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New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
A HAPPY TURKISH POLICE CHIEF.
Zia Bey Glad To Be IN London-Had hs-
moved Hundreds Of Officials

London. Aug 25.-Zia Bey. the former head ot
Turkeys secret police who is in refuge in Lo7con'
in an interview to-day said:
am glad to be here, and I shall never retJsn s1a'
to Turkey You must remember that at tne oid
ding of nv suDer!Ors. / have been the means 3t
running ministers officers and government oE1
cals and 10 Turks. many of them members OF ",
honorable families. during my term OF o'SS'
disappeared.
II fnattered not who the persons were to be re-
moved the orders from the YildiZ Palace were IN.
pIiCitv Obeyed. To be denounced by the secret
police sufficient to ruin any one Jan you
wonder that Turkey has seen the last OF me-
The Porte administrative macalne csassu
to exist twenty five years ago, since Hen al tns
power has been centred In the palace. DO not
blame the Sultan entirely the chanberiafns en-
tfTeTy. Their power rested in sort OF worAlnH
agreement which enabled them to manipulate us
resources of the empire IN their own interests
Izzet Pacha. the Sultan's secretary is Feputed 20
have saved $500 900, which he has Invested In tne
United States. The Sultan himself has at ieast
SIS 900 900 invested IN Europe. this amount oenS
his percentages bribes from contractors for war
stores and army and navy supplies
often reflected that this could not go on Tor.
ever. but the end came more quickly than most o.
expected.
Zia Bev told Of his difficulties in making his
escape from Turkey. The Sultan. he said. Fa-ne1
him flee and he had to shoot man dead who
tired prevent him embarking, despite the disguise
he had adopted
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
MULAI HAT1G. THE NEW SULTAN OF
MOROCCO
photograph by Underwood Underwood New York;

This picture, the only one ever taken of Muiai
Hahg, recently came into the possession OF James
de Conlay, who has recently spent some months
travelling in Morocco and other Arab countries
He writes as follows:
In Morocco 1t pays to be orthodox. Muiai Hang
has just BEEN proclaimed Sultan of all Morocco oy
the grace of Allah, because he has never allowed a
photograph of himself to be made. while MS
brother, Abdel- AZiz, for si,-tsen years absolute
Sultan Is deposed and degraded before his people
ostensibly his interest in photography and other
christian deviltres'
The picture Of Mulai Hadg represents his one and
only fall from grace and secret was the whole
matter kept that up to few weeks ago no copy
of this remarkable photograph had passed out OK
his hands. 1t made early in 1907, at Morocco
City, by a European diplomat, whose government
the Pretender particularly desiTous or cu!aVat @
ing, and it only permitted on the distinct ur-
derstanding and on the diplomats word Of honor
that no copy should leave the person of the photos
rapher, and that ne should never snow II 10 any
while in Morocco. ~, .
Many interesting tales could be told OF the at
tempts made from different sources and for df-
ferent reasons obtain possession OF It. AT tfat
time the French intriguing to discredit Muial
Hafg in the eyes of all true believers and learn
ing of the existence of this picture. their secret
service men made many strenuous attempts TO Sc.
cure 1t, the idea being to publish postcards or II
and circulate them through Morocco. All attempts
to obtain possession OF 1t failed
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
THEATRICAL NEWS.

Dorothy Jordan has succeeded BsteIle Wentworth
as Lillian Lloyd in The Yankee Prince" Miss
Wentworth will be seen this season on the vaude-
vile stage
Frank keenan, has returned to the city He will
begin rehearsals tomorrow OF The Warrens Of
Virginia
Edwin Arden. Helen Ware and Jessie Izett will
appear with Arnold DAILY, at Waack's Theatre, in
a new play called THE Regeneration" The first
performance will occur next Tuesday night.
c. L. Waterbury, who recently entered the
vaudeville business. sent word to the newspapers
yesterday that he proposed to give what he calls
'Salome party his summer home in West
chester County next Tuesday evening. Gertrude
Hoffman, viii on that occasion give her 'Vsion OF
Saome'' The entire orchestra at Hammerstein's
Roof Garden will be there.
Nine. Zanini and signor Banfglia, Italian
dancers who will be in the new spectacle at the
Hippodrome, arrived in this country yesterday.
Henry ]. Pain will give another special exhibi-
tion of fireworks at Brighton Beach Saturday
night. The Fountain OF Fire Niagara Falls
and Moonlight" are among the novelties TO be ex-
h!bited.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
CONFER ON WATERWAYS MOVEMENT.
President Ransdell and Captain Ellison Meet
in Cineinnati-Send Out Letter.

Cincinnati Aug 25.-Congressman Joseph E.
Ransdell, of Louisiana, president OF the National
Pivers and Harbors Congre SIS, was In this city TO-
dav TO confer with Captain ]. F. Ellison, secre-
tary of the congress-, regarding the CohserEa'lo"
TeaSue of America, a organization which was
RECENTLY formed through the initiative of the Ma
1ional Rivers and Harbors Congress. The purpose
of the league is to develop and the natural
resources of the nation. and it has the hearty ap
,-o,-,, of President Roosevelt Mr.. Taft and w. J.
pr,.an Mr. Roosevelt is honorary president, and
Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan are honorary vice-presi-
dents It's active president is Walter L. Fisher OF
chicago and its ernbers will 6e the great organl-
cations especially interested In conserVa-
ton.
letter WAS sent out to-day by Messrs. Ransdell
and Ellison to prospective members calling for the
co-operation of all interested and pointing out the
objects of the movement.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
REAL SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.

From The baltimore Sun.
Very gratifying the fact noted by our Cumber
md corresDondent in Yesterdays Sun that min
lnx operations being RAPIDLY resumed and that
-&prsc ticaliv all the coal mines in Maryland and
yHS.s Virginia operating Work is on
'fuN time" that families enjoy the fun income
of bread winning members.
One widening Of the area OF activity produces
another. The increased output of the mines justi-
fes the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in calling out
additional engines and extra crews. business Of
various kinds reported to be picking up. Freight
tonnage in yards is now. double what II was in
June The lake trade calls for all the coal to be
had The firing OF a hundred coke ovens AT Mo-
nongah w. Va, brings back scattered workers and
there is said to he a general resumption OF work
I'm the ConnellsVilie district The prosperity OK
producers is reflected In that of merchants and
retailers at Fairmont. carksburg and other points
Various mines are preparing to Increase their out
put.
The whole series Of facts reported from cumber-
la nd in itself gratifying but is the more encour
aging In that il suggests generally improved
difion of the Industries that consume coal. well
as AN improved condition OF the general buying
public The whole country supplied with fuel from
Maryland and West Virginia is evidently enjoying
an Increased degree Of prosperity
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
HOME FOR VAUDEVILLE sYNDICATES
Five Story Building, Containing Theatre for
Rehearsals. Planned for 43d Street.

A five story Office building is to be erected IN
this city for the accommodation Of the Eastern
and Western vaudeville syndicates. the orpheurn
circuit and the United Booking offices Maf'in
Beck head of the Western syndicate, announced
Yesterday that ne had an option site In +Sd
streetseast of Eighth avenue.
A feature Of the building will be a theatre
amply equipped, in which the vaudeville acts for
the various circuits will be rehearsed- The public
will be admitted but writer's for the news
papers and magazines will be invited TO witness the
trial performances
An entire floor has been set apart for a producing
department. Another floor will be used for me-
chanicaI department, in which there VIII be an
elaborate photograph gallery and file for press
clippings. MI. Beck expects to begin the building
neyt month.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
Another Conference of Po7oers
Likely To BE Called.

Paris. Aug 25-The position of France regafuihs
Morocco is substantially as follows:
Mulai Hafgs victory and his proclamation as
Sultan at Tangiar lJ.,arentIy make him the master
of Morocco HcyCeVer. continue as sultan us
facto he must levy taxes, to levy taxes ne mus
maintain an army with which to impress ana hoio
the tickle tribesmen and to maintain an army nc
sty; gold is the goal around which the entire Mo-
roccan problem revoIves. For gold Hafig must look
to Europe: without it ne cannot hope to enduTe
It would be tactless and ruinOus for the powers
instantly to throw themselves at the feet or Muiai
Hafg and hail him the new ruler OF MOROCCO
him. and not that he is necessary to the powers
When France and Spain agree that 1t Is tune
for action the sgnatories 20 the Algeciras act VIII
be invited again to study the situation. and Mulal
Hafg probably will be recognized Hahg must
promise to subscribe the Algeciras act to bring
Europeans and to maintain a friendly attitude
toward the needed civilization in Morocco But
above all he must for the moment be allowed 10
''cool off,. which win give time for the situation TO
become caImer.
Hafig has been proclaimed Sultan Rabat and
Casablanca-
The members OF the diplomatic corps here have
asked their home governments whether they shall
recognize Muiai Hafg
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM MASON.

william Mason, who a Republican Presi-
Dental elector In 1895 died Monday night at his
home, No. 16S Franklin street Williamsburg, where
he had resided for more than half century Mr..
Mason would have been eighty three years old on
September g. He born in Hollis, Me- where
he learned the trade OF ship carpenter. Later he
became an undertaken. continuing in that business
for about fifty years He earnest worker
in the Kent Street Reformed Church and was one
of its oldest members. He was prominent in Ma
sonry and was an Odd Fellow. He of the
organizers of the Seventeenth Ward Bank. and was
a director until II became the Union Bank of
Brooklyn The funeral will be held Friday
evening at o'clock In the Kent Street Reformed
Chr1rc
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
CROWN PRINCE SHOCKS OFFICIALS.

Berlin Aug 25.-The officials in the Ministry OF
the Interior suffered shock on the receipt or the
last mail from the Crown Prince, who is taking a
wa "a tton from his duties In ministry. His high
ness returned bundle of reports which had been
sent him for pertlsaI with this the out
side:
Away with all this superfuous scribole
The Crown Prince, who has been studying the
work of the ministry the last year, is taking
great interest in a scheme to reform the business
methods Officials of the ministry who read the re-
ports sent back by the Crown Prince say that his
remarks inside the documents more pointed
than those on the outside.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
mUTtNY ON GERMAN COLLIER.

Brest. Aug. 25,-The crew of the German collier
Torcorp from Einden for Algiers mutinied last
night while the collier in the Channel. and
raked out the fires, anchoring for the night on
Conouet This morning they forced the pilot to
nut into Brest. The crew assert that the steamer
was leaking and in unseaworthy condition They
refuse to sail until repairs have been made
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
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THE WEATHER REPORT.
Official Record and Forecast.-wa

Official Record and Forecast.-Washington. Aug %.
Pressure is st low the Southern this.
with high the northward. caused con-
of the
atlantic states and
extreme Southern New England Ra been ex-
oeptionay heavy Caroinas and portion.
~ahlngs 5"r NOSE olS!llets In he lake region the
in the Dakotas. Nebraska, New Mexico and Arizona.
Riyr sHd II is SecdedIv cooIe5 ia the middle 4tIsntc
states II is much warmer in the plains states and
e09sT in 3 M9nfsnn m a daS % MEXICO 3b and
generally and the upper Ohio Valley and showers in the
the Northwest extending night Thursday
ALLEYS ana probably the western and northern upper
lake fheFe vi" @ @I BE i'sa n yna ang @
Thursday in the South Atlantic states In the west Gulf
weather be generally fair Wednesday THURSDAY:
Missouri valleys and the upper lake region and on
I3nfseay IN te ONO ifI he % ~ooe% wt5nes6a in I ,e
the Aaro and M nm rsntTsI @ 18th ROCK Monnain re r..
gion and Thursday the plains states. the Mis-
souri, and gprer Mississippi % alleys o., m ,. tr..
brisk east along the middle Atlantic Coast fresh to
5rs F p to brisk south to soutves along
coast light to fresh ana yaTia6le along the & west o Gulf
fresh mostly northeast TO east and on the upper
Steamers departing wednesday for European ports will
Wit the Grand Banks
Forecast for Special LocaItes.-For the District OF
columbia Maryland Eastern Pennsylvania and Eastern
New York rain to-day: and generally fair Thurs
aaE M frs eaafe Ro5eeas aa K &e@ ' rain today fresh to
brisk northeast east winds warner ana generally fair
THURSDAY
- yoy,iqr 10 day fresh 10 brisk winds gen
,2si,,. fair Thursday; warmer in the interior.
pennsylvania. fair In northern portion
portion to-day; fair and warmer
THURSDAY. fresh north east Winds
For Western New York partly cloudy to-day fair and
warmer THURSDAY; fresh east winds
Local Ofi,ial Record.-The following official record
from the shows the changes In the tenn
,eraturc for twentyfou hours IN comparison
vim the corresponding OF last year:
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
4 C.. VAN BCARCOM.

ST. Louis, Aug 25.-Information was received mere
TODAY Of the sudden death this morning Of ]. .
Van BIarcom of the National Bank OF Commerce
of St Louis one of the best known fnanciers
of the Middle West at his summer home In
the Adirondacks near Old Forge, n. Y. His death
was caused by Bright's disease
Mr. Van Blarcom had been in i'll health Tor more
than g. wear He went to the Adirondacks & month
ago accompanied by his wife and son Frederick,
their only child.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
THE ATTITUDE OF MuLAl HAFIe.

London, Aug 26.-The Tangter correspondent Of
"The Times says that Mulai Hafg authorized the
statement that he will abide by the Algeciras act
and will accept responsibility for the Moroccan
Foreign Boards debts, but will demand investi-
cation of the private debts of Abd-el-Aziz before
agreeing to pay them.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
IT COMMANDER ROSCOE SPEAR.

Norristown Penn, Aug. @--Lieutenant COM
rnander Roscoe Spear. L. s. NJ died at MS nome
near here Yesterday after suffering for ten years
,t+b y disease which he contracted while serving
in the Philippines during the Spanish-Amerlcah
War Commander Spear was thirty-slx years olo
One brother, Reginald Spear. is payrnaster on the
United States ship Salem, stationed at boston ana
ono,har RAYMOND Spear is surgeon on the hospital
shin Relief, accompanying the Pacific fleet.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26

NJ Becouerel began the Investigation OF pho.-
phorescent and fuorescent substances soon after
the discovery of the Roentgen rays, for the pur-
pose Of ascertaning whether their phenomena might
not be attributed to causes similar TO those which
paye rise to the properties of the Crookes tube
He found that they projected emanations entirely
different in character, and these emanations were
named BecQuerel rays
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
MR.. STRAUSS GIFT TO DUBLIN.

Dublin. Aug. 25.-At the presentation to-day OF a
pasteurized milk depot to the City Of Dublin,
Nathan Straus, of New York, warmly thanked
by the Countess of Aberdeen. wife of the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland and by the Lord Mayor Of
Dublin. A number of distinguished Irish physi-
clans also congratulated Mr.. Straus on his efforts
to provide pure milk products for the poor.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
THE MERRY WIDOW" IN BOSTON.
Try Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Boston Aug. 25-Henry W. Savage's production
of THE Merry Widow" began its Boston engage
ment tonight Half hour before the curtain
rose at the fremont Theatre the sale of standing
room tickets discontinued, and the police were
called three times during the performance to
clear the siSleS. the house attaches We're un-
able cope with the crowd. Miss Ruby Dale
who played the title role. and Donald Brian. who
appeared in the part OF Prince DanilO. with which
he has been identified for the last year. were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
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NEW EXPEDITION AGAINST CASTRO?

Reno New Aug 25-It is reported here that
General Raphael Ysabel Mendez. who has been
in Nevada since his escape from Venezuela after
the hattie of La Victoria in 1892. is organizing a
hlibusterng expedition to overthrow the Castro
government With the proceeds of a mining deal
Mendez started "A campaign for the outftting of
recruits johnny Poe, the Princeton football
nlaver is said to be connected with Mendez in the
aft
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
ANTOINE HENRI eEcoUEREL.

Paris, Aug. 2.-The death Is announced OF An
tome Henri Becquere1. the French scientist. NJ
Becquere1 held many posts in the scientific world
among them that of permanent secretary to the
Academy Of Sciences He was born IN 1852
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
AN ENGAGEMENT.


Pttsburg. Aug. 25.-Mrs, William Hodshp Rea
of Pittsburg and Point Pleasant, N j. out in
vitations to-day for the wedding of her daughter
Mafjorie Rea, to Henry Hughert Laughn. to take
place September 10 at the New Jersey home. The
young people each members of wealthy steel
families.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
ABD-EL-AzIzs FORCES GATHERING.

Paris Aug G5.-Dispatches from General d'Amade,
commander of the French forces in Morocco. say
that the scattered troops of Abd-eI-Aziz begin
ming reassemble at Settat. where Abd-el-Aziz is
The former Sultan is believed to be making prep
aratfons 70 reach the coast
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
WIND PREVENTS FLIGHT BY WRIGHTs

lie Mans Aug 25-Wilbur Wright did not under
take a fight in his aeroplane to-day account of
high wind. A dinner given in his honor this
evening by Baron d d'Estournees de Constant. Henry
Farman and Lazare WELLER among the guests
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
DONALD G. MITCHELL WEAKER.

IBy Telegraph The Tribune
New Haven. Aug @"-Douald CT Mitchell was
reported tonight his home In Edsewood
weaker although in no immediate danger. He has
not rallied from the attack last week of chronic
disease from which he had suffered for years Hope
of his recovery is not strong.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
NO ARREST IN LUARD MURDER CASE.

Seven Oaks. England. Aug 25-There has been
no arrest for the murder of the wife of Major Gen
oral Luard. The police have a description of a
man said to have been the scene of the
murder Yesterday They will probably try to pick
I'D his trail with bloodhounds.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
CEMETERIES
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New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
DEATH OF GERMAN DUKE.

Metz, Aug 25-Duke Karl BOrwin of Mecklen-
burg -Strelitz who had been suffering for some time
from a rheumatic affection of the heart, died to-
night. He was born in 1855
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
UNDERTAkERS-

FRANK T. CAMPBELL. 241-S West ed 50 Cnape"
Private public ambulances- Tel 13-4 CneiSee
Rev stephen Merritt. the woriJ known undss-
,atsr Oriv one place business sth Ave and 1Sts
g Iargest in the world Tel 124 and f25 Chelsea
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26

Bogota Aug 25-The session of the National AS
sembly has ended and statement has been Issued
saying that Colombia has adopted treaty OF
friendship and commerce With Japan, another with
Switzerland. a commercial and industrial treaty
with Great Britain and 1Scal convention with The
Holy A sanitary convention with the United
States. a customs tariff for the republic md "a bill
that the National Assembly meet every twelve
months have also been adopted. The country is
quiet
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26

Constantinople Aug 25.-The armored cruiser
Med iidieh which built by the Cramps at Phia-
oeIphia the Turkish government in l9O3 and has
been tied up at her moorinGs here for five years is
preparing to make her first trip since her arrival
She will soon go Smyrna 10 welcome the Creek
squadron.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
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Winnipeg, Aug 20.-Aexander Milton, paymaster
of the section of the double tracking oper
atoms on the Canadian Pacific Railway. and his
two assistants killed by train last night
sixtv-AVe miles of kenora.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26

warsaw Aug 10.-The authenticity of the paint
ing attributed to Rubens. The Descent from the
Cross" which found in the Catholic Cathedra
of St Nicholas at Kalsz has been established by
Count Mycelsk professor OF the history of art al
the Jagieion University of CraCow.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-26

St Petersburg, Aug 25.-Count Leo Tolstoy, who
has been suffering for time past with varfcose
veins ia showing Improvement. but has slight at
tack of influenza Yesterday he weak, but
to-day ne is much better.