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New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
EEAMPLEs IN SEWAGE DISPOSAL

Whenever the urgent question OF sewage dis
posal is raised in such cities as Chicago New
ark and Paterson, there is demand for the
mere enlargement Of the old system of pour
ing everything into the nearest water on the
ground that no other method OF disposal has
yet been found practicable. The plea would be
an unworthy one were il true, for it would then
he the duty of wideawake progressive Ameri-
can cities 10 devise some practicable system in
advance of the rest of the world But il is not
true On the contrary the precise opposite is
true. and is perfectly well known TO be true
Other systems of disposng of the refuse and
sewage of cities have been found entirely prac-
tcable and satisfactory. and in actual use
in scores of cities throughout the world. In
some countries, indeed. il is now the rare
exception for-s,ifies or large towns TO follow
the barbarous old method TO which so many Of
our American municipalties-New-Y among
rbem-tepaciously and purblindly cling
We have taken pains 10 look over the list OF
important municipalities in the United King.
dom, and find that in nearly all of them there
is scientific disposal OF refuse and sewage. Lon
don we pass by, because that unhappily mis-
governed metropolis has no general system of
dealing with the subject. Some ten cities sit,l-
afed upon tidewater pour their liquid sewage
into the sea, though they all separate solid from
liquid matter. and dispose OF the former by
selling it 10 farmers or by burning ii In destruc-
Tors. Another. Liverpool, pours some sewage
into the sea but sends some TO sewage farms
and is rapidly arranging TO deal in the latter
way with all. Southampton, situated on tide
water. sends all Of its sewage not TO sea- but
10 rendering works. Sixteen other cities and
towns, of one hundred thousand or more inbab-
itants. in England and Wales dispose OF all
their sewage by filtration or precipitation or
Irrigation on sewage farms Among these are
the great cities OF Birmingham with more than
half million inhabitants. the disposal of whose
sewage costs net, less than $4,000 wear:
Manchester, Nottingham, with a self-supportInp
sewage farm of two thousand acres. and Leeds
and Sheffield. in which chemical precipitation ls
employed. This list comprises practically all
English and Welsh cities of one hundred thou
sand more population. In Scotland Glasgow
dsposes of every bit OF its sewage through rem
.iering works and on a sewage farm. where II
las transformed a bog into paradise" Ii ma,
regularly washes its streets with great stream.
~ water from hose. Edinburgh Dundee and
ABERDEEN being situated tidewater, stil
pour their liquid sewage into the sea, but tn,
solid refuse is either sold to farmers burned
The Irish metropolis, Dublin, sells all its sole
refuse, and is now completing works for tn,
chemical treatment Of every drop OF its liquit
sewage
Such is the record Of cities oversee. in q lane
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
CARRIERS OF POISON

The Surgeon-General Of the War Department
has given his official sanction TO the medical
dogma that malarial fever and yellow fever are
spread abroad by poison bearing mosquitoes
and has sent out instructions which will be fol
lowed in every military post of the United
States Army. Many layman who has not
made himself familiar with this matter will be
amazed to learn that the wisest physicians have
become convinced that the infection of yellow
fever is not conveyed by bedding or clothing by
contact, by the atmosphere of sickrooms but
solely by certain insects. 1t Is beyond question
an astonishing scientific discovery that yellow
fever and malarial fever two among the most
troublesome Affections of humanity can be not
only kept in check, but absolutely extirpated il
particular kind OF mosquitoes can be wholly
destroyed. What a persistent warfare against
these pests should now be entered upon.
Japan Is calling upon all civilized nations to
extirpate rats. 1t is admitted by the experts
that the bubonic plague is diffused largely
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

half paralyzed with uncertainty, the tariff shall
be taken in hand and enacted during the first
session of Congress. We may expect to see no
more obstruction on the part of the free traders,
who will exercise merely the critical and re-
straining functions Of legitimate opposition
1t Is moreover. realized by all that with a
revenue of more than $4O,OOO,OOO absolutely
necessary to keep the young nation in a solvent
state free trade is practically impossible. Mr.
Barton is expected to display much dexterity
and tact in his arrangement of the tariff, as
to please the protectionists of Victoria without
too much offending the free traders Of New
South Wales and West Australia. Uf course,
when his proposals are revealed there may be
some realignment of parties in attitude toward
them But 1t seems practically certain that he
will command a majority, and that the new
British nation will begin its career under
protective tariff.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
SODDEE SPORTS.

This month of floods and freshets has so
soaked the sea easOnable sports of spring that
every one of them has sodden look. Even the
most ardent of sportsmen are unhappy when
every meeting ground for recreation becomes ii
dismal swamp. Automobiles and bicycles can
force their way through bogs and mud 10 a GER
tain extent. but they are not perfectly adapted
for regattas Unless we can hope for few dry
days ere long our May Queens must be crowned
with watercresses, and every sort of outdoor
sport must be not only damp, but dripping.
Yachting of the highest kind will be well
coined with unstnted enthusiasm in timely CON
tests later in the year, and Craftsmanship in the
college crews, canoeing and every imaginable
kind OF rivalry on liquid plains will excite in
tense popular approval in June. July, August
and the later months. But the sweepstakes and
the battles OF the thoroughbred runners, of the
trotters and the PAGERS. OF the batsmen and the
fielders. of the golfers and the bowlers are not
properly water carnivals or grand canal tourna-
ments This April deliquescence OF open air
competition is not satisfactory All sorts Of
sports need to be dried out at this time
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
amusements.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s-Uncie Toms Cabin.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BIJOIf-s:15--The Climbers.
BROADMAY-s:1o-The Price OF Peace.
fASINO-S15-F1Srodora.
CARNEGIE HAI.I1-s.15-Re Recital
CRITERION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. KnighthOod Mas
in Flower.
DAIY'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Toy.
EDEN MUSEE-The World IN Wax.
EMPIRE THEATRE-s-Dipomacy
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE -MsVouTneen.
GARDEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Two Flags
GARREck TUEATRE-s:30-Cspta JiDks Of the Horse
Marines
GRAND OPERA HOESE-s-Eodge. POdge & Co.
HARLEM OPERA HOUsE-s:l5-Rip Van Wrinkle
HERALD SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f'rima Donna
IRVING PLACE THEATRES 15-The Twin Sister.
KEITH S-Continuops Performances.
KNIcKERBoCKER THEATRE-s:i0-The New Casino
Gtrl.
ROSTER G. BIALS- :s5-7 :45-Vaudeville.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES S9-On the Quiet
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-s-Forepaugh a. sells
Bros. Circus.
MURRAY HILL. THEATRE-2-s-Nhite Horse Tavern
NETWORKS: -s:l5-Nau6eyile
PAsTORS-Day Slght-Confinuous Show.
fKGcrOR'S-Continucas Performance.
PROcToR's FIFTTI-EIGHTH sTREET-'Dr. BIZ and
Vaudeville.
REP, B1-Ic-e:I5-I the Palace Of the King
VICTORIA THEATRE-s-My Lady
"ALLAcK's THEATRE-s:ao-Are You Mason
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
PERSONAL.

Four members of the original German Reichstas
OF thirty ago stl hold their seats They are
Count Hompsech 'Eugen Richter. DR.. Lieber and
DR.. Bebel.
The pictures of buildings and places at the Pan
American Exposition in The Tribune Pan-Amer'can
Supplement were reproduced from photographs
made under the direction of C. ID. Arnold. the om-
cial photographer of the exposition. Thousands OF
photographs made by Mr.. Arnold ana ms
hensive record of the development OF the hsnlpoW
City Mr.. Arnold also official photographer AT
the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
During the last Soudan campaign, says cor
respondent Of The Chicago Record-Herald Loro
Kitchener accompanied by telegrapher, 10
whom he took the nearest approach 10 fancy MS
stern nature would allow. After Khartoum the
telegrapher heard that his mother was Ill ana III
want home. He applied for HIS discharge. to
demanded to know why he wished to leave. The
explained. Don't you think you could help
yopr mother without going home" asked kitch-
ener I'd rather go home, sir. replied the opera Ss
tor. oh, very Well. said Kitchener closing the
nterveW haS abruptly You know your % own hs sees
rapher to leave, and he went to bid his chief good,
by. All, said Kitchener you're fool to 60
I'm very busyNgoodby. e The man saiuted and was
retiring. when Kitchener called out: Here, just
was delivered and the bearer was walking away.
when he whom irreverent subalterns call Shovel
penny called him back I'm to- g give You & this by
lent in Egyptian money to fl0 note. 1t was char
acteristic OF Kitchener that he would not LIT
finger TO urge the man to stay, and that he did not
want 10 be thanked
President James X. Patterson of Kentucky State
College. Lexington. KY. has announced that he
will give $4,000 for college library in memory OF
his son, who died short time ago
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
RUyNING THE USUAL COURSE.

Not long ago we called attention TO the inter-
esting moral phases through which Tammany
| ..reformers" are accustomed to pass before drop
ping the role and disappearing into obscurity,
and especially invited Commissioner Murphy TO
consider certain evidences that he was pursuing
the well beaten pathway Of his predecessors.
Since then these evidences have accumulated
painfully Commissioner Murphy has now
reached the stage OF denunciation OF reformers,
with side lights OF praise for New-1ork CITY.
This is the final stage, and it is safe TO say that
as soon as he has safely passed II he will be
heard OF less and less as the active head OF the
police force. while DeveryS actual control will
become more and more apparent even on the
surface
1t should be said in celebration OF Devery. by
the way, that he has never willingly posed even
as Tammany ''reformer." Ii he has pan
dered" at all to the moral sense of the com
munity" it has been because he was forced 10.
A few times be has been forced. il IL trne.
Look AT Devery' said an enthusiast and
admirer the other day; "a little while ago lie
was devil; now he is an angel" This may be
Il trihe tord but Devery has been exhibiting Il
mood which undoubtedly seems To him TO border
on the seraphic. He not by nature intended
for an actor and he has some difficulties with
the part; but he has been "holding to IT. as
best he could. and he has been surrounded by a
group OF appreciatOrs who think him a won
der-all the more because as we have said.
This Is not AT all Devery's way Left 10 him
self he would never 90 into the pandering bust
ness. Public "clamor' Is alike detestable to
great patriots and great public punderers and
Deyery has wholesome and consistent con
tempt for public clamor. He hates II as much
as Senator Plnnkitt hates civil service" and
that Is probably putting 1t as strong as the
language will permit. Give 'em some more OF
the same kind" would be- Devery's way. bur
Devery cannot always have his own way and
he Is very respectful to his betters. AS soon
as Commissioner Murphy completes the cycle
and disappears Devery will probably drop the
uDgrateful role
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
A SHIlfEEITI. HRIEIlTI.

The bill to stop the cruelty OF using live
pigeons for targets is not yet law. The Sen
ate has done its duty. Will the Assembly do
its part? There is room for argument con-
cerning this matter. The shooting or live birds
over traps is brutal. Every legislator should be
eager to clear the greatest State IN the Union
of the reproach of permitting this cruel pas
time to continue.
The truth should be told bluntly. If New
York is TO tolerate this wrong, why should not
all the legal prohibitions against bull fights,
bear batting. cock lighting and every form OF
cruelty be repealed:
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

which many Americans are wont patronizngy
TO regard as considerably behind the times in
comparison with this ingenious and 'hustling'
Yankee nation. Doubtless in many things the
United States does lead the world. And
steadily increasing number Of our cities may be
set down in the foremost rank OF progress In
the matter of sewage disposal. But it is both
untrue and absurd for any of our cities to per
sist in making rivers open sewers on the ground
that there is no better way OF which the practi-
cability is established. They might as we'll stick
70 stage coaches on the ground that the prac-
ticability of railroads is still problematic.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
II. J. GRANT IN LARGE DEAL.

1t has been learned that Messrs Morgenthau
and Grant have bought not only the property
owned by the Lawrence estate on the west side OF
Broadway between Thirty third and ThirtyfOurt
sts but other large parcels adjoining the property
In Thirty fourth and Thirtythird SITS. Their hold
ings In Thirty -third-st. extend the fire engine
house the side of the street and, in Thirty
fourth-st.. the Savoy Theatre. This makes the
total paid for their recent purchases, IL is said
than S.ouOVvp.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
ST. andrews BROTHERHOOD OFFICERS

Geneva, N, " April 2l-The eighth annual con-
ven,ion of ST. Andrews Brotherhood OF the STAT.
closed to-day. The Rev Frank I'll. Nelson OF Gin
cinnat was to have preached the anniversary ssr
mon but was detained by in the wssfsrn
part of this State. The Rev. Henry Sargent ~
the Order of the Holy Cross, Westmnster NS
was substituted The officers elected were: Pres
dent George II. Pummer. Rochester: first vice
president Walter N. Cooper, Brooklyn: third
vice-president, Sidney Jones. Albany: record,ns
secretary. Howell C. Perrin, Mamaroneck: corrs
spending secretary Frank T. Despard Utica
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

through these vermin. If the multtudinous
tribes of rats can be wiped out. especially IN
warm climates and in countries like India, there
can be no doubt that an alarming agent OF in
fectiou will be done away with. The under
taking is a vast one, and the extirpation OF these
creatures may require years Of concerted un-
remtting labor But the gain to the race If
rats and mosquitoes We're extinct would be in
calcnlahe.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY. APRIL o. 1901.

on pastry Of the light, f1aky sort which mother
made. Those gritty Beers. sour hard. impla-
cable. have put bit OF Sand in British sugar.
and our kin oversee must gnash their teeth over
the higher prices for sweetening due to the
South African fighting.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

An official report from Field Marshal Roberts
declares that American buck wagons after
thorough trials, found to be more useful
in South Africa than vehicles OF similar class
and type which came from other countries al
though they cost less than these which were
tested IN competition. This country generations
ago taught every other nation that in the choice
OF the best materials, in design and in construc-
ton it could give lessons TO the world in build
ing every imaginable sort of carriages and
wagons. And 1t has not lost the primacy In
these things which it long ago attained
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22
MISS REHAN'S SEASON ENDED.

Cleveland. Ohio. April 2l-Miss Ada Rehan. who
has been playing in Sweet Nell Of Old Drury,'
closed her season here last night. For the sum-
mer she Will go abroad TO rest.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

Who it that picked out the fantastic mama
of Superbas for a baseball nine? What gro-
tesque Imagination he must have had? And
who was the visionary chooser of quaint titles
that first called the New-York players Giants?
Our giants opened the season with whitewash
True Goaths of goose eggs! And in their case
a bad beginning may result In worse ending
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

Sections own admissions of the political rea-
sons governing the recent police promotions are
enough to warrant the State Civil Service Com
mission in setting aside the whole list for IL
legality.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

John Bulls sweet tooth insists upon jam for
breakfast and is fond Of marmalades and pre-
serves at almost every meal. Ralph Waldo
Emerson delighted In pie for the first food of the
day in Concord. and the Yankee rule dotes
New-York tribune., 1901-04-22

The recent lamentable accident in Lakeville
Conn suggests that course in swimming
ought to be G part of the curriculum in private
schools which situated near a body of water
in which the training can be given readily. No
boy who expects that at any time in his life he
will sit in a rowboat yacht ought to neglect
his opportunities for learning to swim. II Is so
easy for young boys to get the trick OF 1T. and
the time may come for every one when the
capacity for taking care OF ones self in the water
means a great deal!
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-16
NOT 4 COKAKD.

One of the most curious things in
the curious attack on Admiral Schley
has been the attempt to make the peo-
pie believe that a fighter with MS
glorious record had suddenly turned
into n coward The people have re-
fused to believe such preposterous
thing, and the evidence now coming IN
shows that the people have been right
Captain Cook has testified that he mas
always looked upon Schley as an en-
tirely brave and patriotic officer. Ana
yesterday Lieutenant Commander
Sears, who was with Schley on the
Brooklyn, said that he had been with
Schley in five engagements. He was
then asked as to the bearing of that
officer under fire and replied: His
bearing to me was model FOR any
body, worth of emulation at all times
Under fire his faculties, if it were pos
sible. seemed to he clearer. and he was
more IN possession of them than at any
other time" "Was he In any state of
exctement?" mot the slightest"
"Was he cool and calm?" Absolute
ly.", GLOW about points Of danger?
Would he get away from them or did
he expose himself to them?" "He was
always putting himself in exposed posi-
lions. 1 requested him many times not
to expose himself, as it was useless to
do So
1t may be said that this is the tes-
! timony of friendly witness, and it
may also be said that it is as likely to
be the truth as the testimony or the
| insinuation of an unfriendly witness.
1t Is in accord with all that has hitherto
been known of Schley's conduct in bat
! tie. Whatever the Court of Inquiry
| finds it will not find that Schley was a
| coward
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-16
A CHECK TO GREED IN MEXICO.

The government Of Mexico doesn't
look on the corner in grain in that coun-
try with approval, or even with tolera-
ton. President Daz has suspended the
duty on corn imported into Mexico for
the period of three months, and also
has exempted such imports from the
payment of the internal revenue tax of
per cent. During the same time the
duty on wheat has been reduced to one
cent per kilogram gross weight, which
Is equivalent to 25 cents bushel The
reason which has moved the President
to take this action is set forth In the
decree as a desire "to alleviate the sit
uation of the needy classes that suffer
in consequence of the high price of corn
and wheat now prevailing in the ma
tional markets" In pronnulgating this
decree the secretary of the treasury and
public credit declares that as result
of an investigation it is found that
there exists in Mexico sufficient guam
tity Of grain to satisfy the most urgent
needs of consumption. 1t is therefore
not the scarcity of breadstuff that has
increased the price of grain, but the ac-
ton of the producers, who are withhold
ing their crops from the market in Or
der to obtain exorbitant profits. Along
the seacoast and the frontiers it is be-
lieved that the exemption from tariff
duty will meet the case. But In the IN
terior freight rates are so high that the
cost of imported grain would still be
foo great to afford relief to the poor.
To meet this situation the secretary OF
the treasury has asked congress to au-
thorize the purchase of corn by the gov
eminent and its sale to the people at or
below cost. 1t is proposed to exercise
this power whenever the price of corn
shall exceed IS per hectoliter, a price
equivalent to about $1.7O a bushel Mex
lean money, or about 80 cents in gold.
This is about the present price on the
| frontier
This action will probably defeat UNI
due greed and prevent much suffering.
IT will also make President Diaz still
more popular than he has been. lie Is
we'll entitled to the gratitude of his
people.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-16

Herr svenson (after a tumultuous
domestic scene)-If you are my better
half what an Internal monster | must
be!-EXchange.
Church-Did you buy one of those ex-
tras?
Gotham-Yes.
Anything in it?"
ssNo, nothing extra. "-Yonkers States
man.
Did Polehunter have any success on
his Arctic expedition"
ooh, yes! He succeeded in getting
back. "-Puck.
First office boy-Wot's Jimmy cryin'
for?
Second office boy-His grandmother s
dead. and going ter be buried on holi-
day!-Tid-Bits.
BE good and you will be happy"
quoted her mother
us Deacon Snibbins good?" asked the
little one, referring to a particularly
solemn, sanctimonious church official
"Why, yes, dear, of course he's good, y
answered the mother
well, he has mighty funny way of
showing his happiness was the unex-
pected comment.-Chicago Post.
Mrs. A. (before the full-length epor-
trait of a girl)-Oh, If I only knew the
painter of this!
Artist (steppng forward joyfully)-'
Permit, me, madam, to introduce my
self as the painter
Mrs. A.-What extraordinary good
luck. Now you will tell nle-wont you
the address of the dressmaker who
made this girls frock?-Tit-Bits.
Her Gentle Hint.--"Yes; I proposed
to her by letter.
"And what was her reply?'
''She simply referred me to a certain
chapter and page in The Life of Paul
Jones' %
And what did you flnd?"
''It says: After fruitlessly applying
for command of the ship by letter, he
went in person to see about 1t; and
then he secured it."-Life.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-16
I-IRG n URINKfN q.

The British Board of Trade has been
looking into the consumption of alco-
holic liquors in different parts of the
world and it has found some interest
1900 every hundred English people
drank between them 80 gallons, or 234
bottles of wine. In the United States
the consumption probably was not quite
so much, for in the previous year it was
only SO gallons per hundred. In Ger
many, however, it amounted to 145 gal
Ions; and in France to as much as
2,540 gallons. But with beer 1t was
different One hundred Englishmen i'm
blbed $40 gallons, while the French
men accounted for only $40 gallons. In
the United States the hundred men
drank 1880 gallons in 1899, while in
Germany they required 2,75O gallons.
The consumption of spirits in Great
Britain in 1900 was 112 gallons per hun
dred Of the population. The correspond
ing consumption in Germany rose to
1874, and in France to 202. Thus Great
Britain heads the list Of consumers
of alcoholic drinks, for her average is
rather over 33 gallons year, as against
nearly 81 in Germany-while the aver
age consumption in the United States
is rather less than half, and in France
not quite a third. Beer Is the principal
beverage of Great Britain, Germany
and the United States. and wine of
France. The British are the largest
drinkers of beer in the world. and the
consumption is growing, for from 1885
to 1888 it was, roughly, 27 gallons a
head; it rose in the next year to 80, and
kept near this figure till 1885, when 1t
mounted higher, and in 1899 was well
over SO gallons. The quantity of beer
absorbed in 1900 amounted to 1928, 766,
600 gallons, or not much less than 2Os,-
100000 cubic feet: in other words, the
contents of a reservoir 1000 feet long,
1 900 feet wide and 104 feet deep.
England has been called by one of her
most distinguished men the most
drunken nation In the world. and the
figures above given seem to support
this assertion