New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-28
THE PASSING .THRONG.


DR.. Bernard T.. Baker OF Charleston. S. C.. Wifi
sail to-day on the Ward Line steamer Yucatan for
Havana and Vera Cruz. At the latter city he Will
make a test Of DR.. Fitzpatrcks
YELLOW new yellow-fever serum, which IA
FEVER said 10 be a cure for the dread dis
SERUM ease. DR.. Baker is himself i'm.
TESTS. mune. having had the fever in 1917
and having worked in the yellow.
fever hospital at New -Orleans while the epidemic
was at its worst there in 1897. In addition to this
he has lived all his life in the South, and con.
siders himself acclimated.
II am not at all afraid OF catching the fever"
he said to a reporter last evening at the Hoffman
House. THAT is matter which does not concern
me at all Just my whole thought is upon the
experiments which am to conduct under the
spices Of Dr. A. r. Doty Health Officer Of the
Port OF New-York. I believe in this method OF
treatment. In fact II is the only proper way 70
cure yellow fever To stamp out this pestilencs
you must have only a curative agent but a
PROPAGATE agent. This is very similar to
that used by DR.. sanarelli. the well-known Span.
ish yellow-fever specialist. He says that he OBJ
tanned good results with II at Montevideo and San
Carlos DR.. Fitzpatrick's remedy Is much the same
thing that used by Or. sanareli. II is taken froa
the blood Of the horse. and in this II is similar TO
antitoxin the great specific for diphtheria. It IL
like antitoxin too, in that II Is injected Jus, as
small quantities OF anttoxin are administered 10
persons in afflicted household 10 keep the dis
ease from spreading. 80 this serum may be used
a preventive ,--,-
don't care to make prophecies as TO results but
l have said before. DR.. Fitzpatrick has gone
ment is the only one which will develop a specific
for yellow fever.
ports about case Of yellow fever alleged to have
come 70 light in Lancaster. Penn. He said that II
almost mpossbility for such a thing 10
occur, especially when the States along the coasts
are free Of the disease ASKED II ne thought there
There is always danger. Yellow fever creeps IN
like thief in the night and you can never De ab-
souely certain in your calculations concerning Il
do not care TO figure as an aarmist and win not
the United States this year than there was last
because the gHaT3ntns RToyisonS all along h:
say that there is less danger because are in
more constant intercourse with fever-infected coun.
sanitary methods now being enforced In Cuba see
the limit where IT becomes known epidemic
mated"
! The coal industry has become an industry which
stands alone in class by itself" said General j.
| W. ST. Clair, OF Fayetteville. ". Va ar the Plaza
Hotel last evening General St.
| THE SUPPLY Clair il connected with some Of the
! OF COAL. largest coal mining interests in the
world and is probably as well able
/ TO speak authoritatively on the subject as any
| other man in the country. Iron used 10 be
sidered as the basic business proposition" he
tinued. but this is no longer the case. The coal
industry has not yet felt the general business re-
! vvaL Coal is cheaper than It was twelve months
! ago. The supply is too great for the demand In
eighty-fye days at the very outside limit the mines
coal TO last the entire year. All the coal used in
| 1896 produced in ffty-one days, although there
were 100000 tons more used that year than ever
before The only solution OF the problem is the de-
! velopment of international trade. We can com;
pete with the mines of the world. We produce coal
cheaper than any country in the world All we lack
is the proper transportation facilities Al present
they not efficient enough 70 enable US 70 dls-
| pose OF surplus in foreign markets
! Captain L. F. Brown. of Pittsburg. has Just re-
! turned from visit in Paris. Captain Brown 10
! connected with the Carnegie Steel Company. but
he didn't talk about husi-
! THE SCENE ness when seen yesterday al the
| AT THE Holland House. Il have been
| GRAND PRIX away on pleasure trip he salc'
land am entirely out of touch viii
the business world"
Captain Brown was ct Longchamps on the sun
! day the Grand Prix was run.
1T was the greatest sight have ever seen" he
said "and one of the greatest sights that France
! has ever produced II the Sunday after the
effort was made TO assault Loubet. and everybody
expected trouble. l have always wanted TO see
! how a French crowd acts under such circum-
stances. and with this idea in view eschewed me
grand stand and mingled with the throns. Pa
risians don't attend the races to see the races
They go for the excitement Each parry i HtsS
T5eY have those long oaves OF bread and bologna
and all the other concomitants OF pichi,T ,sSsting
now and then at some ne parq FTencbman With
bologna in hand and chunk OF bread nss IN ' al
other pop up and crane his neck tor pep a.
the track But as for sitting patiently for noIfs
watch the horses LAST as they Sysaf on fence and
wear himself out. or to enjoy himself w'[n ,n ns
friends and join in any demonstration 'na' ''"'''
There must have been fully 10000 people sts ss
the hour for the races TO begin the ma. icon.
IN heavy marching order. The infantry TOOK up
| a position between the spectators ana me trss
that had great dGpy IN sfe'n aSv van
places where. at the first outbreak they s SUGe
some snh T the crowd about 1 m:
an anxious glance at the heavy iron,shSd ehaFSsss
rapnded AT once by a strong force OF soldiers "ltn
receivers drawn snd cO1fsdb bowed doG gra6e f
shook hands with the ladies OF his party WIN a.
little as though he Were IN hi Ra S" Iabet
Panama 'Vive rarmee! and Viye la kepuoH IISnt
were so numerous and so loud that one c"uluh.
hes To nv mind it appeared that an outbreak was
imminent. When suddenly the band struck up me
cSneegrse Of people Joined in the air 1t was "a
wonderful chorus-such one as never o pySices
hear again Imagine an you that esn national
Them II was awe-nspring. II was sublime. ana
During the uproar the Grand priS w SSe TTI Il
didn't The frst intimation that the race sss
over the exit Of LSuSeI HIS Tas TraPd
he was gone before the crowd had time 10 rear
lie It,"