IBy Telegraph 10 The TrfbuneI
Newport r l. Aug Z3.-There was another large
gathering of the cottagers at the Casino this morn
ing to witness the tennis tournament matches.
Dinners were given tonight by Mrs. Clarence w.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

II the showers which said TO have proved
inconveniently copious over Cape COD TINS week
could have visited the vicinity of Buzzards s Bay
where forest fires have been In progress they
1r,ouId have been extremely welcome. Perhaps
N. ner+ distribution of rain in Massachusetts
will be more benehcent.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
NOTED cAPucHlN REPORTED DYING.

Pittsburg Aug 2s.-The Very Rev. p. Hyacinth
Epr five times head of the Capuchin Order in
America and one of the oldest Capuchin priests in
the country is said be dying In st. Aphonsus
Monastery in Wsst Virginia
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Indigo is one of those few products OF syn
thetic chemistry which are cheaper than the
natural supplv In consequence, a once hourlsh-
ing industry in the East has been nearly eN-
tinguisbed But now it is reported from lilol'
that the older process has been so simpiified 'hat
If can once more compete with the new one ana
that the cultivation of indigo may again become
profitable This is not an unreasonable nope
but fresh rivalry may stimulate the chernls's u
endeavor to make their present methods less
eynensive.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

The Sioux warrior who killed hinseif oecauSe
his newly acquired mother-in-iaw deciiiie" :"
accent seat at the family nresiue seo' ~
have turned the joke on the mediterranean" 'oAo
makers.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

The meat strikers are exceptionally co'.Siue
o+o T. is said 10 be a salutary thing to abstain
from meat in summer
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

The Earl of Stradbroke. who is no" IN Csnau0' IAN :
is expected in Newport next week ana VIII sf
early in September for England
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
NEGRO CHILDREN GO, TOO.
Form One of Tribune Fresh Air
Fund Parties to Country.

Three large parties OF children were sent to tho
country yesterday by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
OF these none was more interesting than seventy
seven little negro waits that took the boat for
Atlantic Highlands. N J., from where they went
to Eunice Home, at Chapel HILL
They proved to be a merry crowd as they vers
gathered on the wharf. Some OF them danced:
some of them sang. while others were engaged in
answering the questions OF other passengers for
the boat. Several received presents as II became
generally known who they were
Two other large parties went TO make Up tia
davis o1ota Of children In the morning fifty boys
went TO ST Helen's the home which John z Par
sons supports InterIaken. while in the after
noon Happyland. at Tenafy. y J.. received its
sixth consignment of fifty girls
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Mrs Ritzerna de Grove is due here on IuesdaA
from Europe board the Kaiser Wilhelm H. ahe
on her arrival will proceed to Monmouth Beacn t'
STAY with Mrs Ernest Fahnestock-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Mrs II. Dillon Ripley and Miss Annah Ripley
who have been spending the summer at Bar Har-
bor. will return their place at Hampstead. Long
Island. the end of next week for the fall
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Mr. and Mrs Herbert L. Satterlee. who hav
been staying Newport have returned TO thei
country place at Highland Falls. n. I.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

The Right Hon Alfred Lyttelton. who was Secre
tary of State for the Colonies in the last Ba
four administration sails next week for America
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Edey staying for
few days at the ST. Regis
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

RemittanceS. preferably by check. postal monsy
order or express order. should be made payable
and addressed 10 the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. New
York
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24

Mr. and Mrs James ". Gerard nave gone
Bar Harbor, Me- after spending week at New
port.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
,AR1r. rRnN IIvERPOOI.

Or. and Mrs. Fhilip ConHs'
Douglas Laird
+. Mr.. and Mrs. 3. 81. Ien
lpr. and Mrs n. Fl ThoT''ss-