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New-York tribune., 1901-08-19

Cuba, and failed TO find any. While, then there
is perbans a preponderance of belief in the cor
rectness of Sanarellis observations, and though
no satisfactory substitute has been found Tor
his bacillus the cause of yellow fever is not yet
esta blished beyond dispute.
Immediately after reporting his discovery i'll
1897 Sanarelli tried 10 produce serum which
should have preventive and curative qualities.
Within \ wear he satisfied himself that he had
secured the latter virtue. but not the former
Large quantities of this serum were made at
Montevideo and sent 10 other parts of the world
for trial 1t was used by the doctors of the
United States Marine Hospital Service to
limited extent. and their verdict, while not con-
elusive. was favorable rather than otherwise
DR.. Fitzpatrick tried Sanarelli's serum and also
some prepared by himself over on Staten Island,
and he found his own more efficient than the
Italians when administered to infected guinea
pigs DR. FitZpatricks serum was obtained
like the antitoxin of diphtheria by minimizing
q horse with repeated injections OF pure cultures
of the bacillus of the malady, or what he be-
lieved to be such. 1t was necessary TO extend
his series of inoculatiOns over period OF sew
eral months before the horses blood exhibited
the desired traits. The method of manufacture
practsed by the Brazlians, DR.. Caldas and Dr.
Belnzaghi. may differ in detail from that en-
ployed at the New-Yorl Quarantine station, but
in principle it is probably identical This cura-
tive agent will be tried on two persons out of
eight that have been bitten by infected mos
ouitoes If the two escape while the six sue
cumb strong presumption will be created in
favor of the efficacy of the preparation. Even
then. however 1t will be open TO question
whether ii is superior to that which DR.. Doty
has had bottled up in his laboratory for the last
two years.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
PERSONAL.
SO to 80.

Now that so much interest is being shown in
Polar exploration" says The Boston Herald" lit
may be interesting to remember that Andree the
unfortunate explorer who attempted 10 reach the
Pole by means OF a balloon. set a limit which has
Just elapsed, beyond which his return might not be
expected He said: If you have news of me
10y the end OF July 1901. you may give up for
dead"
;. HaniSi Wara. japanese nOblenan. viii in
September become professor OF chemistry in the
University of Columbia. Missouri. Nr Wara has
been educating himself In the United States for the
last seven years. He has attained the degree Of
Master of Arts. and for several years has served
rs assistant to Professor r. O. Graham. who holds
the chair of chemistry at the Wesleyan University
at Bloomington, III.
Count de Mouy. in the Echo de Paris" says he
remembers well Bismarck'S visit to Vienna He
had come to negotiate the Triple Alliance" tie
count continues. The French Ambassador VI
Tc!=seronc de Bort. excellent man, but he
placed too implicit reliance in peoples statements
and h. had not the remotest suspicion Of the Ger
Chaucellor's real object in coming TO Vienna -"
The count told his superior that he felt Bis
alliance between Germany. Austria and Italy NJ
TcisScr"u" dc Bort pOOh-pOOhed his fears aud said
bismarck had come merely 70 see his friends. In
fact. the French Ambassador had asked him that
very morning point blank whether he had not
come to Vienna in order % negotiate alliance
does no. enter my head. The talk 10 that effect is
only idle gossip / am here for three days just 10
shake hands with few people and then 20 take
the train
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
SC4NNELL LACKS SPEED.

This is not altogether an Elysan summer for
John ]. Scannell. president of the Fire Depart
ment. The Abbot. selding for which he paid
the extravagan sum of S26.J00, has been beaten
decisively by Cresceus. chief of the worlds
trotters. Cresceus Is a stallion. and may be
famous for cycles Of America, If not of Cathay,
for the proweSs of his descendants I'm addition
10 his celebrity the trottlng champion OF all
history. Mr.. Scannell lost his head when he
paid the excessive price OF $4,000 for a gelding
Stations and mares Of wonderful swiftness may
be worth buying In these days for more than
score of thousands of dollars apiece, but no
wise person would think OF paying big
sum for an animal whose years of success must
inevitably be few, and whose value will be
reckoned merely in cents after advancing years
have hoppled his gait and dulled his fire. Mr..
Scannell was all at sea when he bought The
Abbot.
The plain truth is that some Of these Tam
many chieftains have made much money in
a few years by their peculiar methods that they
hardly know how 10 get rid of IL. And most of
them seem 10 think there is no hereafter. Mr..
Scannell will probably never get back the $780,
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
PHILIPPINES QUIETTNG DOWN
SATISFACTORY NEWS FROM THE NORTH
ERN ISLANDS REACHES GEN
ERAL CHAFFEE

Manila. Aug. 1S-Both the civil and military
officials are gratifed at the progress now being
made by the Philippine Commission. Every
where throughout the northern islands the Com
missoners find conditions ready for civil gov-
ernment. and General ChaTee has received notb-
ing but satisfactory news from Batangas and
MndOro. advices from these districts telling
uniformly Of captures or surrenders Many
rifles have recently been obtained and large
quantities of supplies secured. NIaIvar and Is
principal officers ere being closely pressed.
Representative illus Kahn. who left Manila
to-day says the great needs of the Philippines
fast line Of steamers 70 carry the mails
and to keep the people in touch with current
events; electric cars and the removal of the
nipa houses from Manila, these to be replaced
by villas. Mr.. Kahn conversed with many edu-
Gated natives and got the impression that they
were by no means all sufficiently versed in popu-
lar governments TO manage the affairs OF the
archipelago.
General Ludington has been
considering the possibilities Of obtaining coal in
the Philippines at a cost below the Japanese
figures. In the opinion of those qualified to
judge. however the coal available in the archi-
pelaSO is Inferior. and the cost of transporting
il to the coast, where transports could load it
taking into account the present exOrbitant prices
of everything, labor fnClUded-wOuld bring the
total outlay probably above the japanese fig
ures.
The government offices are finding it difficult
10 retain the services of the best stenOgTaphers.
private firms offer much higher compensation.
The Municipal Board holds daily sessions. but
most OF the business transacted al present deals
with minor appointments.
Governor Taft has telegraphed General Chanee
asking permission 10 appoint Captain William
II. c. Bowen. of the 9TH United States Infantry,
to be Governor Of the province Of Abra, owing to
the jealousies which render local appointment
difficult
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
STORY OF A FRESH AIR BOY
'LICkIN" DID NOT HELP HIM. RT-r
TWO WEEKS IN THE COUNTRY
MADE HIM WE'LL.

a week ago the Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent 3,
the country for a weeks outing a bow WHOSE
story is illustrative of the lives of many boys WIN
live in the tenement house district Last vear
the fund sent him out with his sister for two
Their names are John and Mary and they are siv
and five years old. respectively They were horn
into family where they were a burden from, tba
moment of their birth. There is nothing vicious
about them; on the contrary. they are responsive
to every touch or look of kindness The father
told missionary who discovered the family that
ne could not manage them at all. Why the more
lick EN- the worse they gitsr' was his comment
the situation
The children sickIy before their first or+
ing They constantly suffered from colds These
We're result Of the washing and drying of clothes
In the living room or kitchen where the mother and
children slept. Washing the chief support OF
the family. When it rained II was necessary 10 dry,
the clothes in this room. Little could be done
toward curing the colds long as this condition
existed; they would only catch colds afresh In
the course of the summer invitation came for
little brother and sister to spend weeks in The
country: Two weeks later the children returned
well and happy.
This year the conditions were almost identical
with those OF last year. The father fell from
truck last fall and laid off all winter he rs
improved him in the least. Il Just been gfvn'
IL 10 MIN now, said the TO the missionary
ne talked about the boy. bringing his fist down on
the table John stood in the with swollen
eyes and defiant expression. He was sent TO the
country again for another TWO weeks, vacation
Last week the fund sent 9S3 children to the
and children enjoyed the four day excursions up
the Hudson River
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
"AJL SBOrTED FOR JOY"

The Illuminating report is made by Bir-
mingham (Ala.l correspondent or "Ihe AdVer-
tiser" of Montgomery. Ala. that at the climax
of recent lynching the spectators. both black
and white ''all shouted for joy. The case was
a common one A negro had committed an
assault upon n white woman He had not been
apprehended by legal process, but merely seized
by mob He confessed his guilt so that there
was no doubt about it. And he was forthwith
chained to a stake and burned TO death. At
which the spectators 'all shouted for JOY"
This frank statement of the correspondent
goes far toward confirming the dreadful sus-
pcion which has been growing in many minds
that these lynchings. especially those of them
which are conducted in a particularly cruel
manner. are committed not altogether for the
sake of making more sure of the punishment of
crime than the courts would for that of
making the punishment more speedy and
appalling and therefore more exemplary and
deterrent but largely for the qualification Of
morbid lust for blOodshed and tOrture-a lust
melted and fostered by the very means now
employed for its qualification. 1t may we'll be
believed that in the beginning lynchings were
provoked simply by natural rage At the perpe
tratOn Of
the inexpiable wrong the unutterable
shame.
That turns the towards heart to steel. the
sluggard's blood TO flame.
But such a lynching would he performed grimly
and sternly and with certain dreadful Soem-
nifty mingled with the wrath, Even though 1t
were done in a StudiedIy painful manner there
would still 10 in ii the spirit OF rude Justice
There would not he the glee and merriment
with which holiday makers acclaim a rarce
show.
All that however. appears TO be changed.
The lynching crowd now utters shouts OF Joy.
The dominant thought is not the hleous char
acter of the crime the appalling nature Of
the punishment. IL is rather the morbid pleas
ure which brutalized men feel In witnessing the
aConeS and death of others. That il is ana
that alone, which causes them all TO shout for
joy" II is the identical spirit which caused the
Roman populace 10 goat over the butcheries
Of the arena and to look with pleasure upon
Ncros living torches" II Is worse than
wild beast passion. And there is room for
fear that with the growth of the hideous pas
sion and the decrease in numbers OF this par
tlcular class OF offenders subjects Of torture
may he required from other and increasingly
large classes. until petty mlsdcmeanantS, If not
entirely innocent persons. Will be butchered to
make not n Roman but an American holiday.
That is the awful possibility which Is involved
in the fact that Al this recent lynching the
spectators all shouted for iov.'
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
THE REAL LIBEL Upon NEW-YORK.

Deyery repeats the old parrot cry Of his
master. Squire Croker of Vantage, in saying
that exposure Of his and his understrappers
deyiltries is a libel upon New-York, and that
II drives business men and business away from
this city. We have heard that cry before Ihe
argument of those who make ii is that truth Is
the only crime Blackmail. bribery, official pro
lection of and partnership with vice and crime
should all be permitted 10 flourish without
exposure or protest There is no shame OF
discredit in them. But in stripping OF the
mask and in telling the simple truth about the
sink of iniquity into which department OF the
city government has been transformed-that Is
disgrsceful and is "a libel upon the city.
Perhaps. upon the principle that THE greater
the truth the greater the libel" But even So
the real responsibility for the reproach which
falls upon the city rests not upon the exposure
but upon those whose misdeeds are exposed 1t
is Devery. brazenIy telling policemen that they
should be shrewd enough not to get caught in
derelictions of duty but that if they do get
caught they should have nerve and take their
medicine: il is Van Wyck. maintaining Devery
in office and approving his conduct. and 1t is
Croker. standing for" Devery and Van Wyck
and the whole foul system of which they are
part-it Is these and their doings that are "a
libel upon New-York."
We do not believe, and all who are striving
10 redeem New-YOrk from corruption do not
believe. that these men are true representatives
of this city. We do not believe the average
policeman is as base Devery or is vile enough
10 follow Devery's advice. We do not believe,
with Josiah Flynt." that all the world Is a
"craft''-a den of actual or potential thieves.
Jacob Ris is right when he rebukes that notion
as THE DEVILS perpetual plea" and holds that
,,I. tha
taint of the few. The average NewIOrk police
man is honest and brave. The Deverys and
Bisserts are a libel upon him. The average
New-YorlI citizen is honest The corrupt Tam
many politicians who now control the city are
libel upon him. 1t is not the truths of the
reformers but the crimes of the cOrruptOnists
that are libel upon the city.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS

Among the passengers on the steamship Furnes-
sta Of the Anchor Line. which arrived in this port
yesterday, were Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. r. Anderson.
Professor O. Benjamin :. y Bolster. J. II. Brady.
Il. NJ ClewcU. John Guunison. u. Duty. the Rev
W. GcoEhegan Harry a GREY. r C- Harrison.
the Rev J. \. Hickey. W. II Lent, John McKenna.
Mr.. and Mrs {. Montgomery. Major Montgomery
DR. j. G. Moyston, Professor r. r. Parker. Dr.. and
Mrs J. n Peck Allan Sempe. the Rev. d. Thomp-
son DR. Sylvester Utter T. G. Watson j. G. Wat
SON T. j. Wilson and \. T. WynCOOp.
Among the passengers who arrived last night
from Liverpool and Queenstown on the Cymric were
". H. Baker. w. Ben. f. H. Butt j H. Cunard
Edwin Durant. J. NJ Forbes r. n HaTdinge. :
Hooper. K. W. Mauser. ?. Mcintyre. w Netcalf
tr.. J. Pemherton. James Watson and II. T. Will
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19

800 which he paid for The Abbot. There is no
good reason why he should But the overthrow
of The Abbot NAV not be so serious matter
for him as his ENHANCEMENT with the grand
jury. He is under Indictment for alleged be-
trayal of trust in his office of president of the
Fire Department. and is charged with cheating
the taxpayers by purchasing supplies for the
department at exOrbitant prices from his own
particular pets and crOnies If his friend TO
He'll with Reform" Asa Bird Gardiner were
now in the District Attorneys office Mr.. Scan
nell might rest assured of tender and compass
sionate treatment from the public prosecutor
But Mr. Gardiner is no longer District Attorney
Mr. ScannelI after his indictment loudly pro-
fessed his anxiety for the speediest possible
trial in order that he might cOnfound his ac-
cuSers and put them to open shame Win the
rapidity which The Abbot had exhibited when
he made his fast record last year But since
his first talk about his intense anxiety for the
quickest conceivable vindicatlon Mr.. Scannell
has become as slow as The Abbot when
he was distanced by Cresceus in the second
heat at Brighton Beach Mr.. Scannell is no
longer impatient for vindication. His over
mastering desire at present is seemingly to
postpone his trial to as distant date as he
can secure. The falling off in the speed OF
Scannell and his horse are interesting signs OF
the times When the president of the Fire De
partment goes before trial jury 1t will not be
his first appearance in the prisoners dock. HIS
latest essay in that role may perhaps not be
as fortunate as his first And II may he
that he is waiting for the return of the Squire
Of
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
CAUSE AND CURE or YELLOW FEVER.

CAUSE AND CURE or YELLOW FEVER
Owing to the recently improved sanitary
ditiOn of Havana and other Cuban cities with
which the United States has commercial inter
course, yellow fever has almost entirely disap-
peared there. Nevertheless, this peculiarly
American and sub-trnpcal disease Is far from
having been suppressed. In plenty of other
places in the West Indies ana on the continent
south Of the Rio Grandc il is more less
prevalent every summer. Indeed. scarcely
year passes without an outbreak Of il In the
Gulf States of our own country. although moth
ing OF serious character has been reported this
year Hence the tests about To he made in Ha-
vana with the serum of DR. Caldas and DIR. Bel
linzaghi will be watched with keen interest.
Concerning the immediate cause of yellow
fever there is considerable diversity of opin-
ion among medical men. Analogy long ago
suggested the probability of II bacterial origin
And in 1891 Sanarelli. an Italian employed by
the government of Uruguay to study the matter
discovered what he believed to he the germ
This lie named the bacillus icteroides" and he
furnished the scientific world with minute de
scrption Of It, DR.. Wasdin. of the United States
Marine Hospital Service; DIR. Charles T. Fitz-
patrick, director of Dr. Dotys meteorological
laboratory. and commission sent out to Cuba
by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
all practically confirmed SanarelS discovery
within year or two. ON the other hand. DR.
Sternberg. al the head of the medical depart
ment of the United States Army, cvinced much
scepticsm about the bacillus ictcrOides being
concerned in the matter at all. He was inclined
TO think that If II present In yellow fever
patients blood II there only by accident.
That view strengthened by DR. Walter
Reed and two other army surgeons who con-
Quoted a special investigation in Cuba last year.
They conceded that parasite was involved.
and, like Finlay thought that II was cOmmuni
Gated from one human subject to another by
mosquito bite. They did not isolate the organ
declared that they conld not find Sanares
bacillus in the blood of either living or dead vic
Tins of the disease. II is worthy of remark by
the way. that the English experts asserted that
the mcrobe which they found was exceedingly
small, a fact which suggests the possibility of
its having been overlooked by other investi-
gators
The situation was further complicated last
year by the announcement of II Chicago bac-
ieriologist. Klebs that he had discovered in a
yellow fever patients dead body new variety
of organism, not belonging. as do bacteria. 10
the vegetable kingdom but allied TO the lowest
forms of animal life. They would bear some re-
semblance evidently to the "plasmodium" of
malaria and what DR.. Gaylord believes TO be
the germ of cancer. The Liverpool doctors
hunted for organisms of that type. however, In
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
A DEMAND F0R SrREETCAR TENDERS.

From The Municipal Journal and Engineer.
The apparent refusal of the metropolitan street
Rroadwav ears and those OF some other lines with
Tenders offers an example OF criminal nesIeSt f{ 90
the part Of the corporation, involving gross tlS'e
sI sbe0 tO' Prrsident Vreeand of the Metropolitan
, COMPANY was asked why Tenders were not p!tceu
on the Broadway ears. now that they were run az .
more raptd rate by eTtIIG Po%sI fc n nat tenders
tStenneTf mn Nj Vreeand gives two reasons: FIRST
tb1t truck drivers do not fear the Tenders as mucn
as they do the front end OF ear II IIuC 49,
block The tracks too long the motorman can push
tha trnck along till the drivers respect Is gained
which could not be done with a pFoIet 80
COot mass ON the curve if htted with tenders
In answer to the first contention II should ,0 oe
borne in mind that. while no truGkma1 mas mas 'He pe
use the streets Ninety-nine times ous ~ tt -ons
he is quick respond TO the ringing OF tT STiT5
ana turns to one side the hrSt opportutS 49,
out any further warning In the eNtspulotJ' ~, the
the truckman's ObstinaCy is usually arouseu ste ~
insolent manner I'm which he Is ordered 10 va -.
Even truckmen sometimes GET mao u ~ W., sor,e-
motormen under strong provocatlon anu ~ rsason
times equally eXcusable As to the seconqq y, nm
advanced two should not oe aHoWeI at ~ - same
around in opposite dlrec ctlols -, az ost many
time IL is a custom which has ALREADY SoSS SoS$SSorjIies
lives in this and other cities StSlc are trivial
should enforce its discontnuance. e weighty
excuses when considered with the InorS errsrs
objection that the non-use o. ieiuefS
the lives of thousands every daN ,5itions
Grart For the sake of argument that eondIIiiH, oni.
prevent the use of tenders on b%roauSb % ,bsy should
nor be used on Broadway above that poihL, w. car
tenders easily closed or o2ensiI line and
motion. There. as on the lhltt- T5jsher rate
all It's branches. the cars are run al necessity
g. ~ nrotectfon of Dedestrians This fact Is -
ognized by the management Tor the eats o nnss are
EQUIPPED with tenders There is apparently eh Of
one Inference 10 be drawn from tns s nat is: The
company can ut the cars with tenders Ou' "
not until obliged TO do so (-t.,, ATTORNEY
form ssmbnasan In any naeEl1insIi.. s sAies "a
sufficiently strong 10 regulats Al s1sA
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
H4PPENINGS Ar NEWPORT.

Newport. Aug. IS tSpeciaD.-The largest sather-
ing OF the season was present at the Casino con-
this evening Every table in the srrooms
was taken and the dinner parties were numerous
This evening Miss Leary entertained az dinner IN
honor OF MIR. and Mrs. Charles AstOr Brtsted OF
LenOX. who her guests. After the dinner
musical given by the kteCkhOeter SISTERS
Heathe Gregory and NJ. Guadaba
Mr.. and Mrs. ogden Mills are expected here TINS
week 10 open their house for the remainder OF the
season
Interest in tO-mOrrow's tennis games Is keen,
and il is confidently expected. should the weather
be favorable that the gathering at the Casino VIII
be the largest seen there on any similar occasion
N many wears
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19

tives and for the United States Senate. Mr..
Martins influence has hitherto been powerful
enough TO defeat the project of primary noml-
nations Whether or not the old State machine
can rally from decisive defeat is still
problem. There can be little doubt. however
that the check given il at Norfolk was popular
and salutary one; for it is only 10 the introduc-
tion OF such new influences in Democratic man.
agement that Virginia can look for relief from
the stagnant corruption in which its politics is
at present sunk.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19

1t is said that during the recent British naval
manoeuvres orders which were transmitted to the
vessels of one fleet by wireless telegraphy were
picked up by ships which represented the
enemy. In real warfare such an occurrence
would be highly Objectionable However. Mr..
MarcOni has declared that he can secure abso-
lutte secrecy by the tuning system. 1t seems
probable therefore either that this method has
not yet been applied to the apparatus now in
service in the British navy, or else that ii has
been so employed there as to preclude overhear-
ing by any except King Edwards ships The
incident. as reported affords evidence that
French or Russian vessels could have learned
what instructions were being given
New-York tribune., 1901-08-19

Acting Mayor Guggenhemer has called Nagle,
Commissioner of Uncle an Streets. sharply TO
account because of his negligence as TO the
garbage on the beaches. Nagle tried to shuttle
off responsibility 10y the usual Tammany tricks
of evasion and subterfuge IL is plain that Mr.
Guggenheimer has exalted opinion of Nagle
But what does he really think of Mayor Van
Wyck who appointed Nagle, and of the
Vantage Boss. who ordered his agent in the
Mayors office to make the appointment?