New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

AN@hNRh lor Iht last TWO years. ana WIN
IN MEXICO. is now at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
having come to this country for Il
short vacation "A French syndicate is now en-
gagged in constructing a modern sewerage system
In the City Of Mexico" said Or. Smith, land
predict that the dminution OF the death rate re-
sulting from 1t Will be astonishing To-day Mex
ico City has the second largest death rate Of any
city in the world. Constantlnople coming first
Week before last there were. II | remember cor
reCty. 526 deaths out OF a population OF 5000 IL
Is true that many Of these victims were brought
in from surrounding districts for treatment, but
leaving them out Of consideration. the death rate
is great deal larger than It should be. The old
system Of sewerage. or rather lack OF sewerage
helped to swell the list materially. and 1t is
hopeful sign that several of the large towns in
MeXico-Vera Cruz among them-are turning thelr
attention TO this matter. Most Of the towns are
so situated that their drainage will be compara-
lively easy of accomplishment Mexico CITY is
badly situated In this respect no~eVer nraner,y ane
! think that the foreign residents In Mexico nave
Eeen tne ene 6ry Y baVs Ssea every influence
possible to bring the Government to a realization
Of the true state Of Affairs and Their enor{s rs Mex Naxe
ico is the case among AL LAIN daT raTe ~ ar mission
airy work and strict legislation TO convince tnen @
Tributes largely 10 the death list They average
three murders a day In Mexico City alone;
They court disease every hour Of their lives, and
It is really remarkable that they don't d1e IN In
"a
ipr9sH hiT rronndnGs The fact Is that Mex
ico's climate is not at all a bad one, ana II one
takes reasonably good care OF ones sell one can
n good nlace for persons with lung or heart
trouble, owing TO the extreme altitude. fneutn9hIa
leo city because the heart and lungs are com
PEELED TO do extra work, and the average cohsu'u-
smith thinks h2t Rryan Etst should I'd make dsnee
pe sTsT fHTgu 10 sIGy Se peoS 1 of the United
When Mr. Bryan visited the republic ssId t1e 1
f1g' Sting among the working classes than President
Mckinley would If he were TO pay tne e1unIry h a
back this country conyinced that The United
wears experience with free silver ] am convinced
that It Is a bad thing When you want to buy
any al SlyeT but wages or even the fees OF profess
sona men are not corresponansH oo ooi afse "a Cents
day Many OF the miners who have families to
support get only % cents day
After spending several days at the WadorfAs-
toria. Jutaro Komura. the japanese Minister to
the United States, returned to
AS JAPAN's Washington yesterday morning
MINISTER Previous TO his departure Mr.
SEES Komura gave a Tribune report
AMERICA er some Of his opinions about
America. The United States" he
said lis unique There is a peculiar quality about
the country-a vim and dash-that can be found
nowhere else. The japanese think we are VIDE
awake people, and think a proof or that fact
Is that we have come to America for points All the
JaDanse people have the greatest admiration lot
America They think there is no country IKE & her,
A. for myself I like nothing better than 10 come
70 New-York and watch its busy life 1t Is an
Industrial education TO walk along Ine bnsness n.s
point of view least this Is an ideaI cry. IL y
& hv Dass fhrorgb H. one has simply to look. and
every people Of the earth passes IN reVie" DeIoie
"As TO the treaty revision in japan have very
little to say. When get back 10 wa Masnms,Jn lsrn
mere may bt fe do not think it likely do not think
there is any doubt that it will prove perieGIy
and that it that the treaty revision IS TO the IN
| the business now done by Japan in the Oh''eu
States"
.eThe chief topic Of interest among mining men IN
the lake regions now is the explorations going on
in the Douglass Copper Range
THE said NJ c. French, Editor Of The
DOT-crASS Lake Superior Miner" at the Hotel
RANGE EN- Imperial yesterday afternoon. The
VIBRATIONS Douglass Copper Range Is an eN-
tension Of the upper peninsula
range The rocks Of this region are Identical with
the upper peninsula 1t was in the Douglass range
hat ne Astors carried their explorations sew
erai Years ago in the hunt for mass copper they
| Uere discouraged too soon, however ana II re- re-
alfeo ma , lC' realIy is worth Mass copper has been
found In large quantities and there seems TO De an
srade which can be worked with proht with the
improved machinery now IN us ,bo+ 20 fba Doug
impression among mining experts thaI lne rG,e CGue
lass Range will become as popular ana as pI"uu1H ~
/ five A. upper peninsula y tV-ud9' "'+,''
Pockefelier's expert in that section has made an
examination Of the range for the hnancler ana mas
returned a favorable report on H..
Hew-orleans has seen the last Of streetcars drawn
bv mules Electricity has at last superseded that
picturesque motive power in the
! NEW streets OF the Crescent City, w. p.
/ OprFAcs Richardson. one OF the managers OF
| sTREETCAR the Germauia Life Insurance Com
MILES GONE pany for the State Of LOUISIANA IS
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel where
he gave Tribune reporter yesterday some informa-
tion about the progress Of that great Southern snip
ping port. He spoke particularly OF the NeW-Or-
! tea5s and Carroliton Street Railroad which is now
having finishing touches put 10 It's new electrical
! try. Business generally is improving down there
! said Mr.. Richardson. and the money @n when @n New &
tenn will be returned to It nam many f?d IN freedom
from maarial and kindred diseases -, 49, eo,,,,,
Nj Richardson also speaks hopefuily OF the S0u'h
generally.
John Barrett former United States Minister 70
! Siam who has recently returned from the Philip
pines told Tribune reporter at
NAV HAVE the Waldorf-Astoria last evening
INFER that he believed General Otis was
/ ESTIMATED doing the best he knew how.
! THE Diff General Otis may have under
| CrUT1Fs estimated the difficulties which the
rainy season would throw in his
way" said Mr. Barrett but don't believe that
! ANYBODY in America fully comprehended wnat the
rainy season mean II j. my my Gqe tS by ihs
time II he had had opportunity 10 carry on tne
/ campaign under favorable circunstAnGte,si, VIVA, Mnat
| his motives were for sending reports whlch suDse
/ 0Ienf events have proved 10 be oVeropunlslc
! csnnot say quite probably, H. was deceived 10y
~ SreoiIent veg gkenng Of the Filipnos into mink
| ing that he had the situation well IN hahu. ~ II
~, @vident that more troops are needed Dut 90
no" nov - tbere Is any necessity for the removal Of
! General OTIS ! am well acquainted WIN me cor cor =
/ resnnndents whose names were signed to the round
| robin and | am sure that they were hohest IN
| IIybat they said think. however that thert mas
taeT mutual misunderstanding between theH anu
| m General AS for the censorship, II was sHct
/ aft gradually ItldA'u- I'm
az alt ni9S 10 alleged m feeling between Admiral
cerhHs "a, ~, C,onarsf 0,s know positively. from