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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DIR.
CHARLES M'BURNEY.


From the Nc~ York Tribune.
Dr. Charles McBurncy. the surgeon who was
called to the bedside of President Mckinley on
SUNDAY to advise with the physicians in attend
aucc there, is said to have had a. wide hos
pial experience in dealing with accident eases as
any surgeon now in this county. lie was for
thirteen years tho chicf consulting surgeon at
Roosevelt hospital, and IT was through him that
the private pavilion IN West fifty.ninth street,
directly opposite the College Of Physi,ians and
Surgeons, known as the William y. S!ms oper'
atinC Pavilion. was erected In 1897.
while consulting surgeon of Roosevelt hospital
mr. McBurncy had personal charge OF thousands
of accident cases. Dr. McButncy resigned his
place at Roosevelt hospital in March Of last
year to devote himself TO large private prac'
ticc
Dr McBurncy is also well known as . teacher
and cNpoundcr of surgery. For twenty years ne
was connected with the college oi rh,sicians and
surgeons and for three wears he was Professor OF
Surgery in that institution. ile severed his Off
cial connection with the college in ls02.
Dr. Mckinney was born in RoNbury. Mass,
Feb. Il. lSij lie received his elementary cdu.
cation IN private schools in Boston and entered
Harvard with the class of 1866. lie had decided
upon his profession in life and he selected his
studies with a Nicw to his chosen calling. lie
received his degree Of A y. from Harvard in
1856 and that Of \. VI. in 1850 Having come
TO New York city 10 obtain an education in
surgery and medicine he entered the medical de-
partmcnt Of Columbia college lie was graduated
in 1870, and two years later was mad" an as
sistant dcmonstrator Of anatomy, lie held the
place until 1874, and in 1879 hc was made chc'
dcmonstrator Of anatomy. From $50 to lSN'
he was an instructor in operative surgery, IN
1855 he was also made an assistant professor ct
| surgery and year afcrward he became the
| professor Of surgery which chair he held until
| 1872.
| lie first became connected with hospital work
| in 1852. when he became the visiting surgeon nj
| Bellevue hospital In lSSS he was made visiting
| surgeon at Roosevelt hospital. Dr. McBnrney II
| still consulting surgeon in several hospitals in
| cludng 81. 1ukC's. the Presbyterian, the New
| York Orthorcdic and the Hospital for the Rup
| tnrcd and Crinnlch.
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LITERARY NOTES.

The Story of Manhattan. just published by
Charles Scribnors sons will prove attactiNe to
those who have hitherto found history dry and
tedious reading. 1t tells the history ol New
York ~ a story, hut it touches so many SUB
icct- not usually Thought oi in connection with
the metropolis as to make it Of far more than
local interest. For it tells of quaint customs
of the Dutch, Of buccaneers, OF battles, of spies
cf Revolutionary heroes, as well aS ot strange
relies Of the past II is history that reads like
a romance. and romance whose chief charm Is
that it is history. The author is Charles Hem.
street, who icw Years ago wrote "Nooks and
Corners of Old New York.
The Philippine exhibit a. the Buffalo ENpoSi-
,ion is made the subject of an interesting bricf
article in The Outlpok ior sept. :, accompanied
hy several heretofore unpublished pictures whl'h
show the types of the native public school teach
crS in the Philippines, 'hc different nationalitlcs
represented among the people aud some ot the
more notable of the picturesque school buildings.
The article itself is decidedly picturesque in lis
presentation Of the possibilities Of education in
the Philippines.
\ now book by the late Eugene Field cannot
fail oi hcug the literary event of Nh" year.
such treasure tome is soon to I've published by
the New amsterdam Book COMPANY 1t Is a
chIdrcn's story and i, to he presented Tor the
fellow journalist and friend Of Field, has written
an appreciation Of tie poets child-lovc as an
introduction to the volume.
Now that the historical novel is a "dcad is
sue" in thu book shops readers are turning
their attention To stories ut adventure. Among
the pAmi.ing books for the autumn Is Frank
Sayie's Beyond the Great South Ndll,' which
the New Amsterdam Book company will issue IN
few days. 1t is a thrilling tale of the Antarc.
tic Continent.
Notwithstanding the flood of historical novels,
no recent book oi colonial life has attracted mtre
attention than clayton llalowcll," by Francis
W van rlaag. The scene Of the novel lies in
New York and New Jersey at time when
Manhattan was military post. The hero of the
| novel has been already called 'thc ideal lover
Of modern fiction
Love and gambling are adrotly mixed in a
| new novel soon to- be Issued from the press of
| r. f. Fcnuo and company. Thc title Of the book
| j. Franks: DucIlist," and the author is Am
hrosc Pratt. Primarily it Is story Of adyrn'
| tulc and the period is that Of Ndpolcons con'
templatcd invasion Of England.
'.Thc Dcacon's Second Wind" is the very pe
! cuiar tile Of a very peculiar story, thc latest
| novel 10y Archibald Clavcrng Guntcr the author
| Of "Mr. Barnes Of New York" II is a ro
nance of rural life with metropolitan CmbclliSh
| mcnts and is sad TO be Mr.. Gunters best novel
| In an early edition Of The saturday hcning
| Post, Doctor NanSCn the eminent Arctic CAplor
| er, will dcs rhc the various polc'Seching CNpcdi
tions Of the year, The importance Of this papc
| lies in the authors comments, and his prCdic
| tions as to the success of the different parties.
The tmbCr issue of The mptdphNSICal \
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terc, too serious, in fact, too profess
siunal. FOR that. His tactlessucss is
sometimes almost rcpcllent We fancy
that he is not a famous spinner OF
yarns. u luvial soul. u boon companion.
But we know that in the navy he Is
regarded with profound respect, and
that he was precisely the officer TO
take the chief naval command at the
outbreak Of the Spanish war. Ills pro-
motion to that post Of tremendous re-
sponsibility was wonderfully. justified
by the event: and the sentiment of the
navy as "A whole approved IT at the
time. The smashing Of Cervera's fleet
was just as much his work as though
his own hand had fired every gun upon
that memorable day Of victory"
The verdict of time is accurate. To
1t Rear Admiral Sampson may conf
IDENTIFY appeal.
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Now that the president seems almost
certain to get well, let every effort be
put forth to make a rousing success of
the Republican state league couvcn-
tion next week. Next to direct pray
ers OF thanksgiving. no celebration
would be more appropriate as an ex-
preston of the peoples relief from the
strain imposed by last Fridays das-
tardly crime than the cordial demon-
stration of their interest in the con-
tinued welfare OF the political party to
which William Mckinley early gave
his adherence and of which he is today
the most illustrious champion.
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z r iS EXCEEDINGLY gratifying
tn learn In an authoritative man
q noL from no less "A person than
his wife. that there is absolutely
no truth in any of the reports. which
have been pcrsistcrtiy circulated, of
Admiral SIMPSONS failing physical
and mental health. Mrs. Sampson's
statement thHt her husabnd, though at
one time suffering from acute nervous
r'ostraiion the direct result Of over
work, Is now on the high road to re-
covoiy, ana has neither betrayed the
slightest sign of mental weakness nor
indulEod in any anxiety whatever as
I" tho ultimate outcome of the Santi-
ago naval controversy, deserves to be
accepted implicitly,
CA the eve Of the assembling of the
court of inquiry which must register
what will be history's verdict in re-
gard To the proper placing of credit for
the sen campaign that cXtinguishcd
Spanish sovereignty in the American
hemisphere, 1t is improper to invade
tho field of controversy but not inop-
perfume to call attention to the fact
that never was the judgment of an ad-
ministration better vindicated than by
William r, Sampson in his response to
the confidence evidenced by his selec-
tion TO command the North Atlantic
squadpon in the Spanish american war
Those who can review without prcju-
dice the naval operations of that time
Of excitement and heavy responsibility
must agree with the judgment pro-
nounced in the September Bookman by
Professor Harry Thurston Peck:
Admiral Sampson represents the
type of naval officer who is, above all
else, strictly and most commercially
professional. Cold in temperament,
clear-headed, dispassionate and self
controlled, he has many of the traits
that We're TO be found in Moltke and
that Contributed so largely to that sol
1ier's phenomenal success. His chief
aim has been to perform with abso-
lutte efficiency the task assigned him
nnd in doing so TO spare no pains, tC
shrink from no sacrifice, to leave nc
detail sunnOticed and unprovided for
He has very high degree of sciertifC
knowledge, and he represents both
what is best in the traditions of the
old navy and In the aspirations OF the
new. Whether he cares tor popular ap,
plause we do not know. He certainly
has never courted 1t and least Of al
has he suffered any thought Of It t.
influence his action. vile would prob
ably never be described in the easy
going parlance of private life as "a goo,
fellow He is too reserved, too aus
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aud co,.,,lc,shio latitude is allowable. The
nislt Of tcuor.stricken population may or may
not constitute Il valid reason for regarding 'he
',,.,i1 " ,.,,,.l. :, ,..'' rs,,t,J
houses. and tho r,storaiion ~, their property
intact to returning families.
for some 1'}s oI,"r u'c rr",l, 'N',sT'
.,i ,h, ,,;.,i,,,.,r,. ,,,. , ~ o,o,,. rnt ,,,r.e
than his ncighlur: the probability i, that he
was hcuc', and the certainty is th'' ''L Wn'''
t,,,s',,,,,, w" u,,, ',,. ',' ,,' ;,,, to,,ss
bc was 4 missionary. ,ri, irism ,yts ali the more
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HOW TO SPEAK THE AssAssIN's
NAME.

From the Chicago Rocord'IlcrIid,
It is very dthcult to spell phouctically in Eng
lish the name at ,zolgo,z, the nlisyreant who
shot President Mckinley, The nearest to it is
"schawlgosch," but this is not quite correct
There is a suggestion of the letter 1T" in the
combination "Cz" at the beginning of the name
and the letter 81" is slured over in rapid pro,
nuncidtion, The name might he spelled phonct.
i,ally as "rschawlgpsch," but the sound OF the
"l"' is a little too harsh, as the combination
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"Whcn the Democracy went out OF power in
cur state It left to the Republican party leg
acy of almost SiO,O1OOOO of debt. This debt, by
wise administration under Republican rule. has
been aluo.t entirely paid. We have increased
the appropriations to the common schools until
stand a. tho h,ad Of the American states IN
support ~ popular education Under Republican
administration there has hccn paid cacli year ior
educational purposes more than was appropriated
hv the Democratic pUty in their quarter OF
Ccrtuty of misrulc. We have increased our appro'
rratous 20 charitable aud cccmo>,nary insttu'
tions until We can make thu boast that no state
between the two oceans supports these tuStltu.
tions as well a. docs our own. Our 1,uDO,O10 OF
people ate industrious, honest llw.abidng and
happy Vet. surrounded a, arc on every side
with prosperous business conditions with people
happy employed and ccntcrtcd. aud with every
avenue of business and trade fully occupied. and
with the prospect ~ the future frightening and
growing moro hopeful, tho old historic party Of
obstruction and nCgaton sets UP hystcrical BS
Of falsc protense, hypocrisy and jnSinCrrty for
the plrposc n misleading the people and regain.
ing lost powrr."-From the Republican state
Platform.
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THAT THEY WILL.

From the New York sun,
The dignity Of the greatest office on earth
has been besmattcred with mud from the vilcst
journalistic sewers That outrage will no Longer
he tolerated by the sense OF public dcccncy and
by law; and those who abet it, whether they
are in trade or in religion, and whatever theh
conventional rcspcctablity, will fall into de
served rcproach.
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If the reconstruction of the Philip
pines is to be Il success, the govern
ment should see that the American
teachers sent there are well fed. II is
impossible to keep up the fires of en-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-11

In the list of articles found and not
found i'm the presidents clothing after
its removal from him in Emergency
hospital mention is especially made
tity. OF course a president of the
United States would hardly get lost;
but how many less distinguished citi-
zens take the trouble to provide for
their prompt Identification in case of
accident?
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In spite of the reported failure of the
various crops. people who have the
price do not seem to experience much
difficulty in securing a supply.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-11

Now that Emma Goldman has been
arrested, it will be curious to observe
what " i'll be done with her.
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II has yet to he shown by what right
several thousand" strikers at Me
keesport prevent the starting OF work
In mills that do not belong to them and
have abandoned voluntarily.
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cism of the chief executive
officers of the nation. When
yellow Journalism becomes honest and
fair" it will cease to he yellow. In
calling the president of the United
States an emperor and dictator. a tool
of the money power. a monopolist, a
czar, and in predicting that his re-
election would bring the greatest
panic and financial trouble the world
has ever known" and in asserting that
his second inauguration was accom-
panied with a distinct violation of the
nations faith and honor" our saffron
contemporary did not, indeed, shoot a
bullet into the presidents person but
it did what it could TO assassinatc his
character and slander those of his
countrNmon, great majority, who
made him president. If this is "hon-
est and fair" criticism there is need Of
a new dictionary.
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

Supreme Court WILLIAM i. POTTER
Trelsmcr-FRANk &. HARRIS.
Election Nov. ).
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senator WellinCton's "indiffcrencc"
70 the attack upon the president quail
fea him increasingly for the Oblivion
toward which he was already rushing
as fa., "a, the law will permit.
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Pecksniffian.

THE TIMES pleads cringinsly
for honest and fair" criti-
cism of the chief executive
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Rear Admiral Sampson.

z r iS EXCEEDINGLY gratifying
4 to learn in an authoritative man
q nol from no less "A person than
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Conditions in China.

~ THE SUBJECT Of what has
been. what is and what i'm all
~ probability will be in China,
M man writes with greater
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-06
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, APRIL g. 1901

woy Of nourIshing plants Is the direct
result of his work In the field
Tine forbids an extended notice OF all
that this useful man did for agrlcul-
ture. Most OF his latter days were
spent In attempts to bring about a
practical application Of chemical prin-
clpes to soil cultivation His studies
In surface soils. In sub-soils In rota-
ton are ailong the most stimulating IN
recent years,
The rational agriculture that he
taught, the system Of agricultural
practice that demands that everything
which Is taken from the land must 60
back IN one form or another, Is now
the system followed by the thoughtfuI
farmers Of the world Just as no man
now thinks of drawing daily on a bank
Without putting In money 10 replace
what Is checked out, so no longer 90 m
ielllgent men draw at liberty ON thelr
land.
The influence Of Liebig's work cannot
he measured solely by the new facts
that he contributed. but ought To De
judged By tie stimulus that his great
brain gave % diligent study OF soien
tihc agriculture. He was the founder
not only OF a new school Of farming,
but he made farming a science 1t mas
been said truly OF him that we owe the
existing machinery Of agricultural re-
search and teaching very largely IN
deed TO the widespread Interest ne
awakened IN scientific husbandry. Ey-
cry chemical laboratory for soil anu
plant analysis, every agricultural
school or college every agricultural
experiment station, every sciehtinC
farm magazine. is monument TO the
memory Of the lasting work that Lieolg
did for the universal art--l, O. schauD
I'm American Gardening.
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HUMUs THEORY.

Lleblgs FIRST great contribution TO
the pure science of agriculture was his
demolition OF the humus theory OF plant
food. At the date OF his investigation
II was almost universally believed that
humus or the vegetable mold occurring
on the surface Of virgin soils was the
source OF the fertility Of these soils. BY
an extension of this idea vegetable
psychologists taught that this humus
was the source OF plant food, and that
plants by their roots extracted IL from
the ground. As long as this theory was
believed. there could be no proper feed
ing Of pants,
BY few experiments and many an
alyseg. and by some clear thinking,
Lebig demonstrated the untenabllty
Of the theory, clinching his argument
by pointing out that since II is admitted
that humus Is produced only by the de-
cay OF plants, so primitive humus can
not have existed, for the first plants
must have preceded the humus.
But Lieblg's mind was not one TO be
content with the mere overthrow OF q
theory: he was bound to answer the
question, where did the plaNIs get their
carbon? Afttr q masterful investlga-
tion and some beautiful nductlons he
announced the conclusion, now gene'-
any accepted, that plants have the pow
er Of absorbing their carbon from the
carbonic acid gas OF the air, and that
the amount OF carbon In the atmos
phere Is kept constant by the with
drawal Of the excess by the plants. This
Is very elementary knowledge to US
now, but 1t was threading labyrinths
in Liebig's day.
His next important work was the
study Of the mineral food Of plants. II
Is refreshing to ordinary mortals TO md
that In his earlier studies on this sub
feet Lieblg made many mistakes, but
In the end he led his farmer followers
10 the right conclusion, namely, thai
they must replenish their soil by replao
ing whatever minerals were withdrawn
by their crops; II they did not, soil ex-
haustlon would follow. 1T appears evil
dent" says he virtually, that the chief
work Of the agrculturist. after keep
ing Ills soil in proper condition by tilling
Il Is TO prevent loss OF mineral mat
ter. or when that Is inevitable, to res
ore the fertility Of the soil by adding
what is required By his demonstra-
ton Of what is required 10 keep up this
fertility Lebig taught the world how
TO feed crops, The great growth OF
commercial fertilizers now made and
used everywhere resulted from his
teaching The present, the rational
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EDUCATIONAL.
Observation-Disclosures
l.. d. s. COLLEGE.

Salt Lake City--On Monday evening
next, at the assembly rooms, Elder
b. II. Roberts viii deliver lecture be-
fore the Y, l.. M. ]. A. on the "rransla-
ton Of the Plates" The lecture begins
at $ o'clock
We understand that certain members
Of the Zeta Gamma society Of the Uni
yersity took offence because, last week
In announcing a debate between that
and our college society, the name APP
peared in small letters. These good
people viii, OF course be satisfied when
they know that the thing was done
with no bad intent nor with any desire
10 pass upon the merits Of the respect
I've debaters.
On Wednesday and Thursday the Lo-
gan college basketball team were the
guests Of our college President Paul
appointed a committee OF twelve Of our
choice young ladies' to care for them.
On the former evening a banquet ana
ban contributed to their entertainment
and on the latter evening our boys en-
tcrtained them, we trust. right royalty,
with what result we have not heard
The students whC take speed work
In typewrltlng have decorated very
beautifully the speed room with flowers
and bunting. Hence. and also because
these are they who write all the way
from So TO 100 words per minute, this
room has been very attractive 20 our
visitors lately. Besides. Mr.. Funk en-
tertains no scrupes about letting any
one that so wishes dictate to the class
On Thursday appeared one Of the
most creditable issues Of the Gold and
Blue, our college paper. "A Prisoner
an incident in the Philippines, Is the
opening selection--a Well-Wrltten arti-
Gle by a. II. Derbyshire Methods Of
Psychological Study" is the title of an
able paper by an anonymous contrib
utor. Timely editorials "classes," TO
Gals" and more or less funny" make
up the rest of the paper
James c. Duhln, president Of the
Northwestern States mission, was a
visitor at the college last Thursday, and
spoke to US at devotional exercises.
Many others from the colleges AT Lo-
gan and Provo, have been visitors to
the college this week.
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FIRST ExpERIMENT STATION.

This was the first agricultural expert.
ment station ever started on scientific
principles and for scientific demonstra-
ton. IL was the precursor OF all the
schools and all the experiment stations
that are now doing so much to make
agriculture a science as well as an art.
When the results from this station
were published. 80 clearly did Germany
see that this was the way to teach agri.
culture that IN a few years the German
empire, says Dr. Shenst0ne, possessed
above one hundred high schools, mid
die schools and lower schools with
fun provision Of experimental stations
attached to them, besides more than
thousand others whore the principles
OF agriculture were taught TO all
classes" Then our American govern
ment saw the great possibilities in these
stations, and by the Hatch act estab-
llshed one IN every State in our Union,
Their influence on agriculture has been
tremendous and II Liebig had done
nothing else but this for agriculture,
he would deserve Immortality.
Not only did Licbg start the expert
ment stations but he started the
movement to reach the people with the
acquired information. Both the farm
ers' institute, the plan by which the
agricultural college seeks to reach the
people. and the university extension
movement, the plan by which the uni
versItes try 10 elevate the masses, owe
their initial impulse to our chemist. He
endoavoted TO bring the learning accu-
mulated In the university to the people
at large In two ways-first, by his let
tiers on chemistry secondly by bring
ing to the university selected persons
from the provinces 10 attend his
course OF lectures, In order that on re-
turning they might carry little knowl-
edge and some interest back with them
TO the province, and maybe SOW the
seel which would produce greater
things afterward, He did this by induc-
ing the government to pay the ex-
pelises of the visitors.
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Nnrxnnsnrs. and Nerve.

The more nervous man Is, the less
nerve he has. That sounds paradoxical
but It isn't; for nerve ls stamina,
Hoods sarsaparilla gives nerve. ~
tones the whole system perfects diges-
ton and assimilation. and is therefore
the best medicine a nervous person can
take.
II you get tired easily, mentally or
physically, take it-it viii do you good
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