Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-03
A BREACH OF THE PEACE.

During the illness of Mrs. Harrison these
pseudo-scientists RETAINED from their expert
ments lest they should hasten her death. Has
no other sick person any rights2 There may
have been others, whose illness was not neces-
sarily mortal, to whom the shock of these explo-
sions would be fatal. II regular physician
should certify that his patient died from the
effects OF such shock to the nervous system
would not an indictment for manslaughter hold
against the perpetrators?
The suffering caused in large civ nv such
an outrage is beyond computation. A repeti-
ton Of il will bring concerted action by a num-
Der Of sufferers, who believe there Is legal
means OF protection against such assaults''
WILL SUBSCRIBE TO PROSECUTE THEN.
Mr.. H. d. Seymour takes q business view Of
his Indignation. He writes:
II there is any way by which the parties
who tortured the citizens Of Washington last
night by the internal bombardment at Fort
Myer can. be prosecuted l will subscribe 800
toward fund for that purpose"
LET THEM 90 QUICKLY.
Another gentleman, after denouncing the
bombardment, writes:
They say they are about to go away to some
arid place Let them go quickly, and would
the place might be as arid as-well as is neces-
sary to have them at explosives and all
MIGHT RESULT FATALLY TO THE SICK.
MIR. Cooper McGinn looks at the question
from medical standpoint. He writes: The
bombardment at Fort lIyer last evening has
caused no little discomfort to many residents
OF this city, and perhaps in some cases the re-
suits may go far beyond discomfort
Where population is centralized diseases
OF the nervous system are always to
be found in considerable number The
shock resulting from such explosions
as those of last night, felt though they were
In Washington. might result dangerously il not
fatally to the sick whose life is hanging in the
balance.
We rope our street to prevent the rumbling
OF wagons in front of the dwelling where the
doctors patient is in a critical condition.
Why. then, should this terrific atmospheric
disturbance be permitted to be carried on in
such close proximity to the houses and homes
of $50 900 people!
The United States has experimental grounds
and proving grounds removed from any cen
ter OF population and 10 these points should the
rainmaking experiments be relegated. They
may do incalculable damage here"
DENoUNcEs THEM As NUISANCE.
A well-known government official de-
nounces the nuisance vigorously and then saws:
'Wbat does it matter il the people are divided
on the question of eternal torment II there is
to be none we want none now that can be
avoided, and if a wicked city must suffer eter-
nally we want no samples In advance. Perhaps
they think they are progressive. driving things.
II so they have very loose hold on the reins,
as the rain seems to be getting away from them.
''If they are determined to raise thunder and
make the night hideous, /, for one, suggest that
they get farther away from the city, where peo-
pie will appreciate their reign and then thunder
away until the heavens happen to weep, while
We grin over their departure"
WILL GET NO MORE APPROPRIATIONS.
Another newspaper man, Mr.. Clus Crom-
well, has this to say:
whether the dynamite fends of the Dyren-
forth outfit brought about this mornings
showers or not they certainly succeeded in
raising storm of indignation in my neighbor-
like North Carolina Congressman whose
quinine supply has run out, and the windows
ratified like castinets. That scientists
heaven save the mark!-with new
discoveries are like bows with new drums
was illustrated anew by the senseess and out
rageous performances of the early morning.
and outside of the annoyance caused to healthy
citizens by the internal sleep-destroying and
temper-irritating racket there is no way of even
approximating the injury done to the sick
particularly to those suffering from nervous
diseases.
Notwithstanding the fact that prophet has
no standing in his own country. venture the
prediction that the rosellite explosions blew
all the chances for 'ranmaking' clause in
the next appropriation bill higher than Mr..
Gilderoy's apocryphal kite"
A LADY's PLANT.
A lady writes in a melancholy strain:
sit is bad enough to live in a neighborhood
where your neighbors saw wood at 5 o'clock in
the morning. where every little barking dog
sets up howl and all your neighbors' chickens
begin Growing, but to have your house shaken
from its foundation from midnight until sun
up is beyond endurance. l expected all those
long resting at Oak Hill to wake up this morn
ing, but l beg you, dear STAR, put a stop to
this booming and let us trust to the old
weather man, who sends us gentle showers, and
without 80 much racket"
LIVELY aRowL.
A citizen who signs himself sold Growler'
writes as follows:
"Can 1t not be suggested in the columns OF
your good paper that this midnight cannonade
at the expense of Uncle Sam be arranged 20
take place in the daytime? Or if il must of
necessity happen at night would it not be
proper to suggest to Uncle Jerry that the
hour Of these artificial thunder showers
be inserted in the daily weather map, in
order that nervous people may be prepared.
and not jump out of bed sat 3 am. and seek
their life insurance policies in the fear of mo-
mentary destruction The pleasure of this
pdiutc u INC Young uou VINO retire NJ
this hour cannot offset the serious incon-
venience Of broken rest suffered by those Of
mature Year,"
CIVILIZED COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE EXEMPT
Arthur Dunn, the newspaper correspondent
writes: "If these persons are granted the
liberty of performing their pranks on the bar
rem plains of Texas and South Dakota Cat gov
eminent expense) surely civilized communities
should be exempt"
These letters quoted above are only the
merest sample of the missives which an indig-
nant people have showered on The STAR today
PROF. HAzEN's OBSERVATIONS.
There is a rainmaking sid< to the question
An official connected with the experiments gave
a STAR reporter today a statement of his per-
sonal observations of the results of the
bombardment last night He says that the
first explosion at 150 am. was followed by
lively shower of rain. At 2:4l another ex-
plosion occurred and rain followed within two
minutes. No rain followed the explosion of
2:53, but the clouds broke away and the sky
cleared. At 800 rain followed the explosion
within eight minutes. No rain occurred after
explosion at 3:44.
He thinks that the experimenters sue
ceeded in causing rain by the explosions,
but he says it is not possible to demonstrate the
actual effect of the explosions upon the atmos-
phere sufficient to produce the rain. He be-
lieyes that it will be possible to secure rain by
artificial means.
WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME.
Maj. Dunwoody Of the weather bureau holds